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Dates
- Cover date
- Summer 1986
- On sale
- 1986
- Pages
- 100
Editions and covers
Creators
Stories
- Superduperman II · All Men Are Creating Sequels Dept. · 10 pages
Parody of the film "Superman II"; the hero's attempt to claim a normal life is interrupted by the intrusion of three fugitive criminals from his home planet.
- A Mad Look at Some... Celebrities Diapers · Inside Poop Dept. · 2 pages
- Early One Morning in a Hotel Room · 1 pages
After a maid cleans a hotel room it appears just as dirty as before.
- The 1981 Night Before Christmas or A Final Visit from St. Nicholas · Midnight Mess Dept. · 3 pages
- Good Sounds/Bad Sounds · Ear Whacks Dept. · 2 pages
- The Lighter Side of... · 5 pages
The Lighter Side of... Helping; Assertiveness; Diets; Values; The Telephone; Interviews; Pets; Nursery Rhymes; Greed; Weddings; Going Out; Shopping; Tragedies; and Exams.
- Untitled · 1 pages
The White Spy uses a ramp in his motorboat to send the Black Spy's torpedo back at him.
- Give Thanks · Another Turkey Dept. · 2 pages
"Some Mad suggestions for things to give thanks for on thanksgiving."
- Rhyming Ads · From Ad to Verse Dept. · 4 pages
Mad examples of rhyming ads.
- Don Martin's Version of a Movie of Ecchcaliber · A Sworded Tale Dept. · 5 pages
A satire of the movie Excalibur.
- Your Mad Horoscope · Zodiacs Murder Dept. · 1 pages
- A Mad Look at Some... Not-So-Famous Last Words · Finishing Lines Dept. · 3 pages
- What Television Says and What It Really Means · Two Sides of the Con Dept. · 3 pages
- Still More Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities · Hokey Focus Dept. · 3 pages
- A Basket Case High Up on the 37th Floor · Parting Shot Dept. · 1 pages
- Customized Organ Donor Cards for Some Very Special Donors · Used Parts Dept. · 2 pages
Organ donor cards for Johnny Carson, Richard Milhous Nixon, Rich Little, Muhammad Ali, Don Rickles, Howard Cosell, Idi Amin Dada, The Amazing Kreskin, Norman Lear, Ralph Nader, Billy Carter and Robert “Evel” Knievel.
- Mad's Airline President of the Year · Plane Nonsense Dept. · 4 pages
- Where Your Christmas Dollar Goes · Yule Be Sorry Dept. · 2 pages
- A Mad Survey of Today's Living, Showing Why... You Can't Win! · Losing Is Everything Dept. · 4 pages
- Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself Mid-East Newspaper Story · Oily Edition Dept. · 2 pages
- Why Didn't You Do Your Homework? · Paper Lyin’ Dept. · 2 pages
"A collection of 18 Mad excuses that teachers just might buy when they ask... Why didn't you do your homework?"
- Unsung "Crossings" · From Hero to There-o Dept. · 2 pages
- Assaulted State · From “Soup” to “Nuts” Dept. · 6 pages
A satire of the movie Altered States.
- Don Martin Sells Us Sea Shells by the Sea Shore · Schtick It in Your Ear! Dept. · 3 pages
Various humorous situations revolving around listening to sea shells.
- Stuff We Don't Get to See on the Tube · TV Guise Dept. · 3 pages
Examples of how TV reality doesn't always include real reality.
- The Lighter Side of... · 5 pages
The Lighter Side of... Stress; Grandparents; Sibling Rivalry; Supermarkets; Domestic Chores; Pets; Shopping; Match-Making; School; Inflation; Invitations; Business; Plants; and Weddings.
- A Mad Look at Teachers · Facultease Dept. · 3 pages
- On a Scale of 1-To-10 · Score Bored Dept. · 3 pages
- Late One Afternoon on an Interstate Highway · 1 pages
- "Starchie Bonker's Place" or A Christmas Carol O'Conner · A Turn of the Scrooge Dept. · 6 pages
A satire of the television show Archie Bunker’s Place and the novel A Christmas Carol.
- The Escape · 1 pages
An escaping prisoner accidentally crushes another prisoner.