MAD comic books issue 502

Cover art by Mark Fredrickson. Spy Vs. Spy Bobble Head ad. "The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2009," with work by Mark Stutzman, Hermann Mejia, Jack Syracuse, Tom Richmond, Richard Williams, Al Jaffee, Scott Bricher, Carl Peterson, Roberto Parada, Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Sam Viviano, and J. Scott Campbell; A satirical look at the previous year. The Sergio Aragones 2010 Calendar. "Monroe And...The Job," script by Anthony Barbieri, art by Tom Fowler; Monroe's father has a job moving squatters out of abandoned buildings and Monroe works with him for a while. "Spy Vs. Spy" by Peter Kuper. "Board Game-Based Movies We'll Soon Be Seeing," script by Jacob Lambert, art by Tom Richmond. "A MAD Look At The Great Recession," script and art by Sergio Aragones; A look at things people may need to do to survive the current recession. "The MAD Vault 1988"; reprinted work by Al Jaffee; Frank Jacobs; Tom Koch; Mike Snider; Stan Hart; Charlie Kadau; Stan Hart; Duck Edwing; Lou Silverstone; J. Prete; Christopher Allen; Mort Drucker; Gerry Gersten; Norman Mingo; Bob Clarke; Angelo Torres; Paul Coker; and Sam Viviano. 60 pgs., B&W. Cover price $5.99.