| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Now In Its Second Printing | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 2 | Departments | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | What If You Did What They Told You On TV? | comic story | 2 | script: Dee Caruso, Bill Levine; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 4 | Why Go Hunting For Every Issue Of MAD | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 5 | Reaches New Heights | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset | |
| 6 | Random Samplings of Reader Mail | letters page | 1.26 | script: Albert B. Feldstein | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 7 | Only One Left! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.07 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 8 | MAD's 1958 Pigskin Preview | comic story | 5 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Elihu "Midge" Dunkley; Charlie Schvepp; "Lush" Pitkin; Clip Clopp; Sid Blemish; Alfred E. Neuman; "Boxer" Towser |
| 9 | A Nameless Story | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | Big Cars | comic story | 2 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | I'm Five! | comic story | 3 | script: Danny Kaye, Milton Schafer; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Danny Kaye |
| 12 | Not-So-Far-From-Wrong Spelling Errors | comic story | 2 | script: Julius Rothenberg; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 13 | 25c MAD Children's Books | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Marjorie; Mr. Furd; Billy; Sue; The Little Red Hen; Comrade George; Fireman Jones; The Commissioner |
| 14 | Sick Sick Sick | comic story | 3 | script: Jules Feiffer; pencils: Jules Feiffer; inks: Jules Feiffer; letters: Jules Feiffer | |
| 15 | Strangely Believe It! | comic story | 1 | script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Wally Wood | Ernie Kovacs; Sidney Klutz; Malcolm Cranshaw; Fanciful Jones; Dylan Smetnik |
| 16 | MAD Mood Music | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | Credits For The Common Man | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 18 | Baseball Report | comic story | 3 | script: Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Duane Grubble |
| 19 | On The Bowery | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 20 | Houses To Match Your Personality | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 21 | Scenes We Never Got To See | comic story | 4 | script: Albert Meglin; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Frank Sinatra; William Holden; Kim Novak; Sophia Loren; Alan Ladd; Burt Lancaster; Deborah Kerr; Bridgette Bardot |
| 22 | The Great Bank Robbery | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | Bullet of Alfred E. Neuman University | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 24 | You'll Be A "Horror" In A MAD T-Shirt | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Larry Maleman, Wally Wood; inks: Larry Maleman, Wally Wood | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 25 | Where They Spent Their Vacations | text story | 0 | letters: typeset | |
| 26 | Does She... Or Doesn't She... | comic story | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | |