Mad Special #53 Winter 1985

(The Worst From Mad)

• Cover Artist: Bob Clarke
• Cover Idea: Don (Duck) Edwing

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• One Thursday Afternoon at the Edge of a Meadow
  (written by Sergio Aragones / Don Martin art)
• Contents Page
• Sergio Aragones Drawn-Out Dramas
  **various places around the magazine
• Invasion of the Booty Snatchers (movie satire)
  (written by Stan Hart / Mort Drucker art)
• One Morning at Max's Novelty Shop (Don Martin)
• Wait Till You Get Home and Find That...
  (Paul Peter Porges)
• The Lighter Side of Surprises (Dave Berg)
• One Morning in a Bus Terminal (Don Martin)
• The Mad Travel Agency's Specialized Tours for You and Your Neurosis - A Seven Day Tour of Israel For the Guilt-Ridden (written by Stan Hart / Harry North, Esq. art)
• Why Do We Assume It Makes Sense?
  (written by Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. art)
• Early One Morning in South America (Don Martin)
• Tax Returns for Teenagers (written by Dick DeBartolo)
• Vague-$ (TV satire)
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Angelo Torres art)
• Mad Medals to be Presented to Deserving Professional Athletes (Al Jaffee)
• Future "Famous Collector's Series"
  (written by Dick DeBartolo / Bob Clarke art)
• One Evening in a Georgia Bus Terminal (Don Martin)
• The Lighter Side of Inadequacy (Dave Berg)
• Mad "Scratch 'N' Sniff" Strips (Henry Clark)
• Re-Writing Classical Poetry to Give Women Equal Time
  (written by Tom Koch / George Woodbridge art)
• A Mad Assortment of Exposed "Jocks" (Paul Peter Porges)
• One Magical Day in Modern Baghdad (Don Martin)
• The Mad Nasty Book
  (written by Tom Koch / Harry North, Esq. art)
• Comparison Tests in Everyday Life
  (written by Larry Siegel / Jack Rickard art)
• One Cold Afternoon Outside Buffalo (Don Martin)
• "Consumer Reports" Magazine For Government