MAD #43 — June 2025

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — American Idol

  Art by Mort Drucker
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• Spy vs. Food — hot dog eating contest bomb NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  2
• Man Vs. Wild... At The Mall (TV satire)

  Shop Goes the Weasel Dept.

  Written by David Shayne / Art by Hermann Mejia
  3–6
• A MAD Look at Reality TV NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan
  7–9
• Dreadliest Carts (TV satire)

  Hell on Wheels Dept.

  Written by Amanda Stellberg / Art by Gideon Kendall
  10–11
• Subscription Ad

  Antonio Prohias spies from #88
  12
• Pencils — As Seen On TV — 25 cents

  Getting the Point Dept. (no dept. originally published)

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
  13
• Survivoyeur (TV satire)

  Tribes and Tribulations Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Bill Wray
  14–19
• Squalid Game (TV satire) NEW

  Squid Vicious Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 2 — Aug/Sep 2025
  20–23
• Storage Boors (TV satire)

  The Locked Mess Monsters Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Bunk
  24–28
• Miscue 911 (TV satire)

  A High Price Toupee Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis
  29–34
• Cake or Fake?! NEW

  Tricked By Treat Dept.

  Jon Adams

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Hodgepodge of Humor — Vol. 5 — September 2026
  35–36
• Kim Kardashian Gets Married — "Wedding Cashers"

  Written by Matt Lassen / Art by Mark Stutzman
  37
• The Dead Celebrity Apprentice (TV satire)

  You're Expired! Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Bunk
  38–43
• The Oligarch NEW

  The Bro Show Dept.

  Written by Matt Cohen / Art by Hermann Mejia
  44
• Ad for DC GO subscription (featuring MAD episodes)

  Mark Fredrickson cover art from #541
  45
• Snark Tank (TV satire)

  Venture Time Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond
  46–50
• Spy vs. Spy — salad barstool bomb NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  51
• VH1 Drags Out Even More RuPaul Shows!

  Viva Las Divas Dept.

  Written by Grant Reed / Art by Tom Richmond
  52–53
• Extreme Animal Makeovers NEW

  Hairy Transformation Dept.

  Written by Brockton McKinney / Art by Gideon Kendall
  54–55
• MAD Reveals the Guys of Duck Dynasty Without Beards
  56
• Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds — Simon Cowell

  Written by Mike Snider / Art by Jack Syracuse
  56
• Fold-In — What was the subject of a recent "extreme makeover"? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — Survivor Season One Family Reunion

  update of The Rats of Survivor

  Art by Richard Williams
  C4