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CATALOG RECORD

Mad #288

EC · Series began 1952 · July 1989

Dates

Cover date
July 1989
Pages
52

Editions and covers

  • Original edition

    Barcode 07098933230007

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Creators

pencils: Richard Williams, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés, Angelo Torres, Paul Coker, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Bob Jones, Rick Tulka, George Woodbridge, Don Edwing, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Dave Berg, Sam Vivianoinks: Richard Williams, Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés, Angelo Torres, Paul Coker, Jack Davis, Al Jaffee, Bob Jones, Rick Tulka, George Woodbridge, Don Edwing, Bob Clarke, Paul Peter Porges, Dave Berg, Sam Vivianoscript: Stan Hart, Sergio Aragonés, Mike Snider, John S. Marshall, Frank Jacobs, Chris Hart, Tom Koch, Don Edwing, Paul Peter Porges, Dave Berg, Dick DeBartolo, Al Jaffee

Stories

  • Twinge · Ovary Indulgence Dept. · 4 pages
  • A Mad Look at Self-Defense · 2 pages
  • New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People · Titan-ing Some Nuts Dept. · 4 pages
  • The Star Wars Defense System Can’t Fail! · In Clods We Trust Dept. · 2 pages
  • Leather Clothes Must Be Worn · 2 pages
  • A Mad Guide to Lesser-Known Hollywood Tourist Traps · Persons, Places, and Stings Dept. · 2 pages
  • Scientific Advances that Unimprove Our Lives! · Progress Retort Dept. · 2 pages
  • The Diabolical Dungeon Deception · 1 pages
  • Lurking Girl · From Rags to Bitches Dept. · 4 pages
  • Spy vs. Spy · 1 pages

    The Black Spy turns elevator doors into a trap.

  • Mad’s Cheap and Painless Methods for… Overcoming Baldness …at Little Expense and Even Less Pain · Deceiving Hair Lines Dept. · 2 pages
  • The Lighter Side of... · 5 pages

    The humorous aspects of school, wishing, family units, the economy, listening, energy crisis, politics, stages, winning, success, special cases, finances, wisdom, and doctors.

  • Deceptive Ways to Junk Mail Senders to Excitedly Open Your Reply! · 2 pages
  • The Ghastly Gallows Goodbye · 1 pages
  • Dreary John… · May Divorce Be With You Dept. · 5 pages
  • The Inconceivable Island Incident · 1 pages

Reprinted in

Mad Special [Mad Super Special] (1970), Mad (2018)

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