MAD #98 — October 1965

"Stop complaining about the Summer heat! Just be grateful you don't have to shovel it!" — Alfred E. Neuman

Contents

• Ad for The 8th Annual Edition of More Trash From MAD

  featuring “Pop Art — Op Art” life-size picture of A. E. Neuman
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• Contents Page
  1
• Letters Dept.

  Notes

  • Photo of Mick Jagger holding MAD #96; Ads for Subscriptions — “Are you bugged by the little monsters who bolt down to the newsstands and wrench every last copy of MAD off the shelves?” (sculpture by Giuseppe Baggi), Paperbacks, Alfred E. Neuman portraits
  2–3
• Drawn-Out Dramas

  Marginal Thinking Dept.

  Sergio Aragones
  (various places around the magazine) summary
• MAD's Modern Believe It or Nuts!

  Behind the Odd-Ball Dept.

  Written by Arnie Kogen / Art by Bob Clarke
  4
• Surfing

  Only for the Board-Minded Dept.

  Written by Al Jaffee / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  5–10
• A Dreadful Day

  Don Martin Dept. Part I

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  11–12
• Flapper (TV satire)

  Defeating the Porpoise Dept.

  Written by Dick DeBartolo / Art by Mort Drucker

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Special #116 — October 1996
  13–17
• MAD's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions

  Put Your Funny Where Your Mouth Is Dept.

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 19 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD's Vastly Overrated Al Jaffee — 1976 Big Book
  • MAD Special #45 — Winter 1983
  • MAD Special #69 — Winter 1989
  • MAD About the Sixties — 1995
  • MAD Art — 2002 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #4 — August 2006 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #5 — December 2006 (excerpt)
  • MAD For Decades — 2007
  • MAD Kids #6 — March 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #7 — May 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #9 — December 2007 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #10 — March 2008 (excerpt)
  • MAD Kids #11 — June 2008 (excerpt)
  • Totally MAD — 2012
  • The Best of the Worst! — Special Collector's Edition 2012
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
  • MAD #14 — August 2020
  • MAD #32 — August 2023 (excerpt)
  18–20 sample
• Spy Vs. Spy — torture chamber violinist / ladder rung detonator handle

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part I

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #108 — November 1995
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  21
• Fight Songs for the Common Man

  Battle Hymns of the Public Dept.

  Written by Frank Jacobs / Art by George Woodbridge

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • The MAD Morality — 1970 (excerpt)
  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  22–24 sample
• “Camp Alfeeneumahaha” — MAD's Summer Camp for Adults

  Fuddy-Duddy Buddy System Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Paul Coker, Jr.

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  25–27
• Early One Morning

  Don Martin Dept. Part II

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • The Completely MAD Don Martin — 1974 Big Book
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — Don Martin — 2014
  28
• The MAD Academy Awards for Small Businessmen

  Counter-Acting Dept.

  Written by Stan Hart / Art by Jack Rickard

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • More Trash From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  • MAD Special #42 — Spring 1983
  29–33
• Spy Vs. Spy — frozen room / beware of gorilla

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part II

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 6 collections

  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD TV — 1995
  • MAD Special #126 — January 1998
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
  34
• The MAD United States Foreign Policy Primer

  Johnson's Wacks Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Bob Clarke

  Reprinted in 1 collection

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  35–37
• The Lighter Side of Summer Evenings

  Berg's-Eye View Dept.

  Dave Berg

  Reprinted in 5 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #10 — 1967 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • The MAD Morality — 1970 (excerpt)
  • Polyunsaturated MAD — 1971 (Paperback #31)
  • Dave Berg's MAD Trash — 1977 Big Book
  38–41
• Spy Vs. Spy Vs. Spy — teeter totter branch bashing / old west lady's stampede

  Joke and Dagger Dept. Part III

  Antonio Prohias

  Reprinted in 4 collections

  • MAD's Big Book of Spy vs. Spy Capers and Other Surprises — 1978
  • MAD Special #65 — Winter 1988
  • Spy Vs. Spy — The Complete Casebook — Antonio Prohias — 2001
  • Spy Vs. Spy — Omnibus — Antonio Prohias — 2011
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• Lord Jump (movie satire)

  Two Years Before the Masochist Dept.

  Written by Larry Siegel / Art by Mort Drucker
  43–47
• One Summer Afternoon

  Don Martin Dept. Part III

  Don Martin

  Reprinted in 2 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD's Greatest Artists — The Completely MAD Don Martin — 2007
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• Fold-In — Who Are the Disaster Victims That Nobody Ever Helps?

  Al Jaffee

  Reprinted in 3 collections

  • MAD Follies #5 — 1967 Annual
  • MAD Special #38 — Spring 1982
  • The MAD Fold-In Collection 1964-2010 — 2011
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• Back Cover —
  The Day That “Ajax” Got the Housewife Out of the Kitchen a Little Too Fast!

  Photo by Irving Schild

  Reprinted in 7 collections

  • The Worst From MAD #11 — 1968 Annual
  • The Ridiculously Expensive MAD — 1969
  • MAD Art — 2002
  • MADvertising — 2005
  • Inside MAD — 2013
  • MAD Choice Cuts — Special Collector's Edition 2014
  • Totally Inside MAD — 2016
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