MAD #16 — December 2020

Article title links go to original source issues

NEW = First appearance of original material

Contents

• Contents Page — monstrous Alfred collage

  from five paperback covers:
  The Self Mad MAD, Howling MAD, The Invisible MAD, Son of MAD Sucks, Dr. Jekyll & Mr. MAD
  C2–1
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine — new and reprinted)
• A MAD Look at Movie Monsters

  Corn on the Macabre Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  2–3
• MAD Double Features

  Hollywood En-Twined Dept.

  Tom Hachtman
  4–5
• Arbor Day (typical horror movie satire)

  Yecchploitation Movies Dept.

  Written by Lou Silverstone / Art by Jack Davis
  6–12
• Subscription Ad

  Featuring Antonio Prohias spies
  13
• Rosemia's Boo-Boo (movie satire)

  Laying a Deviled Egg Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Mort Drucker
  14–20
• A Monster Gag

  The Kong Show Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis / Color by Carrie Strachan NEW
  21
• Spy vs. Spy — straw, brick, glass houses / palm tree blades NEW

  Joke and Dagger Dept.

  Peter Kuper
  22–23
• The MAD Horror Primer

  Readin' and Writhin' Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Wally Wood
  24–27
• Dastardly Dr. Bunk's MAD Monster Lab!! NEW

  Tom Bunk

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Haunts Halloween — Special Edition 2024
  • MAD #45 — October 2025
  28–29
• New Movie Monsters from Madison Avenue

  It Came From Outta the Ad Space Dept.

  Written by E. Nelson Bridwell / Art by Wally Wood
  30–32
• Eccchh, Teen Age Son of Thing

  Boy Meets Ghoul Dept.

  Art by Wally Wood
  33–36
• The Werewolf

  Luna-See Dept.

  Written by Semi / Art by George Woodbridge / Color by Carrie Strachan NEW
  37
• Paltry Guise (movie satire)

  Special Defects Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Jack Davis
  38–44
• Classic Movie Scenes We'd Like to See — King Kong NEW

  Kongcrete Jungle Dept.

  Sergio Aragones / Color by Suzy Hutchinson
  45–46
• Wes Craven — with apologies to Edgar Allen Poe

  I have a Scream Dept.

  Written by Andrew J. Schwartzberg / Art by Bill Wray
  47–49
• Horror Movie Scenes We'd Like to See

  Our Creature Presentation Dept.

  Written by Don (Duck) Edwing / Art by Jack Davis
  50–51
• Psycho, Too (movie satire)

  I Dismember Mama Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker
  52–55
• Eerie Comparisons Between The Wizard of Oz and The Blair Witch Project

  Written by Desmond Devlin / Art by Sam Sisco
  56
• Fold-In — What sequel has people on the edge of their seats? NEW

  Johnny Sampson
  C3
• Back Cover — The Four Horsemen of the Metropolis

  Idea by Frank Jacobs / Art by Jack Thurston
  C4