(October 1974)

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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
108
Indicia Frequency
monthly
On-sale Date
1974-09-19
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Lampoon Inc.
Editing
Henry Beard (editor); Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor); Sean Kelly (editor)

Issue Notes

The "Pubescence" issue. Funny Pages on blue-grey newsprint on pages 95-102. On-sale date from 1974 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.

[Cherry Delight] (Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
? (photograph)
Inks
? (photograph)
Colors
? (photograph)
Letters
typeset

"Deal Us In!" (Table of Contents: 2)

cartoon / 0.3 page (report information)

Script
Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
Pencils
Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
Inks
Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)
Letters
Fran Hollidge (signed as Hollidge)

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Uncle Sam; Russian Bear; John Q. Public; Mr. H-Bomb; Turkey; Greece
Synopsis
Turkey and Greece want to get in the high-stakes poker game.

Indexer Notes

A parody of editorial cartoons. Part of a continuing series involving an allegorical poker game.

Todd Tunes On to New Facts on VD (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Dean Latimer
Pencils
Neal Adams
Inks
Neal Adams
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody; teen
Characters
Todd; Mary Lou; Babs; Dr. Spyroch
Synopsis
Todd has sex with a party girl and gets a venereal disease.

Indexer Notes

A parody of public service comic booklets.

Three Pretty Girls Doing Just What You Want So You Can Masturbate! (Table of Contents: 4)

photo story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Subitzky
Pencils
? (photographs)
Inks
? (photographs)
Colors
? (photographs)
Letters
?

Genre
erotica; satire-parody
Synopsis
Just what the title says.

Sex Education Class (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
P. J. O'Rourke
Pencils
Ralph Reese
Inks
Ralph Reese
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
What boys imagine goes on in a girls' sex education class.

Indexer Notes

One-third of a page at the bottom of six pages.

Pee Pee Harris (Table of Contents: 6)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
David McLelland
Pencils
Warren Sattler [as Sattler]
Inks
Warren Sattler [as Sattler]
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; satire-parody
Synopsis
Boy Scouts get drunk and vandalize their school.

Indexer Notes

Part of "Real Boys' Life" section. A parody of the Pee Wee Harris comic strip in Boys' Life magazine.

The Tartar Twins (Table of Contents: 7)

comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
P. J. O'Rourke [as O'Rourke]
Pencils
Warren Sattler [as Sattler]
Inks
Warren Sattler [as Sattler]
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
children; satire-parody
Synopsis
When Gramps catches the twins setting cats on fire, he tells some tall tales about how he and his friends tortured cats when the country was young.

Indexer Notes

Part of "Real Boys' Life" section. A parody of the Tracy Twins comic strip in Boys' Life magazine.

Bible Story (Table of Contents: 8)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
Inks
Nick Cardy (signed as Cardy)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
religious; satire-parody
Synopsis
The sexy parts of the Song of Songs in the Bible.

Indexer Notes

Part of the "Real Boys' Life" section. Includes Song of Songs (Bible verses).

Tortures of the Indians (Table of Contents: 9)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Alan Kupperberg (signed as Alan E. Kupperburg)
Pencils
Alan Kupperberg (signed as Alan E. Kupperburg)
Inks
Alan Kupperberg (signed as Alan E. Kupperburg)
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
western-frontier
Synopsis
A graphic description of Chickasaw Indians torturing two Chocktaw captives to death.

Indexer Notes

Part of "Real Boy's Life" section.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 10)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
?
Pencils
?
Inks
?
Letters
?

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Tommy! You could put your little brother's eye out..
Genre
children; satire-parody

Indexer Notes

Part of the "Real Boys' Life" section. Parody of Daisy Air Rifle ads, with riff of using them to hit someone in the eye.

Teacher's Pet (Table of Contents: 11)

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

Script
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Pencils
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Inks
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Colors
Shary Flenniken (signed)
Letters
Shary Flenniken (signed)

Genre
children; satire-parody
Characters
Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi; Ms. Granite
Synopsis
Bonnie and Pepsi get in trouble with a lesbian physical education teacher.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 12)

Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page (report information)

Script
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters
Gahan Wilson (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Remember when you had been exposed to this kid with this horrible disease...
Genre
children
Synopsis
The boy is relieved when he doesn't catch a disease he was exposed to.

