MAD Special [MAD Super Special] comic books issue 125

December 1997. Big Bad Mad. Cover by Will Elder and Harvey Kurtzman. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Edie Smith, Darren Johnson, Mike Snider, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Stan Hart, John Prete, Frank Jacobs, Don (Duck) Edwing, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Tom Koch, Russ Cooper, John Caldwell, James Warhola, Kathi Maloney, Sam Viviano, John Pound, Tom Bunk, Harry North, Esq., Paul Coker, Jr., Angelo Torres, Irving Schild, Mort Drucker, George Woodbridge, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine. A rare latter-day painted cover by founding MAD artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Reprints from the Mad paperback Al Jaffee Spews Out More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions. Mad's parodies of the first two Aliens films, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Jack Davis. Classic Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Alias; Spy vs. Spy; As Seen By...; Basic Underlying Premises of Various Products, Trends and Ideas; You've Been Looking for Waldo - Now Where's...?; Mad's Merchandiser of the Year; A Mad Look at Tools; Mad's Consumer Believe It or Nuts; The Lighter Side of...; Mad: The Lost Pages: Mad's Al Jaffee Spews Out More Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions; Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself National Scandal Newspaper Story; The Controversial Convict's Comeuppance; Alienators; Salesmen's Claims and Come-Ons That Should Set You Running; Still More Runners-Up to "The Three Biggest Lies in America"; A Mad Look at How Far We've Come; The Perplexing Penitentiary Ploy; The New Benchmarks, Records and Barriers That Mankind is Rapidly Approaching - Part II; The Hymn of the Battered Republic; Mad Product Registration Form; Fold-In; Johnnie Warper. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.