Mad #256

(July 1985)

What Safe, Cheap Star Wars Technology Would We Like To Suggest To the Pentagon? (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee (painting, signed)

Inks:

Al Jaffee (painting, signed)

Colors:

Al Jaffee (painting, signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

inside front cover

Die-Nasty (Table of Contents)

Getting Too Big For Its Bitches Department / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Inks:

Mort Drucker (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

One Fine Sunday Afternoon in the Jungle (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Department / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mat Jacobs

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Mad Wrestling Primer (Table of Contents)

Ringsnide Seat Department / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Lou Silverstone

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Raising Money With Other Forms Of Legalized Gambling (Table of Contents)

For Better Or Worse Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Inks:

George Woodbridge (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

The Mad Emergency Barf-Inducing Technique The Potrzebie Maneuver (Table of Contents)

Heaving Can't Wait Department / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Porn in the U.S.A. (Table of Contents)

Blanking in the Dark Department / text story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Coker

Pencils:

Frank Jacobs

Inks:

Frank Jacobs

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

The Lighter Side Of... (Table of Contents)

Berg's-Eye View Department / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg (signed)

Inks:

Dave Berg (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

One Fine Tuesday Morning Uptown (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Department / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mat Jacobs

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Join Mad's Trendy Book of the Month Club (Table of Contents)

Shelf Abuse Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

If Advertisers Made Use Of Old Masters (Table of Contents)

Canvassing Business Department / photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

? (photos)

Inks:

? (photos)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

The Mad Practical Driving Test (Table of Contents)

Crash Course Department / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Inks:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Mad's Goetz Mask (Table of Contents)

A Face Only A Mugger Could... Department / activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Harvey Kutzman (idea); Will Elder (idea)

Pencils:

A. Tannenbaum-Sygma (photo)

Inks:

A. Tannenbaum-Sygma (photo)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Pastimes for Nerds (Table of Contents)

Tips For Zips Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Paul Peter Porges

Pencils:

Paul Peter Porges (signed)

Inks:

Paul Peter Porges (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

If the Miller Lite Beer Gang Ran This Country (Table of Contents)

Lager Heads Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Larry Siegel

Pencils:

Sam Viviano (signed)

Inks:

Sam Viviano (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Mad's Really Perplexing Mysteries Of Life (Table of Contents)

Whys Up Department / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Mike Snyder

Pencils:

Harry North

Inks:

Harry North

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

One Fine Friday Evening Downtown (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Department / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Don Edwing

Pencils:

Don Martin (signed)

Inks:

Don Martin (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Beverly Hills Cop Out (Table of Contents)

Murphy's Flaw Department / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick De Bartolo

Pencils:

Angelo Torres (signed)

Inks:

Angelo Torres (signed)

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit (Cont.) (Table of Contents)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

inside back cover

The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit (Table of Contents)

activity / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Ficarra

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

humor; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

back cover

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents)

Drawn-Out Dramas / comic story / 0 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragonés

Pencils:

Sergio Aragonés

Inks:

Sergio Aragonés

Content Information

Genre:

humor

Indexer Notes

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