| 0 | - | cover | 2 | pencils: Mark Fredrickson; inks: Mark Fredrickson; colors: Mark Fredrickson | |
| 1 | - | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 2 | Weird Al Loves Wacky Al Jaffee | text article | 1 | script: Al Jaffee, "Weird Al" Yankovic; pencils: Ed Steckley, Al Jaffee; inks: Ed Steckley, Al Jaffee; colors: Ed Steckley | |
| 3 | MAD Reader! | comic story | 2 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton; letters: Ben Oda | |
| 4 | The Mad "Effluent Society" Pollution Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 5 | Another Mad Look at Mad | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Carrie Strachan; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 6 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy; The Red Spy |
| 7 | How To Put Out An Imitation of MAD | text article | 2 | pencils: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Norman Mingo, Jack Davis; inks: Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Norman Mingo, Jack Davis | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 8 | One Fine Day on Main Street | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee; letters: Al Jaffee | |
| 9 | The Bathroom | comic story | 5 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Tom Richmond; inks: Tom Richmond; colors: Tom Richmond | |
| 10 | Presenting the Original Mad Cover and One Mad Moment Later! | illustration | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 11 | Hijinks on the High Seas! | comic story | 3 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Sam Viviano; inks: Sam Viviano; colors: Sam Viviano | |
| 12 | Mad’s Avalanche O’ Catalogs | comic story | 3 | script: Joe Raiola, Charlie Kadau; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 13 | Mad's Tom Bunk Visits the Senior Mad Home | illustration | 2 | script: Tom Bunk; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk; colors: Tom Bunk; letters: Tom Bunk | |
| 14 | Star Blecch | comic story | 5 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | William Shatner [as Captain Kook]; Leonard Nimoy [as Mr. Spook]; DeForrest Kelley [as Dr. BeCoy]; Nichelle Nichols [as the phone operator] |
| 15 | Alfred and Omega | text article | 1 | script: Jordan Peele; pencils: Richard Williams; inks: Richard Williams; colors: Richard Williams | |
| 16 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter Kuper; letters: Peter Kuper | |
| 17 | MAD Dogs and Their Owners | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas | |
| 18 | Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Ryan Flanders | |
| 19 | The Castaway | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr.; colors: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 20 | One Fine Morning in Miami | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 21 | A Swinging Jungle Tale | comic story | 1 | script: Humberto De La Torre; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Jack Davis | Tarzan [John Greystoke] |
| 22 | Don Martin Beats the High Cost of Gasoline | comic story | 3 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | Madical History Tour | text article | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Suzy Splab; inks: Suzy Splab; colors: Suzy Splab | |
| 24 | The Best of... the Lighter Side of the Mad Office | comic story | 2 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 25 | Mad Remembers Paul Coker Jr. 1929-2022 | text article | 2 | script: Benjamin Le Clear; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 26 | We Got the Cheat Dept. | text article | 1 | pencils: Tom Bunk, Sergio Aragonés; inks: Tom Bunk, Sergio Aragonés | |
| 27 | Which Decade Was Arguably the Best Era of Mad Magazine? | illustration | 2 | script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Johnny Sampson; inks: Johnny Sampson; colors: Johnny Sampson; letters: Johnny Sampson | |
| 28 | Fool-Aid | illustration | 1 | letters: typeset | |