| 0 | Mad Salutes the Jacksons | cover | 1 | pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola; colors: James Warhola | Michael Jackson; Jesse Jackson; Kate Jackson; Andrew Jackson; Reggie Jackson; Alfred E. Neuman; Mr. Spock |
| 1 | Wear a Mad T-Shirt! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Post Waste Dept. | letters page | 2 | pencils: Frank Evers; inks: Frank Evers | Ronald Reagan |
| 4 | Star Blecch III: The Search for Plot | comic story | 6 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Captain Kirk; Sulu; Dr. McCoy; Chekhov; Uhura; Mr. Spock; William Shatner; Leonard Nimoy; James Bond; Indiana Jones; R2-D2; Superman; Rocky; Darth Vader |
| 5 | Baby Talk Exposed | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 6 | The TV Prime-Time Graveyard | cartoon | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 7 | Mad's Baseball Owner of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Joan Rivers; George Steinbrenner |
| 8 | A Mad Look at Airline Safety Instructions | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 9 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 10 | Ain't It Great!! | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Brooke Shields; Billy Martin; George Steinbrenner |
| 11 | Don Martin Looks At Star Trek III: The Search for Spock | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Captain Kirk |
| 12 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts! | cartoon | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | Helen Gurley Brown |
| 13 | What It Will Be Like When Every Device "Talks" | comic story | 2 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 14 | Only in the Middle of the Night... | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 15 | The Criminals' Yellow Pages | text article | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 16 | Web*Star | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Emmanuel Lewis; Alex Karras; Mr. T |
| 17 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | |
| 18 | What New Form of Addiction Threatens to Enslave Our Youth? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 19 | Mad Refuses to Support the President | text story | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 20 | Drawn-Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |