| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | The Sword Duel | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge; colors: George Woodbridge | |
| 2 | - | letters page | 1 | script: Jerry De Fuccio | |
| 3 | Haunted By the Ghost of Christmas Presents? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Ebeneezer Scrooge; Alfred E. Neuman [as Jacob Marley] |
| 4 | If the Characters in "Peanuts" Aged Like Ordinary People | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Charlie Brown; Linus Van Pelt; Schroeder; Violet; Snoopy; Woodstock; Lucy Van Pelt; Pigpen |
| 5 | When Madison Avenue Appeals to Extremists | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 6 | The Trauma of '42 | comic story | 6 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gary Grimes [as Wormy]; Jennifer O'Neill [as Mrs. Pushover]; Jerry Houser [as Husky]; Oliver Conant [as Beanie]; Linus Van Pelt (cameo); Moon Mullins (cameo); Robert Mulligan (cameo) |
| 7 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 8 | The Great Escape Plot | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 9 | Don Martin in a Play-Land | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of Living Space | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | The Electric Train | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | Major Hawks; Private Doves |
| 12 | Answers to Children's Letters - - from Santa | photo story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Donald K. Epstein | |
| 13 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 14 | Mad's Rhyming Guide to Pro Football | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | John Niland; Dick Butkus; Fran Tarkenton; Ben Davidson; Steve Cox; Pat Sumerall; Howard Cosell |
| 15 | One Thursday Afternoon on the Moon | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 16 | Behind the Scenes at an Underground Newspaper | comic story | 2 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 17 | A Mad Look at Waterbeds | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 18 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 19 | Messy's Thanksgiving Day Parade | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Kedzie North; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Lorne Greene; Betty White |
| 20 | The Daily Congressional Off-The-Record | photo story | 5 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild | |
| 21 | What Is Really Bugging Most Americans? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 22 | Caesar Made the Salad | photo story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |