| 0 | Violence! | cover | 1 | pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola; colors: James Warhola | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Henna and Her Sickos | comic story | 5 | script: Debbee Ovitz; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 3 | Head Trip | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | You'd Be Rich If You Had a Nickel... | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Lines | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 6 | Mad's I.R.S. Agent of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 7 | Murder She Hopes | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Angela Lansbury |
| 8 | Famous Stories as Told by Famous People | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Mario Cuomo; Jesse Helms; Ronald Reagan; George Steinbrenner |
| 9 | Warning Labels We Desperately Need | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | Scarred Face | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Al Pacino [as Toadie]; Robert Loggia [as Rank Lopizz]; Michelle Pfeiffer [as Elvirus]; Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio [as Genie] |
| 12 | Things to Do on the Day After | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 13 | A Mad Peek behind the Scenes at a Terrorist Training Camp | cartoon | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 14 | When the Rambo Influence Spreads Everywhere | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone, John Prete; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Rambo |
| 15 | Alienators | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Ellen Ripley; Sigourney Weaver |
| 16 | Home Fu! | comic story | 2 | script: Rurik Tyler; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 17 | Inbanana Jones and the Temple of Goons | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Indiana Jones; Harrison Ford; Steven Spielberg; George Lucas |
| 18 | Horrifying Crime Cliches... | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 19 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 20 | Violent Mother Goose | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 21 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 22 | Rocky V, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI or, the Italian Scallion vs. the Great Hollywood Villians | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Hachtman; pencils: Tom Hachtman; inks: Tom Hachtman | Rocky |
| 23 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 24 | Grabme & Spacey | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Pristine Grabme; Merrybet Spacey; Lt. Darnrules; Issexy; Detective Peachy; desk sergeant; Starsky; Hutch |
| 25 | The Mad Richter Scale for Human Beings | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 26 | Camouflage Tricks of City Animals | comic story | 4 | script: Rurik Tyler; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder | |
| 27 | More Logical Farewells to Replace the Dreaded Have a Nice Day! Have a Nice Day! Have a Nice Day! Have a... | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 28 | If Junk Mail Had Always Existed | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 29 | The Karocky Kid, Part II | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Ralph Macchio (actor); Pat Morita; Three Stooges |
| 30 | The High Risks of Front Row Center | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 31 | What's the Biggest Financial Drain on the Federal Government? | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 32 | The Day AT&T Went Too Far | comic story | 1 | script: John Prete; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder | Ronald Reagan; Mikhail Gorbachev |