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Issue: Mad #496
Publication Date: December 2008
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Issues: #496 of 550 Issues (622 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagEC
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On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 52
ISBN:
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Price: $4.99 USD
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Content Items: 26 (11 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: ISSN 024 9319
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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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The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Alfred D. Neuman
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The tattoos on Alfred's arms are parts of the cover frames used for issues #24-30.
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Think You Know All The Moves?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Synopsis: Ad for book from Prima Games.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On inside front cover.
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Departments

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Monroe's dad; George W. Bush
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Art is from various places in the magazine. The feature "Feel Or No Feel? Department" is phony and does not actually appear in the issue.
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Dragon Ball Z Remastered

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Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Dragon Ball Z
Synopsis: Ad for November 11th 2008 DVD releases from Funimation and Toei Animation.
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Pages: 1
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Random Samplings of Reader Mail

Letters Page  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Nathaniel Ritter; Zachary Weiner; Josh Kerdell; Billy Hornby; Kevin Lagowski; John Stroud
Penciller(s): Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): Bill Bramhall; ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman
Synopsis: Letters, photos and fan art.
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Pages: 1.67
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[untitled]

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Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 0.33
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It's Wall-to-Wall Stupidity!

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Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD books
Character(s): Alfred E. Neuman; Bill Clinton
Synopsis: House ad for MAD Magazine Poster Book and MAD About Politics pop-up book.
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Pages: 1
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The Fundalini Pages

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): various
Penciller(s): various
Inker(s): various
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Random Acts of Mindless Dept.; Control-Alt-Deleted Scenes From The Seinfeld Microsoft Ads; Least E-Mailed Articles; When The Going Gets Duff; Before And After Grocery Products;The Fast 5; Sutton For Punishment; Melvin & Jenkins; Celebrity Cause-of-Death B
Character(s): Bill Gates; Jerry Seinfeld; Melvin; Jenkins; Lil Wayne
Synopsis: Various short satires of pop culture.
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Contributors (roles unknown) include: Charles Akins; Greg Benson; Dick DeBartolo; Desmond Devlin; J. C. Duffy; Darren Johnson; Jeff Kruse; Kevin Pope; Tom Lambert; Tom Richmond; Ward Sutton; Rick Tulka
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Have You Spanked Shakespeare Today?

Advertisement  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ?
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Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Spanking Shakespeare
Synopsis: Ad for book by Jake Wizner from Random House.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On 2nd page of Fundalini Pages.
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Spy Vs. Spy Gear And Gifts

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Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
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Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: Ad for merchandise from the International Spy Museum.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: On 4th page of Fundalini Pages.
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The Rise And Fall Of A Rap Star

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Hip Flop Artist Dept.
Character(s): Carl "Yung Carl" Pringle; Carl's parents; Carl's grandmother; Lil Wayne; Bill O'Reilly; Ja Rule; Weird Al Yankovic; Tupac; JMJ; Big Pun; Notorious B.I.G.
Synopsis: Satire on meteoric rise and fall of rap and hip hop music stars.
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What The Deal Or No Deal Models Are Thinking

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): Ross Garmil
Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Ruminations With A View Dept.
Character(s): Deal Or No Deal Models
Synopsis: Phony captions of what the models are thinking when standing on stage.
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Pages: 2
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The Horse That Knew The Way

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Beast And The Brightest Dept.; MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories
Character(s): Cooter Smiff; Abner Smiff; Mr. Smiff; Zeus
Synopsis: Story of a Clydesdale racing horse and a family that duct-taped dead jockeys to him.
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Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Fifth in a series of MAD's Inspirational Animal Stories.
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Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at Road Trips

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A look at some ridiculous things that could happen while traveling the country by car.
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In Content Item: FlagMad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] published January 2010
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Pages: 4
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Which Side Will You Choose?

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Inker(s): ?
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mortal Kombat vs. DC Universe
Synopsis: Ad for game from Midway Amusement Games, LLC.
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Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: Title given is on page 2.
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Monroe and...The Natural Disaster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Monroe; Monroe's mother; Monroe's father; Monroe's grandfather; Eugene
Synopsis: Monroe's family gets caught in a hurricane because they miss the evacuation notice, and their home is spared from destruction.
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Pages: 4
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Millions of Trees Gave Their Lives For These Books

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Feature(s): MAD books
Synopsis: Ad for the following MAD books: Spy Vs. Spy 2; MAD About Star Wars; The MAD War on Bush; The Completely MAD Don Martin.
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Pages: 1
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Comments You'll Never Hear No Matter How Long You Live

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Don't Phrase Me, Bro Dept.
Synopsis: Everyday quotes too honest for anyone to actually say.
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Pages: 2
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Spy Vs. Spy

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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Black Spy; White Spy
Synopsis: In the first cartoon, the Black Spy tricks the White Spy into a trap. In the second cartoon, the White Spy outsmarts the Black Spy with a fake rocket.
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Planet TAD!!!!!

Text Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Penciller(s): ?; ? (photo)
Inker(s): ?; ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ?; ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Character(s): Tad; Mr. Davis; Zac Efron; Jodie Foster; Mrs. Winter; Aquaman; Sub-Mariner; Chuck; Beth
Synopsis: Tad joins the debate team and screws up his first (and last) debate by arguing for the opposing team.
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Pages: 2
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The Darker Side of The Lighter Side

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Writer(s): ? (revised)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Dave Berg; Roger Kaputnik
Synopsis: New gags written for Dave Berg's drawings.
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Reprint Notes: From Mad (EC, 1952 Series) #?
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: The new gag writer is not credited.
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Using Kid's Books To Explain The Awful Bush Years

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
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Genres: humorous
Feature(s): And A Child Shall Read Them Dept.
Character(s): George Bush; Brownie
Synopsis: Events of the Bush administration explained as parodies of children's books.
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Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: Three books: The Talking Tree (by Smell Silverstein), The Little Engineer That Couldn't (by Snotty Griper), Failing Up (by Smell Silverstein). Several other books mentioned.
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Go Big With Viz Media This Holiday Season

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Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Bleach; Deathnote; Dragon Ball Z
Synopsis: Ad for manga books from Viz Media.
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Pages: 1
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What's Quickly Becoming The Hottest Destination For Many Teenagers?

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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Answer is: maternity ward.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside back cover.
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Drawn-Out Dramas

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Genres: humorous
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Pages: 0
Disclose Notes: Gags appear on 20 different pages.
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Wrestling So Real You Feel Pain

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Penciller(s): ? (photo)
Inker(s): ? (photo)
Colorist(s): ? (photo)
Letterer(s): typeset
Editor(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): TNA Impact!
Synopsis: Ad for game from Midway Studios.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Back cover.

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