| 0 | Shortage Coming! Hoard This Issue! | cover | 1 | pencils: ? (illustration); inks: ? (illustration); colors: ? (illustration); letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Mad Super Special Summer 1981 No. 35 | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 2 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Letters Dept. | letters page | 0.67 | pencils: ? (photos); inks: ? (photos); letters: typeset | Matt Dillon (photo); John Ficarra (photo); Steve Allen (photo) |
| 4 | Statement of Ownership, Management and Circulation | statement of ownership | 0.33 | script: William M. Gaines | |
| 5 | The Shiner | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Barry Nelson [as Mr. Ulpman]; Jack Nicholson [as Wack Torrents]; Maria; Dr. Frankenstein (cameo); Igor (cameo); Shelley Duvall [as Windy Torrents]; Count Dracula (cameo); Danny Lloyd [as Dinny Torrents]; Scatman Crothers [as Dork Hollerman] (dies); Lisa and Louise Burns [as The Grisly Sisters]; Joe |
| 6 | Variety for Other Occupations | text story | 3 | script: Stan Hart | |
| 7 | Don Martin Looks at... The Hulk | comic story | 4 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Hulk [Bruce Banner] |
| 8 | If "Hollywood Hype" Were Used for Everyday Dramatic Occasions | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 9 | Mad's New Phobias for the 80's | comic story | 2 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 10 | The Mad Stop Watch | comic story | 2 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 11 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 12 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías; letters: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 13 | Mixed-Up Junk Mail Mailing Lists | comic story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 14 | Mad Image-Builders | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 15 | Customized Organ Donor Cards for Some Very Special Donors | text story | 2 | script: Dennis Snee | |
| 16 | More Mad Candid Snapshots of Historical Celebrities | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | Emperor Nero; William Shakespeare; Dr. Livingston; King David; Queen Victoria; Adolf Hitler; Cleopatra; King Midas; Christopher Columbus |
| 17 | Crapper John, M.D. | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Pernell Roberts [as Crapper John]; Wayne Rogers [as Crapper John; also as Dr. Charley Michaels] (cameo); Donald Sutherland [as Crapper John] (cameo); Walter Matthau [as Dr. Charles Nichols] (cameo); Michael Landon [as Joe Cartwright] (cameo); Lorne Greene [as Ben Cartwright] (cameo); Gregory Harriso |
| 18 | A Basket Case High Up on the 37th Floor | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing; letters: Don Edwing | |
| 19 | What Disgusting Form of Pollution Is Now Considered Dangerous to Us All? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | Mad's Story-Telling U.S. Postage Stamps | comic story | 1 | script: Henry Clark | |
| 21 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |