| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas, Don Martin; inks: Kelly Freas, Don Martin | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Pay Toll Fifty Feet | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Mad Solutions to Big City Doggie-Do Problems | comic story | 5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 4 | In the Hospital | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 5 | Answers to Children's Letters - - from God | text story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Donald K. Epstein | |
| 6 | Mad's Cliche Killers | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 7 | In a Las Vegas Hotel Lobby | comic story | 1 | pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 8 | Horrifying Cliches | comic story | 2 | script: Phil Hahn, Jack Hanrahan; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 9 | Mad One-Time-Use Products | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 10 | The First Echo | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 11 | Announcements for Everything | text story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 12 | Visiting Day | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 13 | Mad's Physical Fitness Program | comic story | 2 | script: Dean Norman; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 14 | A Mad Peek Through the Microscope | comic story | 3 | script: Phil Hahn; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 15 | Mad's Cheap Revolutionary Way to Eat Out and Lose Weight | comic story | 1 | script: Larry Gore; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 16 | A Mad Look at Burial at Sea | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Edwing; inks: Don Edwing | |
| 17 | The Rejection Slip | comic story | 3 | script: Tom Hudson; pencils: Tom Hudson; inks: Tom Hudson | |
| 18 | Gambling in the Amazon | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 19 | A Portfolio of Shapely Mad Verse | text story | 2 | script: William Garvin | |
| 20 | A Mad Look at Some Legendary Commodes | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 21 | The Prophet | comic story | 1 | pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 22 | The Shadow Knows | comic story | 2 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 23 | A Mad Look at Tarzan... Today | comic story | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | John Clayton, Tarzan |
| 24 | The Rescue | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 25 | Boy Scouts vs. Little Old Ladies | comic story | 2 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 26 | Stereotype-Casting | comic story | 3 | pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 27 | One Day in the Pasture | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 28 | Mad Beastlies | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Coker; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 29 | Mad Goes to a Buffet Supper | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges; letters: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 30 | Russian "Russian Roulette" | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 31 | You Never Really Get Used to... | comic story | 2 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 32 | Candid Mad Snapshots of Historical Celebrities | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | Napoleon; Ivan the Terrible; Pavlov; Attila the Hun; Baron von Richthofen; Betsy Ross; Mr. Reuters |
| 33 | In the Klondike | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 34 | When the "UPC" Symbol Takes Over Completely | comic story | 3 | script: Henry Clark; pencils: Henry Clark; inks: Henry Clark; letters: Henry Clark | |
| 35 | Wheelers and Dealers | comic story | 2 | script: Basil Wolverton, Al Feldstein; pencils: Basil Wolverton; inks: Basil Wolverton | |
| 36 | Mad Salutes One of Our Unsung Household Pets: The Turtle | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 37 | Scenes We'd Like to See | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 38 | Mad's Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions | comic story | 3 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 39 | One Evening at Home | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 40 | A Mad Look at Karate | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 41 | MAD's Comprehensive Small Irritation Insurance | comic story | 4 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Bert Parks (television still photo) |
| 42 | The Parting Shot | comic story | 1 | pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | |
| 43 | A Mad Look at Bugs 'n Worms 'n Things | comic story | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 44 | An Architectural Triumph | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 45 | Mad Novelty Items for Practical-Joker Jocks | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 46 | One Afternoon in Downtown Lourdes | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 47 | Support Gun Control! | cover reprint (on interior page) | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |