| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Jack Davis | |
| 1 | The Gore of the Roses | comic story | 4 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Danny DeVito [as Grabin’ DeMoola]; Kathleen Turner [as Barb]; Michael Douglas [as Oilier] |
| 2 | A Mad Look at Hair | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 3 | Making Baseball Card Collections Complete | comic story | 3 | script: John Pound; pencils: Desmond Devlin; inks: Desmond Devlin | |
| 4 | All You Need to Know You Learned in Nursery School | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 5 | Duck Edwing on the Loose at the Zoo | comic story | 3 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | Scarecrow; Dorothy; Toto; Cowardly Lion; Tin Man |
| 6 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; the White Spy |
| 7 | Important Things We’d Never Learn Without TV | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 8 | More Quick Recoveries for Embarrassing Situations | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 9 | The Mad New Kids on the Block True or False Personality Quiz | activity | 2 | script: Charlie Kadau; pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka | |
| 10 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 11 | Leisure Time Courses Adults Really Need | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 12 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 13 | Mad's Video Reviews | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano | |
| 14 | 2 Hour School of Dentistry | comic story | 1 | script: Joe Raiola, Charlie Kadau; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk | |
| 15 | Find the… | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 16 | Mad Greeting Cards for People We Don’t Even Know | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | |
| 17 | Roach! | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Craig T. Nelson [as Hayden Lox]; Shelley Fabares [as Christine Armweary]; Jerry Van Dyke [as Loser]; Bill Fagerbakke [as Duds]; Clare Carey [as Smelly Lox]; Kris Kamm [as Stu-wart] |
| 18 | For Whose Work Is a Bidding War Creating Higher Prices? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 19 | Mad's All-Star Flopps (All-New 2nd Series) | illustration | 1 | pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams | Arsenio Hall; Roseanne Barr; Pete Rose; Lawrence Rawl; John Glenn; Bryant Gumbel; Dan Quayle; David Duke |
| 20 | Drawn Out Dramas | comic story | 0 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |