| 0 | We Don't Try Very Hard | cover | 1 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke | |
| 1 | - | letters page | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Star Blecch | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | William Shatner [as Captain Kook]; Leonard Nimoy [as Mr. Spook]; Snoopy (cameo); DeForrest Kelley [as Dr. BeCoy]; Charlie Brown (cameo); Nichelle Nichols [as the phone operator] |
| 3 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | When the Hertz-Avis Rivalry Really Gets Out of Hand | photo story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: UPI; inks: UPI | |
| 5 | In a Super Market | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 6 | TV Coverage of an Off-Year Election | comic story | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 7 | Mad Mintlies | comic story | 1 | script: William Garvin; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 8 | The Evolution of Dating | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 9 | Protest Buttons Through History | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 10 | A Portfolio of Mad Blooming-Idiosyncrasies | comic story | 3 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | |
| 11 | Prodigy | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 12 | The Lighter Side of Young Marrieds | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 13 | Mad's Pictoral Political Dictionary | photo story | 2 | script: Max Brandel; pencils: UPI; inks: UPI | Lyndon Johnson; Claudia "Lady Bird" Johnson; Robert Kennedy; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 14 | Grim Pix | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | James Garner [as Pete Arrogant]; Yves Montand [as Jean-Beware Sadist]; Brian Bedford [as Gott Stardded]; Jessica Walter [as Pet Stardded]; Eva Marie Saint [as Chemise Cloth]; Toshiro Mifume [as Issy Yamother]; Antonio Sabàto [as Needno Bardahli]; Jack Watson [as Deff]; Rachel Kempson [as Mrs. Stardd |
| 15 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts | comic story | 1 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Johnny Carson |
| 16 | What Is One of the Really Exciting Possibilities of a Psychedelic "Trip"? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 17 | Isn't That Yul Brynner Behind Those Fister Glints? | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |