| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Letters and Tomatoes Department | letters page | 1.7 | pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 3 | New Cigarette Warning Labels You May Have Missed | photo story | 2 | script: Joe Raiola, Charles Kadau; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild | |
| 4 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a High School Prom | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 5 | Drama on Page 8 | comic story | 1 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 6 | Three Morons and a Baby | comic story | 4.83 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 7 | Broadcast Snooze | comic story | 3.17 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 8 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Anthony Prohías; pencils: Anthony Prohías; inks: Anthony Prohías | |
| 9 | Duck Edwing Rushes Into the Emergency Room | comic story | 3 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 10 | Tricks of the Trade in Local TV News | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 11 | Mad's Post-Nuclear Publications | comic story | 2 | script: Barry Liebman; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | Gary Hart Land | comic story | 2 | script: Joe Raiola, Charles Kadau; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 13 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 14 | Mad's Comprehensive Modern-Day Disaster, Hazard & Problem Insurance | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 15 | Schwarzenegger | comic story | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Arnold Schwarzenegger First |
| 16 | When Other Comic Strips Start Using the "Far Side" Formula | comic story | 3 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | Mad's Plan For Improving Movie Theatres | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 18 | Talk About Cheap! | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 19 | Drama on Page 42 | comic story | 1 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 20 | Beauty is the Beast | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Badscent; Catrun |
| 21 | A Mad Good Luck Chain Letter | text story | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 22 | What Loathsome Form of Useless Vegetation is Cropping Up All Over the Land? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 23 | Drawn Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |