| 0 | Special Full-Color Issue! | cover | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 1 | The Incredible Hanson Story, From Start to Finish! | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Timothy Shamey; inks: Timothy Shamey | |
| 2 | Melvin & Jenkins' Guide to Music Appreciation | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Kevin Pope; inks: Kevin Pope | |
| 3 | 6 Degrees of Separation Between Anyone and Anything Part III | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka | |
| 4 | Mad’s Realistic Food Guide Pyramid for College Students | comic story | 1 | script: Dennis Snee; pencils: Timothy Shamey; inks: Timothy Shamey | |
| 5 | The Lighter Side of… | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | Roger Kaputnik |
| 6 | The Dumbest People, Events and Things of 1998 | comic story | 16 | script: Charlie Kadau, Scott Maiko, Mike Snider, John Caldwell, Desmond Devlin, Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mark Stutzman, Marshall Vandruff, Drew Friedman, John Caldwell, Tom Bunk, Irving Schild; inks: Mark Stutzman, Marshall Vandruff, Drew Friedman, John Caldwell, Tom Bunk, Irving Schild | |
| 7 | Mountaintop Missile | comic story | 2 | script: Michael Gallagher; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper | |
| 8 | Mad’s Step-By-Step Guide to Making Your Own Infomercial | comic story | 3 | pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 9 | Monroe &… the School Trip Part II | comic story | 2 | script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray | |
| 10 | Who’s Who at a Star Trek Convention | comic story | 2 | script: Barry Liebmann; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 11 | The Ambivalence Chaser: A Not-So-Grand Jury Testimony | photo story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: David P. Levin; inks: David P. Levin | |
| 12 | JAB | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | David James Elliott [as Lt. Harmless Drab]; Catherine Bell [as Major Hack McFrenzie]; John M. Jackson [as Admiral Chuckwagon]; Patrick Labyorteaux [as Bud Robots]; Karri Turner [as Ensign Harried Simmer]; General Goofoff; Major Bust; Lt. Jenkins; Popeye (cameo) |
| 13 | Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds | illustration | 1 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Hermann Mejía; inks: Hermann Mejía | David Hasselhoff |
| 14 | What Attraction Drew Fans to the Ballpark in Record Numbers This Year? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |