| 0 | Build Up Your Ego With MAD | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | What Happened to the Coverage? | comic story | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: various (see note); inks: various (see note); letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Wanna Neck? | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 4 | Random Samplings of Reader Mail | letters page | 1 | script: Albert B. Feldstein | |
| 5 | Over 30 Million Sold | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.17 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 6 | Don't Say We Didn't Warn You! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.17 | pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset | |
| 7 | It Was a Case of Mind Over Reading-Matter! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 0.33 | pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); letters: typeset | |
| 8 | Alfred's Poor Almanac | text article | 1 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 9 | MAD Investigates the Sordid Business of Gambling | comic story | 6 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | C. C. Clavendish III; Lotta Rees; Sam Grafter; Dr. Sidney A. Kindlyfellow |
| 10 | Famous Test Papers | text article | 3 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | John Daly; Leonard Bernstein; Georgie Jessel; Milton Berle; Alexander King; Jack Parr; Richard Nixon; John Kennedy |
| 11 | Rain | comic story | 4 | script: David Berg; pencils: David Berg; inks: David Berg | |
| 12 | Spy vs Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy, The White Spy |
| 13 | A MAD Guide to Russia | text story | 5 | script: Phil Hahn; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Nikita Khrushchev; Joseph Stalin |
| 14 | Don Martin in Sherwood Forest | comic story | 6 | pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Robin Hood; Little John |
| 15 | Celebrities' Wallets | text article | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Frank Sinatra |
| 16 | MAD's Journal of Future Physical Afflictions | text article | 4 | script: Howie Schneider; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | The Birth of a Madison Avenue Brand Name | comic story | 4 | script: Walter Farley; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Mr. Clean (cameo) |
| 18 | Dream girls | comic story | 2 | script: Don Reilly; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 19 | Spy vs Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy, The White Spy |
| 20 | South Chicago | comic story | 5 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Frankie Avalon; Southside Looey [Bobby Darin]; James Darren ?; Paul Anka; Northside Charlie [Elvis Presley]; Ricky Nelson; Lt. Farfel [Dick Clark]; Flossie; Sidney [Perry Como]; Dean Martin (cameo) |
| 21 | The Big Bad Wall | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Big Bad Wolf |
| 22 | No Longer a Farce in the Crowd! | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | We Knew Them When | text story | 0 | letters: typeset | |
| 24 | He Thought He Would Rest in Peace...in Place... | comic story | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Joseph Stalin; Nikolai Lenin |