Mad #486

(February 2008)

Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles (Table of Contents)

Terminator / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Characters:

Sarah Connor

Synopsis:

Ad for tv show on Fox Network.

Indexer Notes

Inside front cover.

Departments (Table of Contents)

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

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Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Bore Growls; Black Spy

Indexer Notes

Art is excerpts from this issue.

Random Samplings of Reader Mail (Table of Contents)

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 2.67 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Ficarra; Paul Roberts; Robert Schuster; Angela Liewen; Jeffrey Pearson; Richard Thompson; Gorjan Veletic; Robert Clemons; Ashley Davie

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Jeffrey Pearson (photo); Mike Proia (photo); Joseph Mehr (photo); Barry Fries (photo); Ashley Davie (photo)

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Jeffrey Pearson (photo); Mike Proia (photo); Joseph Mehr (photo); Barry Fries (photo); Ashley Davie (photo)

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Jeffrey Pearson (photo); Mike Proia (photo); Joseph Mehr (photo); Barry Fries (photo); Ashley Davie (photo)

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typeset

Content Information

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman; Sophia (of Kid Nation); Angela-Jo Griffin [as White Spy]; Jennifer Mawhinney [as Black Spy]; Al Jaffee; Ashley Davie

Synopsis:

Letters, photos and fan art.

15 Years. 15 Superstars. (Table of Contents)

WWE presents Raw / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for music CD.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages 1-2 of Letters pages.

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

Beowulf / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Paramount Pictures and Shangri-la Entertainment.

Indexer Notes

Appears between pages 2-3 of Letters pages.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents)

credits / 0.33 page (report information)

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They've Made Our World Their Battleground (Table of Contents)

Dragon Wars / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Younggu Art Co, Ltd. and Sony.

The Fundalini Pages (Table of Contents)

The Fundalini Pages; Things You Don't Want To Hear From a High School Guidance Counselor; Better Endings To Fairy Tales Than "Happily Ever After"; Least E-mailed Articles; The 3 Biggest Lies!!; Modern Heart Pendants; Meet The '08 Presidential Candidates; / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Dennis Kucinich; Al Gore; George Bush

Synopsis:

Various short satires of pop culture.

Indexer Notes

Contributors (roles unknown) include: Charles Akins; Peter Bagge; Scott Bricher; Tom Bunk; John Caldwell; Paul Coker; Desmond Devlin; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Jacob Lambert; Jack Syracuse; Sumukh Torgalkar; P. C. Vey.

The War Of The Future Begins Today (Table of Contents)

Frontlines Fuel of War / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from THQ, Inc. and Kaos Studios.

George W. Bush "Spins" His Final State Of The Union Address (Table of Contents)

True Wrongs Don't Make A Right Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Frank Jacobs

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Ward Sutton

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Ward Sutton

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Bill Clinton; Hillary Clinton; John Kerry; Barack Obama; Al Gore; Dick Cheney; George Bush; Nancy Pelosi; Condolezza Rice; George H. W. Bush; Barbara Bush; Laura Bush; Karl Rove

Synopsis:

Parody of President Bush's final State of The Union address, noting supposed highlights of his presidency.

Spy Vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

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

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Script:

Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Peter Kuper

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Black Spy; White Spy

Synopsis:

The Black Spy fools the White Spy into thinking he can follow him into the air by filling helium ballons from a tank that is actually an H-bomb.

Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions (Table of Contents)

All Jaffee Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

Ryan Flanders

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

More stupid answers to stupid questions.

Zeroes (Table of Contents)

A Mad Political Poster / illustration / 2 pages (report information)

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

John McCain; Hillary Clinton; Fred Thompson; Barack Obama; Dennis Kucinich; Mitt Romney; John Edwards; Rudy Giuliani; Bill Richardson; Mike Huckabee; Ron Paul; Joe Lieberman

Synopsis:

A poster of the presidential candidates arranged in a still photo from the tv show Heroes, with the headline "Ignore the Candidates, Save The World."

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

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

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Script:

Sergio Aragonès

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Sergio Aragonès

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Sergio Aragonès

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Tom Luth

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Sergio Aragonès

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Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Unusual causes of death and things that can go wrong when you try to cheat death.

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

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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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.

MAD Presents The Whitest Kids U'Know (Table of Contents)

The Whitest Kids U'Know / advertisement / 8 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Mark Fredrickson; Hermann Mejia; Jack Syracuse; Tom Bunk; Drew Friedman; Tom Richmond; ? (photo)

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Mark Fredrickson; Hermann Mejia; Jack Syracuse; Tom Bunk; Drew Friedman; Tom Richmond; ? (photo)

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Trevor Moore; Zach Cregger; Timmy Willimas; Sam Brown; Darren Trumeter, Jr.; Anne; Commander Livingston

Synopsis:

Advertisement for tv series from Independent Film Channel (IFC), presented as a humor magazine sytled after MAD

Indexer Notes

Bound into center of issue.

