| 0 | Back to the Future | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Marty McFly; Dr. Emmett "Doc" Brown |
| 1 | Subscribe to Mad | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Random Samplings of Readers Mail | letters page | 1.3 | pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | Bleak for the Future | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Marquee; Dr. Clown; McShy; Deranged |
| 5 | New Uses for Old Batteries | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 6 | Traveler's Blues | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman | |
| 7 | One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Artie Charney | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Artie Charney |
| 8 | The Mad Nasty File | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Gerry Gersten; inks: Gerry Gersten | Eddie Murphy; Arnold Schwarzenegger; Tom Selleck; Woody Allen; Mary Lou Retton; Bob Guccione; Phil Donahue; Benny Hill; Boy George; Steven Spielberg; Diane Sawyer;Julio Iglesias |
| 9 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 10 | Floppy Disk | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 11 | Truth in Road Signs | comic story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | The Crummy Mooners | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | Rough Crampdin; Malice Crampdin; Fret Nertz; Edsel Nertz; Ebb Nauseous; Tipsy Nauseous |
| 13 | A "Miranda Law" for Everyday Victims | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 14 | Horrifying Show-Biz Cliches | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 15 | One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Seymour Schmendrick | comic story | 1 | script: Mat Jacobs; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Seymour Schmendrick |
| 16 | Sicky Minutes Looks At... Sex and Violence in America Today! | comic story | 5 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Mike Malice; Harry Reasonable; Ed Badly; Diane Sawya |
| 17 | A Mad Field Guide for Spotting Celebrities at the Movies | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 18 | Mad's Really Relevant Book of Lists Volume 2 | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 19 | Laundromat Bingo | comic story | 2 | script: Bob Clarke; pencils: Rurik Tyler; inks: Rurik Tyler | |
| 20 | One Not So Fine Day in the Life of Harold Qwerty | comic story | 1 | script: Mat Jacobs; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Harold Qwerty |
| 21 | Kookoon | comic story | 4 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 22 | How Did This Year's Biggest Product Promotion End Up? | comic story | 1 | pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 23 | - | comic story | 1 | script: C. Graham; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 24 | Drawn Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |