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MAD comic books issue 288

  • Issue #288
    Mad (1952 EC) 288
    Published Jul 1989 by EC.

    Cover by Richard Williams. Stories and art by Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, John S. Marshall, Stan Hart, Tom Koch, Chris Hart, Mike Snider, Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola, Paul Peter Porges, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., Sam Viviano, Bob Jones, Rick Tulka, George Woodbridge, Irving Schild, Angelo Torres, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of 1980s movies Working Girl and Twins, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Mad's focus on '80s hair-metal bands includes a spoof of a heavy-metal magazine, a parody of a song by Poison, and a quiz. If certain real people were superheroes. Mad's takes on junk mail, baldness, and self-defense. Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Letters page includes a photo of Johnny Depp reading Mad's 21 Jump Street spoof. Twinge; A Mad Look at Self-Defense; New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People; The Star Wars Defense System Can't Fail!; Leather Clothes Must be Worn (Poison song parody); Mad Switcheroos; A Mad Guide to Lesser-Known Hollywood Tourist Traps; Mad's Heavy Metal Quiz; Scientific Advances That Unimprove Our Lives; The Diabolical Dungeon Deception; Lurking Girl; Spy vs. Spy; Mad's Cheap and Painless Methods for Overcoming Baldness at Little Expense and Even Less Pain; The Lighter Side of...; Deceptive Ways to Get Junk Mail Senders to Excitedly Open Your Reply!; The Ghastly Gallows Good-Bye; Dreary John; The Inconceivable Island Incident; Fold-In; Metal Sludge Magazine. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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    $5 Mad #288 Vol. 1 1989 E.C. Publications, Inc. 8.0 Comic Book MG9-33
    $5 Mad Magazine July 1989 No 288 Special Heavy Metal Issue Dear John G/VG No Labels
    $10 1989 MAD Magazine # 288 SPECIAL HEAVY METAL ISSUE FN-VF CM2670
    $15 1989 (1) MAD Magazine # 288 SPECIAL HEAVY METAL ISSUE VF or Better CM2659
    $17 Mad super special #68 fall 1989 Good Shorts Shipping included + Heavy Metal 288
    $99 Mad #288 - 7/89 - CGC 8.5

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