Mad #484

(December 2007)

Unfurl Stories Of The Great Asian Powers (Table of Contents)

Age of Empires III / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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?

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?

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?

Letters:

typeset

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?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Microsoft/Ensemble Studios/Big Huge Games.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

Table of Contents / foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?; Dick DeBartolo

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various

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various

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?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Donald Rumsfeld

Synopsis:

Includes "An Important Message From the Editors" about safety precautions for reading MAD, to reduce the hazards of lead poisoning.

Indexer Notes

Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Wettysburg Address Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters And Tomatoes Department / letters page / 2.53 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra; Natalie Beach; Augie Kahsar; Ester O'Neile; Graham Kaletsky; John Hadden; Scott Gosar

Pencils:

Jordan Pope-Roush (photo); Scott Gosar (photo); Steve Greenberg; Bill Bramhall; Steve Macklen; ? (Clinton figure)

Inks:

Jordan Pope-Roush (photo); Scott Gosar (photo); Steve Greenberg; Bill Bramhall; Steve Macklen; ? (Clinton figure)

Colors:

Jordan Pope-Roush (photo); Scott Gosar (photo); ?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Bill English; Sam Huntington; Nick Kroll; Jeff Daniel Phillips; Black Spy; White Spy; Bill Gaines; Mark Holsman; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Hillary Clinton

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

Indexer Notes

Includes cartoons reprinted from The New York Daily News; Tampa Bay Times; Ventura County Star, and a letter reprinted from Model Airplane.

Statement of Ownership (Table of Contents)

statement of ownership / 0.14 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Levitz

Letters:

typeset

Indexer Notes

For October 4, 2007. Total paid distribution = 205,890. Owner = E. C. Publications, Inc., wholly owned by Time Warner.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

non-fiction

Human History Just Got A Little Less Human (Table of Contents)

Resistance Fall of Man / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

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?

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typeset

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Insomniac games.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages 2-3 and between pages 3-4 of letters pages.

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon And Graphic Art, Inc. (Table of Contents)

The Joe Kubert School of Cartoon And Graphic Art, Inc. / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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Joe Kubert ?

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Joe Kubert ?

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?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Fundalini Goes To The MTV Video Music Awards; The Godfrey Report; Vey To Go!; Meet The '08 Presidential Candidates; The Sopranos Wins The Emmy; Bitterman; Political Bumper Stickers We're Sure To See; Fundalini Goes To The Em / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Script:

various

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various

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various

Colors:

?

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Britney Spears; Fred Thompson; Leona Helmsley; Larry Craig; David Chase; Joe Bitterman

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: John Caldwell; Matthew A. Cohen; Paul Coker; Garth Gerhart; Barry Liebmann; Hermann Mejia; Frank Santopadre; Jack Syracuse; P. C. Vey.

Bring Our Troops Home From Iran! (Table of Contents)

Alfred E. Neuman; A MAD Protest Poster / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Mark Fredrickson

Inks:

Mark Fredrickson

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

MAD Deconstructs TV Talk Shows (Table of Contents)

The Chat 'N The Stat Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Desmond Devlin

Pencils:

Sam Viviano

Inks:

Sam Viviano

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Characters:

Stephen Colbert; Jon Stewart; Jimmy Neutron (cameo); Marco Crandall

Synopsis:

A look at the Colbert Report tv show.

The Ultimate in Archival Storage for Comic Books! (Table of Contents)

Mill Case / advertisement / 0.6 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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typeset

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?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for plastic cases for comic book storage.

The New Magic of DrawerBoxes (Table of Contents)

DrawerBoxes / advertisement / 0.4 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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? (photo)

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? (photo)

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? (photo)

Letters:

typeset

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?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for storage system from The Collection Drawer Co.

Juggles (Table of Contents)

Humor In A Juggler Vein Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mo Willems

Pencils:

Tom Bunk

Inks:

Tom Bunk

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

A juggler keeps adding increasingly dangerous items to his act until he chokes on an apple and the whole mess comes down on him.

Indexer Notes

Department title is wordplay on original MAD cover blurb: "Humor In A Jugular Vein."

Play Games For FREE (Table of Contents)

Gametap / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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? (photo)

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for online gaming from Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.

You're Not Exactly Full of The True Spirit of Christmas If... (Table of Contents)

Totally Scrooged Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Caldwell

Pencils:

John Caldwell

Inks:

John Caldwell

Colors:

?

Letters:

John Caldwell; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things you might do during the Christmas season that show you're a jerk.

The Lines Are Drawn... (Table of Contents)

Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

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?

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Letters:

typeset

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?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Nintendo.