Worms (Table of Contents: 13)

comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
M. K. Brown (signed)
Pencils
M. K. Brown (signed)
Inks
M. K. Brown (signed)
Letters
M. K. Brown (signed)

Compact Comics (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Pencils
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Inks
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Letters
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)

Genre
detective-mystery; satire-parody
Synopsis
A detective solves the murder of one of a set of twins.

Indexer Notes

"An entire detective story in a 7" x 2 1/4" space." (15 panels.)

Lesson #VI: Pussy Stretchers (Table of Contents: 15)

Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Pencils
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Inks
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Letters
Bruce Cochran (signed)

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
A fake-out on the title, with a drawing of a cat being carried on a stretcher.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 16)

Dirty Duck / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Bobby London (signed as London)
Pencils
Bobby London (signed as London)
Inks
Bobby London (signed as London)
Letters
Bobby London (signed as London)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Ah, sweet Leona!
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dirty Duck; Weevil; Leona; Cardinal Knowledge
Synopsis
Mr. Duck and Weevil are patronizing a prostitute when they are interrupted by a clergyman who has a previous appointment.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 17)

Machines / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Pencils
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Inks
Vaughn Bodé (signed)
Colors
Vaughn Bodé (signed) (graytones)
Letters
Vaughn Bodé (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I am me.
Genre
science fiction
Characters
Corporal7
Synopsis
A squad of Punker Pan machines makes fun of gay Corporal7 before they are destroyed by an aerial attack.
Keywords
robots

At the Live Sex Show! (Table of Contents: 18)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Pencils
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Inks
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)
Letters
Ed Subitzky (signed as E. Subitzky)

Synopsis
When things get interesting, the reader's view of the stage is obscured by a woman with a beehive hairdo.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 19)

One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

Script
Byron Preiss (signed as Preiss)
Pencils
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
Inks
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)
Letters
Ralph Reese (signed as Reese)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Mom, I think part of the problem is that I don't...
Genre
romance
Characters
Jill; Jill's mother
Synopsis
Jill tries to discuss her feelings about Steve with her mother, who is more interested in getting drunk.
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 20)

Eating Out / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Randy Jones (signed)
Pencils
Randy Jones (signed)
Inks
Randy Jones (signed)
Letters
Randy Jones (signed)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Anything Else?

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 21)

Drawn & Quoted / cartoon / 1 page (report information)

Script
Edward Sorel
Pencils
Edward Sorel
Inks
Edward Sorel
Letters
typeset

First Line of Dialogue or Text
I pledge to you tonight...
Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Richard Nixon
Synopsis
Richard Nixon waves the flag as his right-wing supporters parade in front of him. His quote is about "the great causes to which I have been dedicated..."

Indexer Notes

Cartoon and typeset quote. #2 in a series.

Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Cherry Delight]
  2. 2. "Deal Us In!"
  3. 3. Todd Tunes On to New Facts on VD
  4. 4. Three Pretty Girls Doing Just What You Want So You Can Masturbate!
  5. 5. Sex Education Class
  6. 6. Pee Pee Harris
  7. 7. The Tartar Twins
  8. 8. Bible Story
  9. 9. Tortures of the Indians
  10. 10. ["Tommy! You could put your little brother's eye out.."]
  11. 11. Teacher's Pet
    Trots and Bonnie
  12. 12. ["Remember when you had been exposed to this kid with this horrible disease..."]
    Nuts
  13. 13. Worms
  14. 14. Compact Comics
  15. 15. Lesson #VI: Pussy Stretchers
    Famous Comic Artists School
  16. 16. ["Ah, sweet Leona!"]
    Dirty Duck
  17. 17. ["I am me."]
    Machines
  18. 18. At the Live Sex Show!
  19. 19. ["Mom, I think part of the problem is that I don't..."]
    One Year Affair
  20. 20. ["Anything Else?"]
    Eating Out
  21. 21. ["I pledge to you tonight..."]
    Drawn & Quoted
This issue was modified by
  • Boris Ammerlaan
  • Steve Coates
  • Steven Samuels
  • Luther Weaver