MAD comic books issue 117

Cover art by Norman Mingo. "Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown?", script by Larry Siegel, art by Jack Rickard; A former friend of Charlie Brown of the Peanuts comic strip visits the old neighborhood and finds that the characters of the strip have let success change them. "Out West," script and art by Don Martin; A man driving in the desert is menaced by a flock of vultures. "A Mad Look at Sky Diving," script by Dick DeBartolo, art by Jack Davis; A cynical examination of the equipment and training that comes with sky diving. Cartoons in the margins by Sergio Aragones. "Honest Comments on TV," script by Tom Koch, art by Jack Rickard; How different genres of TV shows would be affected if the interviewees told the truth instead of sticking to safe talking points. "Spy Vs. Spy," script and art by Antonio Prohias. "Air Pollution Problems of the Future," script by Sy Reit, art by George Woodbridge. "The Lighter Side of Clothes," script and art by Dave Berg; Satirical look at American fashion and its effect on perception of other people. "Welcome Aboard Speeches," script by Sy Reit, art by Joe Orlando. "Mad's Medical Mother Goose," script by Larry Siegel, art by Al Jaffee; Nursery rhymes written to satirize the medical profession. "Spy Vs. Spy" by Antonio Prohias. "The Sam Pebbles," script by Stan Hart, art by Mort Drucker; In a parody of the film "The Sand Pebbles," a surly sailor aboard a U.S. Naval vessel meets a corrupt priest and his dimwitted daughter in Southeast Asia. "What Is the Most Expensive Accessory Item Young Car-Buyers Purchase?" Mad Fold-In by Al Jaffee. 52 pgs., B&W. Cover price $0.30.

December 1996. E.T.s, Sci-Fi and Other Space Junk. Cover by Jack Rickard. Stories and art by Basil Wolverton, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Dick DeBartolo, Lori Kolman, Andrew J. Schwartzberg, Lou Silverstone, Stan Hart, Mike Snider, Don (Duck) Edwing, Paul Peter Porges, Frank Jacobs, Mort Drucker, Greg Theakston, Angelo Torres, Antonio Prohias, Dave Berg, Jack Davis and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. A collection of Mad features based around science fiction. Parodies of the films Independence Day, Invasion of the Body Snatchers, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Predator, and E.T., and spoofs of the classic TV shows Lost in Space, the original Battlestar Galactica, Robin Williams' Mork & Mindy, Unsolved Mysteries, and ALF, featuring art by Mort Drucker, Angelo Torres and Jack Davis. Classic Marginals by Sergio Aragones. Clod Encounters of the Absurd Kind; Spy vs. Spy; One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon; Q.T. The Quasi-Terrestrial; Don Martin Movie Outtake; ARFul; A Mad Look at UFOs; Cattle Car Galaxica; What Would Really Happen if Extraterrestrials Came to Earth Today; Invasion of the Booty Snatchers; A Space Alien's Date Book; Independence Day - The Missing Scenes; Predecessor; Celebrities in Space; Shmork & Windy; The Alarming Alien Atrocity; Unsolved Miseries; Mishaps of the Future; The Invasioners; Loused Up in Space; Notice - In the Event of an Alien Attack... 8.5-in. x 11-in., 96 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.99.