| 0 | You'll Get a Charge Out of This Issue of Mad | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Being Rich Is Better Than a Warm Puppy | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 2 | A Frightful Incident | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 3 | Mad Goes to a Screening of Cheyenne Awful | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | John Ford [as John Furd]; Richard Widmark [as Richard Widemark [as Capt. Tom Arches]]; Carroll Baker [as Carroll Babydoll]; Pinocchio (cameo); Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Sal Mineo [as Sal Meanio [as Torn Shirt]]; John Wayne (cameo); Patrick Wayne [as Patrick Waine [as Lt. Scat]]; Gilbert Roland [as Gil |
| 4 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Garbagemen | comic story | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 7 | The Walt Cronkite Show | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Walter Cronkite; Harry Reasoner; Bob Trout; Roger Mudd; Mike Wallace; Thomas Dewey; Richard Nixon; Barry Goldwater; King Faisel; Chet Huntley; David Brinkley; Lyndon Johnson; Hubert Humphrey; Everett Dirkson; Casey Stengel; Yogi Berra |
| 8 | In the Desert | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 9 | Load & Crash | comic story | 6 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 10 | What They Say and What It Really Means | comic story | 3 | script: Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 11 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 12 | Mad Interviews a "John Birch Society" Policeman | comic story | 4 | script: Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 13 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts | comic story | 1 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 14 | The Lighter Side of Employees | comic story | 3 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 15 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Gray Spy |
| 16 | The Rooks | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | David Niven [as Alec Fleming]; Charles Boyer [as Muscel St. Care]; Gig Young [as Toby]; Robert Coote [as Tommy St. Care]; Gladys Cooper [as Auntie Margaret]; Broderick Crawford [as Orville Cess]; Zelda Cess |
| 17 | In an Alley | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 18 | What Comes After Pop Art and Op Art | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 19 | The Day They Shot the "Ten-foot-tall Washing Machine" Ad in an 8-foot High Basement | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |