Tales Calculated to Drive You Mad (1997) comic books

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

Add to cart Very Good $8.00

The 8-issue miniseries reprinting the first 23 comic book format issues of MAD in thrice-yearly installments begins with a full-color re-presentation of the historic MAD #1-3. The sick-making fun includes parodies of Tarzan, Dragnet and the Lone Ranger, as well as tales so disturbingly weird as to defy description, from legendary talents such as Wally Wood, Jack Davis and Bill Elder. FC, 96 pg. Magazine Format. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $12.00

The 8-issue miniseries reprinting the first 23 comic book format issues of MAD continues with a full-color re-presentation of the historic MAD #4-6. These issues, reproduced in all their resplendent glory, include some of MAD's best-remembered parodies. In addition to Superduperman's legendary battle with the powerful Captain Marbles and the exploits of the "Black and Blue Hawks" and "Melvin of the Apes," this issue also includes spoofs of Robin Hood and the Shadow, as well as Jack Davis' inimitable rendering of the classic "Casey at the Bat!" Hoo hah! Written and drawn by the Usual Gang of Idiots. FC, 96 pg. Magazine Format. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Very Fine $12.00

The quarterly, full-color reprints of the ground-breaking first 23 issues of MAD continue with this single-issue reprint of MAD #7, 8 and 9. Included: the infamous "Bat Boy and Rubin!", "Shermlock Shomes!", "Little Orphan Melvin!", "Treasure Island!", "Frank N. Stein!" and "Lone Stranger Rides Again!" Also featured is Will Elder's adaptation of Edgar Allan Poe's "The Raven." With all that in one affordably priced package, what more do you need? Okay, we'll throw in some pages from Harvey Kurtzman's ground-breaking Hey Look! at no extra charge. Is that enough for you? Glad we could work this out. Written and drawn by the Usual Gang of Idiots. FC, 96 pg. Magazine Format. Cover price $3.99.

Add to cart Fine $9.00

The full-color reprinting of the original 23 comic-book sized issues of MAD continues with this reprint of MAD #s 10, 11 and 12. Thrill to the adventures of the Amazon known as "Woman Wonder!" Celebrate hilarious teenage angst in "Starchie!" Exult at the space-opera adventures of "Flesh Garden!" All this, plus wartime hijinks with "G.I. Shmoe!", Old West antics in "Sane!" and much, much more! And, most harrowing of all, this issue features a profile of you, the MAD reader! Written and drawn by the Usual Gang of Idiots. FC, 96 pg. Magazine Format. Cover price $3.99.