| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | I Never Carry More Than $50 in Cash | comic story | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas | Brigitte Bardot (sic) |
| 2 | Departments | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | MAD's M.V.B.T.A. Awards | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Harry Jingo; Babe Brando; Enos Schwack; "School Boy" Drake; Hank Ozone; Jake Jacobs; Leo Screech |
| 4 | Help Make This Christmas a Memorable One | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 5 | People Who Have Read It Are Raving About It | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.17 | pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 6 | Random Samplings of Reader Mail | letters page | 1 | script: Al Feldstein | The Alfred E. Neuman [Auto] Racing Club; Bill Gaines's daughter |
| 7 | Cleaned Out! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.17 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 8 | Do Your Christmas Shopping Early | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Santa Claus |
| 9 | The End of Comics | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Blondie Bumstead, Dennis the Menace, Henry, Smilin' Jack, Little Orphan Annie, Lothar, Mandrake, Dick Tracy, Daddy Warbucks, Jack Martin |
| 10 | Future Magazine Mergers | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Dwight D. Eisenhower, Nikita Khrushchev, Harry S. Truman |
| 11 | Scenes We'd Like To See: The Frogmen | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 12 | The Electricians | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 13 | If Hollywood Directors Staged...Advertising Photos | comic story | 3 | pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | |
| 14 | Pushcarts | comic story | 3 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 15 | Health Chairs | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 16 | The MAD Halloween Trick-Or-Treatment | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 17 | The MAD Treasury of Unknown Poetry | text story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 18 | Special Lamps for Reading Magazines | comic story | 2 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 19 | Misleading Headlines | text story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs | Sarah Klunk; Sidney Klutz; Byron Brisket; Gladys Glotz; Carl Umlaut; Fred Mildew; Hank Shlubb; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 20 | The New Baby | comic story | 2 | script: Danny Kaye, Milton Schafer; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Danny Kaye |
| 21 | Coming Musicals | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel, Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 22 | The End Of A Perfect Day | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | Music Report | comic story | 3 | script: Bob Elliott, Ray Goulding; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Bob Elliott; Ray Goulding; Wally Ballew; Filbert Hoffenberger |
| 24 | Payhouse 90 | text story | 1 | script: Nick Meglin | |
| 25 | The Smithshop | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 26 | Woodlore | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 27 | The Bathtub Admiral | comic story | 1 | script: Danny Kaye, Milton Schafer; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Danny Kaye |
| 28 | Down Lovers' Lane | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 29 | You'll "Go Far" In A MAD T-Shirt | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Larry Maleman, Wally Wood; inks: Larry Maleman, Wally Wood | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 30 | Proverbs Revisited | text story | 0 | letters: typeset | |
| 31 | Look Mom - No More Cavities! | comic story | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Melvin Furd |