| 0 | Mad Salutes the Bicentennial Year | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Still More Hysteria Repeats Itself! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | - | letters page | 0.67 | script: Nick Meglin; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 4 | - | statement of ownership | 0.3 | script: William M. Gaines | |
| 5 | Rollerbrawl | comic story | 8 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | James Caan [as Jonathick-B]; John Houseman [as The Owner]; Maud Adams [as Wife]; John Beck [as Moonface]; Moses Gunn [as Blackie]; Smokey the Bear (cameo); Ralph Richardson [as Professor Nutsy]; Frank Gifford (cameo); Howard Cosell (cameo) |
| 6 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 7 | Great Poems Rewritten to Reflect the Freaky, Greedy, Rotten World of Today | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 8 | One Fine Day Downtown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 9 | The Lighter Side of Handicrafts | comic story | 6 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 10 | Mad's First...and Probably Last...Reader Survey | text story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 11 | Some Mad Energy-saving Devices | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | A Collection of Mad Paired Thick & Thin Books | illustration | 2 | script: Marylyn D'Amico | |
| 13 | Meet Jan van Wessum | cartoon | 3 | script: Jan van Wessum; pencils: Jan van Wessum; inks: Jan van Wessum | |
| 14 | Exciting Abbreviations for Low Glamor Jobs | comic story | 3 | script: William McCole, Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 15 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 16 | The Alfred E. Neuman University Competitive Hard-Sell 1976 Catalogue | photo story | 7 | script: Frank Jacobs, David Reagan; pencils: Irving Schild, Bob Clarke; inks: Irving Schild, Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | Historical Scenes We'd Like to See Re-Enacted | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 18 | The Cockroach | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 19 | If TV Commercials Told Us Everything | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 20 | Once Upon a Time in the Black Hills of S. Dakota | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 21 | What Kind of Vicious Big Shots Have Been Taking Over Our Cities? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 22 | City Plights | illustration | 1 | script: Nicky Zann | |