DC Goes MAD In New April Fool's Special

Fan-favorite writer Chip Zdarsky is assembling a massive amount of talent for a brand-new gag comic that brings MAD back with a twist from DC Comics.

In Mad About DC #1, Zdarsky is joined by Sergio Aragones, Gail Simone, Deniz Camp, Scott Snyder, Jim Zub, Kyle Starks, Dave Johnson, Tini Howard, Mattie Lubchansky, Mark Waid, Ty Templeton, Rainbow Rowell, Vita Ayala, M.L. Sanapo, Mark Russell, Steve Lieber, Jeff Parker, and many more writers and artists! The book will feature many MAD parodies of the DC Universe that will please both fans of DC Comics and Mad Magazine.

Mad About DC #1 features main cover art by Dan Panosian, with variants coming from Zdarsky and Simon Bisley. Check out the main cover art and text solicit below.

LOOK, IT'S NO FARTACULAR BUT THEN AGAIN WHAT IS?

Chip Zdarsky is a funny guy. Remember when he made that whole April Fools' gag comic with rub 'n' smell farts? Oh, wait, that was me, DC Comics E-I-C Marie Javins. Chip was the one saying, “I'd turn back if I were you,” but he couldn't stop me. Editors are a self-destructive lot. Which is why this year, I said, “I give up, you do it, Chip, you are so much funnier and prettier and also better with cats than I am.” And look, he went and did it. Chip demoted himself to “editor.” Chip is turning the DC universe on its ear and bringing you savage mockery of all we hold dear, and he is assisted in this brutal task by Matt Fraction, Gail Simone, Skottie Young, and many, many more. Next year? Back to farts.

Includes MAD favorite Sergio Aragones with “A MAD Look at Comic Book Stores,” “Guy vs. Spy” by Jim Zub and Ramon Perez, and a DC Fold-In by Charles Soule and Ryan Browne. Plus a slew of MAD-style parodies of all DC Comics you hold dear, and some you've always hated anyway. MAD About DC #1 will fulfill your every comic book dream, or at least three or four of them.

Mad About DC #1 from DC Comics arrives at CaptCan Comics on April 1st, 2026. Pre-order the issue now to ensure you don't miss out!