| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Jack Davis | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Letters Dept. | letters page | 0.67 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation | statement of ownership | 0.33 | script: William M. Gaines | |
| 4 | 00$ Moneyraker | comic story | 8 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Doger Mooored [as James Bomb]; Sean Connery (cameo); C-3PO (cameo); Richard Keil [as Gnaws]; Michael Lonsdale [as Mr. Dreks]; Lois Chiles [as Doctor Goodtush]; Jimmy Carter (cameo); Queen Elizabeth II (cameo); Nikita Khrushchev (cameo) |
| 5 | Sure-Fire Burglar Deterrents | comic story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 6 | Don Martin Looks at... Dracula | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Dracula |
| 7 | Mad's "Religion" Promoter of the Year | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Mike Malice; Reverend Osgood Venal |
| 8 | Still More Yellow Pages Through History | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 9 | A Mad Look at the Silent Thinking Audience | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 10 | A Mad Look at the Changing Tools of Education | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 11 | The Lighter Side of... Competition | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 12 | This Issue's Proposed Mad Medals... to Be Presented to Deserving Working People | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 13 | What is a Show Off? | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 14 | Surplus Items We Can Sell to the Arabs | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 15 | Rockhead II | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Sylvester Stallone [as Rockhead Balbobo]; Talia Shire [as Atrium]; Carl Weathers [as Appalling Greed]; Joe Spinelli [as Greaso]; Burt Young [as Bawly]; Burgess Meredith [as Nicky] |
| 16 | What Big Disaster Has Occurred on This Page? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 17 | Pay Toll Fifty Feet | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 18 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |