| 0 | Mad | cover | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | Alfred E. Neuman, Roger Rabbit |
| 1 | Biggie | comic story | 5 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gosh Boshkin; Bilky Gunzenhauer; Robert Loggia [as Mr. MacMuggin]; Elizabeth Perkins [as Snoozan] |
| 2 | The Appalling Amazon Appetizer | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing | |
| 3 | Mad Re-Examines Some Wise Old Sayings | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 4 | Careers for Athletes Past Their Prime | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 5 | Play Pictionary with the Mad Artists | comic story | 2 | script: J. Prete; pencils: John Caldwell, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Sam Viviano, George Woodbridge; inks: John Caldwell, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker, Al Jaffee, Sam Viviano, George Woodbridge | |
| 6 | 15 Reasons Why Only Mindless Idiots Can “Have a Nice Day” | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 7 | Numbing to America | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | Eddie Murphy; James Earl Jones |
| 8 | The Cockamamie Congo Cookout | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 9 | The Mad People Watcher's Guide to a Shopping Mall at Christmas | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of… | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | The Real Demographics of Various TV Audiences | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | When Scandals Completely Take Over the News | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 13 | Only When You’re in a Hurry… | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 14 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Bob Clarke; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; the White Spy |
| 15 | Who De-famed Robber Rabbit | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Betty Boop, Bugs Bunny, Doc, Daffy Duck, Donald Duck, Fred Flintstone, Elmer Fudd, Goofy, Happy, Heckle, Jeckle, Mighty Mouse, Mickey Mouse, Leonard Nimoy |
| 16 | The Sizzling South Seas Supper | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 17 | Mad's Christmas Believe It Or Nuts! | comic story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 18 | What Is the One Thing All Makes Life in the Fast Lane Possible? | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |