| 0 | Mt. Rushmore | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | The MAD Window Test | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis, Bill Elder; inks: Jack Davis, Bill Elder | Melvin Cowznofski; Shermlock Shomes |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | script: ? [as Alf]; pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | The New Marilyn Marone | comic story | 2 | pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Marilyn Marone; Sir Lauwrence Olivier |
| 6 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.083 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 7 | - | letters page | 1.67 | script: Albert B. Feldstein | |
| 8 | Field & Scream | comic story | 5 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Lance Sturdley; Irv Blintz; Milton Forbisher; Lancelot Borscht-Bagel; Ozgood Z'Beard; Elmo Klunk; Walt Goober; Fenwick Furd |
| 9 | Scenes We'd Like To See: One Against Four | comic story | 1 | pencils: Phil Interlandi; inks: Phil Interlandi | |
| 10 | Item | text story | 3 | script: G. Stang | Billy Poobah; Jim Poobah; Charles Bickford |
| 11 | Why I Write Poetry | comic story | 3 | script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Stanley; Stanley's cat; Percy Dovetonsils |
| 12 | MAD Greeting Cards | comic story | 3 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 13 | What They're Saying Around The Solar System | comic story | 2 | pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | Floyd Void; Boone Swoon; Groib Spoop; Harry S. Irium; Sullivan Ford; Gertie Grunch; Wyncha Gimeah; Stanley Groovik; Mandrill Gluten; Alfred E. Lumen |
| 14 | What's All This Jazz About Jazz | text article | 6 | script: Al "Jazzbo" Collins; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Al "Jazzbo" Collins |
| 15 | Future TV Ads | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 16 | MAD's Ink Blot Test | comic story | 2 | pencils: Kelly Freas, Bill Elder; inks: Kelly Freas, Bill Elder | |
| 17 | Don Giovanni | comic story | 4 | script: Nick Meglin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Don Giovanni; Leporello; Donna Anna; Don Pedro; Zerlina; Don Ottavio; Emily Bravo; Elvis Presley (cameo) |
| 18 | Future TV Ads | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | George; Harriet |
| 19 | Why the Precision Engineered, Highly Perfected 35mm Camera Replaced The Simple, Unpretentious, Primitive Box Camera | comic story | 3 | script: A. Rosen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 20 | Orson Bean Opens His... Family Album | comic story | 7 | script: Orson Bean; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Orson Bean; Orson's father; Uncle Ordway; cousin Gerald; Matthew Brady Bean; Orson's grandmother; unnamed gypsy; Hesitation Bean; Ezekial Bean; King George III; Cornwallis; Hope Bean |
| 22 | Purloined Proverbs Ascribed to Popular People | text article | 0 | script: various; letters: typeset | |
| 23 | MAD Travel Stickers | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |