| 0 | Year's Best Comics Stories | cover | 1 | pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Karl Kesel | Ambush Bug |
| 1 | Year's Best Comics Stories | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | The Day the Earth Died! | comic story | 16 | script: Paul Kupperberg, Ed Hannigan; pencils: Curt Swan; inks: Al Williamson; colors: George Roberts; letters: Ed King | Superman; Frank (Doorman at Clark Kent's apartment building); Lori Lemaris; Ronal |
| 3 | Mogo Doesn't Socialize | comic story | 6 | script: Alan Moore; pencils: Dave Gibbons; inks: Dave Gibbons; colors: George Roberts; letters: Dave Gibbons | |
| 4 | Trick Trap | comic story | 23 | script: Gary Cohn, Dan Mishkin; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Gary Martin; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: Todd Klein | Trickster |
| 5 | Brief Lives | comic story | 4 | script: Alan Moore; pencils: Kevin O'Neill; inks: Kevin O'Neill; colors: Karin Orlando; letters: Todd Klein | |
| 6 | Rite of Spring | comic story | 23 | script: Alan Moore; pencils: Stephen Bissette; inks: John Totleben; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: John Costanza | |
| 7 | The Silent Treatment | comic story | 7 | script: Mike W. Barr; pencils: Jerome K. Moore; inks: Jerome K. Moore; colors: Jeanine Casey; letters: John Costanza | |
| 8 | Bits of (Ambush) Bugginess | comic story | 5 | script: Keith Giffen, Robert Loren Fleming; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Bob Oksner; colors: Helen Vesik; letters: John Costanza | Ambush Bug; Superman; Batman; Wonder Woman |
| 9 | The Ghost of Krypton Past! | comic story | 24 | script: Cary Bates; pencils: Klaus Janson; inks: Klaus Janson; colors: Klaus Janson; letters: Gaspar | Superman; Adam Strange; Alanna; Sardath; Zazura |
| 10 | Forever Blowing Bubbles | comic story | 6 | script: Mike Baron; pencils: Marshall Rogers; inks: Marshall Rogers; colors: George Roberts; letters: Ben Oda | |
| 11 | Just As Night Follows Day... | comic story | 23 | script: Doug Moench; pencils: Gene Colan; inks: Alfredo Alcala; colors: Karin Orlando; letters: Ben Oda, Albert DeGuzman | Batman; Robin; Alfred; Julia Pennyworth; Vicki Vale; Commissioner Gordon; Harvey Bullock |
| 12 | Hukka vs. the Bob! | comic story | 7 | script: Keith Giffen, Karl Kesel, Robert Loren Fleming; pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Karl Kesel; colors: Shelley Eiber; letters: Bob Lappan | Hukka; BOB; Chris Champion (off-panel) |
| 13 | Digest Forum | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | script: Barbara Randall | |
| 14 | Final List | foreword, introduction, preface, afterword | 1 | pencils: Keith Giffen; inks: Karl Kesel; letters: Gaspar Saladino | |