Mad #258

(October 1985)

You'll Flip Over These Flubs! (Table of Contents)

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

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Pencils:

?

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?

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?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Alfred E. Neuman

Indexer Notes

Inside Front Cover (full color)

[Table of Contents] (Table of Contents)

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

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Pencils:

Various

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. (Table of Contents)

Letters and Tomatoes Dept. / letters page / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

?

Pencils:

?

Inks:

?

Letters:

Typeset

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Genre:

Humor

Mad's Academy Awards for Teenage Films (Table of Contents)

Teen-sell Town Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Arnie Kogen

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Dick Martin; Tom Hulcer; Gene Siskel; Roger Ebert;
Jacqueline Briskette; Ally Cheaty; Sean Punk; Ray
Walston; Chevy Chase; Neil Izzy; Pat Propp; Gregory Peck; Scott Bayou

Spy vs. Spy (Table of Contents)

Joke and Dagger Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Anthony Prohias

Pencils:

Anthony Prohias

Inks:

Anthony Prohias

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

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

The Lighter Side of... / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dave Berg

Pencils:

Dave Berg

Inks:

Dave Berg

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Indexer Notes

Berg tackles a variety of subjects: predictability, speeding, addiction, weddings,
communication, seasons, mishaps, shopping, travel,
social activity, persuasion, sleep, and choices.

A Fairy Tale We'd Like to See (Table of Contents)

Grimm Shot Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

John Rios

Pencils:

Bob Jones

Inks:

Bob Jones

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Prince

A Mad Look at Some Not-So-Famous First Attempts (Table of Contents)

A Mad Look / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Mike Snider

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Characters:

Jim McKay

Goons, They Know How It's Done (Table of Contents)

Hoax-a-Mania Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Mort Drucker

Inks:

Mort Drucker

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Hulk Hogan; Captain Lou; Big John Studd; Sarge
Slaughter; "Rowdy" Roddy; Patera; Andre the Giant

The Mad Computer Primer (Table of Contents)

Bits and P.C.'s Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

John Boni

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Practical Computer Programs for Normal Everyday Use (Table of Contents)

Dick Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Inks:

Paul Coker, Jr.

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Don Martin Dept.:One Morning at the Office (Table of Contents)

Don Martin Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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Script:

Don Martin

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

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Genre:

Humor

The Computer Company President of the Year (Table of Contents)

In the Chips Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Dick DeBartolo

Pencils:

Harry North

Inks:

Harry North

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Rivaldo Jivera

Casey at the Byte (Table of Contents)

Designated Hacker Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Frank Jacobs

Pencils:

Don Martin

Inks:

Don Martin

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Indexer Notes

Parody of Ernest Lawrence Thayer's "Casey at the Bat"

If Computers Are So Brilliant ... (Table of Contents)

Terminal Illness Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Tom Koch

Pencils:

George Woodbridge

Inks:

George Woodbridge

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Mad's Guide to Computer Language (Table of Contents)

Mad's Guide to / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

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Script:

Charlie Kadau

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

The Mad Computer Program (Table of Contents)

Data All, Folks Dept. / text article / 4 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Mad's Celebrity Supermarket (Table of Contents)

Big-Name Brands Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Joe Raiola; Charlie Kadau

Pencils:

Bob Clarke

Inks:

Bob Clarke

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Charles Bronson; Billy Graham; John Candy; Burt
Reynolds; Mark Hamill; Bette Midler; Arnold
Schwarzenegger; Bryant Gumbel; Eddie Murphy;
E.T.; Indiana Jones; Al Pacino; Stevie Wonder

Goofies (Table of Contents)

Grinding Out the Same Old Spiel-berg Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Credits

Script:

Stan Hart

Pencils:

Jack Davis

Inks:

Jack Davis

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Mucus; Datum

Synopsis:

"Take a bunch of klutzy kids, a deep dark cave,
hidden treasure and a giant ogre and what have
you got?" [from the intro]

Indexer Notes

Spoof of the motion picture "Goonies"

Justice Once (Table of Contents)

Sergio Aragones Dept. / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Sergio Aragones

Pencils:

Sergio Aragones

Inks:

Sergio Aragones

Letters:

typeset

Content Information

Genre:

gags

Reprints: show reprint note before migration

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

[untitled] (Table of Contents)

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

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Al Jaffee

Inks:

Al Jaffee

Colors:

?

Letters:

Typeset

Content Information

Genre:

Humor

Indexer Notes

Inside Back Cover (full color)

The Weinburger (Table of Contents)

What's the Beef? / illustration / 1 page (report information)

Credits

Script:

Al Jaffee

Pencils:

Will Elder

Inks:

Harvey Kurtzman

Colors:

?

Letters:

?

Content Information

Genre:

Humor; Satire

Characters:

Ronald Reagan