| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack Rickard | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Random Samplings of Reader Mail | letters page | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Q.T. the Quasi-Terrestrial | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Q.T.; Henry Thomas [as Yelliot]; Various Q.T.'s; unnamed Mama's Pizza delivery boy; Robert MacNaughton [as Mite]; Drew Barrymore [as Girth]; Yoda (cameo); unnamed teacher; unnamed students; Dee Wallace [as Yelliot's mom]; unnamed U.S. Army soldiers |
| 4 | E.T. | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | E.T.; Elliot; Gertie |
| 5 | Chutzpah Is... | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel, Al Jaffee; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 6 | Awful Annie | comic story | 6 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Aileen Quinn [as Awful Annie]; Rivka; Carol Burnett [as Miss Harridan [Miss Hannigan]]; Ann Reinking [as Graza Farfel]; Albert Finney [as Oliver Morebucks]; unnamed Oscar presenter; Geoffrey Holder [as Bonejab]; Edward Herrmann [as President Roosevelt]; Lois de Banzie [as Eleanor Roosevelt]; Tim Cur |
| 7 | Annie | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Little Orphan Annie; Daddy Warbucks |
| 8 | Mottos, Oaths, Inscriptions, Etc. Rewritten for Special Interest Groups | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 9 | How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? | activity | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | Roger Kaputnik |
| 11 | Spy VS. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 12 | If You Think Things Are...Bad Well, They Could Be...Worse in Fact They Could Be...Downright Horrible | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 13 | A Mad Guide to the Anatomy of the Human Body Based on the Comics | comic story | 5 | script: Frank Jacobs, Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Archie Andrews, Beetle Bailey, Bruce Banner, Charlie Brown, Dagwood Bumstead, Andy Capp, Hulk, Clark Kent, Little Orphan Annie, Rex Morgan, Mickey Mouse, Popeye, Sarge, Superman |
| 14 | Mad Presents Some Graphic Demonstrations of...When Not to Use Famous "Pick-Up" Lines | comic story | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 15 | Star Blecch II the Wreck of Korn | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Kirstie Alley [as Lt. Savvy]; Walter Koenig [as Checkoff]; Ricardo Montalban [as Korn] (villain); William Shatner [as Admiral Gym Curt]; Bibi Besch [as Dr. Markus]; E.T. (cameo); Leonard Nimoy [as Spook] (death); James Doohan [as Spotty]; Paul Winfield [as Captain Terroryell]; Nichelle Nichols [as U |
| 16 | Star Trek II | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Spock; Admiral James T. Kirk [Captain Kirk; Jim Kirk]; Saavik |
| 17 | What Is the Poor's Greatest Problem? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | Ronald Reagan |
| 18 | Movie Related Satire | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | E.T.; unnamed police officers |
| 19 | Drawn Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |