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Issue: Mad #501
Publication Date: October 2009
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Issues: #501 of 550 Issues (594 Printings)
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: FlagEC
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: E.C. Publications, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: none
Pages: 60
ISBN:
UPC/EAN:
Price: $5.99 USD
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Content Items: 32 (17 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): John Ficarra; Dave Croatto (associate editor)
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color (#1-23, 400-550); color cover with black & white interior (#24-399)
Dimensions: standard Golden Age US (#1-23); magazine size (#24 onward)
Paper Stock: glossy cover
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing Series
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Will Worry For Food

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Mark Fredrickson
Inker(s): Mark Fredrickson
Colorist(s): Mark Fredrickson
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Alfred is out of work and forced to worry.
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Pages: 1
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The Battle Begins!

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Smallville
Character(s): Clark Kent; Doomsday
Synopsis: Ad for DVDs of Smallville, season 8, and for tv show on the CW Network.
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Pages: 1
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Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Ficarra
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): various
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Hugh Hefner; Harry Plodder; Bo; Mr. Spock; Vince
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Ficarra; Terry England; Bonnie Thoma; David Cline; Eric McArthur; Dylan Dennis; Dave Geels; Kaylor Nevin
Penciller(s): David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; Angelo Torres ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): David Folkman (photo); N! Satterfield; Brian Gray; Big Toe; Oscar Medina; John Caldwell; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Letters And Tomatoes Department
Character(s): Sam Viviano; Alfred E. Neuman; Black Spy; White Spy; Gray Spy; Otto; John Caldwell; Jeremy Fisher; Quip; Zero
Synopsis: Letters, photos and fan art.
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Pages: 2.75
Disclose Notes: Includes reprints of single panels from "The Mary Tailor-Made Show" (MAD #127) and Cosby Show spoof (MAD, 1985), and scenes from an episode of The Simpsons.
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Welcome To Heck Population: You

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Bob Dob
Inker(s): Bob Dob
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Heck
Synopsis: Ad for books series by Dale E. Bayse, from Random House.
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Pages: 1
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Get 10% Off

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman Arkham Asylum
Character(s): Batman
Synopsis: Ad for game guide book from Bradygames.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: informational
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Pages: 0.25
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The Money You Could Be Saving

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A MAD Ad Parody; Dollars Incensed Dept.
Character(s): GEICO money stack
Synopsis: The stack of money is much taller than normal and represents what the government is spending to bail out companies.
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An Important Message From MAD's Director of Business & Development

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeffrey Lozenge ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Magazine
Character(s): Jeffrey Lozenge
Synopsis: A message on why lobsters are important...or not.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: House ad for Mad subscriptions; #88 in a series. Jeffrey is wearing a lobster costume.
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The MAD Quarterly Report May-July 2009

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Sam Viviano
Inker(s): Sam Viviano
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Eventing Our Spleen Dept.
Character(s): Jimmy Fallon; Adam Lambert; Kim Jong Il; Brett Michaels; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; Dick Cheney; Sarah Palin; Keyboard Cat
Synopsis: Notes about goofy news of the past quarter.
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The Fundalini Pages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Jeff Kruse; Paul Gilligan; Kiernan P. Schmitt; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Jacob Lambert; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; John Caldwell; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Ward Sutton
Penciller(s): Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; ? (photo); Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Drew Friedman; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton
Inker(s): Rick Tulka; Paul Gilligan; ? (photo); Bob Staake; P. C. Vey; Dave Berg; Evan Dorkin; Sarah Dyer; Scott Nickel; Duck Edwing; Drew Friedman; Glen LeLievre; Al Jaffee; Hermann Mejia; Paul Coker; Tom Cheney; Jim Hunt; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset; Paul Gilligan; P. C. Vey; Scott Nickel; Tom Cheney; Gary Hallgren; Ward Sutton
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Fundalini Pages; Vey To Go; Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds; Plugged Nickel; The Expedious Eight; Duck Droppings; LeLievre and Let LeLievre; Snappy Answers To Stupid Questions; Pull My Cheney; Calvin And Jobs; Sutton For Punishment; NETF%#X
Character(s): Maximo Goosecap IV; Michelle Obama; Queen Elizabeth II; Angela Merkel; Mahmoud Ahmadinejad; The Terminators; Roger Kaputnick; Kim Kardashian; Sarah Palin; Todd Palin; Hugh Hefner; Suze Orman; GEICO money stack; Paul McCartney; Steve Jobs; Calvin; Calvin's mother; Andrew Zimmern
Synopsis: Various short satires of pop culture.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Additional features: Here On Gilligan's Bile; Should We Be Happy If Texas Secedes?; Least Understood Medical Conditions; The Fast Five; A Guide To Little League Coaching Signs; Financial Advice You Don't Want To Hear From Suze Orman; Relatives of The Geico "Money You Could Be Saving".
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The Spys Who Came In From The Old!

