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Mad #49 (2026) · The Collector

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EC
Mad (2018)
#49

EC#49

Mad

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Mad #49

Publisher: EC
Cover date: June 2026
On sale: Apr 15, 2026
Cover price: $5.99
Pages: 60

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A look at the bad jokes, bad bits, bad decisions and repetitiveness of late night tv comedy shows.

Stories

16 titled

1A Mad Look at Late Night TV
2The 38 Worst Things About Late Night TV!
3One Fine Day at a Television Station
4Tricks of the Trade in Local TV News
5Where Else but on TV...?
6TV Warnings We Really Need
7Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows This Month: The Colbert Report
8A Eulogy for Colbert's Late Show
9Mad Deconstructs TV Talk Shows This Month: The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
10Nutwork
11Boob Tube Mash-Ups We Can't Wait to See
12Mad's Exclusive Backstage Tour of the Family Guy
13The Lighter Side of the Television Set
14Guest Types You'll See On Late Night TV
15Audition Tapes of Talk Show Hosts Who Never Made It
16How Different Networks Would Cover the Story of a Giant Meteor Heading Toward Earth

Credits

Writers: Sergio Aragonés, Desmond Devlin, Scott Maiko, Jeff Kruse, Peter Kuper, Charlie Kadau, Tom Koch, John Prete, Paula Sevenbergen, Stan Hart, Brockton McKinney, Dave Richards, Dave Berg, Ivan Ehlers, Antonio Prohías, Dan Birtcher
Pencillers: Tom Richmond, Sergio Aragonés, Hermann Mejía, Ward Sutton, Peter Kuper, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Jack Davis, Paul Coker, Sam Viviano, Herman Mejia, Drew Friedman, Mort Drucker, Kerry Callen, Dave Berg, Ivan Ehlers, Antonio Prohías, Sam Sisco
Inkers: Tom Richmond, Sergio Aragonés, Hermann Mejía, Ward Sutton, Peter Kuper, Don Martin, George Woodbridge, Jack Davis, Paul Coker, Sam Viviano, Herman Mejia, Drew Friedman, Mort Drucker, Kerry Callen, Dave Berg, Ivan Ehlers, Antonio Prohías, Sam Sisco
Colorists: Tom Richmond, Carrie Strachan, Peter Kuper, Herman Mejia, Drew Friedman, Raven Juergensen, Ivan Ehlers, Sam Sisco
Letterer: Peter Kuper
Cover: Tom Richmond
Cover colors: Tom Richmond

Editorial and production

Art director: Suzy Hutchinson
Associate art director: Bern Mendoza

Characters

Barack Obama
Barbara Walters
Buddy Ebsen
David Letterman
Faye Dunaway
Jean Stapleton
Jimmy Neutron· Cameo
John Chancellor
Jon Stewart
Marco Crandall
Mikhail Gorbachev
Peter Finch
Robert Duvall
Rock Hudson
Ron Howard
Stephen Colbert
Telly Savalas ]
The Assassination Squad [Harry Reasoner
The Black Spy
The White Spy
Walter Cronkite
William Conrad
William Holden

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