| 0 | In This Issue We Shoot Down Top Gun | cover | 1 | script: Nick Meglin, John Ficarra, Charlie Kadau, Joe Raiola, Sara Fowler; pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Table of Contents | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Random Samplings of Readers Mail | letters page | 1.3 | pencils: various; inks: various; letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Top Gunk | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Maniac; Goof; Ice Berg |
| 4 | Early One Morning at the Hospital | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 5 | Mad's Practical Joke Catalogue for Courtrooms | comic story | 2 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 6 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at a Music Video | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 7 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Anthony Prohías; pencils: Anthony Prohías; inks: Anthony Prohías | |
| 8 | Mr. Jolly Rogers' Neighborhood Visits A Local Bank | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Mr. Jolly Rogers; Ralph Nabob; Bert; Ernie |
| 9 | Horrifying Crime Cliches... | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 10 | Mad's Fearless Forecast For the Upcoming TV Season | comic story | 2 | script: Barry Liebman; pencils: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Will Elder, Harvey Kurtzman | |
| 11 | The Three Mile Island Children's Zoo | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Hachtman; pencils: Tom Hachtman; inks: Tom Hachtman | |
| 12 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 13 | The Defense Contractors' Clearinghouse Catalog General Public Division | comic story | 3 | script: John Rios; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 14 | The Advantages of Being Dumped | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 15 | Mad's Modern Day Tongue Twisters | comic story | 1 | script: David Ames; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 16 | Head Trip | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 17 | Those Ridiculous Little Things TV Commercials Say! | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 18 | Future 'Special Editions' of Trivial Pursuit | comic story | 2 | script: Joe Raiola, Elizabeth White, Charles Kadau | |
| 19 | Early One Afternoon at Top Gunk | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 20 | Grabme & Spacey | comic story | 5 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Pristine Grabme; Merrybet Spacey; Lt. Darnrules; Issexy; Detective Peachy; desk sergeant; Starsky; Hutch |
| 21 | Early One Evening in Las Vegas | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 22 | How Can Devastating Floods of Gunk and Filth Be Stopped? | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 23 | Schmuck on Board! | illustration | 1 | script: Charlie Kadau | |
| 24 | Drawn Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |