| 0 | - | cover | 1 | letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Be Suspicious | illustration | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Mad's Snappy Answers to Those Old Cliches | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 4 | Crazy Fists | comic story | 7 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Bette Davis; George Hamilton; Keenan Wynn; Audrey Hepburn; Buddy Hackett; Walter Cronkite; Don Knotts |
| 5 | Three Hairy Stories | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 6 | The Lighter Side of the Boss | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 7 | Fight Songs for the Common Man | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 8 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 9 | A Mad Look at Winter Sports | cartoon | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 10 | When Politicians Do Television Commercials | comic story | 4 | script: Sol Weinstein, Donald Axe; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Lyndon Johnson, Nikita Khrushchev, Richard Nixon |
| 11 | Early One Morning | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 12 | The Mad United States Foreign Policy Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Lawrence Harvey Siegel; pencils: Robert James Clarke; inks: Robert James Clarke | Lyndon Johnson; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 13 | Son of Mighty Joe Kong | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | James Garner [as Robert Headstrong]; Doris Day [as Rae Faye]; Dick Van Dyke [as Bruce Cabbage] |
| 14 | One Summer Afternoon | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 15 | Mad's Valentines to American Industry | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Mort Drucker, Don Martin, Jack Rickard, Bob Clarke, George Woodbridge, Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 16 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 17 | TV Commercial Aids | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 18 | Horror Movie Scenes We'd Like to See | cartoon | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Frankenstein's monster; The Mummy; The Creature from the Black Lagoon; Dracula; King Kong |
| 19 | In the Desert | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 20 | Mad Interviews the Greeting Card Manufacturer of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Frank Gifford [as Frank Giffurd]; Konrad Kupid |
| 21 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 22 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts | comic story | 2 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 23 | A Frightful Incident | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 24 | Hair Goo | comic story | 6 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 25 | Football "In Depth" | comic story | 4 | script: Ronald Axe, Sol Weinstein; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Mel Hyndsite; Charlie Dittoe |
| 26 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 27 | Unspoken Messages in TV Commercials | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 28 | The Lighter Side of Employees | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 29 | In an Alley | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 30 | Passion Place | comic story | 5 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Warner Anderson [as Matt Swine]; Barbara Parkins [as Barbara Anacin]; Ryan O'Neal [as Rodney Hairbrain]; Dorothy Malone [as Constance McFrenzie]; Mia Farrow [as Allison McFrenzie]; Ed Nelson [as Michael Rusty]; Christopher Connelly [as Mr. Hairbrain] |
| 31 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts | comic story | 1 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 32 | Who Are the Disaster Victims That Nobody Helps? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 33 | The Day They Shot the "Ten-foot-tall Washing Machine" Ad in an 8-foot High Basement | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |