| 0 | Mad | cover | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs, Bill Doherty; pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Dorky Dancing | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Jennifer Grey [as Bubbie]; Patrick Swayze [as Jawclench]; Cynthia Rhodes [as Pinhead]; Jack Weston [as Lox] |
| 2 | The Terrifying Terminal Tragedy | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | Harold |
| 3 | Still More Celebrity Silhouettes | comic story | 2 | script: Rurik Tyler; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Robin Leach; Ernie; Kaddafi; Nancy; Don Johnson; Max Headroom; Roger Ebert; Marvin; |
| 4 | Quick Recoveries for Embarrassing Situations | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 5 | A Mad Look at School | comic story | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | The Stupefying Suicide Situation | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 7 | The Mad Nasty File (Vol Two) | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Jim McMahon; Lt. Col. Oliver North; Jack Nicholson; Oprah Winfrey; Ferdinand Marcos; Imelda Marcos; Tom Cruise; Gary Hart |
| 8 | Dangerous Sports for the Very Daring and the Super Stupid | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 9 | Secret Supermarket Rules | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 10 | The Official Mad Pardon of Ronald Reagan | text story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Ronald Reagan |
| 11 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 12 | The Disastrous Desert Drama | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 13 | Celebrity Reading Lists | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | John Madden; Dan Rather; Frank Sinatra; Joan Rivers; Brooke Shields; George Steinbrenner; Michael Jackson; Ayatollah Khomeini |
| 14 | Mad’s Instant Guide to Zodiac Types | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 15 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; the White Spy |
| 16 | Stinkout | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Emilio Estevez [as Bilk]; Aidan Quinn [as Wretched Runtgomery]; Madeleine Stowe [as Marina McFire]; Richie Valens (cameo); |
| 17 | Disclaimers for TV Commercials to that Don’t Have Disclaimers | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 18 | The Macabre Morticians’ Melodrama | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 19 | What Is Fast Becoming the Number One Cause of Drinking Among Today’s Youth? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 20 | Sports Titillated | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild | |