MAD #15 — October 2020

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — superhero cover collage

  featuring these eight covers: 105, 208, 243, 314, 399, 448, 456, 478
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• Snappy Answers to Super-Stupid Questions NEW

  Asked Crusaders Dept.

  Kerry Callen

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  2–3
• Spy vs. Spy — spies take over classic comic book covers / bogus flying formula NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  4–5
• Ecch-Men (TV satire)

  Super Zeroes Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Sam Viviano / Color by Nathan Kane NEW
  6–11
• Subscription Ad

  Featuring Antonio Prohias spies
  12
• With Great Power Comes Great Instability NEW

  Cry Uncle Dept.

  Jon Adams
  13–14
• New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People

  Titan-ing Some Nuts Dept.

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Angelo Torres / Color by Carrie Strachan NEW
  15–19
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Second-to-Laugh Chance Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • Free Comic Book Day — 2024
  20
• More Powerful than a Locomotive...

  From "Super" to Nuts Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  21–22
• A "Comics" Scene We'd Like to See

  Better Safe Than Sorry Dept. (dept: Kent Satisfies Best? Dept.)

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by George Woodbridge / Color by Nathan Kane NEW
  23
• Everyday Pet Peeves of Transformers

  Wheely Pissed Off Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Tom Bunk
  24–25
• How Does Captain America Stack Up Against Other Legendary Captains?

  Military Zeros Dept.

  Art by Hermann Mejia
  26–27
• The Wisenheim Museum — Mort The Master NEW

  The Long and the Mort of it Dept.

  by Tom Richmond
  28–29
• Teen Rage Moolah Nitwit Turtles II (movie satire)

  Cowa-Bunglers Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  30–34
• The Shadow Knows NEW

  We Got Your Penumbra Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  35
• Behind the Scenes on the Set of The Hulk

  Green Achers Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo and Greg Leitman / Art by Tom Richmond
  36–37
• Bat Boy and Rubin!

  Hero Worship Dept.

  Written by Harvey Kurtzman / Art by Wally Wood
  38–44
• Meanwhile...

  Laugh Chance Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra
  45
• A MAD Look at Quarantine NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  46–47
• The Pros and Cons of Working at Home!

  Domicile Maniacs Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst
  48–49
• Real-Life Superheroes at Comic Book Conventions

  The Ecch-Men Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Al Jaffee
  50–51
• When Spider-Man Goes International

  World Wide Web-Slinger Dept.

  Written by David Shayne — reduced from 6 to 2 pages

  • Netherlands: Amazoon der Spierzman — Art by Tom Raney / Color by Gina Going
  • France: Le Spider-Homme — Art by Marcos Martin / Ink by Alvaro Lopez / Color by Javier Rodriguez
  52–53
• Everyday Pet-Peeves of Second Rate Superheroes

  It's Absurd!...It's a Pain!...It's... Dept.

  John Caldwell
  54–55
• Your 2020 MAD Horoscope NEW

  Zodiacs Murder Dept.

  Written by Rebecca Bohanan
  56
• Fold-In — What accessory do all superheroes wear? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — Other Superhero Deaths

  Written by Barry Liebmann / Art by Angelo Torres
  C4