| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Cameron Eagle; inks: Cameron Eagle; colors: Cameron Eagle | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Letters and Tomatoes with Special Sauce Dept. | letters page | 2 | pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 3 | If Different Comedians Told the Same Joke | comic story | 3 | script: Russ Cooper; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Robin Williams; George Carlin; David Letterman; Rodney Dangerfield; Sam Kinison; Dana Carvey [as the Church Lady]; Yakov Smirnoff; Steven Wright |
| 4 | More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 5 | Mad Switcheroos | activity | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 6 | Mad's Sure-Fire Cliche Killers | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 7 | Mad's Do-It-Yourself Comedy Routine | text story | 2 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 8 | You Know You're Really Overweight When... | comic story | 2 | script: Jack Kent; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 9 | One Morning at Max's Novelty Shop | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | The Mad Nasty Book | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Frank Sinatra; Debbie Boone; Ronald Reagan; Barbara Walters; Fidel Castro; Walter Mondale; Bill Walton; Charlie's Angels; Queen Elizabeth; Ilie Nastase; Idi Amin; John Travolta |
| 11 | The Ten All-Time Greatest Legendary Practical Jokes | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 12 | More Same Words... Different Circumstances! | comic story | 2 | script: John Prete; pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka | |
| 13 | You Know You Really Have a Problem When ... | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 14 | Mad’s Big Ego Busters | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 15 | Drama on Page 33 | comic story | 1 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 16 | New Twists on Old Jokes | comic story | 2 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | George Burns; Robin Williams; Whoopi Goldberg; Jay Leno; Yakov Smirnoff; others |
| 17 | Mad's Updated Practical Joke Catalog | comic story | 5 | script: Al Jaffee, Diane Riccobene; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 18 | Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 19 | The Mad Guide to Sure-Fire Ad Lib Lines | comic story | 3 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 20 | Drama on Page 45 | comic story | 1 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 21 | Get a Life!!!!!!! | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 22 | Outside a Novelty Shop | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 24 | You Know There's Something Fishy When... | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 25 | More Mad Switcheroos | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | Geraldo Rivera; Jason Voorhees; Kermit the Frog; Miss Piggy |
| 26 | Mad's Cliche Killers | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 27 | One Fine Day Uptown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 28 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Comedy Club | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 29 | Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 30 | A "Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions" Smoking Confrontation | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 31 | Air Travel | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |