| 0 | Spring Issue [Useful Income Tax Guide] | cover | 1 | pencils: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder; inks: Wally Wood, Harvey Kurtzman, Bill Elder; colors: Wally Wood | |
| 1 | They Wanted to Call It Partners Pick | illustration | 1 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Cotton Billow; George Company |
| 2 | - | table of contents | 1 | script: Harvey Kurtzman | Ed Sullivan |
| 3 | - | letters page | 2 | script: Harvey Kurtzman | Mel Haney [Alfred E. Neuman] |
| 4 | He Rose Tattooed | text story | 2 | pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Scallopini Rosa [Anna Lasagna]; Rosario Rosa [Burt Lambaster]; Antipasto Monticello; Rosa Rosa |
| 5 | Stamps | text story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 6 | Triumph Over Tooth Decay | text story | 1 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |
| 7 | The Race is on for the Super Guided Missile | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Wally Wood; inks: Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Wally Wood | Gallup; Kerbang; Blitz; Pick; Back; Buck Roger; Waldo; Zork Argh; Dashkin; Propelnik; Schmidt; Beelzebub; Buck Rojinikoff; Plotkin; Watchova |
| 8 | Children's Primer | text story | 3 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Sluggo; the Double Bubble gum kid; Dennis The Menace; Jughead; Little Lulu; Nancy; Henry; The Captain; Hans Katzenjammer; Fritz Katzenjammer |
| 9 | Comic Books [Black And Blue Hawks!] | comic story | 4 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Saddlesore; Saurbratten; Robespierre; Boss Hawk; Yonny Yohnson; Chop Chop Chop; woman in red |
| 10 | Young Men's Spring Fashions for 1956 | text story | 4 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 11 | Your Income Tax | text story | 4 | script: Bernard Shir-Cliff; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | |
| 12 | Collegiate Whimsey | cartoon | 2 | script: Bill Davis; pencils: Bill Davis; inks: Bill Davis | Galahad |
| 13 | The Life of General Homer T. 'Old Hominy' Shotbag | comic story | 7 | script: Ed Fischer; pencils: Ed Fischer, Seltz; inks: Ed Fischer, Seltz | Homer T. Shotbag; Simeon D. Shotbag; Flora Brocklebone Shotbag; Marie d'Ewlappe Shotbag; Abraham Lincoln; Ulysses S. Grant |
| 14 | Talk | comic story | 5 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Shirley; Lance Cowznofski; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 15 | Rare Old Cartoons | comic story | 2 | script: Henry Mayo Bateman; pencils: Henry Mayo Bateman; inks: Henry Mayo Bateman | |
| 16 | Million Dollar Horse | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Naushea; Shorty Yech; Wastrel P. Prodigal |
| 17 | Book Review: The Good Old, Old Days! | text story | 1 | script: B. Wiseman; pencils: B. Wiseman; inks: B. Wiseman | Borey Mernstein; hypnosis subject |
| 18 | Medical | comic story | 5 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Konrad Strainer; Smilby; Lance Follicle; Amanda |
| 24 | What—Me Worry? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.08 | letters: typeset | "What—Me Worry?" Kid (later to be named Alfred E. Neuman) |
| 25 | You Don't Have to Fight Over Mad | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 26 | Paper Doll Page | activity | 2 | pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder | Pete Paperdoll; Pat Paperdoll |
| 27 | Mad Presents: The Heathy Girl | illustration | 1 | pencils: Russ Heath; inks: Russ Heath | |