MAD comic books issue 47

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Cover art by Kelly Freas. "Combined Television Shows," script by Paul Laikin, art by Mort Drucker; Explores combinations of 2 TV shows into one, with disastrous results. "Mother's Day Cards From Special People," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Bob Clarke. "It Happened On The Crosstown Bus," script and art by Don Martin; A man is attacked in an unusual way. "How To Be A MAD Non-Conformist," script by Sy Reit, art by George Woodbridge. "Little League," script and art by Dave Berg; The future of kids' baseball as Little League becomes ever more organized. "The Battle of The Credit Cards," script by Al Jaffee, art by Bob Clarke; Unlikely businesses that you can charge and a journal of how credit cards work for business expenses. "The Professor Lectures On Space," script by Sid Caesar, art by Wally Wood; The professor gives an incoherent lecture, concerned more about situations on earth than in space. "Jack And Jill As Retold By Various Magazines," script by Paul Laikin, art by Joe Orlando; The nursery rhyme retold as tales of romance, adventure and crime. "Future Halls Of Fame," script by Frank Jacobs, art by George Woodbridge; Inductees into various Halls of Fame we might see, if the trend of establishing these for just about any occupation or hobby in sight continues. "The Greatest Missile Ever Built," script by Al Jaffee, art by Wally Wood; Detailing the need for and design of an undetectable missile weapon. "Pressure Can Report," script by Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, art by Mort Drucker; Fenwick shows us how stuff and air are put into aerosol spray cans and previews some new spray products. "First Aid Handbook," script by Frank Jacobs, art by Wally Wood; Bad advice on how to treat common injuries, including how to cause them. Phony ad for dressmakers' colored tissue paper; parody of Scott Tissue ad, art by Kelly Freas. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.25.

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Summer 1984. Violence! Cover by Bob Clarke and Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Don (Duck) Edwing, Tom Koch, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Lou Silverstone, Jack Rickard, Jack Mendelsohn, Sy Reit, Mort Drucker, Bruce Day, Angelo Torres, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohias, Nicky Zann, 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 the movies Alien, Death Wish and A Clockwork Orange, all noted for their violence at the time of release. Spoofs of TV shows Starsky and Hutch and The Incredible Hulk, plus a look at TV violence. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Spy vs. Spy, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Scenes We'd Like to See; Death Wishers; Karate; Crime Foilers For the Average Citizen; Don Martin's Personal Experiences With New Power Tools for the Home Craftsman; Bluff that Mugger!; The Violence Trend on TV; More Specialized Self-Defense Books; Spy vs. Spy; Mad Looks at a Typical Kiddie TV Show; One Fairly Nice Day Downtown; Sergio Aragones Takes a Mad Look at Protest Demonstrations; An Eye-Popping Scene on a Corner; Harsky & Stutch; One Day in a Run-Down Shack; ABC's "Campus Riot of the Week"; One Day in a Hospital; Alias; The Lighter Side of Crime in the Streets; One Fine Day During the Civil War; The Incredible Bulk; One Night in a Living Room; The Mad Plan For Halting the Hijacking of Planes; Passionate Gun Love Magazine; Sure-Fire Burglar Deterrents; A Crockwork Lemon; Young Doctor Freen; Fold-In; City Plights. 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) An Idiot Who Dropped Out Of Art School (CA) An Idiot Who Dropped Out Of Art School NEW CONTENT, NEW LAUGHTS NEW MAD-NESS! Americas longest-running satire magazine continues to skewer everything pop culture! The first issue of 2026 features new MAD favorites like Spy vs. Spy, MAD Look at... by Sergio Aragones, new Fold-In by Johnny Sampson, and more new MAD content than ever. Plus, a whole slew of vintage MAD movie and TV parodies, and other classic crap from the Usual Gang of Idiots. MAD #47 will surely cure what ails you with a shot of humor in the jugular vein. 56 pages, partial color, not rated. Cover price $5.99.

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Cover by Bill Kresse. "The Big Gig," art by Bill Kresse; Sprocket is sent on a secret mission to Glopstockia to bring back an enlarging machine. "Music Hath Harm," art by Bill Kresse; Rocky the disk jockey hires an energetic young assistant to do all the dangerous work in his job - like giving out free records. Ads for Archie's Pals 'n' Gals, Little Archie, Archie Annual. Statement of Ownership for October 1, 1965. Average total copies printed for previous year was 414,664 with total paid circulation of 231,934. Nearest issue to filing was total printed of 497,281 with total paid 304,468. "The Confessions of a Bad Guy Spy!, Part 1: I Was a Teen-Age Spy," art by Bill Kresse; Zeke sells secrets to his fellow teenagers and organizes a network of spies called F. I. N. K. (Fiendish Intelligence Network of Kids). 36 pgs., full color. $0.12. Cover price $0.12.