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MAD #501

Released2009-08-12
Cover date2009-10-01
Price$5.99
PublisherDC Comics

Times are tough and it seems like everyone's cutting back – but our latest issue is FULL of great crap! We mock the latest iPhone apps, Twitter, Match.com, Geico, Rock Band, Star Trek, ShamWow, Michael Jackson AND we even throw in a full-blown spoof of Harry Potter! All this, plus The Fold-in, The Fundalini Pages, The MAD Strip Club and TWO Spy Vs. Spy adventures! There are also awesome NEW features, The MAD Quarterly Report, The MAD Vault and the All-New What the Heck is the Difference? So stop reading this and go buy a copy - consider it your comedic stimulus package!

Characters: Alfred E. Neuman, Amy Winehouse, Barack Obama, Bart Simpson, Bill Cosby, Black Spy, Calvin (Watterson), Christopher Pike, Dick Cheney, Hikaru Sulu, Homer Simpson, Hugh Hefner, Hulk, James T. Kirk, Jimmy Fallon, John Connor, Kim Jong-il, Kim Jong-un, Kim Kardashian, Leonard McCoy, Michael Jackson, Michelle Obama, Otto Mann, Paul McCartney, Queen Elizabeth II, Sarah Connor, Sarah Palin, Spock, Steve Jobs, Superman, T-1000, Terminator, White Spy, William Shatner, Wiseguy

Creative roster

Al Jaffee (Artist)

Desmond Devlin (Writer)

Dick Debartolo (Writer)

Don Edwing (Artist)

Drew Friedman (Artist)

Dustin Glick (Artist)

Frank Santopadre (Writer)

Gary Hallgren (Artist)

Hermann Mejia (Artist)

Jacob Lambert (Writer)

Jeff Kruse (Writer)

John Caldwell (Artist)

John Kovaleski (Artist)

Keith Knight (Artist)

Mark Fredrickson (Cover)

Peter Kuper (Artist)

Sam Viviano (Artist)

Scott Nickel (Artist)

Sergio Aragonés (Artist)

Teresa Burns Parkhurst (Artist)

Tom Bunk (Artist)

Tom Cheney (Artist)

Ward Sutton (Artist)

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