MAD Magazine Recurring Features
Puzzle Pages!
in Order of Appearance in not just Regular Issues
Parodies of puzzles done the MAD way. Mainly, don't bother trying to figure them out.
| Article Title | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
 — Connect the dots cover |
Harvey Kurtzman | 18 — Dec 1954 |
| Puzzle Pages! | Harvey Kurtzman / Will Elder | 19 — Jan 1955 |
| Pictoquiz | Harvey Kurtzman / Jack Davis | 24 — Jul 1955 |
| MAD's Puzzle Page | Al Jaffee with Mort Drucker (art) | 100 — Jan 1966 |
| MAD's Puzzle Page | Al Jaffee | 101 — Mar 1966 |
| MAD's Puzzle Page | Al Jaffee | 107 — Dec 1966 |
| MAD's Color Puzzle Page | Al Jaffee / Bob Clarke | 126 — Apr 1969 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (Modern City) | Frank Jacobs / George Woodbridge | 177 — Sep 1975 |
| MAD's Modern Rebuses | Henry Clark | Special #28 — Fall 1979 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (Rock Concert) | Chris Hart / George Woodbridge | 226 — Oct 1981 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (Disco Club) | Chris Hart / George Woodbridge | 227 — Dec 1981 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (Video Game Center) | Chris Hart / Mort Drucker | 233 — Sep 1982 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (Stereo/Music Store) | Chris Hart / George Woodbridge | 236 — Jan 1983 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? (School Prom) | Chris Hart / Angelo Torres | 240 — Jul 1983 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture of a Fast Food Restaurant? | Chris Hart / Jack Davis | 246 — Apr 1984 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture of a Movie Theatre? | Chris Hart / Jack Davis | 249 — Sep 1984 |
| MAD's Congressional Record Puzzle Page | Don (Duck) Edwing / Bob Clarke | 262 — Apr 1986 |
| How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture of a Real Estate Infomercial? | Chris Hart / Tom Bunk | 335 — May 1995 |
| Brain-Buster Questions That Don't Do Much Busting | Jeff Kruse / Patrick Merrell | 532 — Apr 2015 |
| Wordstock Puzzle and Answers | Charlie Kadau / | 9 — Oct 2019 |
Real puzzles (sometimes humorous)
| Article Title | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
| MAD Visits Corny Island (picture puzzle) | / Wally Wood | 36 — Dec 1957 |
| The MAD Word Puzzle (television descriptors) | John Ficarra / | 234 — Oct 1982 |
| MAD's Find-The-Hidden-Scoundrels Puzzle | John Prete / Al Jaffee | 285 — Mar 1989 |
| MAD Concert Maze | David Anson Russo | 319 — Jun 1993 |
| MAD Maze Pullout Poster! | David Anson Russo | Special #88 — Jul 1993 |
| Spy vs. Spy Maze Poster Special | David Anson Russo | Special #108 — Nov 1995 |
| Spy vs. Spy Maze Poster Special | David Anson Russo | Special #123 — Sep 1997 |
| Alfred E. Neuman “What, Me Worry?” Maze Poster | David Anson Russo | Special #123 — Sep 1997 |
| MAD's Ridiculous 50th Anniversary Crossword Puzzle | Patrick Merrell | 423 — Nov 2002 |
| Crossword Puzzle Solution from #423 | Patrick Merrell | 424 — Dec 2002 |
| The Puzzle Nook * (15 occurrences over 2004–2005) | Patrick Merrell | 441, 443, 444, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 454, 457, 458, 459, 467, 470 |
| What The Heck is the Difference? (16 occurrences over 2007–2010) — can you find the idiotic changes we've made to this magazine cover? | 479, 480, 481, 482, 483, 484, 485, 486, 487, 489, 490, 491, 493, 494, 498, 499 | |
| What The Heck is the Difference? Jonas Brothers Lines, Vines and Trying Times | 501 — Oct 2009 | |
| What The Heck is the Difference? — Twilight: New Moon Poster | 502 — Jan 2010 |
* MAD's preeminent puzzler, Patrick Merrell, also had quite a run in MAD Kids.
excerpt from MAD's Puzzle Page — from #107, December 1966