| 0 | How Did We Survive This Dumb Year? | cover | 1 | pencils: James Bennett; inks: James Bennett | |
| 1 | Technology Carols for the Holiday Season | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper | |
| 2 | Mad's Parental Etiquette Guide for Kids' Sporting Events | comic story | 2 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 3 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper | |
| 4 | Monroe and… the Fishing Trip | comic story | 3 | script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray | |
| 5 | The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 2001 | comic story | 16 | script: Desmond Devlin, Anthony Barbieri, Scott Maiko, Mike Snider, Dave Croatto, Butch D'Ambrosio; pencils: Tom Richmond, Drew Friedman, Scott Bricher, Ray Alma, Hermann Mejía, Bill Wray; inks: Tom Richmond, Drew Friedman, Scott Bricher, Ray Alma, Hermann Mejía, Bill Wray | |
| 6 | A Mad Investigative Report: Doomsday Cults in America Today | comic story | 3 | script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Kevin Pope; inks: Kevin Pope | |
| 7 | A Mad Look at Christmas | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 8 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | Roger Kaputnik |
| 9 | Spot Your Parents! | comic story | 1 | script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Bob Staake; inks: Bob Staake | |
| 10 | How Bill Clinton Will Stack Up Against the U.S. Presidents | comic story | 4 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | Bill Clinton; George Washington; Jimmy Carter; Abraham Lincoln; Franklin Roosevelt; Thomas Jefferson; Harry Truman; Woodrow Wilson; Ulysses S. Grant; Warren G. Harding; John F. Kennedy; Richard Nixon; Dwight D. Eisenhower |
| 11 | Mad's Celebrity Cause-of-Death Betting Odds | comic story | 1 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Jon Weiman; inks: Jon Weiman | Jeff Probst |
| 12 | Gooffellas | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |