Mad #448 December 2004

• Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson

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• Contents Page
• Letters
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• The Fundalini Pages (Ray Alma, Charles Akins, Scott Bricher, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, Michael Gallagher,
  Garth Gerhart, Jeff Kruse, Jacob Lambert, Scott Maiko,
  Patrick Merrell, Jerry Ordway)
  • The Cover We Didn't Use
  • The Godfrey Report
  • Learning About Homeland Security Threat Levels
    Has Never Been Easier... or More Delicious
  • Bitterman

• Classified Ads
• Highly Specialized Hallmark Cards for Niche Markets
• Suggested Phrases for the New Talking Donald Trump Doll
• This Year's 25 Worst Selling Holiday Gifts
• Magazine Corrections You May Have Missed
• The Puzzle Nook
• Graphic Novel Review - Infinite Secret Crisis On All Earthly Worlds
• A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at The Incredibles Studio (written by Matthew A. Cohen / Jack Syracuse art)
• Ad for Mad Racing NHRA NASCAR Action Collectibles
• Official Contestant Application for America's Next Top Model
  (written by Carmen Lynch / Hermann Mejia art)
• 15 Minutes of Fame - Mad's Latest Batch of Has-Beens (written by Frank Jacobs / Sam Sisco art)
• Michael Eisner's Powerpoint Presentation For Saving Disney (written by Desmond Devlin / Al Jaffee art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• A Second-Rate Etiquette Guide to Trailer Trash Dating (John Caldwell)
• Monroe and... the Reunion (written by Anthony Barbieri / Bill Wray art)
• The Mad World of... School (written by Stan Sinberg / Marc Hempel art)
• A Mad Look at Fear Factor (Sergio Aragones)
• Socially Redeeming Features Added to Grand Theft Auto - San Andreas
  (written by Butch D'Ambrosio / Francis Mao, Eugene Wang, Gabe Graziani, George Hu - of Gamepro art)
• Britney Spears' Wedding Evite (written by Jacob Lambert / Drew Friedman art)
• Spy vs. Spy (Peter Kuper)
• When Spider-Man Goes Completely International (written by David Shayne)
  • Introduction
    (Timothy Shamey Indian Spider-Man art along with country covers from five artists below)
  • Ireland: The Amazing O'Spider-Man (Tom Fowler art / color by David Rodriguez of Wildstorm)
  • France: Le Spider-Homme (Marcos Martin art / Alvaro Lopez ink / color by Javier Rodriguez)
  • Bermuda: Chillin' Wit' Spider-Man (Ale Garza art / color by KirbyColors)
  • Netherlands: Amazoon der Spierzman (Tom Raney art / color by Gina Going)
  • China: (Chinese characters translated) The Climber of Walls
    Who is Part Man and Also Partly-Spider Type (Kagan McLeod art)
• Cosmetic Surgeons Without Borders (written by Paul Rosa / Drew Friedman art)
• Spy vs. Spy Ad for Mountain Dew
• Fold-In -- What developing news story has many Americans totally transfixed? (Al Jaffee)