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343March 1996
$2.50

Mad #343

EC · March 1996

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#343
Publication date
March 1996
Key date
1996-03-10
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$2.50
Pages
52

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Madcover1pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams
1Mad Interviews Miyoursoft’s Bill Gatescomic story6script: Chris Hart; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam VivianoRickety Lake; Bill Gates; Appalled Allen; Ross Perot
2Hazards of Catalog Shoppingcomic story2script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell
3The Bob Dole Guide to Instant Disagreementcomic story2script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Thomas Fluharty; inks: Thomas Fluharty
4Moshing in Everyday Lifecomic story1script: Tom Cheney; pencils: Tom Cheney; inks: Tom Cheney
5What People Say What Other People Hearcomic story3script: Greg Eckler; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
6The Hymn of the Embattled Republiccomic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
7The Flabbergasting Flamenco Finishcomic story1script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing
8Badly-Needed Software for the Human Machinecomic story3script: Mike Snider; pencils: Ty Templeton; inks: Ty Templeton
9The Lighter Side of...comic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
10The All-Time Pantheon of Oddball Music Fanscomic story3script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Kyle Baker; inks: Kyle BakerChauncey Galoot; Knute Crampy; Wendell M. Fracas; Frederick J. Maloney; Leeza Colonjello; Michael Ostomy; Jean-Luc Perry; Torrance Ep; Ibn-Jared Spurl; Abigail Pox; Wink Osmosis; Ozzy Mandius; Orren “Buster” Clamp; Afa Swankee
11Mother Nature’s Revengecomic story2script: Steve Greenberg; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis
12Corporate Mergers That Would Do Us All Some Goodcomic story4script: Mike Snider; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker
13A Mad Look at Drinkingcomic story3script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
14sleepWalker, Texas Strangercomic story5script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresChuck Norris [as sleepWalker]; Clarence Gilyard [as Trivet]; Sheree J. Wilson [as Aleck]; Floyd Westerman [as Uncle Rare]; sleepTrotter; Denny
15The History of Communicationcomic story1script: Mike Gallagher; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
16What's Emerging as the Greatest to Threat to Our Nation’s Youth?illustration1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee

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Mad's Greatest Artists: Sergio Aragonès #[nn]
ISBN 978-0-7624-3687-3
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