Mad
#396
(August 2000)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 2.99 USD; 4.50 CAD
- Pages
- 52
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- ?
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
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Mad’s 50 Worst Things About TV
comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Andy Rooney; David Letterman; Kathie Lee Gifford; Adam Carolla; Jimmy Kimmel; Barbara Walters; Dr. Drew Pinsky; Al Roker; Kyle Broflovski; Eric Cartman; Kenny McCormick; Stan Marsh; James Lipton; Adam Sandler; Fred; Daphne; Shaggy; Scooby-Doo; Michael Eisner; Fran Drescher; Florence Henderson [as Carol Brady]; Sam Donaldson
A Mad Look at Gladiators
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
Quasi Rider
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Arie Kaplan
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Johnson Family Garage Saleorama
Slam Junk Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Danno Sullivan
- Pencils
- Leslie Sternbergh
- Inks
- Leslie Sternbergh
- Letters
- typeset
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
A More Deceptive Version of That Home Depot Ad
Sleuth in Advertising Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Jacob Lambert
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photographer)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photographer)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Kathie Lee Replacements We’ll Never See
Hostess Stinkies Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Joe Raiola; D. Shayne (credited as David Shayne)
- Pencils
- Hermann Mejia
- Inks
- Hermann Mejia
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Regis Philbin; Hillary Rodham Clinton; Dr. Laura Schlesinger; Soon-Yi Allen; Ellen Degeneres; Patsy Ramsey; Li’l Kim; Fiona Apple; Cody Gifford
Little-Known Contract Clauses of Today’s Biggest Sports Stars
Who Demand? You Demand! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
Tom Green - The Obnoxious Early Years
And a Child Shall Peeve Them Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
The Comics Page of L’Osservatore Romano
Pope-pourri Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
-
in Mad about Comic Strips (EC, 2003 series) (2003)
-
Letters to Magazines That We’ll Never See
Missive Impossible Dept. / photo story / 2 pages
- Script
- Mike Snider
- Pencils
- ?
- Inks
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
Words and Phrases That Left the English Language During the 90s
Humor in a Vernacular Vein Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- advocacy; satire-parody
Sofa’s Choice
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Pencils
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Inks
- Don Edwing (credited as Duck Edwing)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
Angle
The Vampire Strikes Back Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- David Boreanaz [as Angle]; Count von Count (cameo); Alexis Denisof [as Wetly]; Charisma Carpenter [as HardCordelia]; Glenn Quinn [as Dolt]; Elisabeth Röhm [as Kite]; Sarah Michelle Geller [as Busty] (cameo)
Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds
Grieving Las Vegas Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Elian Gonzalez
- Synopsis
- Odds on how a celeb will bite the big one.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
The 50 Worst Things About TV
-
1.
Mad’s 50 Worst Things About TV
-
2.
A Mad Look at Gladiators
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
3.
Monroe and… the High Seas Part One
Angster's Paradise Dept. -
4.
Quasi Rider
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
5.
Johnson Family Garage Saleorama
Slam Junk Dept. -
6.
[no title indexed]
Joke and Dagger Dept. DO NOT USE; Spy vs. Spy -
7.
A More Deceptive Version of That Home Depot Ad
Sleuth in Advertising Dept. -
8.
Kathie Lee Replacements We’ll Never See
Hostess Stinkies Dept. -
9.
Little-Known Contract Clauses of Today’s Biggest Sports Stars
Who Demand? You Demand! Dept. -
10.
Tom Green - The Obnoxious Early Years
And a Child Shall Peeve Them Dept. -
11.
The Comics Page of L’Osservatore Romano
Pope-pourri Dept. -
12.
Letters to Magazines That We’ll Never See
Missive Impossible Dept. -
13.
Words and Phrases That Left the English Language During the 90s
Humor in a Vernacular Vein Dept. -
14.
Sofa’s Choice
Tales from the Duck Side Dept. -
15.
Angle
The Vampire Strikes Back Dept. -
16.
Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds
Grieving Las Vegas Dept. -
17.
Who’s Responsible for the Ugliest Acts of Violence in Sports?
Mad Fold-In
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