Mad #130
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Nightmare," a satirical twist on the war film Where Eagles Dare, a U.S./British commando unit launches a high-stakes raid on a German headquarters, blending over-the-top action with EC’s signature dark humor. Written by Larry Siegel and illustrated with sharp, expressive art by Angelo Torres—both inks and pencils—this Mad #130 installment delivers a gloriously absurd take on Cold War-era military melodrama. Cover by Angelo Torres.
In "Land of the Giant Bores," seven stranded travelers on a world of towering humans struggle to find anything remotely thrilling in their absurdly oversized reality—where even the most mundane moments feel like epic endurance tests. A sharp satire of the era’s sci-fi tropes, the story leans into the humor of scale and monotony with deadpan wit and perfectly typeset letters.
In a sharp satire of wartime adventure tropes, "Where Vultures Fare" imagines a ridiculous commando mission where U.S. and British forces team up for a high-stakes raid on a German headquarters—complete with over-the-top heroics and absurd military logic. The story skewers the genre’s clichés with deadpan delivery, all set in a world where even the most serious missions feel like a punchline.
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Reprinted in Mad #45 (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #11 (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #12 (1973), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #14 (1974), The Medicine Mad #44 (1977), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #47 (1984), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #85 (1993), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #101 (1995), Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn] (2010), Mad #503 (2010)
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