Cover: Mark Fredrickson
Mad #492
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeContains 13 stories
The Fundalini Pages
Script various
MelvinJenkinsJohn McCainHillary ClintonHoward SternJoe Bitterman
Mad's International Preview of the Beijing Olympics
Ironic, Man
Phony Snark [Ironic Man]ShlepperOsama Bin Laden (cameo)George W. Bush (cameo)Mr. Peabody (cameo)Boy Sherman (cameo)BatmanStan LeeWall-E (cameo)C-3PO (cameo)
10 Easy Ways To Beat High Gas Prices And Increase Your Mileage
Spy Vs. Spy
Black SpyWhite Spy
Movie Posters For The Rest of The Movie Experience
Mad's Cocky, But Handy Hancock Outtakes
Hancock
Calvin And Jobs
CalvinJobsMoeCalvin's motherCalvin's father
John Caldwell's Field Guide to Spotting America's Most Incompetent Summer Camp Counselors
Lonnie SheafLeon BurlingameOksana FantauzziChester CurdlerArnold “Lampchop” HackenberryLüf HarkenschÿenHarriet WurtzelCarla P. DecaturBurne Filmore
A MAD Look At This Summer's Super Heroes
Tony StarkBenderPepper PottsHancockBatmanThe JokerBruce BannerHulkHellboyTinker Bell
Sucker City Newspaper Circular
Horton (cameo)Roger Clemens (cameo)
The Strip Club
Script Jason YoungbluthPencils Jason YoungbluthInks Jason YoungbluthLetters Jason Youngbluth
The Hulk [Ed Norton]Father O'FlannityChoirboy TimmyRobFreddyVelmaScooby-Don'tFantabulaman (and as Robo-Rogue)RadiationmanSnakeman
Drawn-Out Dramas
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Reprinted in Mad About Super Heroes #2 (2010), Mad About Super Heroes #[nn] (2012), Mad #41 (2025)
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