| 0 | Mad Classic Flops | cover | 1 | pencils: R. Williams; inks: R. Williams; colors: R. Williams | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 2 | Raiders of a Lost Art | comic story | 7 | script: Dick DeBartolo, Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 3 | One Blazing Hot Day on the Desert | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 4 | How Many Mistakes Can You Find in this Picture? | comic story | 2 | script: Chris Hart; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 5 | Who Are You Gonna Blame...? | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 6 | 1981 Supply Catalogue | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 7 | Still More American Jokes They're Telling in Poland | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 8 | The Lighter Side of… | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 9 | The Mad Questionnaire for Uncovering America's "Truly Needy" | comic story | 2 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 10 | Mad's Really Relevant Book of Lists | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs | |
| 11 | More Candid Mad Snapshots of Historical Celebrities | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | Emperor Nero; William Shakespeare; Dr. Livingston; King David; Queen Victoria; Adolph Hitler; Cleopatra; King Midas; Christopher Columbus |
| 12 | We'll Always Be Suckers for Clever Advertising... | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 13 | One Blazing Hot Day on Main Street | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 14 | A Pledge That Employees Can Really Live Up To | text story | 2 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 15 | Too Gross for Comfort | comic story | 6 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 16 | Now Playing at the White House | photo story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs | Ronald Reagan (photo) |
| 17 | A "Let the Punishment Fit the Crime" Up-Date | comic story | 3 | script: Mike Snider; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 18 | Mad's New Phobias for the '80's | comic story | 2 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 19 | A Mad Look at Air Travel | text story | 5 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 20 | Your Mad Horoscope | text story | 1 | script: John Ficarra | |
| 21 | William Shakespeare...Movie Critic | photo story | 2 | script: Henry Clark | James T. Kirk (photo of William Shatner); Spock (photo of Leonard Nimoy); Dr. “Bones” McCoy (photo of DeForest Kelly); Montgomery “Scotty” Scott (photo of James Doohan); Captain “Wild” Bill Kelso (photo of John Belushi); James Bond (photo of Roger Moore); Rocky Balboa (photo of Sylvester Stallone); |
| 22 | The Lighter Side of... | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 23 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Anthony Prohías; pencils: Anthony Prohías; inks: Anthony Prohías | |
| 24 | Outlandish | comic story | 6 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | |
| 25 | Here is a Typical Junior High School Graduating Class. See If You Can Guess Who's Going to Grow Up to Be What? | comic story | 2 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 26 | Mad Image-Builders | comic story | 4 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 27 | Family Snapshots They Never Put in the Family Album | comic story | 2 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Peter Porges; inks: Paul Peter Porges | |
| 28 | The National Parent Test | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 29 | One Blazing Hot Day on the Beach | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 30 | If They Can Put a Man on the Moon, Then Why Can't They... | comic story | 3 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 31 | Magnumb, P.U. | comic story | 6 | pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Dumbas Magnumb; Hick; C.T. Priggins; Dr. Tiffany Karrot |
| 32 | What's the Difference Between An Idiot--And Someone Who Folds "Fold Ins"? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 33 | - | comic story | 1 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |