| 0 | Mad Goes Back to Ghoul | cover | 1 | pencils: Terry Wolfinger; inks: Terry Wolfinger; colors: Terry Wolfinger | |
| 1 | - | table of contents | 2 | pencils: Norman Mingo, James Warhola, Jack Davis; inks: Norman Mingo, James Warhola, Jack Davis | |
| 2 | One Fine Day During Lunch Period | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 3 | A MAD Look At Zombies | comic story | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | Scenes We'd Like to See (The Bride of Frankenstein) | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 5 | The Adnauseum Family | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gonads Adnauseum; More-teasin’ Adnauseum; Grandmuck Adnauseum; Doomsday Adnauseum; Pigsly Adnauseum; Uncle Festive; Edward Scissorhands; Jason Voorhees; Freddy Krueger; Lunch; Cousin Zit; Abigail Grave-in |
| 6 | Don't Die This Halloween!!! | comic story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Ed Steckley; inks: Ed Steckley | |
| 7 | Superhero High | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Joe Staton; inks: Joe Staton | The Flash [Barry Allen ?]; Wolverine; Captain America; Dr. Octopus; Judge Dredd; Wonder Woman; Daredevil; Mr. Fantastic; Iron Man; Dr. Strange; Green Lantern [Hal Jordan]; Thor; Conan the Barbarian |
| 8 | What School Bus Drivers Are Doing While You're In Class! | comic story | 2 | script: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; pencils: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; inks: Teresa Burns Parkhurst; letters: Teresa Burns Parkhurst | |
| 9 | One Tuesday Afternoon After School | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | The Raven | comic story | 7 | script: Edgar Allan Poe, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda | a raven; the narrator; Lenore |
| 11 | Goosebumps Horror Stories That Would Really Scare Kids | comic story | 2 | script: Darren Johnson; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 12 | Mad's Tom Bunk Visits a High School Lunchroom | cartoon | 2 | script: Tom Bunk; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk; colors: Tom Bunk | |
| 13 | Spy Vs Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 14 | Academy Awards for Teachers | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 15 | One Midnight In Wolverton | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 16 | Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions at Harry Keister High | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 17 | Mad Presents Selected Scenes from the Transylvania Mall | comic story | 3 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 18 | Differences between the Original Halloween & Halloween 2018 | comic story | 2 | script: Brian Posehn; pencils: Gideon Kendall; inks: Gideon Kendall; colors: Gideon Kendall | |
| 19 | New Movie Monsters From Everyday Life | comic story | 3 | script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 20 | This Issue's Proposed Mad Medals... to Be Presented to Deserving Students | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 21 | Van Helstink | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom Richmond | |
| 22 | Mad Looks at... Dracula | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Dracula |
| 23 | Meanwhile... | cartoon | 1 | script: Ian Boothby; pencils: Pia Guerra; inks: Pia Guerra | |
| 24 | Things That Really Get Under A Zombie's Skin | comic story | 2 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 25 | Last Giggles & Gasps | comic story | 0.75 | script: Jason Yungbluth, Scott Nickel; pencils: Jason Yungbluth, Michael Slack, Scott Nickel; inks: Jason Yungbluth, Michael Slack, Scott Nickel | |
| 26 | - | illustration | 1 | script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Johnny Sampson; inks: Johnny Sampson; colors: Johnny Sampson | |
| 27 | Look, Mom - No More Cavities! | comic story | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Melvin Furd |