Are We Winning The War On Terrorism? (Table of Contents)

Homeland Insecurity Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Barry Liebmann

Pencils:

Ward Sutton

Inks:

Ward Sutton

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Geraldo Rivera; Rudy Giulani; Donald Rumsfeld; Dick Cheney; Condolezza Rice; Osama bin Laden; George Bush

Synopsis:

Questions about the progress of the war.

The Don Martin 2008 Calendar (Table of Contents)

Week-Al Matter Dept. / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

A calendar with some art from previous issues by Don Martin.

Indexer Notes

Includes a small promo for the book "Mad's Greatest Artists Volume One."

NEW Blose QuiteDiscomforting 3 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling Headphones (Table of Contents)

Noise Will Be Noise Dept.; A MAD Ad Parody / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

Irving Schild (photo)

Inks:

Irving Schild (photo)

Colors:

Irving Schild (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Phony ad for NEW Blose QuiteDiscomforting 3 Acoustic Noise-Cancelling Headphones.

Indexer Notes

Parody of ad for Bose QuietComfort 3 Headphones. Appears between pages of the Don Martin Calendar.

The Secret Of His Past Is The Key To The Galaxy's Future (Table of Contents)

Ratchet Clank Future / advertisement / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

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typeset

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Content Information

Characters:

Ratchet

Synopsis:

Ad for game "Tools of Destruction" from Insomniac Games.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages of the Don Martin Calendar.

Millions of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books (Table of Contents)

MAD books / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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typeset

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for the following MAD books: Spy Vs. Spy 2; MAD About Star Wars; The MAD War on Bush; The Completely MAD Don Martin.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages of the Don Martin Calendar.

Ways To Keep Voters Interested Until Election Day (Table of Contents)

A Case of Ballot Fatigue Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Pencils:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Inks:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst

Colors:

?

Letters:

Teresa Burns Parkhurst; typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Hillary Clinton; Kirsti Alley; Rudy Giulani; Barack Obama; Chris Dodd; Katie Couric

Synopsis:

Goofy ways to pump up interest in the election by using television show gimmicks.

The MAD World of Family Life (Table of Contents)

Mortal Kin Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Sinberg

Pencils:

Marc Hempel

Inks:

Marc Hempel

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Mostly parents acting badly.

Monroe and...The Tutor (Table of Contents)

Angster's Paradise Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Anthony Barbieri

Pencils:

Tom Fowler

Inks:

Tom Fowler

Colors:

Carl Peterson

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Monroe; Mr. Bines; Inga; Dylan; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather; Charles Stingler; childlover4000; No English; Walter

Synopsis:

Monroe needs a tutor and the family finds a good one. Monroe actually passes a test but the tutor leaves due to nonpayment.

You'll Go Head Over Heels For This Issue! (Table of Contents)

MADKids / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

? (photo)

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? (photo)

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Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Tony Hawk

Synopsis:

House ad for latest issue of MADKids.

Empower Your Imagination (Table of Contents)

Full Sail / advertisement / 0.5 page (report information)

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Script:

?

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typeset

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Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for Full Sail School of Computer Animation.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke And Dagger Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Peter Kuper

Pencils:

Peter Kuper

Inks:

Peter Kuper

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

The White Spy consistently escapes bombardment by the Black Spy and eventually drops a bomb himself.

What The Heck Is The Difference? (Table of Contents)

Observation Dreck Dept. / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

Norman Mingo (painted, signed); ? (changes)

Inks:

Norman Mingo (painted, signed); ? (changes)

Colors:

Norman Mingo (painted, signed); ? (changes)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Cover of MAD #36 with a variation to find the differences on.

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #36 (December 1957)

A MAD Look At Sports Scandals (Table of Contents)

Serge-In General Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Colors:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Monetary, drug and criminal sports scandals.

Not So Hot Topic Catalog (Table of Contents)

The Goods, The Fads And The Ugly Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Scott Maiko; Albert Crudo (clothes stylist)

Pencils:

Irving Schild (photo)

Inks:

Irving Schild (photo)

Colors:

Irving Schild (photo)

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

satire-parody

Synopsis:

Catalog of ugly clothes and stupid gifts.

Indexer Notes

Parody of items at Hot Topic stores.

Unlock Your Inner Hero (Table of Contents)

Justice League Padlocks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

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?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Characters:

Batman

Synopsis:

Ad for combination locks.

What Primitive Form of Sub-Human Life Has Recently Been Discovered? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Michael Vick

Synopsis:

Answer is: Michael Vick.

Indexer Notes

Inside back cover.

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 12 different pages.

I Am Ripper, Tearer, Slasher, Teeth In The Darkness (Table of Contents)

Beowulf / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

?

Pencils:

?

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?

Colors:

?

Letters:

typeset

Editing:

?

Content Information

Synopsis:

Ad for game from Ubisoft.

Indexer Notes

Back cover.