| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 1 | The Devil with Carter? | illustration | 0.125 | pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Jimmy Carter; Harvey Stephens [as Damien Thorn] |
| 2 | Marathon Mess | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Dustin Hoffman [as Boob]; Laurence Olivier [as Schmel]; Roy Scheider [as Doc]; William Devane [as the FBI Agent]; Jacques Marin [as LaPuff] |
| 3 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | One Day in Egypt | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 5 | Presenting More Original Mad Covers and One Mad Moment Later | illustration | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 6 | The Lighter Side of Health Nuts | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 7 | What If a Newsletter Came with Every Bill? | comic story | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 8 | You Don't Give a %#*&!*? What Other People Think When... | comic story | 2 | script: Marc Bilgrey, Larry Siegel; pencils: Bob Jones; inks: Bob Jones | |
| 9 | The Mad Guide to Parental Hang-Ups | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 10 | A Mad Treasury of Shakespeare's Lesser Known Quotes | comic story | 1 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 11 | The Jazzyslums | comic story | 6 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Sherman Hemsley [as Gorge Jazzyslum]; Isabel Sanford [as Looweez Jazzyslum]; Marla Gibbs [as Florist]; Roxie Roker [as Helen]; Franklin Cover [as Tom]; Paul Benedict [as Bentnee]; Zara Cully [as Mother Jazzyslum]; Damon Evans [as Lionwell Jazzyslum] |
| 12 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 13 | Distinctive Mad Epitaphs | illustration | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 14 | We'd Like to See the Day When... | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 15 | Another Day in Egypt | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 16 | Sobsession | comic story | 6 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Cliff Robertson [as Mackeral Corpseland]; Genevieve Bujold [as Rizable Corpseland; also as Shanda]; John Lithgow [as Boob LaScamp] |
| 17 | What Remarkable Magic Trick Will the East be Looking for This Fall? | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 18 | One Day in Alaska | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |