| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman | |
| 2 | Botch Casually and the Somedunce Kid | comic story | 7 | script: Arnie Kogen; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Paul Newman [as Botch Casually]; Robert Redford [as The Somedunce Kid]; Katharine Ross [as Lotta Place]; W.C. Fields [as Eustace McGonicle]; Ted Cassidy [as Harvey Logan]; Don Rickles; Danny Thomas; Richard Pryor; Woody Allen; Bob Hope |
| 3 | One Day on Location | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | The Mad Blow-Your-Mind Drug Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 5 | If The World's Greatest Painters Drew the Comics | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Prissy Percy; Harrie; Carrie; Those Girls; Cool Cats; Tillie |
| 6 | Spray Can Sprays We'd Like to See | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of Sex | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | One Day in a Garage | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 9 | A Sports Fan's Garden of Verses | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 10 | Deceptive Money-Saving Labels | photo story | 2 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild | |
| 11 | More "So How Come..."? | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Richard Nixon; Tom Smothers; Dick Smothers; Harry Reasoner; Dean Martin |
| 12 | How-Are-Ya, Five-0? | comic story | 6 | script: Dick De Bartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Jack Lord [as Steve McGarrish]; James MacArthur [as Dummy Williams]; Cam Fong [as Gung-Ho]; Zulu [as Loco]; Leo G. Carroll [as Mr. Asmus]; Zsa Zsa Gabor [as Mrs. Asmus]; Buddy Hackett [as Rocky]; George C. Scott [as Benson O'Connor]; Richard Denning [as The Governor] |
| 13 | One Day in the Garden of Eden | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | Adam; Eve |
| 14 | Hints for Special Occasion Gifts | text story | 2 | script: Tom Koch | |
| 15 | The Mad Love Book | comic story | 3 | script: George Hart; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 16 | Progress | comic story | 1 | script: Max Brandel; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 17 | A Mad Look at College | cartoon | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 18 | The Problem | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 19 | Mad's Christmas Carols for the 1974 Season | comic story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 20 | The Lighter Side of Transportation | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | Roger Kaputnik |
| 21 | One Day at a Construction Site | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | Hippy; Two unnamed Construction workers |
| 22 | A Mad Peek Behind the Scenes of Home Services | cartoon | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 23 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | The Black Spy; The White Spy |
| 24 | Silent Majority the Magazine for Middle America | text article | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 25 | You Know You're Really a Football Fan When... | comic story | 2 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 26 | Great Non-Violent Guns! | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 27 | Put*On | comic story | 7 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | George C. Scott [as General Put*on]; Karl Malden [as General Boredly] |
| 28 | What Innocent Product Threatens the World with an Immense Explosion? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 29 | One Day in the Park | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 30 | - | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Harvey Kurtzman; inks: Harvey Kurtzman; letters: Harvey Kurtzman | |
| 31 | Ripup's Believe It or Don't | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; letters: Ben Oda | |
| 32 | Frank N. Stein! | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda | Baron Francesco Napoleon Stein; Bumble; Melvin; Sherman; the monster |
| 33 | Little Orphan Melvin! | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda | Little Orphan Melvin; Daddy Peacebucks; Punjoke; Gravel; Ax L. Maxl; The Gasp!; Mommy Peacebucks |
| 34 | Shadow! | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; pencils: Bill Elder; inks: Bill Elder; colors: Marie Severin; letters: Ben Oda | Margo Pain; Lamont Shadowskeedeeboomboom |
| 35 | This Issue Is Going To Change Your Whole Viewpoint of MAD... | insert or dust jacket | 0 | script: Harvey Kurtzman; colors: Marie Severin | |