| 0 | MAD Fearlessly Exposes The Tweed Ring | cover | 1 | script: Thomas Nast; pencils: Thomas Nast, Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Thomas Nast, Harvey Kurtzman | Socrates; Napoleon; Sigmund Freud; Marilyn Monroe; Alexander The Great; Rembrandt; Galileo; Lassie; Tom Swift; Columbus; Caesar; Buffalo Bill; Alfred L. Neuman; Melvin Cowznowski [Alfred E. Neuman]; Copernicus; Louis Pasteur; Ludwig Van Beethoven; "Boss" Tweed |
| 1 | What?...You Haven't Tasted New Ipuna? | comic story | 1 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | script: Harvey Kurtzman | Stan Freburg; Doodles Weaver; Steve Allen; Allan Jaffee [Al Jaffee] |
| 3 | Radiodetectiveland | text article | 2 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Sam; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 4 | A Stirring Scene To Say The Least From MGMG's "Leave Me Or Leave"! | comic story | 1 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Doris Daytime; James Cagneebone |
| 5 | - | letters page | 0.875 | script: Harvey Kurtzman | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 6 | MAD Strikes Back! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.125 | pencils: ? (photo); inks: ? (photo); letters: typeset | |
| 7 | ...The Jack E. Glisten Story | comic story | 5 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Jack E. Glisten |
| 8 | Very Square Dance | text article | 2 | script: Steve Allen | |
| 9 | Baseball... Science Or Skill? | comic story | 5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Smoky Allshot; Casey Stumble; Melvin Crudley; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 10 | Anyone For Wrist Slashing? | text article | 4 | script: Stan Freberg; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Stan Freberg; Michael Wilting; Liz Wilting; maid; delivery man; Mikey Wilting |
| 11 | Was George Washington "George"? | text article | 6 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | George Washington; John Smith; Pocahontas; Snow White; Witch; The Seven Dwarfs [Dummchen; Fröhlich; Doktor; Brummbär; Niessen; Schüchtern; Schlafhaube] |
| 12 | The Sleeping Beauty | text story | 2 | script: Ernie Kovacs; pencils: Gustave Doré; inks: Gustave Doré | Sleeping Beauty |
| 13 | MAD Awards... | comic story | 6 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Alfred E. Neuman (as award statuette); Ed Hurlthehay |
| 14 | - | text article | 4 | script: Bernard Shir-Cliff | Mel Haney |
| 15 | They Built Their Dream-House Singlehanded | text story | 4 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Blanding Countersunk; Babs Countersunk |
| 16 | Gettysburg Address | text article | 1 | script: Doodles Weaver | |
| 17 | The Stark Club | comic story | 5 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Sherwin Billingscheck; Sherwinette Billingscheck; Mr. & Mrs. Fludney Bent; Mr. & Mrs. Bedney Flunt; Mr. & Mrs. Fledney Bunt; Myron Cowznofski; Mr. & Mrs. Flentney; Mr. & Mrs. Blunt; Mr. & Mrs. Buntney; Gledney Dent; Barney Flent; Mr. & Mrs. VanFlentney; Mr. & Mrs. Bootney Fent; Mr. & Mrs. Blint; Mr. |
| 18 | Advice To Young Men On How To Get Into The Army | text article | 3 | script: Roger Price; pencils: Roger Price; inks: Roger Price | |
| 19 | Fozless Fooznick | comic story | 0.33 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Fozless Fooznick; Chief; Lil' Ab'r; Junior (cameo) |
| 20 | The Blackboard Jumble | comic story | 3.17 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | |
| 21 | Banish Body Aroma Problems and Like That | comic story | 0.25 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |
| 22 | Wowee Gang - I Wish I'd Written Both These New Mad Books! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.25 | letters: typeset | |
| 23 | Your Voice of Wiseness Says Smoke Kennt | comic story | 1 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |
| 24 | A Picture History of Ol' Craw | comic story | 1 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Ulysses S. Grant; Robert E. Lee; Davy Crockett; Jim Bowie; James Craw; Pocahontas; John Smith; Alfred E. Neuman |