MAD comic books issue 501

Cover art by Mark Fredrickson. Smallville ad. Spy Vs. Spy books ad. "Harry Plodder Is A Hot-Blooded Putz," script by Desmond Devlin, art by Herman Mejia; Satire on the movie Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince. "Spy Vs. Spy" by Peter Kuper; The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into overloading an elevator so that the cable snaps. "Bo Confidential," art by Tom Richmond; Fake diary of President Obama's dog, Bo. "The New iPhone Apps Are Here!"; Parody of apps for the iPhone. "William Shatner Twitters While Watching Star Trek"; Fake Tweets about new Star Trek movie. "MAD's Guide To Making A Recently-Released Gitmo Detainee Feel Welcome In Your Town," script and art by John Caldwell. "MisMatch.com," script by Scott Maiko; Parody of things found on Match.com. The MAD 2009-2010 Calendar. "A MAD Look At Star Trek," script and art by Sergio Aragones; Scenes that might have been from the Star Trek movie. "A TV Commercial We'd Like To See," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Tom Bunk; This is a parody of ShamWow commercials, with ScamWow as the product. "The Hardships Faced By The Super Obese of America's Wild West," script and art by Teresa Burns Parkhurst; Problems of very fat people during the old days out west. Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee. 60 pgs., B&W. Cover price $5.99.