| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | - | letters page | 1 | script: Jerry De Fuccio | |
| 2 | Mad's "Late Show" Cliche Movie Script of the Issue | text story | 1 | script: Harry Purvis; pencils: Bruce Stark; inks: Bruce Stark | Jimmy Cagney; Bette Davis; Clark Gable; Joan Crawford; Edward G. Robinson; Alice Faye; Shirley Temple; Betty Grable; John Wayne; Ginger Rogers; Errol Flynn; Rita Hayworth; Humphrey Bogart |
| 3 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | The Mad Song Textbook | comic story | 8 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Christopher Columbus; Benjamin Franklin; Paul Revere; George Armstrong Custer; Henry Ford; Alexander Graham Bell; Orville Wright; Wilbur Wright; Thomas Edison; James McNeill Whistler; Marco Polo; Henry VIII; William Shakespeare |
| 5 | On the Beach at Ebb Tide | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 6 | The Ten Commandments - Revisited | photo story | 3 | script: Max Brandel; pencils: Max Brandel; inks: Max Brandel | The Beatles [John Lennon; Paul McCartney; George Harrison; Ringo Starr]; Jack Nicklaus; Julie Christie; The Mamas And The Papas [John Phillips; Michelle Phillips; Cass Elliot; Denny Doherty]; Joe McCarthy; Richard Burton; Elizabeth Taylor; Eddie Fisher |
| 7 | TVarzan | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Ron Ely [as TVarzan]; Colonel Grub; Tondelayercake |
| 8 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 9 | What Is a Final Exam? | text story | 2 | script: Tom Koch, May Sakami; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of Eating | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | A Celebrity's Wallet | comic story | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen | George Hamilton |
| 12 | The Paperhanger | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 13 | The Mad Psychoanalysis Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 14 | A Mad Look at Musicians | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 15 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 16 | Historical Events as Covered By Modern News Feature Writers | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 17 | The Amateurs | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Lee Marvin [as Fardrait]; Burt Lancaster [as Dullworth]; Woody Strode [as Juke]; Robert Ryan [as Eringobragh]; Ralph Bellamy [as Grunt]; Claudia Cardinale [as Mamamia]; Jack Palance [as Ratzi] |
| 18 | The Paleontologist | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 19 | What Would Be a Perfect Slogan For the Advertising Industry? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | Put Your Hand Over the Bald Half and See How Much Younger He Looks | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |