Mad #105

In "Bats-Man," Gray Dickson is done playing second fiddle—fed up with being Bats-Man’s sidekick and eager to chase girls like a normal teen. His increasingly absurd attempts to ditch his crime-fighting partner keep backfiring, but Bats-Man has a twist: with a little "camp," even the square can be swinging—especially when gorgeous guest stars are involved.

In "Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts," Mad magazine skewers the absurdity of everyday life with a satirical take on Ripley’s Believe It or Not, spotlighting bizarre real-life oddities like Bert Parks, a peculiar politician, a local TV star, a speeder with a surprising ticket, and a phone that defies convention—all rendered in the magazine’s signature deadpan, typeset lettering.

In this sharp satire from Mad #105, a British Intelligence agent fakes a mental breakdown in a desperate bid to lure in enemy operatives—playing a high-stakes game of deception where the line between loyalty and madness blurs. A clever send-up of Cold War espionage tropes, it’s a tightly wound, darkly comic twist on the spy thriller genre, all rendered in the magazine’s signature satirical style.