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Mad #520

EC · April 2013 · on sale 2013-02-20

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Series
Mad (EC, 1952 series)
Issue
#520
Publication date
April 2013
Key date
2013-04-00
On-sale date
2013-02-20
Indicia publisher
E.C. Publications Inc.
Price
$5.99; 5.99 CAD
Pages
60
Barcode
07447033230504

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0Adventure Time One of the 50 Worst Things about Cartoonscover1pencils: Chris Houghton; inks: Chris HoughtonAlfred E. Neuman
1Departmentstable of contents1pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset
2Letters and Tomatoesletters page3pencils: various; inks: various; colors: various; letters: typeset
3The Fundalini Pagescomic story5script: Jeff Kruse, Jason Yungbluth, Desmond Devlin, Matt Lassen, P. C. Vey, Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Charles Akins, Jason Yungbluth, Rick Tulka, Paul Coker, Ty Templeton, Evan Dorkin; inks: Charles Akins, Jason Yungbluth, Rick Tulka, Paul Coker, Ty Templeton, Evan Dorkin; colors: Sarah Dyer, Lucie Lang
4The 50 Worst Things about Cartoonscomic story7script: Desmond Devlin, Jeff Kruse, Scott Maiko; pencils: Peter Bagge, Anton Emdin, Hermann Mejía, Adam Koford; inks: Peter Bagge, Anton Emdin, Hermann Mejía, Adam Koford
5Honey Boo-Boo's Family Circuscomic story3script: Frank Santopadre; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; letters: Tom Richmond
6Planet Tad!!!!!text story2script: Tim Carvell
7Spy vs. Spycomic story2script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter KuperBlack Spy; White Spy
8Mad's Tom Bunk Visits a High School Lunchroomcartoon2script: Tom Bunk; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk; colors: Tom Bunk
9You've Hired the Wrong Life Coach If...comic story2script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell; letters: John Caldwell
10A Mad Look at Washingtoncomic story4script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Tom Luth; letters: Sergio Aragonés
11Phrases That Left the English Language in 2012comic story2script: Matt Lassen; pencils: Ward Sutton; inks: Ward Sutton
12Mad's Do-It-Yourself Adventure Time Episodephoto story2pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); colors: ? (photographs); letters: typeset
13The Strip Clubcomic story4script: Brian Gordon, Matt Lassen, Kenny Keil, Noah Van Sciver, Nate Fakes, Christopher Baldwin; pencils: Brian Gordon, David DeGrand, Kenny Keil, Tom Hart, Noah Van Sciver, Nate Fakes; inks: Brian Gordon, David DeGrand, Kenny Keil, Tom Hart, Noah Van Sciver, Nate Fakes; letters: Brian Gordon, David DeGrand, Kenny Keil, Tom Hart, Noah Van Sciver, Nate Fakes
14Gangreensphoto story3script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Scott Bircher; inks: Scott Bircher; colors: Scott Bircher
15Spin Doctors for the Rest of Uscomic story3script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka
16Frequently Overlooked Benefits of Being a Zombiecomic story2script: Tom Cheney; pencils: Tom Cheney; inks: Tom Cheney; colors: Carl Peterson
17The Best of the Idioticaltext story1letters: typeset
18For Many Americans, What Is the Most Important Form They Will Ever Fill Out?cartoon1script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee
19God Bless Our Assault Weaponsillustration1pencils: D. Woodbridge; inks: D. Woodbridge; colors: D. Woodbridge; letters: D. Woodbridge

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