MAD comic books issue 46

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. Parody of ad for RCA Victor color televisions, art by Kelly Freas. "Sunday Evening Television Roulette," script by Gary Belkin, art by Mort Drucker; The interesting TV viewing you could have by constantly switching channels between ABC, NBC, and CBS. "The Suicide," script and art by Don Martin. "Authentic Sounds In Stereo," script by Tom Koch, art by Wally Wood; Ridiculous extremes to the trend for "real sounds" on stereo records. "How High-Class Magazines Can Use Low-Class Pictures," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Joe Orlando; Shows how the same photo can be used by many different publications, through cropping. "Western Weapons Of The Future," script by Larry Siegel, art by George Woodbridge; Various things TV western heroes might use as weapons, if the trend away from guns continues. "The Hidden Persuaders Become The Hip Persuaders," script by Gary Belkin, art by Wally Wood; Parodies of ads, using hip language and celebrities. "How To Choose And Train Your Master," script by Frank Jacobs and Robert Margroff, art by George Woodbridge; Excerpts from a book written by a dog, on what to look for and how to train a master. "MAD's Modern Handy Phrase Book For The American Tourist," script by Sy Reit, art by George Woodbridge. "If Famous Authors Wrote The Comics," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Wally Wood; Various comic strips written in the styles of: Paddy Chayefsky; Gilbert & Sullivan; Rudyard Kipling; Walt Whitman; Rogers & Hammerstein; Tennessee Williams; Edgar Allan Poe; Mickey Spillane. "MAD's Cut-Rate Success Symbols," script by Sy Reit, art by Joe Orlando. "Movies Are Emptier Than Ever," script and art by Dave Berg; Showing how theaters can attract more patrons by remodeling to be more like watching TV at home. "The Happy Endings Weren't So Happy," script by Sy Reit, art by Bob Clarke; Thoughts on what happened after the end of several fairy tales. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Spring 1984. The Movies II. Cover by Bob Clarke and Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Arnie Kogen, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Mike Snider, Harry Purvis, Mort Drucker, Bruce Stark, Paul Peter Porges, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker, Jr., Dave Berg, E. Nelson Bridwell, Joe Orlando, 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. Parodies of movies through the years, including the first Godfather and Superman movies, the second Rocky movie, and classics The Sting, MASH, The Towering Inferno and The China Syndrome. Mad takedowns of movie ads, dirty movies, and movie heroes. Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. A Movie Scene We'd Like to See; The Odd Father; One Fine Day Downtown While Watching a Double Feature; Horror Movies Based on Everyday Disasters; Movie Heroes Are Finks; The Zing; Clean Ads for Dirty Movies; Mad's Karate Movie Producer of the Year; Mad's Late Show Cliche Movie Script: - The War Movie; Superduperman; Footnotes* to Hollywood; Ads For Movie Revivals; The Academy Awards Show We'd Like to See; On the Set; The Lighter Side of Going to the Movies; The Towering Sterno; New Movie Monsters from the Business World; M*I*S*H M*O*S*H; The China Sin-Dome; Movie Ads With Behind-the-Scenes Gossip; Mad's Movie Theater Owner of the Year; At the Movies; Rockhead II; Fold-In; One Day in Metropolis. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 100 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

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(W) The Usual Gang Of Idiots (A) The Usual Gang Of Idiots (CA) An Idiot With A Can Of Fake Snow TIS THE SEASON TO CELEBRATE…NEW MAD-NESS IN MAD! Celebrate the season of silliness with MAD #46! Filled to the top of the stocking with new MAD favorites like Spy vs. Spy, A MAD Look at... by Sergio Aragones, and a light dusting of more new content to warm up your funny bone! Also, a whole sleigh full of your favorite classic movie/TV parodies. And wrap everything up with a festive new Fold-In by Johnny Sampson. So don't add MAD #46 to your wish list...go out and get one before Santa shows up! 56 pages, partial color, not rated Cover price $5.99.

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Spy Spoof; Agents 0098 and 0099 graduate spy school, become gofers for more respected agents, bumble their way into stopping "Notorious Spy, Mr. Silverfinger" with a toaster. Professor Transistor in Mission Mish-Mash; Prof. Transistor is sent on a mission to Pizzarovia. The Diamond; Ruby, Emerald, and Sapphire easily defeat the efforts of the "Union of Super Heroes" to stop their crimes because the villains' bodies are made of solid gemstone, and "diamonds are the hardest substance in the world. Hold That Tiger; Martian anthropomorhpic tigers decide to vacation on Earth because of Earth's commercials. 36 pgs. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.