Mad Magazine – Fall 1981 – Super Special No. 36 – The Comics – 4.0 Very Good (VG)
This Fall 1981 Mad Super Special (No. 36) spotlights the world of comic strips and superheroes through the magazine’s signature satire. Graded 4.0 Very Good (VG), it shows moderate surface and edge wear but remains clean and complete — a solid copy for collectors of vintage humor and comic history. The item pictured is the exact one you will receive. Please review photos carefully for condition. All magazines ship in a protective plastic sleeve, and combined shipping is available upon request.
Contents
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Strip Teasers Department – Comic Strips They’d Really Like to Do – p.2
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Rush Money-Order Today Department – If Comic Characters Answered Those Ads – p.6
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Song of India Ink Department – The MAD “Comic” Opera – p.9
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From “Super” to Nuts Department – More Powerful Than a Locomotive – p.15
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Drawing on an Old Format Department – Adult TV Cartoons – p.17
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No Longer Working for Peanuts Department – Will Success Spoil Charlie Brown? – p.20
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Don Martin Department – Don Martin Looks at “Spiderman” – p.24
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Funnies Are People Department – Comicland Magazine – p.27
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Pen and “Shrink” Department – If Comic Characters Were Psychoanalyzed – p.32
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Comick Shnooks Department – A MAD Look at Super Heroes – p.36
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Newspaper Comics Department – Nansy – p.40
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Roasted Peanuts Department – Misery Is a Cold Hot Dog – p.42
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What Mortals These Fools Be Department – If Comic Strip Characters Behaved Like Ordinary People – p.46
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High Flown Balloons Department – If Famous Authors Wrote the Comics – p.50
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“Pop” Goes the Easel Department – If the World’s Great Artists Drew the Comics – p.54
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Punch in the Noise Department – Appropriate Comic Strip Sound Effects – p.58
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Funny Pitches Department – Future Educational Comic Pamphlets – p.62
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Shnook… Up in the Sky Department – A MAD Look at “Superman” – p.66
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Doing It Up “Brown” Department – If “Peanuts” Were a Weekly TV Series – p.68
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Never on Sunday Pages Department – The Comic Characters’ Christmas Party – p.72
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Someday Supplement Department – Comics for Publications That Don’t Have Comics – p.74
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With a Little Bit of Puck Department – If Comic Strip Artists Drew Editorial Cartoons – p.78
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True-to-Form Department – Tell-Tale Comic Strip Balloons – p.80
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You Kent Win ’Em All Department – A Super Opportunity – p.85
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The Yellowed Kid Department – If Comic Strip Characters Were As Old As Their Strips – p.84
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West-Ward-Ho-Ho! Department – A MAD Look at “Batman” – p.88
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Installment Overdue Department – The End of Comics – p.90
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R.I.P. Kirby Department – Obituaries for Comic Strip Characters – p.94
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Marginal Thinking Department – “Drawn-Out Dramas” by Sergio Aragonés (throughout)
Cover Story: A comprehensive send-up of comic strips, superheroes, and the cartooning world, featuring parodies from Batman to Peanuts.
A fun and collectible Mad Super Special, this issue showcases the magazine’s playful take on comics history and pop culture, making it an appealing addition for fans of satire and vintage humor magazines.