Item Specifics

Series Name

Mad (1952)

Issue Number

280

Publisher

DC Comics

Genre

Humor/Satire

Item Description

Cover by Mort Drucker. Stories and art by Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Stan Hart, Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola, Barry Liebmann, Tom Koch, Annie Gaines, John Caldwell, Lou Silverstone, Paul Peter Porges, Don (Duck) Edwing, Frank Jacobs, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., George Woodbridge, Norman Mingo, Irving Schild, Angelo Torres, Bob Clarke, Harry North, Esq., Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of three iconic late-'80s properties: Three Men and a Baby, Broadcast News and TV's Beauty and the Beast, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. A poem about Arnold Schwarzenegger inspired by Longfellow's Song of Hiawatha. If all comic strips were like The Far Side. A rare latter-day gag by original Mad creator Harvey Kurtzman. Mad's takes on disaster insurance, emergency rooms, and chain letters. Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Spy vs. Spy. Three Morons and a Baby; Broadcast Snooze; Spy vs. Spy; Don (Duck) Edwing Rushes into the Emergency Room; Tricks of the Trade in Local TV News; Mad's Post-Nuclear Publications; Gary Hart Land; The Lighter Side of...; Mad's Comprehensive Modern-Day Disaster, Hazard & Problem Insurance; Schwarzenegger; When Other Comic Strips Start Using the "Far Side" Formula; Mad's Plan For Improving Movie Theatres; Talk About Cheap!; Drama on Page 42; Beauty Is the Beast; A Mad Good Luck Chain Letter; Fold-In; Alfred E. Neuman For President. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.50.

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08/05/2025

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Item Location

Florida, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Item Weight

0 Lbs 5 oz

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Yes