Mad
#481
[Cover #2]
EC,
1952 Series
- Price
- ?
- Pages
- 56
- Indicia Frequency
- ?
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- E.C. Publications Inc.
- Barcode
- ?
- Editing
- John Ficarra (credited) (editor)
Issue Notes
This issue is a variant of Mad (EC, 1952 series) #481.
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Departments
table of contents / 1 page
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Brian Durniak; Jonathan Bresman; Patty Dwyer; Ryan Flanders; Dick DeBartolo; Dave Croatto; Amy Vozeolas; John Ficarra; Joe Raiola; Charlie Kadau; Nadia Simon; Doug Thomson; Tom Silvestro; Greg Leitman; Lenny Brenner; Sam Viviano
Indexer Notes
Characters are the MAD staff as Simpsons cartoon avatars, produced by Simpsonsmovie.com. The feature "The Devil Wears Nada Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] / letters page / 2 pages
- Script
- John Ficarra; Darren Rodstrom; Chris Swisher; Will Swisher
- Pencils
- Darren Rodstrom (photo); Will Swisher (photo); ? (photo)
- Inks
- Darren Rodstrom (photo); Will Swisher (photo); ? (photo)
- Colors
- Darren Rodstrom (photo); Will Swisher (photo); ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Caleb Rodstrom; George Lucas; Chris Swisher; Paul Levitz; Marty Markowitz; Irving Burgie; Robert Catell; Scot Medbury; jon Bresman; Brian Durniak; Amy Vozeolas; Dave Croatto; Dick DeBartolo; Dennis Wunderlin; Greg Leitman; Charlie Kadau; Joe Raiola; Cathy Gaines Mifsud
- Synopsis
- Letters, photos and fan art. Includes photos and writeup on the occasion of William M. Gaines's posthumous receipt of a plaque on the Brooklyn Botanic Garden's Celebrity Path.
How Do You Sound? / Buy Mead. Get Rewarded. / What've You Got Inside?
MeadWestvaco Corporation / advertisement / 2.33 pages
The Fundalini Pages
Random Acts of Mindless Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Al Roker; Melvin; Jenkins; Fidel Castro; Vincent Van Gogh; John Edwards
- Synopsis
- Various short satires of pop culture.
Indexer Notes
Contributors (roles unknown) include: John Caldwell; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; Duck Edwing; Felipe Galindo [as Feggo]; Laura Howell; Jeff Kruse; Kevin Pope; Adam Rust; Eric Scott; Jack Syracuse; Rick Tulka
Segments include: Where Your iPhone $$$$ Goes; Duck Droppings; Joke Set-ups in Search of a Punchline; Fundalini Asks "What If...?"; The Godfrey Report; The Fast 5; Melvin & Jenkins; Paint Like the Masters; Castro Comments; Tierra Del Feggo; Meet the ‘08 Presidential Candidates; Other Bad Animal Employment Opportunities; Little Green Army Men Theatre
Spider-Sham 3
Webber Without A Cause Dept. / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Spider-Sham [Peeper Porker]; Green Gobblygook [Harried]; Blandman; Venema [Eddie Blecch]; MT; Lois Lane (cameo); Clark Kent (cameo); Peeper's aunt; Peeper's boss; Bleak
- Synopsis
- Spider-Sham battles Blandman and Venema with the Green Gobblygook's help.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Parody of movie "Spider-Man 3."
The Young Man's Guide to Successful Mall Romance
Food Courting Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Things not to do if you're trying to impress a date at the mall.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #36 (April 2024)
-
Planet TAD!!!!!
In Blog We Trust Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Shia LaBeouf; Tad; Frank
- Synopsis
- Story of Tad's experiences mowing lawns as a summer job.
Outtakes from Hillary's Sopranos Spoof
A Campaign In The Ass Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Hillary Clinton; Bill Clinton
- Synopsis
- Stills from a Hillary Clinton tv commercial with humorous captions.
Failed Pitches for The New Simpsons Movie
Homer Wreckers Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Homer Simpson; Marge Simpson; Bart Simpson; Lisa Simpson; Maggie Simpson; Eddie Murphy; Ned Flanders; Maude Flanders; Comic Book Guy; Krusty the Clown; Barney Gumble; Moe Syszlak; Smithers; Mr. Burns
- Synopsis
- Ideas for the Simpsons movie from various Hollywood personalities pitching their unique styles.
Indexer Notes
Phony letters from Daisuke Matsui, Macaulay Culkin, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, and Larry Flynt.
Things Shouted Out To Paris Hilton As She Left Prison
Jailhouse Mock Dept. / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Paris Hilton; Nicholas Kristof
- Synopsis
- Unlikely questions for Paris regarding prison life.
[no title indexed]
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 strip, the White Spy fools the Black Spy with a fake half-buried look-alike of himself at the beach. In the second strip, the Black Spy retaliates for a nail on his chair, using a porcupine.
Indexer Notes
There are 2 strips.
Monroe and...the Summer Jobs Part 1
Angster's Paradise Dept. / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Monroe; Monroe's father; Hector; Apache; Mr. Dameshek; Sally June; Sally June's father; Chompers; Mr. August
- Synopsis
- Monroe gets a summer job delivering newspapers until he shows he can calm down animals.
