| 0 | Michael Jackson Cover | cover | 1 | pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman; colors: Drew Friedman | Michael Jackson; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | | |
| 2 | Letters and Tomatoes Dept. | comic story | 3 | pencils: ? (photos); ?; inks: ? (photos); ?; colors: ? (photos); ? | K.C. Mangen (photo); Harold Lloyd Clay (photo of him reading a 1958 issue of Mad); Matt Kramer (photo); Ice Cube (photo); Jeremy Tramer (photo); Ori (Alfred E. Neuman look-a-like contest photo) |
| 3 | The Fundalini Pages | comic story | 3 | | George Bush; Michael Jackson |
| 4 | Fools of Rock | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom Richmond | Jack Black [as Screwey Skin]; Spinal Tap [David St. Hubbins [Michael McKean]; Nigel Tufnel [Christopher Guest]; Derek Smalls [Harry Shearer]] (cameos); Sarah Silverman [as Petty]; Joan Cusack [as Principal Middling]; Miranda Cosgrove [as Summary]; Robert Tsai [as Allowance]; Maryam Hassan [as Too-Me |
| 5 | Mad's Handy Glossary to the War on Terror | comic story | 2 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | President George Bush; Vice-President Dick Cheney; Attorney General John Ashcroft; Condoleezza Rice |
| 6 | Monroe and... Survivor Jr., Part 1 | comic story | 4 | script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray | Monroe; Barton; Carol Ann; Pablo; Gordon |
| 7 | 2003: The Year in Film | comic story | 2 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: AP/Wide World; inks: AP/Wide World; colors: AP/Wide World | Lebron James; Simon Cowell; Liza Minnelli; Ruben Studdard; Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger; Saddam Hussein |
| 8 | Sergio Aragonès Presents A Mad Look at the Superbowl | comic story | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 9 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 2 | script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter Kuper; letters: Peter Kuper | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 10 | The Mourn Identity | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing; letters: Don Edwing | |
| 11 | The League of Rejected Superheroes | character profile | 6 | script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: J. Scott Campbell, Dave Gibbons, John Byrne, Michael Allred, Arthur Adams, Jim Lee; inks: J. Scott Campbell, Dave Gibbons, John Byrne, Michael Allred, Arthur Adams, Jim Lee; colors: Wildstorm, Matt Milla, Laura Allred, Alex Sinclair | Inebrion; Scantily Clad Woman; The Entomologist; Mediocre Man; Sloggtor of Globbzorr; Vocabullon; Apathenia; The Incredible Infringement Man |
| 12 | An Open Letter From Michael Jackson | text story | 1 | script: Desmond Devlin | Michael Jackson |
| 13 | The Do's and Dont's of a Super Bowl Party | comic story | 2 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell; letters: John Caldwell | |
| 14 | Absurd, Their Enthusiasm | comic story | 5 | script: Josh Gordon; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres; colors: Wildstorm | Jason Alexander; Larry Davy; Cheryl Hines; Jeff Garlin; Richard Lewis; Rob Reiner; Ted Danson (cameo); Tony Danza (cameo); Sir Anthony Hopkins (cameo); Jimmy; Jerry Seinfeld; James Gandolfini |
| 15 | If Norman Rockwell Depicted the 21st Century: The Marriage License | illustration | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams; colors: Richard Williams | |
| 16 | Now Playing at the California State House: Arnold Schwarzenegger Governor | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Mike Snider; inks: Mike Snider; colors: Mike Snider | Arnold Schwarzenegger (photos from his various movies) |
| 17 | What Stomach-Turning Reality Show Has Many Across the Land Completely Disgusted? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee; letters: Al Jaffee | |
| 18 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |