| 0 | Mad Sizzling School Sucks Super Special | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | | |
| 2 | Stuporman ZZZ | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Stuporman [Cluck Kennt]; Lotus Lain; Luna Lang; Gus; Webster |
| 3 | One Fine Day Uptown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | Bedsheet Signs We'll Never See on TV | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 5 | Little Known Celebrity Cult Groups | comic story | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Ed McMahon; Dr. Renee Richards; Jerry Lewis; McLean Stevenson; Rodney Dangerfield; Woody Allen |
| 6 | Mad's All-Inclusive Do-It-Yourself "Jingle Bells" | text story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of... | 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 | |
| 9 | A Mad Guide to Some of Life's Annoying Little Uncertainties …Or… You're Never Really 100% Sure… | comic story | 3 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 10 | One Fine Day Downtown | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 11 | Paltry Guise | comic story | 7 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Craig T. Nelson [as Heave Feeling]; JoBeth Williams [as Dyin Feeling]; Heather O'Rourke [as Carol Anne Feeling]; Oliver Robins [as Blobbie Feeling]; Dominique Dunne [as Tana Feeling] |
| 12 | Cut Class! Stay Home Sick! Don't Study! Skip Your Homework! Because Mad's Sizzling School Sucks Section Starts Here!!! | illustration | 1 | | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 13 | Personalized Absence Notes | text story | 3 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 14 | One Afternoon in the Schoolroom | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 15 | A Mad Look at... Sex Education in the Schools | comic story | 3 | script: Jack Kent; pencils: Jack Kent; inks: Jack Kent | |
| 16 | Mad School Songs for Everyday Activities | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 17 | High School Bulletin Board | photo story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild | |
| 18 | The Lighter Side of... ele.ment a-ry school | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 19 | Rewriting Your Way to a Ph.D. | text story | 3 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 20 | Square Dregs | comic story | 6 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 21 | Mad's Aptitude Test Number Two Will You Make a Good Teacher? | comic story | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 22 | How Many Mistakes Can You Find in This Picture? | comic story | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 23 | Mad's Simplified A B C Method of... Bulling Your Way Through Final Exams | text story | 3 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 24 | Mad's School Teacher of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 25 | Picture Signs for All Occasions | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 26 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 27 | One Fine Day Crosstown | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 28 | Mad's All-Inclusive "Monday Night Football" Betting Pool | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 29 | Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 30 | Poetic Tributes to People Who Wouldn't Ordinarily Get Them | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 31 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 32 | Instant TV Replays We Would Rather Not Have to See | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 33 | Future Smithsonian Exhibits from TV Land | comic story | 2 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 34 | Simple & Simple | comic story | 7 | script: Lou Silverstone, Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gerald McRaney [as Schmuck Simple]; Jameson Parker [as A.K. Simple]; Mary Carver [as Mother Simon]; Tom Selleck [as Dum Magnum]; Dan Ackroyd; Steve Martin |
| 35 | How Has the Reagan Administration Secretly Introduced Prayer into High Schools? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 36 | Compositions | illustration | 1 | letters: typeset | |