Mad #438

(February 2004)

[The League of Rejected Superheroes Cover] (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Bruce Timm

Inks:

Bruce Timm

Colors:

Bruce Timm ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; superhero

Characters:

Inebrion; Scantily Clad Woman; The Entomologist; Mediocre Man; Sloggtor of Globbzorr; Vocabullon; Apathenia; The Incredible Infringement Man; Alfred E. Neuman

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

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Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Letters and Tomatoes Dept. (Table of Contents)

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photos); ?

Inks:

? (photos); ?

Colors:

? (photos); ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Characters:

K.C. Mangen (photo); Harold Lloyd Clay (photo of him reading a 1958 issue of Mad); Matt Kramer (photo); Ice Cube (photo); Jeremy Tramer (photo); Ori (Alfred E. Neuman look-a-like contest photo)

Indexer Notes

Letters, photos and fan art from readers - Lou Gary, William Gilpin, Andrew Isaac-Zrobek, Betty Lee Skelly, Kendra Ehrgood, Max Kratze, Kristina Larson, Gen Goodwin, Barry Fries, Melissa Fogel, Becky Farina, Eric Finkelstein, K.C. Mangen, N. Kolbasowski, Will Barron, Aaron Burzak, Wesley Dyson, W.T. Deskin, SSG John Reeder, Jake Savage, Jeremy Tramer and Paul Frank Bauer.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

The Fundalini Pages / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

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Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

George Bush; Michael Jackson

Indexer Notes

Fundalini contributors - Scott Bricher, Tom Bunk, John Caldwell, Butch D'Ambrosio, Desmond Devlin, Evan Dorkin, Drew Friedman, Garth Gerhart, Charlie Kadau, Arie Kaplan, Scott Maiko, Josh Malinow, Kevin Pope, Joe Raiola, Johnny Styne and Mike Snider.

Fools of Rock (Table of Contents)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Tom Richmond

Inks:

Tom Richmond

Colors:

Tom Richmond ?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Screwey; Petty; Principal Middling; Summary; Allowance; Too-Meeka; Narco; Silly; Charlie Brown (cameo); Calvin (cameo)

Synopsis:

A satire of the movie SCHOOL OF ROCK.

Mad's Handy Glossary to the War on Terror (Table of Contents)

Mad's Handy Glossary / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Paul Coker

Inks:

Paul Coker

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

advocacy; satire-parody

Characters:

President George Bush; Vice-President Dick Cheney; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Condoleezza Rice

Keywords:

political

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

Monroe and... Survivor Jr., Part 1 (Table of Contents)

Monroe / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Anthony Barbieri

Pencils:

Bill Wray

Inks:

Bill Wray

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Monroe; Barton; Carol Ann; Pablo; Gordon

Synopsis:

Monroe participates in the Survivor television show.

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

2003: The Year in Film (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Photos by AP/Wide World Photos

Inks:

Photos by AP/Wide World Photos

Colors:

Photos by AP/Wide World Photos

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Lebron James; Simon Cowell; Liza Minelli; Ruben Studdard; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Saddam Hussein

Synopsis:

2003 movie titles matched up with celebrity photos.

Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at the Superbowl (Table of Contents)

Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragonès

Pencils:

Sergio Aragonès

Inks:

Sergio Aragonès

Letters:

Sergio Aragonès

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; sports

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• in Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès (Running Press Book Publishers, 2010 series) #[nn] (2010)

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

Colors:

Peter Kuper

Letters:

Peter Kuper

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; spy

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

The Mourn Identity (Table of Contents)

Tales From the Duck Side / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]

Pencils:

Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]

Inks:

Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing]

Letters:

Don Edwing [as Duck Edwing] ?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

The League of Rejected Superheroes (Table of Contents)

character profile / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Jeff Kruse

Pencils:

Frank Miller (Inebrion); J. Scott Campbell (Scantily Clad Woman); Dave Gibbons (The Entomologist); John Byrne (Mediocre Man); John Romita, Jr. (Sloggtor of Globbzorr); Michael Allred (Vocabullon); Arthur Adams (Apathenia); Jim Lee (The Incredible Infringement Man)

Inks:

Frank Miller (Inebrion); J. Scott Campbell (Scantily Clad Woman); Dave Gibbons (The Entomologist); John Byrne (Mediocre Man); John Romita, Jr. (Sloggtor of Globbzorr); Michael Allred (Vocabullon); Arthur Adams (Apathenia); Jim Lee (The Incredible Infringement Man)

Colors:

Wildstorm (Inebrion; The Entomologist; Mediocre Man; Sloggtor of Globbzorr; Apathenia); Matt Milla (Scantily Clad Woman); Laura Allred (Vocabullon); Alex Sinclair (The Incredible Infringement Man)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; superhero

Characters:

Inebrion; Scantily Clad Woman; The Entomologist; Mediocre Man; Sloggtor of Globbzorr; Vocabullon; Apathenia; The Incredible Infringement Man

An Open Letter From Michael Jackson (Table of Contents)

text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Chas D'eau

Inks:

Chas D'eau

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Michael Jackson

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

The Do's and Dont's of a Super Bowl Party (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Caldwell

Pencils:

John Caldwell

Inks:

John Caldwell

Letters:

John Caldwell ?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody; sports

Indexer Notes

Art is in black and white.

Absurd, Their Enthusiasm (Table of Contents)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Josh Gordon

Pencils:

Angelo Torres

Inks:

Angelo Torres

Colors:

Wildstorm

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Characters:

Jason Alexander; Larry Davy; Cheryl Hines; Jeff Garlin; Richard Lewis; Rob Reiner; Ted Danson (cameo); Tony Danza (cameo); Sir Anthony Hopkins (cameo); Jimmy; Jerry Seinfeld; James Gandolfini

Synopsis:

A satire of the television show CURB YOUR ENTHUSIASM.

If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 31st Century: The Marriage License (Table of Contents)

illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Richard Williams (painted)

Inks:

Richard Williams (painted)

Colors:

Richard Williams (painted)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Painting depicts two men getting a marriage license.

Now Playing at the California State House: Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor (Table of Contents)

Now Playing / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Snider

Pencils:

Mike Snider (video captures)

Inks:

Mike Snider (video captures)

Colors:

Mike Snider (video captures)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

advocacy; satire-parody

Characters:

Arnold Schwarzenneger (photos from his various movies)

Keywords:

political

What Stomach-Turning Reality Show Has Many Across the Land Completely Disgusted? (Table of Contents)

Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

Al Jaffee ?

Letters:

Al Jaffee ?

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Inside backcover and in color. Answer is: The democratic primaries.

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Drawn-Out Dramas / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Indexer Notes

No page count as gags appear in various places around the magazine.