| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard; colors: Jack Rickard | Alfred E. Neuman; Mickey Mouse |
| 1 | Simple & Simple | comic story | 7 | script: Lou Silverstone, Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Gerald McRaney [as Schmuck Simple]; Jameson Parker [as A.K. Simple]; Mary Carver [as Mother Simon]; Tom Sellick [as Dum Magnum]; Dan Ackroyd; Steve Martin |
| 2 | Drawn Out Dramas | cartoon | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 3 | One Prehistoric Morning While Inventing | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | Places to Hide the M-X Missiles Where They Will Never be Found | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Laikin; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 5 | A Mad Collection of Pages from Celebrities Calendars | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel | |
| 6 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 7 | This is a Test | comic story | 1 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 8 | A Mad Look at Big-Time TV | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 9 | Mad's "Defense Contractor" of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 10 | Long Distance Runs of the Future | comic story | 3 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Joan Rivers; Bill Cosby; David Letterman; George Carlin; Steve Martin; David Steinberg; David Brenner; Meatloaf; Elizabeth Taylor; Orson Welles; William Conrad; Shelley Winters; Jackie Gleason; Roberto Duran |
| 11 | One Medieval Afternoon While Falconing | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 12 | More Parental Non-Sequiturs | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 13 | Personalized License Plates for Fictional and Historical Characters | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | John Clayton, Tarzan, Vincent van Gogh |
| 14 | Little-Known and Rarely Diagnosed Mad Ailments Contracted at Supermarkets | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 15 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 16 | The Verdiccch | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Paul Newman [as Hank Gallon]; Charlotte Rampling [as Laura Fischer]; Dustin Hoffman [as Dorothy Michaels]; Eddie Murphy [as Reggie Hammond]; Nick Nolte [as Jack Cates]; Dudley Moore [as Patrick Dalton]; Mary Tyler Moore [as Charlotte Dreyfus]; Clint Eastwood [as Philo Beddoe]; Mohandas Gandhi; Jack |
| 17 | One Scary Night While Chasing a Monster | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Frankenstein |
| 18 | Where Are Public Executions Sometimes Performed to Entertain an Audience? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 19 | You Found Out | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |