MAD comic books issue 43

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. Parody of American Express Travelers Cheques ads, , art by Kelly Freas. "MAD's M.V.B.T.A. Awards," script by Larry Siegel, art by George Woodbridge; Acting awards for baseball players hamming it up for fans and the camera during games. "The End of Comics," script by Tom Koch, art by Wally Wood; Possible final strips for when newspapers have to eliminate comics to use the space for more educational features. "Scenes We'd Like To See: The Frogmen," art by Joe Orlando. "The Electricians," script and art by Don Martin; Two building maintenance men try to find why a toaster won't work. "If Hollywood Directors Staged...Advertising Photos," art by Wally Wood; Parodies of ads depicted in the styles of directors: Alfred Hitchcock; Elia Kazan; Cecil B. DeMille; Sam Katzman. "Pushcarts," script and art by Dave Berg; History of merchandising by pushcarts and projection to a future where stores are so large that vendors sell by pushcarts within the stores. "The MAD Halloween Trick-Or-Treatment," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Mort Drucker; A list of revenges against common Halloween pranks. "The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry," script by Tom Koch, art by Joe Orlando. "The New Baby," script by Milton Schafer and Danny Kaye, art by Wally Wood; Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations. "Music Report," script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Wally interviews a man who tests the truth of song lyrics and watches him demonstrate "It's a treat to beat your feet in the Mississippi Mud." "Woodlore," art by George Woodbridge; A guidebook to (phony) dangerous plants and animals of the woods. Parody of ad for Crest Toothpaste, with painting signed as "Norman Rocknroll," art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

Summer 1983. Horror, Sci-Fi, and Other Weird Things. Cover by Jack Rickard, Mort Kuntzler and Norman Mingo. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Phil Hahn, Lou Silverstone, Dick DeBartolo, Harry North, Esq., E. Nelson Bridwell, Semi, Arnie Kogen, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Dave Berg, Don (Duck) Edwing, Jack Davis, Joe Orlando, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Classic parodies of science fiction, horror and superhero stories going back to Mad's earliest years, featuring art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Wally Wood, Joe Orlando and Jack Davis, among others. Star Wars, Superman, Frankenstein, Jaws, The Exorcist, The Planet of the Apes - none are safe. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. The Vampire; Star Roars; One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon; The Mad Horror Primer; Jaw'd, Too; New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life; One Dark Night in a Laboratory; Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind; On the "Hunchback of Notre Dame" Set; Horror Movie Scenes We'd Like to See; Frank N. Stein!; A Mad Look at Star Wars; Around Noon on a Movie Set; The Milking of The Planet That Went Ape; Horrifying Cliches; One Day at a Seance; Yecch, or What a Waste!; The Werewolf; The Lighter Side of Fear; A Boy and His Chemistry Set; Hack, Hack, Sweet Has-Been or What Ever Happened to Good Taste?; Space Magazines; The Ecchorcist; Superduperman!; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde; Star Bores: The Empire Strikes Out; One Day at Notre Dame; Fold-In; Werewolf In Dog-Catcher's Truck. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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Written by The Usual Gang Of Idiots. Art by The Usual Gang Of Idiots. Cover by Mark Fredrickson. With An Art Degree MAD #43 tunes in to take out Reality TV! This issue features new MAD favorites like A MAD Look at... by Sergio Aragones, Spy Vs. Spy, plus more new content that will switch your chuckle channels so fast you won't know what hit you. Also an all-new Fold-In by Johnny Sampson that will make your eyes buzz with static. Don't get caught with your pants down! So, stop veggin' out...you TV addicted couch potato! Switch off that boob tube and get over to your local comic shop to pick up something you can read! 56 pages, PC/B&W. Cover price $5.99.

The Dream Team Scheme, art by Joe Edwards; When Captain Sprocket sees the Mighty Crusaders at a personal appearance, he decides to organize a super-group of his own. The Champ Of Lamps, Blue Beam, art by Dexter Taylor; Two superheroes get into a jurisdictional dispute. The Mad Ad Monster, Part 2; The Ad Monster wrecks havoc on the broadcast channels. I Was A Monster School Dropout; Two teenage monsters drop out of monster school, only to learn that the supernatural job market is unforgiving of monsters without a degree. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.