| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams; colors: Richard Williams | Alfred E. Neuman [as Gizmo] |
| 1 | Grimlins | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Hoyt Axton [as Mr. Setzer]; Zach Galligan [as Bilgy Setzer]; Phoebe Cates [as Katey]; Keye Luke [as Grandfather] |
| 2 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 3 | One Fine Morning in the Hospital | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | What's Cute...and What's Not | comic story | 2 | script: Mark Dressler; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 5 | If the Real World of Today Caught Up with the Comics | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Beetle Bailey; Killer; Sargent Orville Snorkel; Garfield; Jon Arbuckle; Dagwood Bumstead; Mr. Dithers; Agatha Crumm; Hagar the Horrible; Andy Capp; Momma |
| 6 | International Symbols for Other Olympic Highlights | comic story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of ... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | One Fine Afternoon in the Morgue | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 9 | How Many Mistakes can You Find in this Picture of a Movie Theater? | illustration | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 10 | A Psalm for the Modern Television Preacher | illustration | 1 | script: Barry Liebmann; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 11 | Things To Do on the Day After | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 12 | Other Uses for Household Pets | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 13 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 14 | Tom Hachtman's Double Takes | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Hachtman; pencils: Tom Hachtman; inks: Tom Hachtman | Eddie Murphy; Stevie Wonder; Elton John; Mike Tyson; Bruce Springsteen; Yassir Arafat; Farrah Fawcett-Majors; Henry Kissinger; Mick Jagger; Herve Villachaize; Charles Manson; Mr. T |
| 15 | Mad's Ideal Presidential Candidate for 1984 | illustration | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | George Washington; Abraham Lincoln; Ronald Reagan; Edward Kennedy; John Glenn; Gary Hart; George McGovern; Walter Mondale; Jesse Jackson; Reuben Askew; Alan Cranston; John Anderson |
| 16 | The Sham-Jock Catalog | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs, James Kasmir; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | One Fine Evening on a Street Corner | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 18 | Beers | comic story | 5 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Ted Danson [as Sham Malloy]; Shelley Long [as Dyan]; Rhea Perlman [as Killa]; Nicholas Colasanto [as Coacher]; George Wendt [as Abnorm]; John Ratzenberger [as Cliff]; Johnny Carson |
| 19 | How Are Some People Bringing Far-Out Sex and Violence Into Their Dull Lives? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | One Fine Evening in a Dungeon | cartoon | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |