Dates
- Cover date
- October 1979
- Pages
- 52
Editions and covers
Creators
script: Sergio Aragonés, Frank Jacobs, Tom Koch, Lou Silverstone, Al Jaffee, Don Edwing, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, John Ficarra, Paul Peter Porges, Dick DeBartolopencils: Sergio Aragonés, Curt Swan, Mort Drucker, Harry North, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Paul Peter Porges, Angelo Torres, Norman Mingoinks: Sergio Aragonés, Curt Swan, Mort Drucker, Harry North, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Don Martin, Dave Berg, Antonio Prohías, Bob Clarke, Paul Coker, Paul Peter Porges, Angelo Torres, Norman Mingoletters: Antonio Prohías, Sergio Aragonéscolors: Al Jaffee, Norman Mingo
Stories
- The Ring and I · Breaking the Hobbit Dept. · 7 pages
A musical satire of The Lord of the Rings. Songs used are "Those Were the Days", "Scarborough Fair", "I Write the Songs", "Both Sides Now", "You are the Sunshine of My Life", "At Seventeen", "Blowin' in the Wind", "The Sound of Silence", "Gentle on my Mind" and "The Age of Aquarius."
- The Mad Nasty Book [Volume One] · All Kidding a Snide Dept. · 4 pages
- Sixty Seconds · Schlock-Watch Dept. · 4 pages
A satire of the television show Sixty Minutes.
- This Issue's Proposed Mad Medals... to be Presented to Deserving Professional Athletes · Givin' 'Em a Ribbin' Dept. · 1 pages
- Don Martin's Guide to Some Very Obscure Comic Sound Effects · Noise Solution Dept. · 4 pages
- Mad's All Inclusive Do-It-Yourself "Dear John Letter" · Applying the Break Dept. · 2 pages
A fill in the blanks goodbye letter to your spouse or lover.
- The Lighter Side of... Cooling Off · 5 pages
- Spy vs. Spy · 1 pages
- Mad's Table of Little-Known and Very Useless Weights, Measures & Distances · Statis-Tickle Dept. · 2 pages
- Why Do We Assume It Makes Sense? · Ill Logic Dept. · 4 pages
- Wait Till You Get Home and Find That... · Return Enragement Dept. · 2 pages
- More "New-Improved" Products That Really Are New and Improved · Device, Man, Cometh Dept. · 3 pages
- Vague-$ · Shooting Crap Dept. · 6 pages
A satire of the television show Vega$.
- Drawn-Out Dramas · 0 pages
Characters
Alfred E. Neuman
Reprinted in
Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad about Comic Strips (2003), Mad for Decades (2007), Mad's Greatest Artists: Don Martin (2014), Mad (2018)