| 0 | Mad Superheroes | cover | 1 | pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker; colors: Mort Drucker | |
| 1 | - | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Superheroes | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Letters and Tomatoes with Special Sauce Dept. | letters page | 2 | pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 4 | Beers | comic story | 5 | script: Debbee Ovitz; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Kelsey Grammer [as Fresser Brain]; Ted Danson [as Sham Malloy]; Rhea Perlman [as Killa]; Woody Harrelson [as Woodie]; George Wendt [as Numb]; John Ratzenberger [as Cleph]; Brad Lohaus (cameo); Kirstie Alley [as Rebleccha]; Spuds McKenzie (cameo) |
| 5 | The Haunting Hunting Hullabaloo | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 6 | Headlines You Can Bet We’ll Never See | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider | |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | What’s Your Choice? | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 9 | Video Reviews | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | Bruce Willis; Alan Rickman; Olympia Dukakis; Cher; Nicolas Cage; Michelle Pfeiffer; Dean Stockwell; Michael Caine; Steve Martin; Willem Dafoe; Mel Brooks; Kurt Russell; Mel Gibson; Charles Grodin; Robert De Niro; Michael Palin; Kevin Kline; Jamie Lee Curtis; John Cleese; Jean Marsh; Ron Howard; Geor |
| 10 | It’s Never a Good Sign When… | comic story | 2 | script: J. Prete; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 11 | Drama on Page 26 | comic story | 1 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 12 | Kookoon: The Rehash | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Barret Oliver [as David]; Steve Guttenberg [as Jock] |
| 13 | The Excruciating Escape Extravaganza | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing | |
| 14 | More Items From Mad's Celebrity Supermarket | comic story | 3 | script: Joe Raiola, Charlie Kadau; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Dwight Gooden; Morton Downey, Jr.; Princess Diana; Tony Danza; Ronald Reagan; Bono; Susan Sarandon; Bruce Springsteen; Manute Bol; Pee-Wee Herman; Chuck Norris; Cher |
| 15 | - | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | |
| 16 | Battyman | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Battyman [Bruce Swain]; Neuman; Icky; the Jerker [Yack Nattier]; Superman (cameo); Dick Tracy (cameo); Ed Koch (cameo); Charles Bronson (cameo); the Phantom of the Opera (cameo) |
| 17 | A Super Opportunity | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | Superman [Clark Kent] |
| 18 | Yellow Pages for Super-Heroes | comic story | 2 | script: Don Reilly; pencils: John Putnam; inks: John Putnam | |
| 19 | Don Martin Looks at Spider-Man | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Spider-Man; Superman |
| 20 | New Comic Book Superheroes Based on Real People | comic story | 4 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Defenders of Hypocrisy [Jimmy Swaggert; Oral Roberts; Jim Bakker; Pat Robertson]; The Drudge [Roseanne Barr]; Spastic Man [Bob Goldthwait]; 19th Century Man [P.W. Botha]; Self-Destructo [Mike Tyson]; Necro Man [Elvis Presley]; The Smile [Mary Hart]; Teen-Age Mutant Kid Show Host [Pee-Wee Herman]; Ca |
| 21 | A Mad Look at Super Heroes | comic story | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | Superman; Plastic Man; Batman; Wonder Woman; Captain Marvel; Flash; Captain America; Spider-Man; Green Lantern; Thor |
| 22 | Don Martin Looks at... The Hulk | comic story | 4 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Hulk [Bruce Banner] |
| 23 | The Mad Week | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 24 | Scientific Advances that Unimprove Our Lives! | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 25 | It's Safe to Go to the Bathroom When... | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 26 | Mad's Political Image Maker of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Okra Windtree; Dr. Roger Ailing |
| 27 | The Ghastly Gallows Goodbye | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing; letters: Don Edwing | |
| 28 | The Lighter Side of ... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 29 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Bob Clarke; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; the White Spy |
| 30 | Advertising Dream Teams | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Greg Theakston; inks: Greg Theakston | |
| 31 | Some Truly Hard to Find "Where's Waldo"-Type Characters | comic story | 1 | script: Russ Cooper; pencils: Russ Cooper; inks: Russ Cooper | |
| 32 | How-To Books | comic story | 2 | script: John Caldwell; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 33 | The Strange and Wacky Adventures of Sydney O'Malley, DDS | comic story | 1 | script: Andrew J. Schwartzberg; pencils: Marshall Vandruff; inks: Marshall Vandruff | |
| 34 | Lively Dispenser Caps for Dull Products | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 35 | Did You Ever Notice That the Same People Who… | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 36 | More New Laws That Congress Should Pass Right Now! Right Now! Right Now! | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 37 | Greeting Cards for Very, Very Special Occasions | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Jones; inks: Bob Jones | |
| 38 | The Refrigerated Rocky Run-through | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing | Rocky Balboa |
| 39 | What Kind of Plague Has Today’s Parents Feeling Shell-Shocked? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 40 | Mad's Gallery of Lesser-Known Ninja Turtles | illustration | 1 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Greg Theakston; inks: Greg Theakston; colors: Greg Theakston | Ninja Turtles |