- Script
- Al Feldstein (credited as Ed.)
- Pencils
- various; ? (photo)
- Inks
- various; ? (photo)
- Letters
- typeset
- Characters
- The Alfred E. Neuman [Auto] Racing Club; Bill Gaines's daughter
- Synopsis
- Letters of comment, mostly about issue #40. Includes a photo of Bill Gaines's (unnamed) daughter.
Notes that "Famous Monsters of Filmland #2" includes some article reprinted from an issue of MAD. Letter writers: Alexander Wilde; Ron Bergman; Jack Litch; Carolyn Walker; Bradley Pieper; Chuck Venturi; Gene Herson; Jon Kwitny; The Alfred E. Neuman [Auto] Racing Club; G. J. Manos; Nancy Gaines; William Doorly.
- Script
- Tom Koch
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wally Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wally Wood)
- Letters
- ?; typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Blondie Bumstead; Dennis the Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Little Orphan Annie; Lothar; Mandrake the Magician; Dick Tracy; Daddy Warbucks; Puck; Sandy; Annie's real mother; Pogo; Albert the Alligator; Chief; Junior; Toonerville's The Skipper; Mary Worth; Mary's nephew; Mammy Yokum; Pappy Yokum; Li'l Abner
- Synopsis
- Possible final strips for when newspapers have to eliminate comics to use the space for more educational features.
- Reprints
Parodies these strips: Little Orphan Annie; Mandrake The Magician; Pogo; Dick Tracy; Mary Worth; Li'l Abner; Dennis The Menace; Henry; Smilin' Jack; Blondie.
- Script
- Al Jaffee ?
- Pencils
- Joe Orlando (signed as )
- Inks
- Joe Orlando (signed as )
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Enemy frogmen successfully blow up each other's ships and are then stranded mid-ocean.
This may be Al Jaffee's first script for Mad. According to info in Feldstein: The Mad Life and Fantastic Art of Al Feldstein by Grant Geissman Jaffee contributed to this issue, alhough it does not specifically note what story. Early on Jaffee was only writing scripts for other artists to illustrate.
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as )
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as )
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Parodies of ads depicted in the styles of directors: Alfred Hitchcock; Elia Kazan; Cecil B. DeMille; Sam Katzman.
Ads parodied are: Body By Fisher; Joy Detergent; Marlboro Cigarettes; White Rock beverages.
- Script
- Danny Kaye; Milton Schafer (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as )
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as )
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Kaye
- Synopsis
- Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
- Reprints
Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.
- Script
- Nick Meglin (credited as Albert Meglin)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; humor
- Synopsis
- Ficticious filming schedule for tv show, showing that it mostly consists of commercials.
Show parodied is Playhouse 90. Writer credit from "Totally MAD" CD collection.
- Script
- Danny Kaye; Milton Schafer (credited)
- Pencils
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wood)
- Inks
- Wally Wood (credited as Wallace Wood) (signed as Wood)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Danny Kaye
- Synopsis
- Song lyrics as performed by Danny Kaye, with illustrations.
Song copyright 1957 by Frank Music Corp.: this and writer credits given in the first Danny Kaye Dept. of this issue.
- Script
- ?
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Common proverbs with twist endings.
Appear in the margins of 22 pages of the issue.