| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware; letters: Chris Ware | The Escapist |
| 1 | Title Page & Credits | credits, title page | 2 | pencils: Eric Wight; inks: Eric Wight | |
| 2 | Contents | table of contents | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Introduction | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Michael Chabon | |
| 4 | The Passing of the Key | comic story | 20 | script: Michael Chabon; pencils: Eric Wight; inks: Eric Wight; colors: Michelle Madsen; letters: Randy Gentile, Virtual Calligraphy | |
| 5 | Escapism 101 | text article | 6 | script: Malachi B. Cohen | |
| 6 | Are You Now or Have You Ever Been... | comic story | 10 | script: Howard Chaykin; pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Howard Chaykin; colors: Michelle Madsen; letters: Chris Eliopoulos, Virtual Calligraphy | |
| 7 | Sequestered | comic story | 10 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Kyle Baker; inks: Kyle Baker; colors: Kyle Baker; letters: Dan Jackson | |
| 8 | Prison Break | comic story | 20 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Steve Lieber; inks: Steve Lieber; colors: Jeff Parker; letters: Steve Lieber | |
| 9 | Three Hundred Fathoms Down | comic story | 10 | script: Mike Baron; pencils: Val Mayerik; inks: Val Mayerik; colors: James Rochelle; letters: Michael Thomas | |
| 10 | Divine Wind | comic story | 10 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Tony Leonard Tamai; inks: Tony Leonard Tamai; letters: Tom Orzechowski | |
| 11 | Post Script | text article | 1 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Tony Leonard Tamai; inks: Tony Leonard Tamai | |
| 12 | The Escapegoat | comic story | 2 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Kevin McCarthy; inks: Kevin McCarthy; colors: Dan Jackson; letters: Randy Gentile, Virtual Calligraphy | |
| 13 | Luna Moth | text story | 1 | pencils: Dan Brereton; inks: Dan Brereton; colors: Dan Brereton | |
| 14 | The Mechanist! | comic story | 8 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Bill Sienkiewicz; inks: Bill Sienkiewicz; colors: Bill Sienkiewicz; letters: Bill Sienkiewicz | |
| 15 | Reckonings | comic story | 8 | script: Jim Starlin; pencils: Jim Starlin; inks: Jim Starlin; colors: Christie Scheele, Krista Ward; letters: Jim Starlin | |
| 16 | Old Flame! | comic story | 18 | script: Kevin McCarthy; pencils: Dan Brereton; inks: Dan Brereton; colors: Dan Brereton; letters: Sean Konot | |
| 17 | Introduction to "The Lady or the Tiger" | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 2 | script: Glen David Gold; pencils: Gene Colan; colors: Paul Hornschemeier | |
| 18 | The Lady or the Tiger | comic story | 21 | script: Glen David Gold; pencils: Gene Colan; colors: Paul Hornschemeier; letters: Paul Hornschemeier | |
| 19 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Eric Wight; inks: Eric Wight; colors: Eric Wight | The Escapist |
| 20 | The Escapist Underwater | illustration | 1 | pencils: Howard Chaykin; inks: Howard Chaykin; colors: Howard Chaykin | The Escapist |
| 21 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Chris Warner; inks: Chris Warner; colors: Dan Jackson | The Escapist |
| 22 | The Escapist Defies the Devil! | illustration | 1 | pencils: Jeff Parker; inks: Jeff Parker; colors: Jeff Parker; letters: Jeff Parker | The Escapist; The Devil |
| 23 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: C. Scott Morse; inks: C. Scott Morse; colors: C. Scott Morse | The Escapist |
| 24 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Jae Lee; inks: Jae Lee; colors: Jae Lee | The Escapist |
| 25 | - | illustration | 1 | pencils: Dan Brereton; inks: Dan Brereton; colors: Dan Brereton | Luna Moth |
| 26 | Creator Bios | text article | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 27 | An Empire of Novelty Within These Pages! | illustration | 1 | script: Chris Ware; pencils: Chris Ware; inks: Chris Ware; colors: Chris Ware | The Escapist; Omar; Luna Moth; Miss Plum Blossom; Pirate Man |