| 0 | Mad | cover | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | ALF, Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | - | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; letters: typeset | ALF |
| 2 | Letters and Tomatoes Dept. | letters page | 1 | pencils: ? (photographs); inks: ? (photographs); letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Best of the Millennium Reader's Poll | activity | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | ARFul | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Arf; Silly Shammer; Mate; Lame; Brian; Richard Dryface; Dr. McGoy; Spotty; Cliff Robinson; Chewbacca; Dr. Ruse; Simon McKay |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Fast Food | comic story | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | Mad's Alibis For All Occasions | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 7 | Don Martin Dept. Part I: One Fine Day in North Calamari | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 8 | The Flim Flam Film Man | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 9 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Anthony Prohías; pencils: Anthony Prohías; inks: Anthony Prohías | The Black Spy, The White Spy |
| 10 | More Celebrity Silhouettes | comic story | 2 | script: Rurik Tyler; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Bullwinkle J. Moose, Olive Oyl, Raggedy Ann, Robert Rudolph Remus, Barney Rubble, Betty Rubble, Sgt. Slaughter, Smokey Bear, Snoopy, Lucy Van Pelt |
| 11 | Forget Smart | comic story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Donald K. Epstein; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Muxwall Smart; Agent 36-B; Chief |
| 12 | Bush | text story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Gerry Gersten; inks: Gerry Gersten | President George Bush |
| 13 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 14 | When American TV Programs Are Shown in Russia | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | B.A. Baracus, Charlie Brown, Templeton "Face" Peck, Colonel John "Hannibal" Smith, James T. Kirk, Howling Mad Murdock, Spock, Hikaru Sulu, Nyota Uhura, Linus Van Pelt, Lucy Van Pelt |
| 15 | A Mad Guide to Show Biz Success | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 16 | Rock Groups on the Way Up | photo story | 2 | script: Christopher Allen | Jack and the Crackpots; The Ram-bozos; Charlie and the Bonnie Princes; The Conquistadores; The What; The Ungrateful Living; Amazing Tails; Evolution Express |
| 17 | Sport Activities for the Hyperactive | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 18 | Why the U.S. Government Really Spends So Much | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 19 | Don Martin Dept. Part II: One Fine Day in the South Bronx | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 20 | Mad Visits an Organ Transplant Hospital | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Will Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman | |
| 21 | It's a Crummy Job ... | comic story | 1 | script: John Ellis Sech; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 22 | Who Conducted the Most Exhaustive Washington Probe Recently? | activity | 1 | pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 23 | WWWF Magazine | illustration | 1 | pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typeset | |
| 24 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |