| 0 | The TV Guise Fall Preview | cover | 1 | letters: typeset | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Mad's Color Puzzle Page | cartoon | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke; colors: Bob Clarke | |
| 2 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 3 | 201 Minutes of a Space Idiocy | comic story | 7 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Kier Dullea [as Bowtie]; Gary Lockwood [as Poop]; William Sylvester [as Dr. Haywire]; Leonard Rossiter [as Dr. Smyles] |
| 4 | Mad about Fashion Fads | text story | 1 | script: Ronnie Nathan; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 5 | Mad's 'Practical' New Car Designed to Eliminate Owner Aggravation | comic story | 2 | script: David Gantz; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 6 | You and Your Big Mouth! | comic story | 2 | script: Dean Norman; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee | |
| 7 | Another Sickening Collection of Mad Greeting Cards | comic story | 2 | script: Earle Doud; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 8 | The Conservative Dream | photo story | 2 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: AP/Wide World; inks: AP/Wide World | |
| 9 | What Politicians Say... | comic story | 3 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 10 | More Mad Namelies | illustration | 3 | pencils: Max Brandel; inks: Max Brandel; letters: Max Brandel | |
| 11 | If the President Were Chosen Like 'Miss America' | comic story | 5 | script: Earle Doud; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | Bert Parks [as Bert Smirk]; Dick Gregory [as Gregory Dick]; Otto Preminger [as Otto Promiser]; Woody Allen; Eugene McCarthy; Nelson Rockefeller; George Wallace; Hubert Humphrey; Richard Nixon; June Lockhart [as June Lockliver]; Ronald Reagan; Lyndon Johnson |
| 12 | Don Martin on the Golf Course | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 13 | Further Adventures of the Red Baron, or "Security Ist Ein Grounded Beaglehundt" | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | The Red Baron; Snoopy [as the Famous World War One Flying Ace] |
| 14 | Toy Boat Decoy | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 15 | The Lighter Side of High School Football | comic story | 5 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 16 | Casey at the Dice | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Jack Davis; inks: Jack Davis | |
| 17 | A Mad Look at Bugs 'n Worms 'n Things | comic story | 3 | script: Don Edwing; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 18 | MafiaCo Incorporated | comic story | 7 | script: Lou Silverstone; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 19 | Horrifying Cliches [Part 6] | cartoon | 2 | script: Phil Hahn, Neal Barbera, May Sakami; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 20 | A Mad Look at Sex Education in the Schools | comic story | 3 | script: Jack Kent; pencils: Jack Kent; inks: Jack Kent | |
| 21 | Mad's Book Publisher of the Year | comic story | 4 | script: Stan Hart; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 22 | On the Set | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 23 | Mad's Follow-up Report on Progress | comic story | 3 | script: Dick DeBartolo; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 24 | S.O.S. | comic story | 1 | script: Antonio Prohías; pencils: Antonio Prohías; inks: Antonio Prohías | Black Spy; White Spy |
| 25 | One Day in Baghdad | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 26 | You Know You've Really Made It When... | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Ridgeway; pencils: Paul Coker Jr.; inks: Paul Coker Jr. | |
| 27 | The Typical "Success Story" | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | John Garfield [as Joey]; Lee J. Cobb [as Pop]; Shirley Booth [as Shirley]; Dustin Hoffman [as Ricky]; David Niven [as Dad]; Mia Farrow [as the Hippie Chick]; Candace Bergen [as Samantha] |
| 28 | In What Battle Zone Are the Most Shocking Atrocities Being Committed? | illustration | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Al Jaffee; inks: Al Jaffee; colors: Al Jaffee | |
| 29 | The 60-Second Disappointment | illustration | 1 | pencils: Irving Schild; inks: Irving Schild; colors: Irving Schild | |