Genre: humor
Characters: Mickey Mouse; Harrison Ford; Han Solo; Mark Hamill; Luke Skywalker; Chewbacca; Eddie Murphy; Jamie Lee Curtis; Dan Aykroyd; Creature from the Black Lagoon; Tom Cruise; Al Pacino; Bo Derek; Woody Allen
Synopsis: Additional MPAA style movie ratings.

Berg’s Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script: Dave Berg
Pencils: Dave Berg
Inks: Dave Berg
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor
Synopsis: A cynical look at the job, dating, answering machines, secrets, health, money, school, relativity, comfort, doctors, restaurants, marriage, pets, and medications.

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

Script: Don Martin
Pencils: Don Martin
Inks: Don Martin
Letters: Don Martin

Genre: humor
Synopsis: Cannibal tribe donates for the needy.

Border Lines Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: M. Metz (credited as Mike Metz)
Pencils: M. Metz (credited as Mike Metz)
Inks: M. Metz (credited as Mike Metz)
Letters: typeset

Synopsis

Odd shapes with humorous text wrapping around the entire shape. Each side describes the shape as a different object when viewed from that angle.

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #71 (Summer 1990)

Pill in the Blanks Dept. / activity / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Jacobs
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Fill in the blanks from numbered lists.

Reprints

in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #171 ([1985]) [Één pagina ingekort.]
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #75 (Summer 1991)

Spy vs Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Pencils: Antonio Prohías
Inks: Antonio Prohías

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #72 (Fall 1990)

Fractions Speak Louder Than Words Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script: John Ficarra
Pencils: Paul Coker
Inks: Paul Coker
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Characters

E.T.; Woody Allen

Reprints

in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #171 ([1985])
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #70 (Spring 1990)

Drive Shafts Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Larry Siegel
Pencils: Bob Clarke
Inks: Bob Clarke
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #70 (Spring 1990)

Dupes and Don'ts Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script: Tom Koch
Pencils: George Woodbridge
Inks: George Woodbridge
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #72 (Fall 1990)

Short-Sighted Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Paul Peter Porges
Pencils: Paul Peter Porges
Inks: Paul Peter Porges
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad (De Vrijbuiter, 1985 series) #171 ([1985])
in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #69 (Winter 1989)

Cheery-Odes Dept. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Script: Frank Jacobs
Letters: typeset

Genre

humor

Reprints

in Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (EC, 1970 series) #71 (Summer 1990)

Law and Ordure Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script: Dick DeBartolo (credited as Dick De Bartolo)
Pencils: Angelo Torres
Inks: Angelo Torres
Letters: typeset

Genre: satire-parody
Synopsis: Parody of TV show Hardcastle and McCormick

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

Script: Don Martin
Pencils: Don Martin
Inks: Don Martin
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor
Synopsis: Man checks his weight on coin-operated scales.

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

Script: Al Jaffee
Pencils: Al Jaffee
Inks: Al Jaffee
Colors: Al Jaffee
Letters: typeset

Genre: humor

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script: Don Edwing
Pencils: Don Martin
Inks: Don Martin
Colors: Don Martin
Letters: typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text

Guard!! Guard!!

Genre

humor

Synopsis

Prisoners hanging by their arms in a cell.

Reprints

in Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (Running Press Book Publishers, 2014 series) (2014)

Indexer Notes

Back cover.

Drawn-Out Dramas / cartoon / 0 pages (report information)

Pencils: Sergio Aragonés
Inks: Sergio Aragonés

Genre: humor

Indexer Notes

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

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Table of Contents

0. [no title indexed]
1. Stuck for Xmas Gift Ideas?
2. [no title indexed]
3. [no title indexed]
Post Waste Dept.
4. We've Come Up with Another Ecch for Your Ecch-mas Gift List!
5. Family Tides
Generation Pap Dept.
6. One Fine Morning at State Prison
Don Martin Dept. Part I
7. The Evolution of the Species, Updated
Darwinners and Losers Dept.
8. After the Game Is Over
Oscillating Fans Dept.
9. The Mad Movie Rating System
Letters Entertain You Dept.
10. The Lighter Side of...
Berg’s Eye View Dept.
11. One Fine Christmas in the Jungle
Don Martin Dept. Part II
12. Here's a New Mad Look at the Shape of Things! We Call Them... Mad Turn-Arounds!
Border Lines Dept.
13. Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself New Medical Breakthrough Newspaper Story
Pill in the Blanks Dept.
14. [no title indexed]
Spy vs Spy
15. Mad Percentages
Fractions Speak Louder Than Words Dept.
16. Snappy Answers to Stupid Bumper Stickers
Drive Shafts Dept.
17. The Best... and the Worst... Things to Say for Every Occasion
Dupes and Don'ts Dept.
18. The Passing Parade... As Seen from behind a Very Tall Crowd
Short-Sighted Dept.
19. Poems... To Inspire You and Bring Hope to Your Heart and Make You Feel a Whole Lot Better
Cheery-Odes Dept.
20. Hardhassle and McCorny
Law and Ordure Dept.
21. One Fine Afternoon Downtown
Don Martin Dept. Part III
22. Who Had a Hand in Promoting a Hot New Erotic Fashion Trend?
Mad Fold-In
23. ["Guard!! Guard!!"]
24. Drawn-Out Dramas
Drawn-Out Dramas

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Mad #252 (January 1985)

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cover / 1 page (report information)

Stuck for Xmas Gift Ideas? (Table of Contents: 1) (Expand) /

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

table of contents / 1 page (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 3)

Post Waste Dept. / letters page / 1 page (report information)

We've Come Up with Another Ecch for Your Ecch-mas Gift List! (Table of Contents: 4) (Expand) /

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

Family Tides (Table of Contents: 5)

Generation Pap Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

One Fine Morning at State Prison (Table of Contents: 6)

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

The Evolution of the Species, Updated (Table of Contents: 7)

Darwinners and Losers Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

After the Game Is Over (Table of Contents: 8)

Oscillating Fans Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

The Mad Movie Rating System (Table of Contents: 9)

Letters Entertain You Dept. / photo story / 3 pages (report information)

The Lighter Side of... (Table of Contents: 10)

Berg’s Eye View Dept. / comic story / 5 pages (report information)

One Fine Christmas in the Jungle (Table of Contents: 11)

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

Here's a New Mad Look at the Shape of Things! We Call Them... Mad Turn-Arounds! (Table of Contents: 12)

Border Lines Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself New Medical Breakthrough Newspaper Story (Table of Contents: 13)

Pill in the Blanks Dept. / activity / 2 pages (report information)

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 14)

Spy vs Spy / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Mad Percentages (Table of Contents: 15)

Fractions Speak Louder Than Words Dept. / comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Snappy Answers to Stupid Bumper Stickers (Table of Contents: 16)

Drive Shafts Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

The Best... and the Worst... Things to Say for Every Occasion (Table of Contents: 17)

Dupes and Don'ts Dept. / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

The Passing Parade... As Seen from behind a Very Tall Crowd (Table of Contents: 18)

Short-Sighted Dept. / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Poems... To Inspire You and Bring Hope to Your Heart and Make You Feel a Whole Lot Better (Table of Contents: 19)

Cheery-Odes Dept. / text story / 2 pages (report information)

Hardhassle and McCorny (Table of Contents: 20)

Law and Ordure Dept. / comic story / 6 pages (report information)

One Fine Afternoon Downtown (Table of Contents: 21)

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

Who Had a Hand in Promoting a Hot New Erotic Fashion Trend? (Table of Contents: 22)

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

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 23)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Indexer Notes

Drawn-Out Dramas (Table of Contents: 24)

Drawn-Out Dramas / cartoon / 0 pages (report information)

Indexer Notes

Mad #252

(January 1985)