| 0 | Big Bad Mad #1 | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Just Because You Missed the Last Issue... Why Kill Yourself? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 2 | Big Bad Mad | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Letters and Tomatoes with Special Sauce Dept. | letters page | 2 | pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 4 | Grossbusters II | comic story | 6 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Female Bodybuilders | comic story | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | Baseball at the Bat | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola | |
| 7 | The Diabolical Dungeon Deception | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 8 | - | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola | |
| 9 | The Languid "Cutting and Restoring" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 10 | The Princely "Swallowing a Live Eel" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 11 | The Brazen Blade "Magnetic Knife" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 12 | The Forceful "Bringing a Rope" to Life Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 13 | The Ever Baffling "Animated Objects" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 14 | Snappy Answers to Stupid Magic Questions | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 15 | The Histrionic "Pick a Card" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 16 | The Cumulative "Brass Ring" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 17 | The Edifying "Educated Rope" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 18 | The Pernicious "Forced Card" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 19 | The Corpuscular "Blood from a Stone" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | The Great Bumbleoni's Unforgettable Memory Feat or... or... or... or... er... or... | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 21 | The prevalent "Great Escape" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 22 | The Startling "Buffalo Out of a Hat" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 23 | The Great Snappy Answers to Stupid Magic Questions | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 24 | The Swell "Chopped-Off Finger" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 25 | The "Tantal-Eyes-Zing Magic Spot" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 26 | The Breath-Taking "Hung by the Neck" Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 27 | The Mendacious Cube Trick | comic story | 0.5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 28 | The Hilarious "Practical Joke" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 29 | Gestures Hypnotically or Slay It with Flowers | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 30 | The Impossible "Camel Through the Eye of a Needle" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 31 | The Great Snappy Answers to Stupid Magic Questions | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 32 | The Incomparable "Traveling Watch" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 33 | The Flagrant "Disappearing Bill" Trick | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 34 | Anonymous Groups That Didn’t Make It | comic story | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 35 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 36 | Big City Signs of the Times | comic story | 1 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 37 | The Blunder Years | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | Kute-in; Wane; Baren; Pale; Whiny |
| 38 | A Mad Look at Musical Instruments | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 39 | How Newspapers Write Misleading Headlines (To Jazz Up Otherwise Dull Stories) | text story | 2 | script: Paul Laikin | |
| 40 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 41 | Six Minutes Looks at Smoking | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Mike Malice; Harry Unreasonable; Ed Badly; Morley Chafer; Meredith Vieairhead |
| 42 | The Lusty Ledge Legend | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 43 | Foolproof Ways to Suck-Up to Grandparents | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 44 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 45 | Apex Technical Schools for Other Occupations | comic story | 3 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 46 | Compu-Doc Self-Service Medical Terminal | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Coker, F. Kemske; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 47 | Funny to Shrunk the Kids | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Rick Moranis [as Brain Socrazy]; Marcia Strassman [as Mrs. Socrazy]; Robert Oliveri [as Hick Socrazy]; Amy O’Neill [as Gamey Socrazy]; Jared Rushton [as Rom]; Thomas Wilson Brown [as Little Truss]; Dorky (family dog); Mad Hatter (cameo); Tinker Bell (cameo) |
| 48 | The Feathered Feeding Frenzy | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 49 | Fleeting “Stars” of the Six O'Clock News | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 50 | Murky Brown | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Baba Waters; Huge Downer; Murky Brown; Smiles Silvernerd; Dorky; Grin; Alldim; Crank |
| 51 | Academy Awards for Movie Audience Members | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 52 | The Hideous Headman's Horseplay | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing; letters: Don Edwing | Zombrowski |
| 53 | When Pressure Groups Really Take Over | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 54 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 55 | What Seems to Be the Only Way of Making Your Fortune Today? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 56 | Mad Bookmarks | illustration | 1 | script: Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola; pencils: Dennis Wunderlin; inks: Dennis Wunderlin; colors: Dennis Wunderlin | Alfred E. Neuman |