| 0 | - | cover | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams; colors: Richard Williams | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | What Safe, Cheap Star Wars Technology Would We Like to Suggest to the Pentagon? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 2 | Die-Nasty | comic story | 6 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 3 | One Fine Sunday Afternoon in the Jungle | comic story | 1 | script: Mat Jacobs; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | The Mad Wrestling Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 5 | Raising Money with Other Forms of Legalized Gambling | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 6 | The Mad Emergency Barf-Inducing Technique the Potrzebie Maneuver | comic story | 3 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 7 | Porn in the U.S.A. | text story | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 8 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 9 | One Fine Tuesday Morning Uptown | comic story | 1 | script: Mat Jacobs; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | Join Mad's Trendy Book of the Month Club | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 11 | If Advertisers Made Use of Old Masters | photo story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 12 | The Mad Practical Driving Test | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 13 | Mad's Goetz Mask | activity | 1 | script: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: A. Tannenbaum-Sygma; inks: A. Tannenbaum-Sygma | |
| 14 | Pastimes for Nerds | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 15 | If the Miller Lite Beer Gang Ran This Country | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 16 | Mad's Really Perplexing Mysteries of Life | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snyder; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 17 | One Fine Friday Evening Downtown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 18 | Beverly Hills Cop Out | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 19 | The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit (Cont.) | comic story | 1 | script: John Ficarra | |
| 20 | The Trivial Pursuit Survival Kit | activity | 1 | script: John Ficarra | |
| 21 | Drawn-Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |