MAD #1 — June 2018

Contents

• Contents Page

  Features character images from Harvey Kurtzman's MAD #1 overlaying an image of MAD Founder William M. Gaines
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• Star Bores: Half-Assed Jedi (movie satire)

  Judge Me By My Dept., Do You?

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Spoofs Sci-Fi and Fantasy — Special Collector's Edition 2018
  • MAD Spoofs Star Wars — Special Collector's Edition 2019
  2–7
• A MAD Look at Harassment

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  8–11
• Ad for Subscriptions with Limited Edition Alfred E. Neuman Mini Tiki Mug Bonus

  Art by Tom Richmond
  12
• Make America Greet Again — New American Greetings by Donald Trump

  Get Hell Soon Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  13–15
• Spy vs Spy — casket mouse trap / bullet springs back

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  16–17
• The Wisenheim Museum — Mad-Happy Me by Ron English

  Things We'd Like to Mount Dept.

  Features Ron English's version of Basil Wolverton's Beautiful Girl of the Month from MAD #11
  18
• Potrzebie Comics

  Cover art by Kerry Callen

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024

  • It's Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day! — Kerry Callen
    Reprinted in 2 collections

    • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
    • MAD #44 — August 2025
  • The 27 Club — Luke McGarry
  • Boonies, Burbs, and Burgs — Bob Fingerman
    New Twist on An Old Wrinkle Dept.
  19–31
• MAD's Movie Mogul Guide: Marketing Chick Flicks to the Dude Bro Demographic

  Bros Will Be Bros Dept.

  Mary Trainor
  32–35
• Pop Culture That Didn't Make it Into Ready Player One

  Nostalgia Ad Nauseum Dept.

  Written by Brian Posehn / Art by Peter Bagge

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD #37 — June 2024
  • MAD Treasure Trove of Trash — Vol. 8 — Mar/Apr 2024
  36–37
• Starchie Reconstituted (comic satire)

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Tom Richmond
  38–40
• Riverdull (TV satire)

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Tom Richmond
  41–46
• Movies We'd Like to See (on the Cutting Room Floor) — Gun Man

  Too True to Be Good Dept.

  Mary Trainor
  47
• Shorts & Briefs

  • Pearls of Wisdom a Young Trump May Have Overheard — Written by Dan Telfer / Art by Alejandro Rivas
    Reprinted in 1 collection

    • MAD About The Trump Era — 2019
  • The Worst Things We Got in Our Easter Baskets — Written by Paula Sevenbergen / Art by Michael C. Falk
  • "We did all we could..." — Lars Kenseth
  • Mominatrix — Peter Kuper
  • New State Marijuana Laws — Written by Kenny Keil
  • New Frontiers of Gentrification — Written by Megan Koester / Art by Johnny Sampson
  • Last Meal Selfie — Jason Chatfield
  • "Aw Man! Tide Pods Again?!" — Johnny Sampson
  • Porn Ads For Women — Written by Alison Stevenson
  • That 'Make America Great Again' Thing So Far — Bob Eckstein
  • "It's hard not to assume a kid just got abducted, huh?" — Chris Fairbanks
  • Me Alone — Written by Allie Goertz / Art by Nicole Georges / Color by Doug Thomson
  48–51
• Incoming!

  Notes

  • Alfred image by Bill Morrison and Michael C. Falk; featuring Alex Taffer, MAD Intern and Chief Letter Answerer; Terry Crews photo; another envelope from Ed Meisinger!; thanks to the New York staff
  52–54
• The MADifesto — stilt inventor

  Written by Casey Boyd
  55
• Real, Dumb — moving day

  Written by Dan Telfer / Art by Mike Holmes
  56
• Fold-In — What is the last thing many Americans do before dying?

  Al Jaffee
  C3
• Back Cover — MAD's Guide to Protecting Your Home

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Timothy Shamey
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