| 0 | - | cover | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 1 | Sing Along with Mad | insert or dust jacket | 20 | script: Frank Jacobs, Larry Siegel; pencils: Jack Rickard; inks: Jack Rickard | |
| 2 | Here's Your Special Bonus | promo (ad from the publisher) | 1 | pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 3 | Departments | table of contents | 1 | letters: typeset | |
| 4 | New Movie Monsters From Madison Avenue | comic story | 3 | script: E. Nelson Bridwell; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | |
| 5 | The Chiropractor | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 6 | America's Dream Car | comic story | 3 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 7 | The Rifle, Man! | comic story | 4 | script: Nick Meglin; pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | Lucas; Lucas's son; Annie Oakley |
| 8 | The Great Hotel Fire | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 9 | Madison Avenue Turns To History And Literature | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 10 | Distinctive Picket Lines | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Alfred E. Neuman |
| 11 | Movie Land | comic story | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Winston Churchill, Tony Curtis, Cary Grant |
| 12 | A Best Seller Hits The Commercial Trail | text story | 4 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Brigette Bardot; Steve Canyon |
| 13 | Scenes We'd Like To See: The Race Through The Jungle | comic story | 1 | pencils: Mort Drucker; inks: Mort Drucker | |
| 14 | Barber Shop | comic story | 3 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 15 | The Truth About "Before" And "After" Ads | comic story | 4 | script: Sy Reit; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Ricky Nelson |
| 16 | I.B.M. Cards | text story | 4 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | Melvin Blecch; Selma Blecch; Nikita Khrushchev; Jack Benny; Fidel Castro; Alfred E. Neuman |
| 17 | The Nearsighted Man And The Telephone | comic story | 2 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 18 | MAD's Up-To-Date Version of The Night Before Christmas | text story | 4 | script: Paul Laikin, Clement Clarke Moore; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | Santa Claus |
| 19 | Changing History For Commercial TV | comic story | 4 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Joe Orlando; inks: Joe Orlando | President Abraham Oldsmobile; Ralph Waldo Motorola; J. Edgar Electrolux; Nicolaus Copernicus; Mrs. Copernicus; Lizzie Sealtest; General George Custer; Sir Kleenex; Mr. Jamison; Benjamin Franklin; John Allstate; Wild Bill Hickock |
| 20 | In A Greasy Spoon Diner | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 21 | Doctors' Progress | comic story | 2 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: Joe Orlando, Bob Clarke, Wallace Wood, Kelly Freas, Mort Drucker, Dave Berg | |
| 22 | Blue Confessions | text story | 3 | script: Paul Laikin; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | |
| 23 | Honest Ads | comic story | 4 | script: Tom Koch; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | Sammy Getzoff |
| 24 | Grandstand Football | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: George Woodbridge; inks: George Woodbridge | Monroe Fernfeather; Delbert (Biff) Smeed; Spencer (Go-Go) McNulty; Beauregard Finster; Ardsley Waxwing; Barney (Rah-Rah) Windlass; Kyle Esterhazy; Barclay Brisk; Jasper C. Van Flick |
| 25 | Vic Tinny Gyms | comic story | 5 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Wally Wood; inks: Wally Wood | Popeye |
| 26 | Garbage | comic story | 2 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 27 | America Is Getting Soft | comic story | 4 | script: Dave Berg; pencils: Dave Berg; inks: Dave Berg | |
| 28 | The MAD Madison Avenue Primer | text story | 3 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Wallace Wood; inks: Wallace Wood | |
| 29 | How Publicity Works | comic story | 3 | script: Frank Jacobs; pencils: Bob Clarke, Joe Orlando; inks: Bob Clarke, Joe Orlando | Senator Ardsley Stonehenge |
| 30 | How I Turned $6.85 Into A Zillion | text story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee | William Nickelnurser |
| 31 | The U.S. Army Chicken Officer's Field Manual | text article | 5 | script: Larry Siegel; pencils: Bob Clarke; inks: Bob Clarke | |
| 32 | The New Chair | comic story | 1 | script: Don Martin; pencils: Don Martin; inks: Don Martin | |
| 33 | What? You Say I'm Not Covered? | comic story | 1 | script: Al Jaffee; pencils: Lester Krauss; inks: Lester Krauss | |
| 34 | Whenever You Go | illustration | 1 | pencils: Kelly Freas; inks: Kelly Freas; colors: Kelly Freas | |