Mad #424 December 2002

• Cover Artist: Mort Drucker

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• Mad's Politically Incorrect "Gulf Wars" Poster
  (written by Arie Kaplan and Scott Sonneborn)
  (Scott Bricher art / AP & Wide World photos)
• Contents Page
• Letters (readers recall first exposure to Mad)
  (#423 crossword solution)
• Idiot-Finding Schematic for Issue #423's
  The Usual Gang of Idiots 1952-2002 Pull-Out Poster
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Harry Plodder and the Lamest of Sequels (movie satire)
  (written by Desmond Devlin / Tom Richmond art)
• Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself
  Corporate Scandal Newspaper Story
  (written by Frank Jacobs / Rick Tulka art)

• If Martha's Calendar Really Reported What Martha is Doing
  (written by Charlie Kadau / Tom Nick Cocotos art)
• Monroe and... Identity Theft (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• The Bunion - America's Phoniest News Source
  (written by Scott Maiko / Scott Bricher art / AP & Wide World photos)
• One Fine Day in the Hospital (written by Michael Gallagher / Hilary Barta art / color by Wildstorm)
• How the Economic Recession is Affecting Certain Fringe Businesses (John Caldwell)
• Scenes So Bad They Didn't Even Make the DVD - Spider-Man (Don (Duck) Edwing)
• Another Mad Look at Plastic Surgery (Sergio Aragones)
• Designs (movie satire) (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions - Special Sports Edition! (Al Jaffee)
• Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds: Jackie Chan (written by Mike Snider / Hermann Mejia art)
• Fold-In -- How should the most corrupt business executives be punished? (Al Jaffee)