Mad #99
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "When Politicians Do Television Commercials," Lou Silverstone and Mort Drucker deliver a sharp, satirical twist on Western tropes, turning a classic frontier setting into a biting commentary on media and politics. The story follows a bumbling judge and a gang of inept cowboys as they face off against a sinister stranger whose very presence threatens to upend their dull, predictable ranch life—just as a slick, staged TV commercial might disrupt a quiet evening. The cover by Mort Drucker captures the absurdity perfectly, making this 1965 EC Comics gem a standout in the series’ legacy.
In "The Virginiaham," a perpetually unimpressed frontier judge and a crew of bumbling cowboys face off against a mysterious stranger whose mere presence threatens to upend their dull routine on a sleepy ranch—because even in the Wild West, boredom can be the real outlaw.
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Reprinted in Mad #15 (1966), Mad Follies #5 (1967), Mad #2 (1967), Mad #3 (1967), Mad #7 (1968), Mad #10 (1968), The Ridiculously Expensive Mad #[nn] (1969), Polyunsaturated Mad #31 (64-702) (1971), Mad #55 (1973), The Completely Mad Don Martin #[nn] (1974), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #34 (1981), Mad Special [Mad Super Special] #50 (1985), Mad for Decades #[nn] (2007), Mad #16 (2020), Mad #36 (2024), Mad #41 (2025)
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