The MAD Guide for Public Speakers, Volume One: Phrases To Absolutely Avoid When Delivering a Eulogy...
Deceased And Desist Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Lines that would be offensive and in bad taste at funerals.
- Reprints
-
in Mad (Don Lawrence Collection, 2011 series) #2 (december 2011)
-
A MAD Look At Mixed Martial Arts
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] / comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Things that can go wrong in mixed martial arts contests.
- Reprints
- in Mad (EC, 2018 series) #25 (June 2022)
-
There's Only One Way To Get Your Hands on a Nanobot-swarm-cannon...You Gotta Earn It.
Alien Syndrome / advertisement / 1 page
Celebrity Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards
Manga Mia! Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Yu-Gi-O'Reilly; Yu-Gi-Oprah; Yu-Gi-Obama; Yu-Gi-O.J.; Yu-Gi-Olsen Twins; Yu-Gi-Osama; Yu-Gi-O'Donnell; Yu-Gi-O'Neal; Yu-Gi-Opie & Anthony
- Synopsis
- Celebrities as Yu-Gi-Oh! character cards, with their power levels and stats.
The Believability / Unbelievability of Harry Potter
Reel To Real Dept. / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Dobby; Dumbledore; Harry Potter
- Synopsis
- Things that are unbelievable about the Harry Potter stories.
Subscribe to MAD Classics...and Own This MAD Classic!
MAD Classics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
Boo!
The Greek Squad Dept. / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Desmond Devlin
- Pencils
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Inks
- Mort Drucker (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Lord Beefjerxes; Cojones; Testes; Treachery; Mentos; Abraham Lincoln (cameo); William Shakespeare (cameo); the hunchback
- Synopsis
- Major scenes from the movie skewered with goofy dialogue.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Parody of movie "300."
What the Heck Is the Difference?
Observation Dreck Dept. / activity / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Norman Mingo (signed) (painting); ? (changes)
- Inks
- Norman Mingo (signed) (painting); ? (changes)
- Colors
- Norman Mingo (signed) (painting); ? (changes)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Cover of MAD #106 with a variation to find the differences on.
- Reprints
- from Mad (EC, 1952 series) #106 (October 1966)
-
What Do Many Experts Say Is the Greatest Looming Threat To the American Public?
Mad Fold-In / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Osama Bin Laden; Sanjaya
- Synopsis
- Answer is: Sanjaya's solo album.
Indexer Notes
Inside back cover.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. / comic story / 0 pages
- Genre
- humor
Indexer Notes
Gags appear on 14 different pages.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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0.
We Choke the Simpsons Movie!
-
1.
The Ultimate Experience
Comic Collector Live.com -
2.
Departments
-
3.
Random Samplings of Reader Mail
Letters and Tomatoes Department [Letters and Tomatoes Dept.] -
4.
How Do You Sound? / Buy Mead. Get Rewarded. / What've You Got Inside?
MeadWestvaco Corporation -
5.
On Sale Now!
The MAD War On Bush -
6.
[no title indexed]
-
7.
The Shadow You Cast Is the Shadow They Fear
Blue Dragon -
8.
The Fundalini Pages
Random Acts of Mindless Dept. -
9.
Sci-Fi Never Looked So Good
Flash Gordon; Serenity -
10.
Spider-Sham 3
Webber Without A Cause Dept. -
11.
The Young Man's Guide to Successful Mall Romance
Food Courting Dept. -
12.
Planet TAD!!!!!
In Blog We Trust Dept. -
13.
Outtakes from Hillary's Sopranos Spoof
A Campaign In The Ass Dept. -
14.
Failed Pitches for The New Simpsons Movie
Homer Wreckers Dept. -
15.
Things Shouted Out To Paris Hilton As She Left Prison
Jailhouse Mock Dept. -
16.
Tonight We Dine in Hell!
300 -
17.
[no title indexed]
Joke & Dagger Dept. [Joke and Dagger Dept.]; Spy vs. Spy -
18.
Did You Miss Any of These?
MADKids -
19.
Monroe and...the Summer Jobs Part 1
Angster's Paradise Dept. -
20.
The MAD Guide for Public Speakers, Volume One: Phrases To Absolutely Avoid When Delivering a Eulogy...
Deceased And Desist Dept. -
21.
Season Three...What's Next?
NBC; USA Network -
22.
A MAD Look At Mixed Martial Arts
Serge-In General Dept. [Serge In General Dept.] -
23.
There's Only One Way To Get Your Hands on a Nanobot-swarm-cannon...You Gotta Earn It.
Alien Syndrome -
24.
Celebrity Yu-Gi-Oh! Cards
Manga Mia! Dept. -
25.
The Believability / Unbelievability of Harry Potter
Reel To Real Dept. -
26.
Subscribe to MAD Classics...and Own This MAD Classic!
MAD Classics -
27.
Boo!
The Greek Squad Dept. -
28.
What the Heck Is the Difference?
Observation Dreck Dept. -
29.
What Do Many Experts Say Is the Greatest Looming Threat To the American Public?
Mad Fold-In -
30.
Drawn-Out Dramas
Marginal Thinking Dept. -
31.
The Legion of Doom Never Looked So Good!
Justice League
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