MAD Magazine #291

Cover: Special Mutant Turtle Issue

Artist: Sam Viviano

Real ad Mad Subscription Pitch

Random Sampling of Reader Mail

Department: Letters and Tomatoes

Real Ad for Mad's All New "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" by Al Jaffee Paperback

The Blunder Years

Department: Sixties-Something

Artist: Sam Viviano Writer: Stan Hart

The Lusty Ledge Legend

Department: Tales From The Duck Side Part 1

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Compu-Doc Self-Service Medical Terminal

Department: View To An Ill

Artist, Writer: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Floyd Kemske

More Items From Mad's Celebrity Supermarket

Department: Big-Name Brands

Writer: Charlie Kadau Writer: Joe Raiola Artist: Bob Clarke

Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy (Nitroglycerin Wine)

Department: Joke and Dagger

Artist, Writer: Antonio Prohias

Why Are You Sure To Win The Next Magazine Publishers Sweepstakes

Department: For Your Prize Only

Artist: John Caldwell Writer: Tom Koch

MAD's Political Image Maker Of The Year

Department: Reaching New Hypes Of Absurdity

Artist: Angelo Torres Writer: Lou Silverstone

The Feathered Feeding Frenzy

Department: Tales From The Duck Side Part 2

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

Baseball At The Bat

Department: Frank On a Roll

Writer: Frank Jacobs Artist: James Warhola

Fleeting "Stars" Of The Six O'Clock News

Department: This Just In... And Out

Artist, Writer: Paul Peter Porges

No Hoax Barred

Department: Hogan's Zeroes

Artist: Jack Davis Writer: Stan Hart

The Jarring Jungle Joyride

Department: Tales From The Duck Side Part 3

Artist, Writer: Don Edwing

MAD's Big Ego Busters

Department: Deflater Mouth

Artist: Al Jaffee Writer: Stan Hart

How Newspapers Write Misleading Headlines

Department: Schlock The Presses

Writer: Paul Laikin

A Mad Look At Ghosts

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

The Lighter Side Of...

Department: Berg's-Eye View

Artist, Writer: Dave Berg

Inbanana Jones and His Last Crude Days

Department: Ford-Gone Conclusion

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Mort Drucker

Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Back Cover Inside: When it comes to protecting us, where is our government's weakest link?

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee

Back Cover: Mad's Gallery Of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles

Artist: Greg Theakston Writer: Mike Snider