MAD comic books issue 81

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Cover art by Bob Clarke. Parody of Nationwide Insurance print ads, art by Lester Krauss. "Labels We Should've Seen," script by Dick DeBartolo, photos by Lester Krauss; Photos of commercial products with the labels altered to satirize the product. Margin art by Sergio Aragones. "New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life," script by E. Nelson Bridwell, art by Joe Orlando; Horror movies centered on contemporary nuisances. "The Class Program," script and art by Don Martin; A performance of shadow puppets doesn't go as rehearsed. "If Modern Comedians Performed For Civilizations of the Past," script by Arnie Kogen, art by Mort Drucker; Contemporary comedians do their stand-up act in historical situations. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias; The Black Spy uses a helicopter to steal the White Spy's secret plans. "The Lighter Side of Summer Camp," script and art by Dave Berg; Various four panel strips satirizing life at summer camp. "The Mad Plan for Beating TV Commercial Breaks," script by Al Jaffee, art by Bob Clarke; Various plans for doing things around the house in the space of a program commercial break. "Mad's Wonder Drugs for Common Teenage Ailments," script by Stan Hart, art by George Woodbridge. "If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Real People," script by Al Jaffee, art by Wally Wood; Fictional characters are placed in authentic situations and react in authentic fashion. "A Mad Look at Motorcycle Cops," script and art by Sergio Aragones. "Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "Popular Scientific Mechanics," script by Al Jaffee, art by Bob Clarke; Parody of magazines like Popular Science and Popular Mechanics. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

May 1992. Violence! Cover by James Warhola. Stories and art by Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Debbee Ovitz, Dick DeBartolo, Tom Koch, Larry Siegel, Rurik Tyler, Lou Silverstone, Charlie Kadau, John Prete, Tom Hachtman, Fred Block, Mike Snider, James Warhola, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Frank Jacobs, Paul Coker, Jr., Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Angelo Torres, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis 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. A collection of Mad features based around violence. Parodies of Murder She Wrote, Scarface, Indiana Jones & the Temple of Doom, Aliens, and The Karate Kid II, plus Hannah and Her Sisters, featuring art by Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres and Jack Davis. Mad's takedowns of the Rocky and Rambo film series. A rare latter-day strip by founding MAD artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Henna and Her Sickos; Spy vs. Spy; Head Trip; You'd Be Rich if You Had a Nickel...; The Lighter Side of...; A Mad Look at Lines; Mad's I.R.S. Agent of the Year; Murder She Hopes; Famous Stories as Told By Famous People; Warning Labels We Desperately Need; Violence Section: Scarred Face; Things to Do on the Day After; A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Terrorist Training Camp; When the Rambo Influence Spreads Everywhere; Alienators; Home Fu; Inbanana Jones and the Temple of Goons; Horrifying Crime Cliches; Violent Mother Goose; Rocky V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI or The Italian Scallion vs. The Great Hollywood Villains; Grabme & Spacey; The Mad Richter Scale For Human Beings; Camouflage Tricks of City Animals; More Logical Farewells to Replace the Dreaded "Have a Nice Day"; If Junk Mail Had Always Existed; The Karocky Kid Part II; The High Risks of Front Row Center; Fold-In; The Day AT&T Went Too Far. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.50.

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Cover pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. "When Johnny Comes Marching Home!", script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Gus LeMoine, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Clyde goes for two weeks of army reserve training, where his anti-establishment, anti-war beliefs cause conflict with the conservative drill Sergeant. "Bull Headed," script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Gus LeMoine, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Rod challenges Clyde to a motorcycle race and sets up obstacles to ensure a win. Fran the Fan Pin Up, pencils by Dan DeCarlo, inks by Rudy Lapick. "The Square Peg," script by Dick Malmgren, pencils by Gus LeMoine, inks by Jon D'Agostino; Bippy drops out of school, gets rid of his long hair, buys a conventional suit, and gets an "Establishment" job. When Dan, Dippy, and Fran investigate, they find that Bippy's father lost his job and he needs to work to bring in money for the family. 52 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.25.