MAD Magazine #455 MAD Magazine (USA) Updated: Country: USAEdition: 1st Edition - New YorkCompany: E.C. Publications, Inc.Published: July 2005Cover: BATMAN begins!Sale price: $3.99Pages: 62Format: Magazine This issues is available in 2 different covers Features the 100th episode of Monroe First appearances of The MAD Strip Club Editorial Cover Artist: Mark Fredrickson Additional Images Cover Variations GermanyMexicoUSA Featured characters Katie Holmes (Actor)Gary Oldman (Actor)Liam Neeson (Actor)Martha Stewart (Public Character) Table of ContentsContents PagePage: 1"Parents are the ones who never listen to a word you say - until you mutter something under your breath!"Department: Alfred E. Neuman QuotesPage: 1Random Samplings of Reader MailDepartment: Letters and TomatoesPage: 2The Fundalini PagesList of all contributorsAuthor: Dick DeBartolo Author: Ray Alma Author: Jack Syracuse Author: Scott Bricher Author: John Caldwell Author: Bob Staake Author: Garth Gerhart Author: Mike Snider Author: Scott Mendenhall Author: Pranav Behari Author: Philip KimPage: 812 Ways NASA Plans on Cutting the Costs of the Space ProgramThe Cover We Didn't Use - Holy Smoke! - Special Sinful Issue! (Pope selection) Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds - Donald TrumpSundays at 9 on Al-Jazeera: Desperate Hamas WivesFundalini Foto News: Congress Gets Pumped Up About Steroids in BaseballUpdated Parental WarningsThe Godfrey ReportA Mad Guide to Martha Stewart's Prison TattoosThe Fast 5 - Little-Known Facts About the Recent Conclave of CardinalsBitterman - "I had the biggest crush on you back then..."Battyman, begone! (Batman begins Parody)Department: You've got BaleWriter: Desmond Devlin Artist: Tom RichmondPage: 12MAD's CD Cover doodlesDepartment: Deface the musicArtist, Writer: Russ CooperPage: 20If the Star Wars Galaxy has classified adsDepartment: May the for sale be with youArtist: Tom Bunk Writer: David ShaynePage: 22A MAD look at Summer CampDepartment: Serge-In GeneralArtist, Writer: Sergio AragonésPage: 24Monroe and... TherapyDepartment: Angster's ParadiseArtist: Bill Wray Writer: Anthony BarbieriPage: 33Americans who just missed becoming popeDepartment: He's not a papal personArtist: Hermann Mejia Writer: Jeff KrusePage: 38New books by your favorite conservative authorsWriter: Joe Raiola Artist: Scott Bricher Artist: Hermann MejiaPage: 40Spy vs. SpyDepartment: Joke and DaggerArtist, Writer: Peter KuperPage: 42The Strip ClubRob, the evil backstabbing robot tempArtist, Writer: Corey PandolphPage: 49Reprinted in: US MAD Magazine #19Jump CutArtist, Writer: Paul GilliganPage: 49Father O'Flannity's Hot Tub Confessions with special guest BONO of U2Artist, Writer: Keith KnightPage: 50The Comic with no nameArtist, Writer: Mo WillemsPage: 50How not to get a 3rd date!Artist, Writer: Ryan SiasPage: 51FantabulamanArtist, Writer: Ted RallPage: 51MAD's inspiritional animal storiesDepartment: The beast and the brightestArtist: Leonardo Rodriguez Writer: Brian McConnachiePage: 53Parental double-standardsDepartment: That's Gall, FolksArtist: Peter Bagge Writer: David ShaynePage: 56MAD sucker-punches The Contender - A knockout collection of outtakesDepartment: Do the fight thingWriter: Mike SniderPage: 58Back Cover Inside: Fold-In - What event is guaranteed to bring many Mad readers together this year?Artist, Writer: Al Jaffee