Mad
#506
(December 2010)
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- 5.99 USD
- Pages
- 60
- Indicia Frequency
- 6 times a year
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- John Ficarra (credited) (editor); Dave Croatto (credited) (Associate Editor)
Glee
Alfred E. Neuman / cover / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Sue Sylvester; Will Schuester; Rachel Berry
- Synopsis
- Alfred points his "L" the wrong way.
Haunted By The Ghost of Christmas Presents?
MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman (as Jacob Marley); Ebenezer Scrooge
- Synopsis
- House ad for subscriptions to MAD.
- Reprints
- from MAD (EC, 1952 Series) #?
Indexer Notes
inside front cover
Departments
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Smokey Bear; George W. Bush; Black Spy; White Spy; Shrew Stillfester
Indexer Notes
The feature "Kindle In The Wind Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
Art is from various articles in this issue.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 2.75 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra; Irving Reed; Dylan Ash; Margaret McLoughlin; Todd Duke; Pearson McKenzie; Beatriz Lopez; Daniel Weinberg
- Pencils
- ? (photo); Vic Arkoff (photo); Ed Meisinger; Sam Irwin (sculpture)
- Inks
- ? (photo); Vic Arkoff (photo); Ed Meisinger; Sam Irwin (sculpture)
- Colors
- ? (photo); Vic Arkoff (photo); Ed Meisinger; Sam Irwin (sculpture)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sergio Aragones; Alfred E. Neuman; Joe Masterman; Andrew Spitzer; Christina Vanko; Jon Hamm; Matthew Weiner; John Slattery; Vincent Kartheiser; Bryan Batt; Kent Smith
- Synopsis
- Letters, photos and fan art, including Celebrity Snaps and a tribute to MAD's interns.
Gear And Gifts For Spies Like You!
International Spy Museum; Spy vs. Spy / advertisement / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Black Spy
- Synopsis
- Ad for Spy vs. Spy merchandise.
Indexer Notes
On page 4 of letters pages.
An Offer You Can't De-Fuse!
Spy vs. Spy Mega Mini Kit / promo (ad from the publisher) / 0.5 page
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- House ad for figurines.
Indexer Notes
On page 3 of letters pages.
[no title indexed]
credits, title page / 0.25 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
Indexer Notes
on bottom of page 4 of letters pages
The Fundalini Pages
LeLievre And Let LeLievre; The Fast Five; The Egregious Eight; Lil' Lindsay Lohan; Clark Can't; Plugged Nickel; When The Going Gets Duff; Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds; Cathy: Final Episodes You Never Saw: Random Acts of Mindless Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- Jeff Kruse; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Jacob Lambert; Dave Croatto; Todd Clark; Scott Nickel; Matt Cohen (credited as Matthew A. Cohen); Dick DeBartolo; J. C. Duffy; Corey Pandolph (idea); ?; Joe Masterman; Eric Scott; Brian Farrelly; Sean Farrelly
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Evan Dorkin; Bob Staake; Rick Tulka; Todd Clark; Scott Nickel; Angelo Torres; Anton Emdin; J. C. Duffy; Jack Syracuse; Ward Sutton; Corey Pandolph; ? (photo); Eric Scott; istockphoto.com / Deejpilot
- Inks
- Mort Drucker; Glen Le Lievre (credited as Glen LeLievre); Sarah Dyer; Bob Staake; Rick Tulka; Todd Clark; Scott Nickel; Angelo Torres; Anton Emdin; J. C. Duffy; Jack Syracuse; Ward Sutton; Corey Pandolph; ? (photo); Eric Scott; istockphoto.com / Deejpilot
- Colors
- ?; ? (photo); istockphoto.com / Deejpilot
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Michael Steele; Jesus Christ; Smokey Bear; Lindsay Lohan; Mrs. Lohan; Lebron James; Glenn Beck; Lady Gaga; Lyndsy Fonseca; David Henrie; Levi Johnston; Cathy; Irving; Cathy's mother; Cathy's father
- Synopsis
- Various short satires of pop culture.
Indexer Notes
Additional features are: How The GOP Is Planning To Recapture The House And Senate; Other Problems With The iPhone 4; What's On Mel Gibson's Nightstand?; Phrases To Avoid..."; Lindsay Lohan's Recently Discovered Prison Tweets; The Lost iPhone Commercial; Other Possible Answers To The Ridiculous Question...; Possible Last Lines From The Kids On How I Met Your Mother; Insane Theories From Glenn Beck To Watch For This Fall; Why Levi Johnston Is Supremely Qualified To Be The Next Mayor of Wasilla, Alaska; Sillybandz Condomz
What's The One Thing Dumber Than Reading MAD Magazine?
MAD on Cartoon Network / advertisement / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Editing
- ?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Ad for new MAD TV show in form of a MAD Fold-In.
Indexer Notes
between pages 3-4 of Fundalini Pages
An Explosive Collection of Classic Spy Vs. Spy
MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Peter Kuper
- Inks
- Peter Kuper
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- spy
- Synopsis
- House ad for magazine.
Glee-Tarded
High School Snoozicle Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Arnie Kogen
- Pencils
- Tom Richmond (signed)
- Inks
- Tom Richmond (signed)
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Schmoo; Rugaluch; Epiphany; Cluck; Shrew Stillfester; Justin Beiber (cameo); Principal Friggens; Simon Cowell; Randy Jackson; Dim; Tuna; Archie Andrews (cameo); Betty Cooper (cameo); Veronica Lodge (cameo); Jughead Jones (cameo); Lady Gaga (statue)
- Synopsis
- A parody of a typical episode of Glee, with running commentary from Simon Cowell and others.
Indexer Notes
More cast members appear but not all are identified by a fake name.
A MAD Look At The Oil Spill
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Aquaman
- Synopsis
- Unexpected consequences of the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, including the apparent death of Aquaman.
The Fastest Way To Learn A Language
A MAD Ad Parody; So You Think You Can Rant Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Robert Kenny / Retna Ltd. / Corbis (photo)
- Inks
- Robert Kenny / Retna Ltd. / Corbis (photo)
- Colors
- Robert Kenny / Retna Ltd. / Corbis (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Mel Gibson
- Synopsis
- Parody of Rosetta Stone ad featuring Mel Gibson swearing.
A Beginner's Guide To A More Prosperous Career In Panhandling
Spare Change You Can Believe In Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Things to avoid if you're begging.
Some Serious Monkey Business
The Beast And The Brightest Dept. / text story / 2 pages
- Script
- Brian McConnachie
- Pencils
- Leonard Rodriguez
- Inks
- Leonard Rodriguez
- Colors
- Leonard Rodriguez
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Dr. Barry Coleman; Mr. Aims; Dr. Charmers
- Synopsis
- A story of a research scientist bonding with his dangerous lab monkey.
Indexer Notes
Sixth in a series of MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories.
Tea Party Logic
A Crass Roots Movement Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Sarah Palin
- Synopsis
- Tea party thoughts taken to extremes.
Signs You've Got A Bad Roommate
Move-In Violation Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Script
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Pencils
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Inks
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- Teresa Burns Parkhurst
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- All the worst roommate bad habits taken to extremes.
The MAD World of...Fashion
Case Clothes Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Goofy results of being a fashion fanatic.
On Sale Now Wherever Books Are Still Sold!
Sergio Aragones Five Decades of His Finest Works / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Synopsis
- House ad for new book in the series MAD's Greatest Artists.
Deleted Passages From George W. Bush's New Book
Omission Accomplished Dept. / text article / 2 pages
- Script
- Charlie Kadau
- Pencils
- Sam Viviano; ? (photo)
- Inks
- Sam Viviano; ? (photo)
- Colors
- ?; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- George W. Bush
- Synopsis
- Things that do not appear in the book "Decision Points."
Indexer Notes
one illustration
MAD's Less-Than-Magical Outtakes From Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Grint And Bear It Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Harry Potter; Ron Weasley; Hermione Granger; Lord Voldemort
- Synopsis
- Stills from the movie "Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows" with fake dialog.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Characters
- Black Spy; White Spy
- Synopsis
- In the first story, the White Spy if foiled by a Rube Goldberg type device of the Black Spy.
In the second story, the White Spy blows up the Black Spy with a rocket hidden under a rock.
Indexer Notes
2 stories
The 2010 Lack-Of-Entertainment Book
Bargain De-Basement Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Fake coupons parodying a typical book of entertainment, restaurant, and lodging coupons, detailing why you never use them.
Indexer Notes
Most store names are fake, but several real ones including Subway, Applebee's and The Cheesecake Factory are used.
Subscribe To MAD And Own A Piece of MAD History!
MAD Magazine / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- House ad for subscriptions.
Indexer Notes
Cover art (without text) from MAD #96 is reproduced as part of ad.
The Strip Club
Pen And Stink Dept.; Just Below The Surface; Me, Myself And My Puppet; Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions; Good Enough!; Got Your Nose; That Sinking Feeling / comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- John Kovaleski; Keith Knight; Jacob Lambert; Jason Yungbluth; Christopher Baldwin; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Peet Tamburino
- Pencils
- John Kovaleski; Keith Knight; Jacob Lambert; Jason Yungbluth; Christopher Baldwin; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Peet Tamburino
- Inks
- John Kovaleski; Keith Knight; Jacob Lambert; Jason Yungbluth; Christopher Baldwin; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Peet Tamburino
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- John Kovaleski; Keith Knight; Jacob Lambert; Jason Yungbluth; Christopher Baldwin; Douglas Paszkiewicz; Peet Tamburino
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Father O'Flannity; Choirboy Timmy; Lady Gaga; Doomatarians
- Synopsis
- A collection of comic strips.
