| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Why Not Have the Next Issue Sent Directly to Your Home? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.67 | pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 2 | The Cowkids | comic story | 8 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | John Wayne [as Brandason]; Roscoe Lee Browne [as the Cook]; Bruce Dern [as Long Hair]; Colleen Dewhurst [as Fannie Brandason]: Shawn Kelly [as Stuttering Boob]; A. Martinez [as Token Mexican]; Jesse James; Frank James; Billy the Kid; Johnny Ringo; Butch Cassidy; The Sundance Kid; The Dalton Boys |
| 3 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 4 | Howard Hughes' Wallet | text story | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen | Howard Hughes |
| 5 | Mad's Ecology Mother Goose | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs, M. S. Pinkham; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 6 | When Watching Television, You Can Be Sure of Seeing... | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Joe Namath; Bob Hope; Johnny Carson; Rocky Graziano; Rona Barrett; Raymond Burr [as Ironside]; William Conrad [as Frank Cannon]; James Franciscus [as Longstreet]; Jackie Gleason; Dean Martin; Richard Nixon |
| 7 | One Day at the Bullfights | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 8 | The Mad Car-Owners Hate Book | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 9 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 10 | The Mad Guide to Political Types | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 11 | One Day During a Cavalry Attack | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 12 | The Lighter Side of... Hang-Ups | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 13 | The Television Yellow Pages 1972-73 | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Rickard, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker; inks: Jack Rickard, Jack Davis, Mort Drucker | |
| 14 | The Cute Rook | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Robert Redford [as Dorkmunder]; George Segal [as Klepto]; Ron Leibman [as Stanley]; Charlotte Rae [as Stanley's mother]; Moses Gunn [as Ambassador Amuzing]; Paul Sand [as Allen]; Zero Mostel [as Allen's father] |
| 15 | One Night in a Bar Along the Highway | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 16 | What Can We Expect From All of the Candidates in the 1972 Political Swim? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew; Edward Kennedy; Hubert Humphrey; Edmund Muskie; George Wallace; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 17 | America's Final Cigarette Break | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |