Mad #374 October 1998

• Cover Artist: Roberto Parada

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• Ad for Subscriptions
• Contents Page
• Letters
• Ad for Super Special October 1998 - Readers' Choice 2
• Ad for Alfred E. Neuman and Spy vs. Spy action figures
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Truedumb Show (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Sam Viviano art)
• Are You A Compulsive Gambler?
  (written by John Prete / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Monroe &... The Big Game
  (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• When Suicide Cards Really Catch On
  (written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Sam Viviano art)
• Pop-Off Video - Hanson "Weird" (written by Desmond Devlin)
• Leo's Talk Show Adventure or Why Stars Hate Going on
  Talk Shows (written by Anthony Barbieri / Angelo Torres art)
• A Mad Look at Armageddon (Sergio Aragones)
• Dream Classified Ads (written by Steve Ross)
• Visual Instructions For the Way Things Really Work
  (written by Darren Johnson / Greg Theakston art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Now You Can Stop Road Rage with Fume-OFF
  (written by John Boni / Monte Wolverton art)
• The Lighter Side of... (Dave Berg)
• Adding Pay-Per-View Excitement to Other Sports (Al Jaffee)
• Pop-Off Video - Backstreet Boys
  "Everybody (Backstreet's Back)" (written by Desmond Devlin)
• The Ecch Files -- Fight This Feature (movie satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Timothy Shamey art)
• Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Newt Gingrich
  (written by Mike Snider / Hermann Mejia art)
• Fold-In -- What seasonal disaster wreaks
  havoc on American families? (Al Jaffee)
• Back Cover -- For the Birds
  (written by Michael Gallagher / Tom Bunk art)