| 0 | We Break the Hobbit! | cover | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 1 | Mad’s Privacy Policy | text story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 2 | Bored of the Rings: The Feeble Schtick of Ka-Ching! | comic story | 5 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Hermann Mejía; inks: Hermann Mejía | Elijah Wood [as Dodo Gaggings];Ian McKellen [as Gandoof]; Viggo Mortenson [as Peppercorn]; Sean Astin [as Spam Gangrene]; Billy Boyd [as Pimple]; Dominic Monaghan [as Baggybuns]; Ian Holm [as Billboard Gaggings]; Liv Tyler [as Argon]; Sean Bean [as Borderline]; Orlando Bloom [as Legolamb]; Christoph |
| 3 | Mad’s Prime-Time TV Listings | comic story | 2 | pencils: Rick Tulka; inks: Rick Tulka | |
| 4 | Drama on Page 14 | comic story | 1 | script: Michael Gallagher; pencils: John Caldwell; inks: John Caldwell | |
| 5 | Monroe and… Babysitting | comic story | 4 | script: Anthony Barbieri; pencils: Bill Wray; inks: Bill Wray | |
| 6 | Mad Examines Selected Pages in a Typical High School Theater Program | comic story | 4 | script: Butch D'Ambrosio; pencils: Monte Wolverton; inks: Monte Wolverton | |
| 7 | The Mad (Dead) People Watcher's Guide at a Typical Cemetery | comic story | 2 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: James Warhola; inks: James Warhola | |
| 8 | Their Team… & Your Team… | comic story | 3 | script: J. Prete; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond | |
| 9 | A Letter to the American People from Enron | text story | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 10 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper | |
| 11 | The Final Minute of Saturday Night Live | comic story | 2 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman | |
| 12 | If Medical Marijuana Was Legalized… | comic story | 2 | pencils: Kevin Pope; inks: Kevin Pope | |
| 13 | A Mad Look at The Lord of the Rings | comic story | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 14 | Sports Acronyms You Never Knew Existed | comic story | 2 | script: Jeff Kruse; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 15 | Mad's Celebrity Cause-Of-Death Betting Odds | illustration | 1 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Hermann Mejía; inks: Hermann Mejía | Drew Carey |
| 16 | No Emotions Eleven | comic story | 6 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | George Clooney [as Dante Lotion]; Brad Pitt [as Crusty Coolhand]; Matt Damon [as Listless Cartel]; Don Cheadle [as Trashar Barr]; Elliott Gould [as Ruby Mishigoss]; Carl Reiner [as Sol Gloom]; Bernie Mac [as Crank Brazen]; Eddie Jemison [as Livingston Dull]; Shaobu Qui [as “The Amazing” Yawn”]; Scot |
| 17 | What Ogre is Destined to Have a Frightening Presence This Oscar Night? | activity | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |