(November 1971)

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Volume
1
Price
0.75 USD
Pages
84
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1971-10-21
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Lampoon Inc.
Editing
Michael O'Donoghue (guest editor); Doug Kenney (credited as Douglas C. Kenney) (editor)

Issue Notes

On-sale date from 1971 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.

Horror (Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Colors
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters
typeset

Keywords
monster

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 2)

Great Moments in Humor / cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Gray Morrow (signed)
Inks
Gray Morrow (signed)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I said, "You have a banana in your ear"!!
Keywords
burlesque

Indexer Notes

No. 1 in a series

The Disrespectful Summons (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 3 pages (report information)

Script
Edward Gorey
Pencils
Edward Gorey
Inks
Edward Gorey
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense
Characters
The Devil; Miss Squill; Beelphazoar
Synopsis
The Devil possesses a woman and causes her to do evil things.
Reprints
Keywords
demon; devil; possession

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 4)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Hi! Would you like a bite of my tangerine?
Characters
Michel Choquette ? (photo)
Synopsis
A woman propositions a man.
Reprints
Keywords
adult

Dragula: Queen of Darkness (Table of Contents: 5)

Dragula / comic story / 10 pages (report information)

Script
Tony Hendra
Pencils
Frank Frazetta (signed as Frazetta) (cover); Neal Adams (story)
Inks
Frank Frazetta (signed as Frazetta) (cover); Neal Adams (story)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; satire-parody
Characters
Dragula; Wendy Timecomes; Romy Over
Synopsis
Dragula incites a homosexual "plague" on New York.
Keywords
Chrysler Building; hockey; homosexual; New York; opera; vampire

Indexer Notes

Color cover and eight-page black and white story.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 6)

Foto Funnies / photo story / 1 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
? (photos)
Inks
? (photos)
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I've got two tickets to the Pro Musica concert tonight!
Characters
Michael O'Donoghue (photo)
Synopsis
A man suggests options for the evening to a nude woman.
Keywords
adult

Phantom of the Rock Opera (Table of Contents: 7)

photo story / 7 pages (report information)

Script
Sean Kelly; Michel Choquette
Pencils
Cloud Studio (photos)
Inks
Cloud Studio (photos)
Letters
?

Genre
horror-suspense; satire-parody
Characters
Tony Halo (photos of Roy Blumenfeld); Lily Puddle (photos of Pan Carrington); ? (photos of Albert Hutchinson); Ed Sullivan (photo) (cameo); Mick Jagger (photo) (cameo)
Synopsis
When a 1950s rock 'n roll star's songs are stolen, his career is ruined. He takes refuge in an abandoned tunnel below the Fillmore East and years later kidnaps a young girl singer to teach her how his songs should be performed.
Keywords
Fillmore East; Phantom of the Opera; rock 'n roll

Indexer Notes

"Directed by Mike Sullivan and Bill Skurski." Parody of "The Phantom of the Opera."

[Imagination] (Table of Contents: 8)

cartoon / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
Pencils
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)
Inks
Sam Gross (signed as S. Gross)

Synopsis
A little boy imagines what's behind the black bar censoring a poster outside an adult theater.
Keywords
censor
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. Horror
  2. 2. ["I said, "You have a banana in your ear"!!"]
    Great Moments in Humor
  3. 3. The Disrespectful Summons
  4. 4. ["Hi! Would you like a bite of my tangerine?"]
    Foto Funnies
  5. 5. Dragula: Queen of Darkness
    Dragula
  6. 6. ["I've got two tickets to the Pro Musica concert tonight!"]
    Foto Funnies
  7. 7. Phantom of the Rock Opera
  8. 8. [Imagination]
This issue was modified by
  • Steve Coates
  • Jim Van Dore
  • Luther Weaver