MAD's Handy Quick Primer To World of Warcraft
Surely, You Quest Dept. / comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of a game, featuring the backstory, characters, rules, and equipment.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (Don Lawrence Collection, 2011 series) #1 (oktober 2011)
-
The MAD Vault 1978
The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Al Jaffee; Frank Jacobs; Arnie Kogen; Larry Siegel; Dick DeBartolo; Stan Hart; Paul Peter Porges; John Caldwell; Don Martin
- Pencils
- Jack Davis; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker; Harry North; Paul Coker; Bob Clarke; Angelo Torres; Don Martin
- Inks
- Jack Davis; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker; Harry North; Paul Coker; Bob Clarke; Angelo Torres; Don Martin
- Colors
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Characters
- Nancy; Sluggo; Olivia Newton-John; John Travolta; Alfred E. Neuman; Princess Laidup; Bar-Stool; George Lucas; Jimmy Carter
- Reprints
- from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #196
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #197
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #198
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #199
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #200
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #201
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #202
from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #203
- from MAD (EC, 1952 series) #196
Indexer Notes
Single panels, pages and covers from previous issues.
Dead Lobster
A MAD Ad Parody; Oil You Can Eat Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Andy Ross
- Pencils
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Inks
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Colors
- Irving Schild (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Parody of a Red Lobster ad, featuring all the sea food ruined by oil.
What American Enterprise Is Still Widely Regarded As Too Big To Fail?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Kim Kardashian
- Synopsis
- Answer is Kim Kardashian's Butt.
Indexer Notes
inside back cover
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / filler / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- White Spy; a pope; Mickey Mouse; Donald Duck
Indexer Notes
Gags appear on 14 different pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
-
0.
Glee
Alfred E. Neuman -
1.
Haunted By The Ghost of Christmas Presents?
MAD Magazine -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Dept. -
4.
Gear And Gifts For Spies Like You!
International Spy Museum; Spy vs. Spy -
5.
An Offer You Can't De-Fuse!
Spy vs. Spy Mega Mini Kit -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
The Fundalini Pages
LeLievre And Let LeLievre; The Fast Five; The Egregious Eight; Lil' Lindsay Lohan; Clark Can't; Plugged Nickel; When The Going Gets Duff; Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds; Cathy: Final Episodes You Never Saw: Random Acts of Mindless Dept. -
8.
What's The One Thing Dumber Than Reading MAD Magazine?
MAD on Cartoon Network -
9.
An Explosive Collection of Classic Spy Vs. Spy
MAD Presents Spy Vs. Spy -
10.
Glee-Tarded
High School Snoozicle Dept. -
11.
A MAD Look At The Oil Spill
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
12.
The Fastest Way To Learn A Language
A MAD Ad Parody; So You Think You Can Rant Dept. -
13.
A Beginner's Guide To A More Prosperous Career In Panhandling
Spare Change You Can Believe In Dept. -
14.
Some Serious Monkey Business
The Beast And The Brightest Dept. -
15.
Tea Party Logic
A Crass Roots Movement Dept. -
16.
Signs You've Got A Bad Roommate
Move-In Violation Dept. -
17.
The MAD World of...Fashion
Case Clothes Dept. -
18.
On Sale Now Wherever Books Are Still Sold!
Sergio Aragones Five Decades of His Finest Works -
19.
Deleted Passages From George W. Bush's New Book
Omission Accomplished Dept. -
20.
MAD's Less-Than-Magical Outtakes From Harry Potter And The Deathly Hallows
Grint And Bear It Dept. -
21.
Spy Vs. Spy
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
22.
The 2010 Lack-Of-Entertainment Book
Bargain De-Basement Dept. -
23.
Subscribe To MAD And Own A Piece of MAD History!
MAD Magazine -
24.
The Strip Club
Pen And Stink Dept.; Just Below The Surface; Me, Myself And My Puppet; Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions; Good Enough!; Got Your Nose; That Sinking Feeling -
25.
MAD's Handy Quick Primer To World of Warcraft
Surely, You Quest Dept. -
26.
The MAD Vault 1978
The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept. -
27.
Dead Lobster
A MAD Ad Parody; Oil You Can Eat Dept. -
28.
What American Enterprise Is Still Widely Regarded As Too Big To Fail?
Mad Fold-In -
29.
Drawn Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
30.
Together We Are Invincible
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