| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Gary Pullin; inks: Gary Pullin; colors: Gary Pullin | |
| 1 | - | table of contents | 2 | pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman; colors: Drew Friedman | |
| 2 | A Mad Look at U.F.O.s | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; colors: Jim Campbell; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 3 | What Would Really Happen If Extraterrestrials Came to Earth Today | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 4 | - | comic story | 2 | script: Peter Kuper; pencils: Peter Kuper; inks: Peter Kuper; colors: Peter Kuper; letters: Peter Kuper | |
| 5 | Mad Bash Blow Out! | text article | 3 | script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Jack Davis, Peter Kuper, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Don Martin, James Warhola; inks: Jack Davis, Peter Kuper, Dave Berg, Bob Clarke, Don Martin, James Warhola | |
| 6 | Alias | comic story | 8 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Mother (computer); Dripley; Asp; Dullest; Pain; Lambaste; Barker; Frett |
| 7 | A Mad Look at Alien Invasions | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 8 | Real Reasons Why the X-Files is Totally Unbelievable | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Drew Friedman; inks: Drew Friedman | |
| 9 | The Mad Treasury of Truly Unexplained Phenomena | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 10 | Duke Bissell’s Tales of Undisputed Interest | comic story | 1 | script: P. C. Vey; pencils: P. C. Vey; inks: P. C. Vey | |
| 11 | One Fine Day in a Galaxy Far, Far Away | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Monte Wolverton; inks: Monte Wolverton | Leia Organa, Luke Skywalker, Han Solo |
| 12 | Mad's Science Fiction Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Desmond Devlin; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 13 | If the Star Wars Galaxy Had Classified Ads | comic story | 1 | script: David Shayne; pencils: Tom Bunk; inks: Tom Bunk; colors: Tom Bunk | |
| 14 | A Space Alien’s Date Book | comic story | 1 | script: Lori Kolman; pencils: Greg Theakston; inks: Greg Theakston | |
| 15 | Q.T. the Quasi-Terrestrial | comic story | 7 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis; colors: Carrie Strachan | Q.T.; Yelliot; Various Q.T.'s; unnamed Mama's Pizza delivery boy; Mite; Girth; Yoda (cameo); unnamed teacher; unnamed students; Yelliot's mom; unnamed U.S. Army soldiers |
| 16 | Mad Movie Outakes E.T. | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Carrie Strachan | E.T.; Elliot; Gertie |
| 17 | A Mad Look at Alien Abduction | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 18 | A Mad Look at Mishaps of the Future | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 19 | The Alarming Alien Atrocity | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing; colors: Carl Peterson | |
| 20 | - | comic story | 1 | pencils: Dave Manak; inks: Dave Manak | |
| 21 | E.T. Don't Phone Home Dept. | comic story | 1 | script: Duck Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | E.T.; unnamed police officers |
| 22 | Vey to Go! Dept. | cartoon | 1 | script: P. C. Vey; pencils: P. C. Vey; inks: P. C. Vey; letters: P. C. Vey | |
| 23 | What Have Many Recent UFO Sightings Turned Out to Be? | illustration | 1 | script: Johnny Sampson; pencils: Johnny Sampson; inks: Johnny Sampson; colors: Johnny Sampson | |