| 0 | Book of Silliest Nonsense | cover | 1 | pencils: Norman Mingo; inks: Norman Mingo; colors: Norman Mingo | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | A Fairy Tale | comic story | 1 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | Crymore vs. Crymore | comic story | 8 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Tad Crymore; Joanne Crymore; Bawly Crymore; Mr. Shananagin |
| 4 | One Fine Day Downtown While Passing a Construction Site | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 5 | The Mad Soccer Primer | comic story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 6 | A Mad Look at Movie Making | comic story | 4 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 7 | The Lighter Side of... Inflation | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 8 | Mad's "Punk Rock Group" of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | Anita Bryant |
| 9 | One Saturday Afternoon Downtown | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 10 | Distinctive Mad Epitaths | cartoon | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 11 | An Al Jaffee Snappy Answers to Stupid Questions: Jogging Incident | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 12 | Sibling Misery Is... | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 13 | Mad "No Tip" Cards | comic story | 1 | script: Dick DeBartolo | |
| 14 | A Mad Expose of Some... Phone-y Baloney | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 15 | Taxing | comic story | 6 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Lekvar; Tonal; Alix; Elate; Looney; Uncle Frank |
| 16 | This Issue's Proposed Mad Medals... to be Presented to Deserving Working People | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 17 | The Lighter Side of Gadgets | comic story | 5 | script: David Berg; pencils: David Berg; inks: David Berg | |
| 18 | One Day on a Desert Island | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 19 | Mad's Real-Life "Catch-22's" | comic story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 20 | A Collection of Vital Temperature Readings Found on The Mad Thermometer | comic story | 2 | script: John Ficarra; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 21 | A Mad Look at Doors | comic story | 4 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | |
| 22 | A Mad Collection of Some Very Rare Famous Family Album Rejects | comic story | 3 | script: Paul Peter Porges; pencils: Harry North; inks: Harry North | John Wayne; Barbra Streisand; Jacques Cousteau; Idi Amin Dada; Arnold Schwartzenegger; Woody Allen; Kareem Abdul-Jabbar; Farrah-Fawcett Majors; Telly Savalas; Julia Child; Albert Einstein; Bert Lance; Ralph Nader; Henry Kissinger |
| 23 | A Mad Look at a Modern High School | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 24 | Another Day on a Desert Island | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 25 | Some Mad Things We'll Never Understand | comic story | 3 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 26 | Where Your Dollar Goes | text story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 27 | The Lighter Side of... Toys | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 28 | Spy vs. Spy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías; letters: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 29 | A Little Kid's Guide to Understanding the News | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 30 | Who Knows What Evils Lurk in the Hearts of Men? The Shadow Knows | comic story | 3 | script: Sergio Aragonés; pencils: Sergio Aragonés; inks: Sergio Aragonés; letters: Sergio Aragonés | |
| 31 | Really Important and Relevant Life Spans | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Paul Coker; inks: Paul Coker | |
| 32 | The Last Day on a Desert Island | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin; letters: Don Martin | |
| 33 | Alas | comic story | 5 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Angelo Torres; inks: Angelo Torres | Alas; Vermin; Mule; Flu |
| 34 | What Does a College Education Promise to Give Many of Today's Students? | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 35 | Pay As You Go! The Practice of Modern Medicine | illustration | 1 | pencils: ? (photograph); inks: ? (photograph); colors: ? (photograph); letters: typeset | |