Volume: 1
Price: 0.85 USD
Pages: 96
On-sale Date: 1974-08-20
Editing: Henry Beard (editor); Tony Hendra (editor); Brian McConnachie (editor); Sean Kelly (editor)
Cover Thumbnail for National Lampoon Magazine (Twenty First Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon, 1970 series) #v1#54 Edit Cover
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Issue Data

Indexer Notes

The Old Age Issue. Funny Pages on tan newsprint on pages 85-92. On-sale date from 1974 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.

[Baby with Old Man's Face]
(Table of Contents: 1)

cover / 1 page

Pencils:
Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Inks:
Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Colors:
Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Letters:
typeset

Time for a Break!
(Table of Contents: 2)

cartoon / 0.25 page

Script:
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Letters:
  • Genre:satire-parody
Characters:
Statue of Liberty; Uncle Sam; Russian Bear; John Q. Public; Mr. H-Bomb
Synopsis:
The Statue of Liberty brings refreshments to the other four, who are playing poker.

Indexer Notes

Parody of editorial cartoons.

Old Love Stories
(Table of Contents: 3)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:romance; satire-parody
Synopsis:
A couple in a nursing home finds romance, at least for a day or so.

Indexer Notes

Parody of romance comics. Color cover on slick paper; fake ad in black and white; and four page color story on newsprint.

Senior Sex
(Table of Contents: 4)

cartoon / 3 pages

Script:
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Indexer Notes

Nine caption-less cartoons with gags involving sex and senior citizens.

Decrepit Comics
(Table of Contents: 5)

comic story / 6 pages

Script:
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?
Letters:
?
  • Genre:satire-parody; superhero
Characters:
Bat-Fart [Brewster Wayne]; Robert [Dick Grayston]; Josher; Police Commissioner O'Hare; The Old Bat [Barbara Gordon-Swift]; Patricia Jo Kerr; Robert Penn Guinn; Samuel "Red" Lerr; Catherine Woman
Synopsis:
A senile Batman, with Robin grown up to be an accountant, go out one last time to find elderly costumed criminals.
Reprints (1)

Indexer Notes

A parody of Detective Comics and Batman. Also features parodies of Robin; Batgirl; The Penguin; The Riddler; The Joker; and Catwoman. Color cover on slick paper; black and white fake ad; and four page color story on newsprint.

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

Nuts / comic story / 0.75 page

Script:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Pencils:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inks:
Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letters:
  • Genre:children
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Remember the horrible, disgusting, embarrassing diseases...
Synopsis:
The boy's friend catches a contagious illness and the boy is afraid he will get it, too.

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

One Year Affair / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Byron Preiss (credited as Preiss)
Pencils:
Inks:
Letters:
  • Genre:romance
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:Jill!
Characters:
Steve
Synopsis:
Steve is out searching for Jill, who has disappeared, and mistakes another woman for her.
Reprints (1)

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

Desdemona, a Southern Belle / comic story / 0.75 page

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Characters:
Desdemona; Major Cabot; John Henry; Stanfield
Synopsis:
The Union Army occupies the plantation and the commanding officer has to be convinced that Desdemona is engaged to former slave John Henry.

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

Idyl / comic story / 1 page

Script:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Pencils:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Inks:
Jeff Jones (signed as J)
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I talk more than most.
Reprints (2)

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

Radio Rae / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Pencils:
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Inks:
Trina Robbins (signed as Trina)
Letters:
Characters:
Radio Rae; Rosie the Riveter
Synopsis:
Rosie the Riveter comes to the rescue of Radio Rae when Rae is captured by a foreign spy.

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

Chicken Gutz / comic story / 0.5 page

Script:
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Pencils:
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Inks:
Randall Enos (signed as Enos)
Letters:
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:It's not the Galloping Gourmet, folks...
  • Keywords:cooking show; parsley
Characters:
Chicken Gutz; Cheech Wizard (cameo)
Synopsis:
Chicken Gutz does a cooking show, but an overdose of parsley causes a disaster.

Lesson #817: How to Draw Faster
(Table of Contents: 12)

Famous Comic Artists School / comic story / 0.25 page

Script:
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Pencils:
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Inks:
Bruce Cochran (signed)
Letters:
  • Genre:satire-parody
Synopsis:
How to draw a woman, just using the essential parts.

[no title indexed]
(Table of Contents: 13)

Trots and Bonnie / comic story / 0.5 page

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Characters:
Trots (dog); Bonnie
Synopsis:
Trots samples some dog food for a commercial, but blows the opportunity for a career in show business.

Son of Fred Kismiass!
(Table of Contents: 14)

comic story / 0.5 page

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Letters:
Characters:
Arnold Kismiass; Irma Gophuque
Synopsis:
Arnold Kismiass and Irma Gophuque endure endless problems because of their names. They meet at a party, but have the same reaction to each other's name as everyone else.

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

Drawn & Quoted / cartoon / 1 page

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typeset
  • Genre:satire-parody
  • First Line of Dialogue or Text:I've known two Robert Redfords.
  • Keywords:guillotine
Characters:
Jane Fonda; Robert Redford
Synopsis:
Cartoon of Jane Fonda on a guillotine, holding Robert Redford's head.

Indexer Notes

Number one in a series. Satirical cartoon illustrating a quote by Jane Fonda who calls Robert Redford "a bourgeois in the worst sense of the word."

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Table of Contents ToC
    Table of Contents
  1. [Baby with Old Man's Face]
  2. Time for a Break!
  3. Old Love Stories
  4. Senior Sex
  5. Decrepit Comics
  6. ["Remember the horrible, disgusting, embarrassing diseases..."]
    Nuts
  7. ["Jill!"]
    One Year Affair
  8. ["You there!"]
    Desdemona, a Southern Belle
  9. ["I talk more than most."]
    Idyl
  10. ["The Glamazon of the airwave is still in the clutches..."]
    Radio Rae
  11. ["It's not the Galloping Gourmet, folks..."]
    Chicken Gutz
  12. Lesson #817: How to Draw Faster
    Famous Comic Artists School
  13. ["Do you think your doggie will go for this dish..."]
    Trots and Bonnie
  14. Son of Fred Kismiass!
  15. ["I've known two Robert Redfords."]
    Drawn & Quoted
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