(January 1975)

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Volume
1
Price
1.00 USD
Pages
116
Indicia Frequency
monthly
Indicia / Colophon Publisher
National Lampoon Inc.
Editing
Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor); Sean Kelly (editor); Henry Beard (editor); Doug Kenney (editor)

Issue Notes

The "No Issue". Funny Pages on tan newsprint on pages 97-104.

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.

[Father Time] (Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page (report information)

Pencils
Robert Grossman (painting)
Inks
Robert Grossman (painting)
Colors
Robert Grossman (painting)
Letters
typeset

Characters
Father Time

First High Comics (Table of Contents: 2)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Doug Kenney
Pencils
Joe Orlando
Inks
Joe Orlando
Colors
?
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Characters
Dave Wheatjeans; Leo Workshirt
Synopsis
A college student gets high (sort of) on marijuana in the early 1960s.
Reprints
Keywords
drugs; L.S.D.; marijuana

Indexer Notes

Color cover on slick paper, black and white fake ad, and four-page color story on newsprint.

Touching Demise Comics: Night of the Iceless Capades (Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 5 pages (report information)

Script
Ed Bluestone
Pencils
Larry Hama (credited as Hama)
Inks
Maurice Del Bourgo (credited as Reece)
Letters
?

Genre
satire-parody
Synopsis
A dying boy's wish is to attend the Ice Capades, but when he gets there the ice is melting and the show is ruined.
Keywords
Ice Capades

And the Cupboard Was Bare (Table of Contents: 4)

Earl D. Porker, Social Worker / comic story / 2 pages (report information)

Script
M. K. Brown (credited as Mary Kay Brown)
Pencils
M. K. Brown (credited as Mary Kay Brown)
Inks
M. K. Brown (credited as Mary Kay Brown)
Letters
M. K. Brown

Characters
Earl D. Porker
Synopsis
Earl goes shopping in a crowded grocery store on a Saturday morning.

Salvation Army Comics: Baptism of Fire (Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages (report information)

Script
Henry Beard
Pencils
Frank Springer
Inks
Frank Springer
Letters
?

Genre
religious; satire-parody
Characters
Todd S. Hunter
Synopsis
What would happen if the Salvation Army was a real army and made an armed attack on the bums of the Bowery.
Keywords
Bowery; flamethrowers; Salvation Army; tanks

Cheech Wizard Bogarts a Pud (Table of Contents: 6)

Bodé's Cartoon Concert / comic story / 4 pages (report information)

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

Characters
Cheech Wizard; Poppy; Doctor Vox; Stump
Synopsis
Cheech dumps the stuffed body of his ex-apprentice in the dump and on the way home finds that an orphan girl has attached herself to him. That night, Doctor Vox and his assistance salvage the body from the dump and re-animate it, with unexpected results.

Indexer Notes

Color on newsprint.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 7)

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 how there were kids and there were grown-ups..
Genre
children
Synopsis
A teenager takes the boy to the movies.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 8)

Idyl / comic story / 1 page (report information)

Script
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Pencils
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Inks
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Letters
Jeff Jones (signed as J)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
What are you doing?
Reprints

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 9)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as...
Genre
anthropomorphic-funny animals
Characters
Dirty Duck; Weevil; Pvt. Partz
Synopsis
Mr. Duck corrupts a young female private in the Salvation Army.
Keywords
Salvation Army

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

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 1 page (report information)

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Wanna come over to my house and play...
Characters
Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
Synopsis
Pepsi and Bonnie decide to see if the saying about long fingers equalling a long penis is true.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 11)

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

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

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Love shows where my Rosemary goes...
Genre
romance
Characters
Jill; Steve; Rosemary
Synopsis
Newcomer Rosemary volunteers to spend the night in the living room.
Reprints

Queen of the Swing Shift (Table of Contents: 12)

Rosie the Riveter / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Pencils
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Inks
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Letters
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)

Genre
humor
Characters
Rosie the Riveter
Synopsis
Rosie gets up early to apply for a manufacturing job.
Reprints

Lesson A-1: Stuttering (Table of Contents: 13)

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
Example of a cow drawn by a stuttering artist.

Backwards Comics! (Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 0.25 page (report information)

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

Indexer Notes

A comic strip that has to be read from right-to-left to make sense.

[no title indexed] (Table of Contents: 15)

Chicken Gutz / comic story / 0.5 page (report information)

Script
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Pencils
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Inks
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Letters
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)

First Line of Dialogue or Text
Book III...Chapter 12...Page 145...
Characters
Chicken Gutz; Fred Blotz
Synopsis
Chicken Gutz meets an old school chum.

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

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

Script
Byron Preiss
Pencils
Ralph Reese
Inks
Ralph Reese
Letters
Ralph Reese

First Line of Dialogue or Text
They're together again!
Genre
romance
Characters
Jill; Steve
Synopsis
Steve and Jill are sleeping together again, but Jill is apprehensive about making love.
Reprints
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
  1. 1. [Father Time]
  2. 2. First High Comics
  3. 3. Touching Demise Comics: Night of the Iceless Capades
  4. 4. And the Cupboard Was Bare
    Earl D. Porker, Social Worker
  5. 5. Salvation Army Comics: Baptism of Fire
  6. 6. Cheech Wizard Bogarts a Pud
    Bodé's Cartoon Concert
  7. 7. ["Remember how there were kids and there were grown-ups.."]
    Nuts
  8. 8. ["What are you doing?"]
    Idyl
  9. 9. ["Onward Christian Soldiers, marching as..."]
    Dirty Duck
  10. 10. ["Wanna come over to my house and play..."]
    Trots and Bonnie
  11. 11. ["Love shows where my Rosemary goes..."]
    One Year Affair
  12. 12. Queen of the Swing Shift
    Rosie the Riveter
  13. 13. Lesson A-1: Stuttering
    Famous Comic Artists School
  14. 14. Backwards Comics!
  15. 15. ["Book III...Chapter 12...Page 145..."]
    Chicken Gutz
  16. 16. ["They're together again!"]
    One Year Affair
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