| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Michael Caine; Sylvester Stallone; Julie Andrews; Paul Newman; Jerry Lewis; Gary Coleman; Brooke Shields |
| 1 | Ad Nauseum | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | - | letters page | 2 | letters: typeset | Tom Selleck (letter and photo) |
| 4 | Mad's Academy Awards Show | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Michael Caine; Lily Tomlin; Sylvester Stallone; Caitlin Clarke; Kermit the Frog; Miss Piggy; Paul Newman; Brooke Shields; Sylvia Kristel; Melissa Sue Anderson; Faye Dunaway; Danny DeVito; Robert Blake; George Segal; Mel Brooks; Charles Grodin; Dudley Moore; Bruce Dern; Julie Andrews; Jerry Lewis; Pe |
| 5 | One Fine Day Downtown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 6 | Ronald Reagan's Gettysburg Address | illustration | 2 | script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Ronald Reagan |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of.... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | The Cube and I | text story | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 9 | If Photograph Albums Told the Whole Truth | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 10 | What Disc Jockeys Say...and What They Mean | comic story | 2 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Rick Meyerowitz; inks: Rick Meyerowitz | |
| 11 | A TV Ad We'd Like to See | text story | 1 | script: John Ficarra | John Houseman |
| 12 | Truly Honest and Informative Listings | text story | 4 | script: Tom Koch | Jack Klugman; Miss Piggy; Kermit the Frog; Richard Dawson; Charo; Carol O'Connor; Jacques Cousteau |
| 13 | One Fine Day Uptown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 14 | Mad Visits a Local Gun Club Picnic | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Ronald Reagan |
| 15 | The Mad Application for Membership in the Moral Majority | text story | 1 | script: John Ficarra | Jerry Falwell |
| 16 | Even When You Win...You Lose | comic story | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 17 | One Fine Day Crosstown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 18 | The Mad Nasty Book Volume Three | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Willie Nelson; Alan Alda; Erik Estrada; Prince Charles; Alexander Haig; Orson Welles |
| 19 | Swill Street Blues | comic story | 7 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 20 | What Remarkable Trick Did You Learn from This Magazine? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 21 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |
| 22 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |