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Mad #39 (2024) · The Collector

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EC
Mad (2018)
#39

EC#39

Mad

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Mad #39

Publisher: EC
Cover date: October 2024
On sale: Aug 14, 2024
Cover price: $5.99
Pages: 60

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A satire of the movie Alien.

Stories

16 titled

1A Mad Look at U.F.O.s
2What Would Really Happen If Extraterrestrials Came to Earth Today
3Alias
4A Mad Look at Alien Invasions
5Real Reasons Why the X-Files is Totally Unbelievable
6The Mad Treasury of Truly Unexplained Phenomena
7Duke Bissell’s Tales of Undisputed Interest
8One Fine Day in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
9Mad's Science Fiction Primer
10If the Star Wars Galaxy Had Classified Ads
11A Space Alien’s Date Book
12Q.T. the Quasi-Terrestrial
13Mad Movie Outakes E.T.
14A Mad Look at Alien Abduction
15A Mad Look at Mishaps of the Future
16The Alarming Alien Atrocity

Credits

Writers: Sergio Aragonés, Mike Snider, Peter Kuper, Dick DeBartolo, Desmond Devlin, P. C. Vey, Don Edwing, D. Shayne, Lori Kolman, Stan Hart, Don Martin, Paul Peter Porges
Pencillers: Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Peter Kuper, Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, P. C. Vey, Don Edwing, Monte Wolverton, Tom Bunk, Greg Theakston, Don Martin, Paul Peter Porges, Dave Manak
Inkers: Sergio Aragonés, Jack Davis, Peter Kuper, Mort Drucker, Drew Friedman, Al Jaffee, P. C. Vey, Don Edwing, Monte Wolverton, Tom Bunk, Greg Theakston, Don Martin, Paul Peter Porges, Dave Manak
Colorists: Jim Campbell, Peter Kuper, Tom Bunk, Carrie Strachan, Carl Peterson
Letterers: Sergio Aragonés, Peter Kuper
Cover: Gary Pullin
Cover colors: Gary Pullin

Characters

Asp
Barker
Dripley
Dullest
E.T.
Elliot
Frett
Gertie
Girth
Han Solo
Lambaste
Leia Organa
Luke Skywalker
Mite
Mother
Pain
Q.T.
unnamed Mama's Pizza delivery boy
unnamed police officers
unnamed students
Unnamed teacher
unnamed U.S. Army soldiers
Various Q.T.'s
Yelliot
Yelliot's mom
Yoda· Cameo

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