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259December 1985
$1.25

Mad #259

EC · December 1985

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#259
Publication date
December 1985
Key date
1985-12-00
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$1.25
Pages
52
Barcode
0709893323012

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0-cover1pencils: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Will ElderAlfred E. Neuman, John Rambo, Ronald Reagan
1Dumbo More Blood Part IIcomic story5script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
2One Disastrous Day on the Atlanticcomic story1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
3And Now Mad Salutes All the Ladies Who Pump Iron With... Superior Girlcomic story2script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
4NASA's Proposed Questionnaire for Civilian Space Shuttle Passengersactivity2script: John Ficarra
5A Mad Look at Bugscomic story3script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
6Some Straight Talk About Selling Cigarettes to a Hostile Publictext story1script: Bill Doherty
7Cabbage Patch Products for People Who Hate Cabbage Patch Productscomic story2script: Joe Raiola, Charlie Kadau; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge
8The Lighter Side of...comic story5script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg
9One Dark Day in Prisoncomic story1script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
10Gigglin's Islandcomic story2script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano
11How to End a Date Painlesslycomic story2script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges
12Bad Habit Enderscomic story4script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee
13TV Godcomic story2script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker
1414 Reasons Why You'll Miss Seeing Halley's Cometcomic story3script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.
15Nut Courtcomic story4script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres
16One Depressing Day in the Dungeoncomic story1script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin
17Mad's Snappy Comments on Stupid Government Policies and Abusescomic story2script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke
18Mad Double Featurescomic story3script: Tom Hachtman; pencils: Tom Hachtman; inks: Tom Hachtman
19Drawn-Out Dramascomic story0script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés
20What Biological Force Threatens to Destroy an International Institution?activity1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee

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