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spy Vs. Spy books
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: House ad for reprints of Spy Vs. Spy paperback books with new titles.
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Pages: 1
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A Brutally Honest Michael Jackson Obit

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): After The Glove Is Gone Dept.
Character(s): Michael Jackson
Synopsis: Fake obituary.
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Harry Plodder Is A Hot-Blooded Putz

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Desmond Devlin
Penciller(s): Herman Mejia
Inker(s): Herman Mejia
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Going Over A Radcliffe Dept.
Character(s): Amy Winehouse; Death Eater; Alpo Hussein Doubldork; Lord Druckermort; Horace Rugburn; Severly Snapped; Malformed Sr.; Mrs. Malformed; Drano Malformed; Runt Queasy; Herwhiny Grungy; Harry Plodder; Tom Riddler
Synopsis: Satire on the movie Harry Potter And The Half-Blood Prince.
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Pages: 6
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Kuper
Penciller(s): Peter Kuper
Inker(s): Peter Kuper
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke And Dagger Dept.
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into overloading an elevator so that the cable snaps.
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Bo Confidential

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): Tom Richmond
Inker(s): Tom Richmond
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Chasing Its Own Tale Dept.
Character(s): Bo; Barack Obama; Michelle Obama; Joe Biden
Synopsis: Fake diary of President Obama's dog, Bo.
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Pages: 3
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The New iPhone Apps Are Here!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Mad Ad Parody; The Apple Of Our Ire Dept.
Character(s): Bobby Jindle; Verizon "Can You Hear Me" guy
Synopsis: Parody of apps for the iPhone.
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Pages: 2
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William Shatner Twitters While Watching Star Trek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Frank Santopadre
Penciller(s): ? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo); AP/Wide World (photo); istockphoto.com/Piovesempre (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Agony Of De-Tweet Dept.
Character(s): William Shatner; Captain James Kirk; Mr. Spock; Lt. Ohura; Mr. Spock's father
Synopsis: Fake Tweets about new Star Trek movie.
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Pages: 2
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MAD's Guide To Making A Recently-Released Gitmo Detainee Feel Welcome In Your Town

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Caldwell
Penciller(s): John Caldwell
Inker(s): John Caldwell
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; John Caldwell
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): There's No Displaced Like Home Dept.
Synopsis: Phony ways to acclimate Gitmo detainees into American culture.
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Pages: 2
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MisMatch.com

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Scott Maiko
Penciller(s): istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
Inker(s): istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
Colorist(s): istockphoto.com (photos, see note)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Meet Market Dept.
Synopsis: Parody of things found on Match.com.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Photos from istockphoto.com credited to the following people: azndc; birkholz; jwebb; maica' mrohner; rollover; sdomicik; theprint; tracks; vuk891.
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The MAD 2009-2010 Calendar

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD Calendar
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: House ad for calendar.
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Pages: 1
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A MAD Look At Star Trek

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Colorist(s): Tom Luth
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Serge-In General Dept.
Character(s): Capt. James Kirk; Homer Simpson; The Hulk; Superman; Lt. Ohura; Dr. McCoy; Mr. Spock; Mr. Spock's father
Synopsis: Scenes that might have been from the Star Trek movie.
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Pages: 4
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Spy Vs. Spy

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Peter Kuper
Penciller(s): Peter Kuper
Inker(s): Peter Kuper
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Joke And Dagger Dept.
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: The Black Spy tricks the White Spy into launching himself into a target with a giant slingshot.
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Pages: 1
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A TV Commercial We'd Like To See

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dick DeBartolo
Penciller(s): Tom Bunk (signed)
Inker(s): Tom Bunk (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): There's A Soaker Born Every Minute Dept.
Character(s): Vince
Synopsis: This is a parody of ShamWow commercials, with ScamWow as the product.
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Pages: 2
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The Hardships Faced By The Super Obese of America's Wild West

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Teresa Burns Parkhurst
Penciller(s): Teresa Burns Parkhurst
Inker(s): Teresa Burns Parkhurst
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset; Teresa Burns Parkhurst
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): All Fat And No Cowboy Dept.
Synopsis: Problems of very fat people during the old days out west.
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Pages: 2
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Sanford And Sin

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): A Mad Ad Parody; Republican Partying Dept.
Character(s): Mark Sanford
Synopsis: Fake ad for DVD of Governor Mark Sanford's sex scandal.
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Pages: 1
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The Strip Club

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers
Penciller(s): Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers
Inker(s): Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jason Yungbluth; Todd Clark; Dustin Glick; Keith Knight; John Kovaleski; Dan Long; Johnny Ringo; Joey Alison Sayers
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Pen And Stink Dept.; Jimmy The Geek; Rex In The City; The Machine That Travels Through Time; Little Nazi Nutkicker; 360 Degrees Of Separation; Me, Myself And My Puppet; The Long And Short of It; The Insanitarium
Synopsis: A collection of comic strips.
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Pages: 4
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The MAD Vault 1973

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Frank Jacobs; Don Martin; Dick DeBartolo; Donald K. Epstein; Al Jaffee; Dave Gantz; Tom Koch; Arnie Kogen; Paul Peter Porges
Penciller(s): Norman Mingo; Paul Coker; Don Martin; Bob Clarke; Al Jaffee; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker
Inker(s): Norman Mingo; Paul Coker; Don Martin; Bob Clarke; Al Jaffee; Jack Rickard; Mort Drucker
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Articles Formerly Known As Reprints Dept.
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
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From Issue: FlagMad #156 published January 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #157 published March 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #158 published April 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #159 published June 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #160 published July 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #161 published September 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #162 published October 1973
From Issue: FlagMad #163 published December 1973
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Pages: 3
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What The Heck Is The Difference?

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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Observation Dreck Dept.
Character(s): The Jonas Brothers [Kevin Jonas; Joe Jonas; Nick Jonas]
Synopsis: CD album cover with a Photoshopped variation to find the differences on.
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Pages: 1
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What Potential Health Threat Has Been Linked To The Nation's Pig Population?

Activity  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Penciller(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Inker(s): Al Jaffee (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mad Fold-In
Synopsis: Answer is Denny's Grand Slam Breakfast.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: inside back cover
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Drawn-Out Dramas

Filler  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Sergio Aragones
Penciller(s): Sergio Aragones
Inker(s): Sergio Aragones
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Marginal Thinking Dept.
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No Safe Haven Only Asylum

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Batman Arkham Asylum
Character(s): Batman
Synopsis: Ad for game from Eidos Interactive Ltd.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: back cover

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