Mad Super Special (1970) #40

Fall 1982. Special Advertising Issue. Cover by Jack Rickard and Frank Frazetta.

Stories and art by Frank Frazetta, Wally Wood, Don Martin, Al Jaffee, Stan Hart, Larry Siegel, Sy Reit, Dick DeBartolo, Bob Clarke, Frank Jacobs, Jack Rickard, Earle Doud, John Putnam, Mort Drucker, Lester Krauss, Tom Koch, George Woodbridge, Gilbert Barnhill, Paul Laikin, Don Reilly, Joe Orlando, Irving Schild, Kelly Freas, and Sergio Aragones. The Mad Super Special reprinted movie spoofs and classic material from the magazine, often accompanied by original stories and attached bonuses in the form of posters, stickers, recordings and comics. Parodies of magazine ads, TV commercials, and billboards through the years, featuring art by Wally Wood, Joe Orlando and Kelly Freas, among others. Mad’s takedowns of movie ads, early targeted advertising, and nefarious hidden ads. Marginals by Sergio Aragones, and Don Martin cartoons. Includes 8-page color insert of vintage Mad bogus ads, including Ringo Starr as drawn by art legend Frank Frazetta (as seen on the cover in a Jack Rickard-retouched version), and a cameo by Mad publisher William Gaines.

100 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.00. (Note: stock image, not a scan)