| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack Rickard | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Crowd Scene | cartoon | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Letters Dept. | letters page | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | An Officer Ain't No Gentleman | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Richard Gere [as Zapp Mayhem]; Louis Gossett Jr. [as Sarge]; Debra Winger [as Maula]; Lisa Blount [as Dinette] |
| 5 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | Don Martin's Atomic Holocaust Survival Manual | comic story | 5 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 7 | Mad's X-Reagans | photo story | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Ronald Reagan; George H. W. Bush; Nancy Reagan |
| 8 | Mad's Suggestions for How Our Cities can Solve Their Problems | comic story | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Fred Block; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 9 | Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments Contracted at Hospitals | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 10 | The U.S. Video Game Olympic Team | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 11 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 12 | An Andy Rooney "60 Minutes" Editorial We'd Like to See | illustration | 1 | script: John Ficarra | Andy Rooney |
| 13 | You Know He/She is Not for You When... | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 14 | A Mad Look at the Differences Between Optimism, Pessimism & Realism | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 15 | Mad's New Twists to Old Tales | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 16 | If Parents and Children Behaved like Professional Sports Figures | comic story | 3 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 17 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 18 | Private Benjurmind | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Lorna Patterson [as Pvt. Bendjurmind]; Eileen Brennan [as Capt. Ludicrous]; Robert Mandan [as Col. Springsteel]; Hal Williams [as Sgt. Cross] |
| 19 | What Recent Spiritual Movement Has (Thank God) Burned Itself Out? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | - | illustration | 1 | | |