- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- various
- Inks
- various
- Letters
- typeset
Art is excerpts from this issue.
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Inks
- George Woodbridge (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A look at the future overuse of acronyms.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Albert B. Feldstein); Leon Harvey; Jim Crowley
- Pencils
- various; ? (photo)
- Inks
- various; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- Jerry DeFuccio
- Synopsis
- Letters of comment, mostly about issue #39. Includes an explanation of magazine on-sale/off-sale dates, and a note that Scene Magazine recently ran a feature on MAD.
Art is excerpts from issue #39, except for a photo of Jerry DeFuccio as a child.
The letters were written by Phyllis Altman, Bill Mattes, Craig Zahnow, Mrs. Robert Condit, Kenneth Barnes, Dennis Baron, Eric Shtob, Macy McFarland, Jeanne Brauns, Harry Stuldreher, Elmer Layden, Andrew Weissman, Bill Ewald, Bob Ewald, Jon Alexiou, Ercelia Kersane; Ezell Willard, Jr., and Harold Chamberlain (General Manager, Independent News Co.).
- Script
- Tom Koch
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman
- Synopsis
- Fake premiums available for MAD trading stamps...also fake.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- ? [as Strudwick Wickerwire]
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Strudwick Wickerwire; Alfred E. Neuman; [Doctor]; Morton Finster; Drake Carter; Louis Furd; Alan Freed
- Synopsis
- The Doctor hypnotizes an average teenager to become an Elvis Presley clone.
- Reprints
Parody of rock and roll star bios and monster movies rolled together.
- Script
- E. Nelson Bridwell
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Gladys; Cedric; Loretta Young; Gary Moore; Mr. X; Mouseketeers
- Synopsis
- Scenes from the following tv shows with unusual outcomes: People Are Funny; The Loretta Young Show; I've Got A Secret; Anacin commercial; Mickey Mouse Club; The Lone Ranger; The Lineup.
- Reprints
Writer credit is from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Frank Jacobs
- Pencils
- Wally Wood
- Inks
- Wally Wood
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Alfred E. Neuman; Maxim Raskolinovski; Vladimir Pinsk; Boris Trepak; Vladimir Grovno; Insky Khonyak; Stepan Kiosks; Igor Bivorsky; Yetta Samovar; Nikita Khrushchev; Donaldovich Duckski; V. Molotov; G. Malenkov
- Synopsis
- Parody of the Soviet Union's Pravda newspaper.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Tom Koch
- Pencils
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Inks
- Bob Clarke (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A list of festivals around the county to avoid on vacation.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- L. Yother (credited as Larry Yother)
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando
- Inks
- Joe Orlando
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- The hidden meanings between common phrases used on municipal promotional brochures.
- Reprints
Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Pairing old books with celebrities that have something in common with the title.
- Reprints
Appear in the margins of 28 pages of the issue.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Inks
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Colors
- Kelly Freas (signed) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- Phony ad for Sailem Floating Cigarettes from Chris-Craft Boat Co.
- Reprints
Parody of Salem Cigarettes ad. On back cover.