| 0 | The Magazine of the Loud Minority | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; letters: Jack Davis | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | The Vampire | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | Vampire; Hippy |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | - | letters page | 2 | letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 4 | Airplot | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Mort Drucker, Sergio Aragonés | Burt Lancaster [as Mule Bakersdozen]; Dana Wynter [as Cinderblock Bakersdozen]; Jean Seberg [as Tango Livingdoll]; Dean Martin [as Vermin Swinger]; Helen Hayes [as Ida Cutesy]; Van Heflin [as B. Carria]; Jacqueline Bisset [as Gryn Mayday]; Barry Nelson [as Antsin Hisspantz]; Panicky Loudmouth; Obnox |
| 5 | A Mad Look at "Tokenism" of the Future | photo story | 4 | script: Vic Cowen; pencils: Irving Schild, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Irving Schild, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | One Day at a Construction Site | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Hippy; Two unnamed Construction workers |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of... the Revolutionary Movement | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | Roger Kaputnik |
| 8 | Hawks & Doves | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; letters: Al Jaffee | Major Hawks; Private Doves |
| 9 | Deceptive Money-Saving Labels | photo story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Irving Schild, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Irving Schild, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 10 | Mad's Guaranteed Effective All-Occasion Non-Slanderous Political Smear Speech | text story | 2 | script: William Garvin; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 11 | Still Life | cartoon | 3 | script: Jerry Robinson; pencils: Jerry Robinson, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Jerry Robinson, Sergio Aragonés; letters: Jerry Robinson | |
| 12 | Silent Majority the Magazine for Middle America | text story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge, Sergio Aragonés; inks: George Woodbridge, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 13 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at an Ad Agency | cartoon | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Rickard, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Jack Rickard, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 14 | Ads for Movie Revivals | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Bob Clarke, Sergio Aragonés | Moses; Moby Dick; Captain Ahab; Snow White; Dopey; Grumpy; Doc; Happy; Bashful; Sneezy; Sleepy |
| 15 | A Mad Look at Two High School Generations | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Paul Coker, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 16 | Boomerang Bridge | cartoon | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Antonio Prohías, Sergio Aragonés | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 17 | Ironride | comic story | 5 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Angelo Torres, Sergio Aragonés | Raymond Burr [as Ironride]; Barbara Anderson [as Eva]; Donald Galloway [as Edd]; Don Mitchell [as Muck Swinger]; Finster |
| 18 | One Day in a Crash Pad | cartoon | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 19 | Mini? Midi? Maxi? What Kind of Clothing Style Would We Like to See Kids Wear? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | The Spiro of '76 | illustration | 1 | script: William Garvin; pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Spiro Agnew |
| 21 | Drawn-Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |