MAD Magazine Recurring Features
Alphabet Books / Samplers / ABC's of...
in Order of Appearance in Regular Issues (and one Special)
| Article Title | Writer / Artist | Issue / Date |
|---|---|---|
| MAD's Revised New Up-To-Date Alphabet Book | — / Bob Clarke | 38 — Mar 1958 |
| MAD's 1960 Political Alphabet Book | Frank Jacobs / Wally Wood | 58 — Oct 1960 |
| MAD's Merry Christmas Happy New Year Alphabet Book | Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke | 76 — Jan 1963 |
| The MAD Crime Alphabet Book (from Some MAD Articles You Never Got To See) | Frank Jacobs / Bob Clarke | 120 — Jul 1968 |
| The "Great Society" Alphabet Book | Frank Jacobs / Max Brandel | 120 — Jul 1968 |
| The MAD A to Z Book For Bright, Young Beginners | Frank Jacobs / Sergio Aragones | Special #6 — Sum 1972 |
| The MAD Ad-Man's Sampler | Henry Clark | 211 — Dec 1979 |
| MAD's ABC's of Writing Successful Exams and Term Papers | Tom Koch / Paul Coker, Jr. | 232 — Jul 1982 |
| The MAD Rock 'n Rap Sampler | Charlie Kadau / Bob Clarke | 303 — Jun 1991 |
| The ABC's of Rock | Desmond Devlin / Rick Tulka | 313 — Sep 1992 |
| The ABC's of 15 Minutes of Fame | Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman | 351 — Nov 1996 |
| The ABC's of 15 Minutes of Fame — Volume II | Frank Jacobs / Drew Friedman | 375 — Nov 1998 |
| The ABC's of Drugs | Frank Jacobs / Rick Tulka | 387 — Nov 1999 |
| The NBA from A to Z | David Shayne / Hermann Mejia | 465 — May 2006 |
| MAD A to Z | Desmond Devlin / Sergio Aragones, Brent Engstrom, Hermann Mejia, Peter Kuper, Tom Richmond, Johnny Sampson, and Ed Steckley |
600 — Aug 2026 |
with help from John R. Racano
excerpt from MAD's Revised New Up-To-Date Alphabet Book — from #38, March 1958