MAD #44 — August 2025

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — Super Barf Bag

  Jack Rickard art
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• Spy vs. Spy — robo-baby Kal-El / top secret flying formula NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  2–3
• One Afternoon in Metropolis

  Originally untitled back cover of MAD #208

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin
  4
• A "Comics" Scene We'd Like to See

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

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by George Woodbridge / Color by Nathan Kane
  5
• A MAD Look at Superman NEW

  Serge-In General Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Carrie Strachan

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  6–9
• It's Bring Your Sidekick to Work Day!

  Kicks Are For Kids Dept.

  Kerry Callen
  10–12
• Subscription Ad

  MAD #88 — Antonio Prohias spies
  13
• Superduperman (movie satire)

  Super Marketing Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  14–21
• The Further Adventures of The Guy on the Cover of Action Comics #1 NEW

  Escape G.O.A.T. Dept.

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Tom Richmond
  22–23
• Duck Edwing Looks at Superman

  Tales from the Clark Side Dept.

  Don (Duck) Edwing
  24–25
• MAD's Make Your Own Man of Steel Adventure

  Lights, Camera, Action Comics! Dept.
  26–27
• Stuporman Reruns! (movie satire)

  Tales from the Krypton Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Tom Richmond
  28–34
• A Super Opportunity

  You Kent Win 'em All Dept. (Serge-In General Dept.)

  Sergio Aragones
  35
• Supergall (movie satire)

  Maid of Steal Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Jack Davis
  36–41
• Meanwhile... NEW

  Brief Reads and Red Briefs Dept.

  Written by Ian Boothby / Art by Pia Guerra
  42
• Spy vs. Spy — caped fake flying spies

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Antonio Prohias
  43
• Batman Billboard Mustache

  Bat-Slam! Dept.

  Art by Kerry Callen (from cover of Potrzebie Comics)
  44
• Ad for DC GO Subscription (featuring MAD episodes)

  Mark Fredrickson MAD #541 cover art
  45
• Tasks Superman Isn't So Super At NEW

  Heroic Fails Dept.

  Teresa Burns Parkhurst

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  46–47
• Modern Hassles Superman Would Face If He Really Returned

  Truth, Justice, and the American Oy Vey Dept.

  Written by Jacob Lambert / Art by Hermann Mejia
  48–50
• More Powerful than a Locomotive...

  From "Super" to Nuts Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  51–52
• Live from Metropolis NEW

  Supes On! Dept.

  Kerry Callen

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Spoofs Superheroes — Special Collector's Edition — 2026
  53
• A MAD Look at Superman

  Sknook... Up in the Sky! Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Don Martin / Color by Jennifer Barker
  54–55
• Sugar & MADness chat with Is It Cake?'s Andrew Fuller NEW

  Fake and Bake Dept.

  Art by Tom Richmond / Photos by Paula Sevenbergen
  56
• Fold-In — Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a Plane! It's... NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — One Day in Metropolis

  Art by Don Martin
  C4