| 0 | Mad | cover | 1 | pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Letters and Tomatoes Dept. | letters page | 2 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | “Crock O’Dull” Dummee, Too | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Paul Hogan [as Crock O’Dull Dummee]; Linda Kozlowski [as Zoo]; Charles S. Dutton [as Killjoy]; Hechter Ubarry [as Reako] |
| 3 | The Free-Style Firing-Squad Fiasco | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 4 | Same Words... Different Circumstances! | comic story | 2 | script: J. Prete, Christopher Allen; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 5 | More Famous Stories as Told by Famous People | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | John Gotti; Donald Trump; Ronald Reagan; Gary Hart |
| 6 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes At a Comedy Club | comic story | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 7 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; the White Spy |
| 8 | Politically Inspired Olympic Events | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Bob Jones; inks: Bob Jones | |
| 9 | What is a Supernerd? | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | The Pesky Pecker Puzzler | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 12 | The Saga of AT&T | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 13 | A Mad Look at Fat | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 14 | Rewriting the Constitution for Political Extremists | photo story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Gerry Gersten; inks: Gerry Gersten | |
| 15 | Advertising Claims That Somehow Didn’t Thrill Us | comic story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 16 | Twelve Reasons Why Being in Congress is Worth the Price | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 17 | Rambull III | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Sylvester Stallone [as John Rambull]; Randy Raney [as Sgt. Svnk]; Richard Brenna [as Col. Brooktrout] |
| 18 | The Exquisite Execution Experiment | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Duck Edwing; inks: Duck Edwing | |
| 19 | The Mad Flower Garden | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | Donald Trump; Michael Jackson; Jesse Jackson; Vanna White; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Sylvester Stallone |
| 20 | Other McD. L. T. Type Ideas We Like to See from McDonald's | comic story | 1 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 21 | What Advancement is Being Hailed as a Breakthrough in Air Pollution Control? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |