"Mad" magazine is now celebrating its 50th year of publication and here, in simple words and fantastically complicated pictures, the reader may find the answers to such pressing questions as: "Who is stronger - Captain Marbles or Superduperman?".

The first in a series of reissues of the classic material that made an internationally recognised name of Mad magazine, now celebrating its fiftieth year of publication. When you turn to books do you find yourself saying 'Hoo Hah'? If you do then you don't need to feel embarrassed any more. Here, in simple words and fantastically complicated pictures, is the fearlessly outspoken expose that rips the lid off the pressing problems of our times. Who is stronger - Captain Marbles or Superduperman? What shocking new evidence lies behind the charge that newspapers are the real cause behind adult delinquency? What will happen when Flesh Garden faces the nauseating, slimeoozing, knife-toothed Zork? Answers to these and other important questions can be foudn inside The Mad Reader. More precious than rubies, more stimulating than Nembutal, The Mad Reader is a book you will want to read and treasure as a keepsake. Afterwards it can be used for wrapping fish.