MAD comic books issue 259

Cover by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder. Stories and art by Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Tom Koch, Dick DeBartolo, John Ficarra, Charlie Kadau and Joe Raiola, Billy Doherty, Larry Siegel, Paul Peter Porges, Don (Duck) Edwing, Lou Silverstone, Tom Hachtman, Frank Jacobs, George Woodbridge, Mort Drucker, Paul Coker Jr., Angelo Torres, Bob Clarke, Jack Davis, Dave Berg, and Sergio Aragones. Spoofs of Rambo II and TV sitcom Night Court, featuring art by Mort Drucker and Angelo Torres. Plus a retro spoof of Gilligan's Island. A rare latter-day cover by original Mad artists Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder, featuring Ronald Reagan and Rambo! A parody of Madonna's 1980s anthem Material Girl. Mad's look ahead at civilian space travel. Classic Don Martin strips, Lighter Side strips by Dave Berg, and Marginals by Sergio Aragones. Dumbo - More Blood Part II; One Disastrous Day on the Atlantic; Superior Girl; NASA's Proposed Questionnaire for Civilian Space Shuttle Passengers; A Mad Look at Bugs; Some Straight Talk About Selling Cigarettes to a Hostile Public - R. J. Riddles; Cabbage Patch Products for People Who Hate Cabbage Patch Products; The Lighter Side of...; One Dark Day in Prison; Gigglin's Island; How to End a Date Painlessly; Bad Habit Enders; TV God Magazine; 14 Reasons Why You'll Miss Seeing Halley's Comet; Nut Court; One Depressing Day in the Dungeon; Mad's Snappy Comments on Stupid Government Policies and Abuses; Mad Double Features; Fold-In; The Alfred E. Neumaneuver. 8.5-in. x 11-in., 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.25.