| 0 | 3-Ring Circus of Fun | cover | 1 | pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Wally Wood; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder, Wally Wood | |
| 1 | Yard Birds | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 2 | Departments; Vital Features | table of contents | 1 | script: Al Feldstein, Jonathan Swift | |
| 3 | The New Expandable Severolet... | comic story | 2 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 4 | Mad Magazine | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Melvin |
| 5 | - | letters page | 1.67 | script: Al Feldstein | Galahad |
| 6 | Free Fall Ferris | comic story | 3 | script: Jerry De Fuccio, Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Free Fall Ferris |
| 7 | Scenes We'd Like To See: The Runaway Stagecoach | comic story | 1 | script: Phil Interlandi; pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi | |
| 8 | Gringo | comic story | 2 | script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Ernie Kovacs |
| 9 | New Designs In Television Sets | comic story | 2 | script: Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 10 | Dining Etiquette Quiz | comic story | 2 | script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | |
| 11 | The Man In The Soot-Gray Flannel | comic story | 3 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Tim Wrath [Greg Peckory]; Gene Lockjaw; Mrs. Wrath [Joan Jennifer]; Rosa [Maria Parmesan] |
| 12 | Rare Old Cartoons: Hans Huckerbein der Young Hard-Luck Raven | comic story | 4 | script: Wilhelm Busch; pencils: Wilhelm Busch; inks: Wilhelm Busch | Hans Huckerbein; Fritz; Auntie Lotten |
| 13 | Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions | comic story | 1 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 14 | Camp | comic story | 4 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Melvin Cowznofsky |
| 15 | Make Your Own Love-Story Comic | activity | 2 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Kamen; inks: Jack Kamen | |
| 16 | Hot Weather Photos | comic story | 2 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Mort Pestle; Mickey Toonis; Sid Lumly; George Sturdley; Vava Voom |
| 17 | MAD Bubble Gum Cards | text article | 2 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Smedley van Sturdley; Milton Forbisher; Stanley Henkledorf; Walter N. Goober; Beauregard Bordon |
| 18 | Scenes We'd Like To See: Escaping The Cannibals | comic story | 1 | script: Phil Interlandi; pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi | |
| 19 | The Underworld Around Us | text article | 5 | script: Bernie Wiseman; pencils: Bernie Wiseman; inks: Bernie Wiseman | |
| 20 | Scenes We'd Like To See: The Day of The Big Race | comic story | 1 | script: Phil Interlandi; pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi | |
| 21 | Convention Forecasts | comic story | 2 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Sylvester J. Ike; Cosmo L. Nixon; Stevenson Blung; Irving I. Kefauver; Harriman Twince |
| 22 | Real Estate Ads | comic story | 2 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Wally Wood, Jack Kamen; inks: Wally Wood, Jack Kamen | Furd famliy |
| 23 | Alfred E. Neuman Answers Your Questions | comic story | 1 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 24 | Energetic 17-Year-Olds Are Happy Happy Happy | comic story | 2.66 | script: Harvey Kurtzman, Al Feldstein; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Mrs. Goodfellow Kringe; Irving Kringe |
| 27 | What... Me Worry? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.083 | letters: typeset | |
| 28 | Biggest Year In MAD History | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | script: Al Feldstein | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 29 | This One Has the Urp! | illustration | 1 | script: Al Feldstein; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |