MAD Magazine #454

Contents Page

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"Whoever said 'absence makes the heart grow fonder' obviously never cut class!"

Department: Alfred E. Neuman Quotes

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Letters

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Advertisement for Spy vs. Spy Video Game

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The Fundalini Pages

• List of all contributors

  Author: Charlie Kadau Author: Joe Raiola Author: Jack Syracuse Author: Teresa Burns Parkhurst Author: Matthew A. Cohen Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Evan Dorkin Author: Mike Snider Author: Patrick Merrel Author: Josh Eiserike Author: Scott Mendenhall Author: Eric Palma

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• New Job Opportunities For Locked-out NHL Players

• Best Sellers Cut Down to Size - The 9/11 Commission Report

• A Movie Poster We'd Like To See - Batman Begins

• The Fast 5 - The Apprentice: The Martha Stewart Edition

• What People Earn

• Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith - Opening Crawl: The Annotated Edition

• Monkeys Are Always Funny - Prince Charles and Camilla

• Celebrity Cause of Death Betting Odds - Ben Affleck

• The Puzzle Nook - "---ty breeds contempt"

• This Month's Least Visited Websites

• Lesser-Known Causes of Fatal Car Accidents

• Bitterman - aquarium calm

• The Cover We Didn't Use - Alfred E. Lucas

A Day in the Life of George Lucas

Department: Star Bore

Artist: Hermann Mejia Writer: Scott Maiko

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Spy vs. Spy vs. Spy

Department: Joke and Dagger

Artist, Writer: Peter Kuper

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Pet Peeves of Mafia Hitmen

Department: A Pain in the Assassin

Artist, Writer: John Caldwell

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Mad's Pesky Questions for the Cast of 24

Department: Kiefer Madness

Artist: Sam Sisco Writer: Butch D'Ambrosio

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Once Baseball Comes to Washington DC

Department: George W. Bush League

Artist: Paul Coker, Jr. Writer: Desmond Devlin

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7 Periods Closer to Death

Department: Rall's Well That Ends Well

Artist, Writer: Ted Rall

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Monroe and... Star Wars

Department: Angster's Paradise

Artist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony Barbieri

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Disposable Camera Prom Photos That Didn't Make the Album

Department: Prints Uncharming

Artist: Drew Friedman Writer: Butch D'Ambrosio

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Mad's Star Wars Outtakes: Sith Happens

Department: See You Vader

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Tedium

Department: The Psychic Plotline

Writer: Dick DeBartolo Artist: Tom Richmond

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Ad for The New and Improved Mad Website - madmag.com

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What Caused Anakin Skywalker to Become Darth Vader?

Artist: Evan Dorkin Colorist: Sarah Dyer Writer: Kent Parker

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A Mad Look at Robots

Department: Serge-In General

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

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Mad's Batman Begins Outtakes... Begin

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Drawn Out Dramas (Various Places around the Magazine)

Artist, Writer: Sergio Aragonés

Back Cover Inside: Fold-In - Which epic space battle will prove to be the bloodiest?

Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee