| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | The Frog Prince | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Gall of the President's Men | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Robert Redford [as Bob Woodwind]; Dustin Hoffman [as Snarl Burnsteam]; Jack Warden [as Harry Rosenfeld]; Jason Robards [as Ben Boldlee]; Gerald Ford [as Strep Throat] |
| 4 | Late One Afternoon at the Warsaw Dike | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 5 | Has Anybody Ever Really Heard... | photo story | 2 | script: Larry Sharp, Jerry De Fuccio | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 6 | Where Else but on TV...? | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Rock Hudson [as Stewart McMillan]; Ron Howard [as Richie Cunningham]; Jean Stapleton [as Edith Bunker]; Telly Savalas [as Theo Kojak]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; Buddy Ebsen [as Barnaby Jones] |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of Grooming | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 9 | Beat the Recession with These Mad Penny-Pinching Hints | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 10 | One Fine Afternoon in a Gym | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 11 | Mad's "Nice" Graffiti | cartoon | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | The Cockroach | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 13 | The Neuman Book of World Records...that Led to Lesser-known Follow-up Records | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 14 | A Mad Look at Fifty Years of College Life in America | comic story | 8 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 15 | Mad's First...and Probably Last...Reader Survey | text story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 16 | What's the Story...? | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | Getting Involved | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 18 | Whatever Became of...? | comic story | 3 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Frank Sinatra; George Plimpton; Muhammad Ali; Cher; Richard Nixon; Howard Cosell; Jimmy Conners; The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Al Pacino |
| 19 | What's Worse Than...? | comic story | 2 | script: Alis Ellis; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 20 | If TV Commercials Told Us Everything | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 21 | Late One Afternoon Last January | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 22 | Mad's "Traffic Commissioner of the Year" | comic story | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 23 | A Mad Gallery of People It's Hard to Feel Sorry For | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 24 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 25 | Other Forms of Malpractice Insurance | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 26 | Take It with a Grain of Salt When... | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 27 | The Lighter Side of Consumers | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 28 | One Fine Day at the Corner of Finster Boulevard and Fonebone Street | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 29 | Mad's Christmas Carols for the Holiday Season | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 30 | Crappy Days | comic story | 6 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Ron Howard [as Itchie Cullingham]; Henry Winkler [as The Funz]; Tom Bosley [as Howard Cullingham]; Marion Ross [as Marion Cullingham]; Erin Moran [as Joinie Cullingham]; Anson Williams [as Putzie]; Don Most [as Riff]; Pat Morita [as Arnerd]; Milton Berle; Bill Cosby; Sherman Hemsley; Esther Rolle; R |
| 31 | What Kind of Vicious Big Shots Have Been Taking Over Our Cities? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 32 | Fish...or Foul? | illustration | 1 | pencils: Tony Garcia (photo); inks: Tony Garcia (photo); colors: Tony Garcia (photo); letters: typeset | |