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408August 2001
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Mad #408

EC · August 2001

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#408
Publication date
August 2001
Key date
2001-08-10
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
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$2.99
Pages
56

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0The 50 Worst Things About Sportscover1pencils: C. F. Payne; inks: C. F. Payne
1Mad's 50 Worst Things About Sportscomic story7script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom RichmondRandy Johnson; Beaky Buzzard; Michael Jordan; Ahmad Rashad; Mark McGwire; Bela Karolyi; Anna Kournikova; Jack Nicholson; Vince McMahon; George Steinbrenner; Bryant Gumbel; Greg Gumbel; Dick Vitale; Bud Selig; Alfred E. Neuman
2A Mad Look at the Mummy Returnscomic story4script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
315 Minutes of Fame—Mad’s Latest Disposable Dozencomic story3script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman
4The Miracle Jerkercomic story1script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing
5The Garish Institute for Impulsive Plastic Surgeryphoto story2script: Joe Raiola, J. Prete; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
6The King-Size of Queenscomic story4script: Josh Gordon; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo TorresKevin James [as Dudd Heftyone]; Leah Remini [as Carrpy Heftyone]; Jerry Stiller [as Archer Boomer]; Patton Oswalt [as Shpritz]; Victor Williams [as Deak]; Larry Romano [as Itchy]; Carroll O’Connor [as Archie Bunker] (cameo)
7A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a National Parkcomic story3script: Amy Gillett; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge; colors: Digital Chameleon
8Mad’s Guide to Out-of-Business Theme Restaurants…and the Reason They Went Belly Upcomic story2script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell
9Monroe and… the TV Commercialcomic story3script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray
10-comic story2script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper
11Dashboard "Idiot Lights" We Desperately Needcomic story2script: Darren Johnson; pencils: Scott Bricher; inks: Scott Bricher
12The Shoddier Image Catalogphoto story5script: Brian Farrelly, Sean Farrelly; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild
13Bickercomic story5script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort DruckerTed Danson [as Dr. Groan Bicker]; Hattie Winston [as Market]; Shawnee Smith [as Loony]; Terry Farrell [as Veggie]; Alex Désert [as Fake]; Saverio Guerra [as Barb]; Dr. Jack Kevorkian (cameo); Snoopy (cameo); J. Wellington Wimpy (cameo); George Wendt [as Norm Peterson] (cameo, death); John Ratzenberg
14Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Oddscomic story1script: Mike Snider; pencils: Hermann Mejía; inks: Hermann MejíaCarson Daly
15What Seems to Be the Only Safe and Convenient Air Carrier Left?illustration1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al JaffeeHarry Potter

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