Monroe And...The Recall (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Anthony Barbieri

Pencils:

Tom Fowler

Inks:

Tom Fowler

Colors:

Ryan Flanders

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Genre:

humor

Characters:

Monroe; Dylan; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather

Synopsis:

Monroe's grandfather destroys everything in the house that was made in China, including Monroe's childhood toys, after hearing about a product recall.

Own A Piece Of MAD History! (Table of Contents)

Mad Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page (report information)

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Kelly Freas (signed)

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Kelly Freas (signed)

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Kelly Freas (signed)

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Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

House ad for subscriptions to MAD, with offer of a limited edition print of cover to MAD #43.

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• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #43 (December 1958)

When The Morbidly Obese Go Bad (Table of Contents)

Fats All, Folks! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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John Caldwell

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Genre:

humor

Synopsis:

Things that might happen if the obese used their weight and size to make life miserable for others.

MAD's Juvenile Kid Nation Outtakes (Table of Contents)

No Child Left Behind The Scenes Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

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Genre:

satire

Synopsis:

Stills from the tv show "Kid Nation" with fake dialog.

The Black Pearl (Table of Contents)

Hawthorne Village / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Capt. Jack Sparrow

Synopsis:

Ad for Ghost Ship Collection featuring characters from Disney's Pirates of The Caribbean.

Every Issue Of MAD Magazine on 1 DVD! (Table of Contents)

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

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Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Ad for DVD of MAD Magazines.

The Strip Club (Table of Contents)

Pen And Stink Dept.; Eek!; The Legendary Deliveries of Pete Zahn; Fantabula Man; Whoops; The Machine That Travels Through Time; Just Below The Surface; It Only Hurts When I Laugh / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

Scott Nickell; John Kovaleski; Ted Rall; Stan Arrowood; Joey Sayers; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Christopher Baldwin

Pencils:

Scott Nickell; John Kovaleski; Ted Rall; Stan Arrowood; Joey Sayers; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Christopher Baldwin

Inks:

Scott Nickell; John Kovaleski; Ted Rall; Stan Arrowood; Joey Sayers; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Christopher Baldwin

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Letters:

Scott Nickell; John Kovaleski; Ted Rall; Stan Arrowood; Joey Sayers; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Christopher Baldwin

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

Fantabulaman [Dan Hack aka. Buzzman]

Synopsis:

The Fantabulaman strip tells his origin, revealing his given name.

Indexer Notes

A collection of comic strips.

A Thousand Years of Memories Lost. It's Time To Discover Them. (Table of Contents)

Lost Odyssey / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for game from Mistwalker and Microsoft.

Happy Hour Candidate Rundown (Table of Contents)

Political Drink Tank Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

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Ted Rall

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Genre:

satire

Characters:

Rudy Giuliani; Barack Obama; John Edwards; John McCain; Hillary Clinton; Dennis Kucinich

Synopsis:

Thoughts on what the presidential candidates would say if they had a few too many beers with you.

Man Vs. Wild...At The Mall (Table of Contents)

Shop Goes The Weasel Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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Script:

David Shayne

Pencils:

Herman Mejia

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Herman Mejia

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Content Information

Genre:

satire; parody

Characters:

Bore Growls; mall cop

Synopsis:

Parody of tv show, showing wilderness survival skills (mis)applied to a shopping mall.

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

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

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Script:

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Mort Drucker (signed)

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Mort Drucker (signed)

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Characters:

The Clintstones; Alfred E. Neuman

Synopsis:

Cover of MAD #331 with a variation to find the differences on.

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• from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #331 (October-November 1994)

The Epic Adventure Comes To Life In This First-Ever Feature-Length DVD! (Table of Contents)

Dragonlance / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for DVD from Filmproduktions GmbH & Co.

What Unqualified, Smug Goofball Was, Thankfully, Banned From Running For President In 2008? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (signed)

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typeset

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Characters:

George W. Bush

Synopsis:

Answer is: George W. Bush.

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:

gag

Indexer Notes

Gags appear on 15 different pages.

Hunger Gets What Hunger Wants (Table of Contents)

Ball Park Franks / advertisement / 1 page (report information)

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Synopsis:

Ad for hot dogs.

Indexer Notes

back cover