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| 1 | Mad's Modern Believe It or Nuts | cartoon | 1 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke; letters: Bob Clarke | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Cliché Movie Scenes Brought Up to Date | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker; inks: Paul Peter Porges, Mort Drucker | |
| 4 | A Mad Glance at a Congressman's Outgoing Mail | text story | 3 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 5 | A Mad Look at Wars of Yore | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 6 | Mad's Famous Department Store Clerks' Course | text story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 7 | Mad Sickie Stickies | text story | 4 | pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 8 | The Richard M. Nixon Presidential Primer | photo story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Max Brandel; inks: Max Brandel | Richard Nixon; Spiro Agnew |
| 9 | One Day in a Tenement | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | True Fat | comic story | 6 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | John Wayne [as Booster Claghorn]; Kim Darby [as Brattie Ross]; Glen Campbell [as LaBeefy]; Jeff Corey [as Tom Shamey]; Strother Martin [as The Colonel] |
| 11 | A Mad Look at Footprints | cartoon | 2 | script: Dean Norman; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 12 | Mad's Modernized College Entrance Exam | text story | 3 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 13 | One Day Downtown | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 14 | A Mad Look at Two High School Generations | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 15 | The Lighter Side of Money | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 16 | Spy Vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 17 | Mad's Condonence Cards for Life's Other Tragedies | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 18 | If "Peanuts" Were a Weekly TV Series | comic story | 4 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Charlie Brown; Linus Van Pelt; Lucy Van Pelt; Peppermint Patty; Snoopy; Woodstock; Schroeder; Sally Brown; Shermy |
| 19 | Sports Cars We'd Like to See | comic story | 3 | script: Basil Wolverton; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | |
| 20 | U.S. Folksy Income Tax Return | cartoon | 2 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: John Putnam; inks: John Putnam | |
| 21 | Makeus Sickby M.D. | comic story | 6 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Makeus Sickby; Richard Craven; Dr. Smiley; Brenda; Howard Cosell; Jackie Gleason |
| 22 | One Morning in the Life of an Optician | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | I Remember, I Remember the Wondrous Woodstock Music Fair | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 24 | Mad's "Foreign Film Producer of the Year" | comic story | 4 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Hugh Downs; Carlo Levinetini |
| 25 | 21st Century Outdoors Magazine | comic story | 6 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Loreen Taylor; Steel Nurvs; Judy DeLizza; Joe Theismann; Carla Zammarioni |
| 26 | The Fitting | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 27 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes at the U. S. Congress | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 28 | You Know You're Really on Your Own When... | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch, Gloria L. Rich; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 29 | The Lighter Side of Family Gatherings | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 31 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 32 | More Up-to-Date Health & Safety Songs for Children | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 33 | Once Again in Front of a Novelty Shop | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 34 | Airplot | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Mule Bakersdozen; Cinderblock; Tango Livingdoll; Vermin Swinger; B. Carria; Gryn Mayday; Antsin Hisspantz; Panicky Loudmouth; Obnoxious Kid; Adorable Nun; Phony Priest; Little Old Lady; Stowaway; Wide-Eyed Group Sickie |
| 35 | What Form of Inflation Are Most Americans Constantly Fighting? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 36 | Ditched in the South Pacific | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; colors: Don Martin | |