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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #31 Age Restricted
Publication Date: October 1972
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Issues: #31 of 223 Issues
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Variant: unnamed
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Publisher: Flag21st Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: National Lampoon, Inc.
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume: 1
Pages: 116
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
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Content Items: 18 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Sean Kelly (guest editor); Henry Beard; Michael O'Donoghue; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie
Disclose Notes: The "Remember Those Fabulous Sixties?" issue. Funny Pages on pages 103-112.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white and color interior
Dimensions: magazine size
Paper Stock: glossy; newsprint; other paper stock (varies in each issue)
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was-ongoing
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It's Going to Be the Very Next Craze

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Gilbert Stone (signed) (painting)
Inker(s): Gilbert Stone (signed) (painting)
Colorist(s): Gilbert Stone (signed) (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The title is taken from the Donovan song "Mellow Yellow," which was rumored to be about smoking banana peels.
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Foto Funnies
First Line: Here are the requests
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Pages: 1
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The Ventures of Zimmerman

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tony Hendra; Sean Kelly; Cindy Lavery (fake ad only)
Penciller(s): Ross Andru [as Andru] (signed) (cover); Neal Adams (story)
Inker(s): Mike Esposito [as Esposito] (signed) (cover); Neal Adams (story)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Zimmerman [Bob Dylan]; Joan Baez; Jimi Hendrix (cameo)
Synopsis: A fictionalized biography of Bob Dylan, who solves pop music problems in his alter-ego as Zimmerman.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Color cover and black and white fake ad ("Dissent" commemorative coins) on slick paper; and multi-part color story on newsprint. "The Origins of Zimmerman," "The British Are Coming!", and "Zimmerman in Woodstock."
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Assassination of Vaughn Meader

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Neke Carson
Penciller(s): Neke Carson
Inker(s): Neke Carson
Colorist(s): Neke Carson
Letterer(s): Neke Carson
Subject Matter
Character(s): Vaughn Meader; David Frye
Synopsis: In a parallel world, JFK-mimic Vaughn Meador is assassinated instead of the President.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: "Excerpt from the forthcoming book "The Someday Funnies," edited by Michel Choquette."
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Junkhead

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dean Latimer; Ray Schultz ?
Penciller(s): Ray Schultz ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jughead; Archie; Betty; Veronica; Ethel (cameo); Reggie; Moose; Midge; Hiram Lodge; Honeybunch Kaminski (cameo); Freak Brothers (cameo); Ho Chi Minh (cameo)
Synopsis: What really happened to the Archie gang after high school. Jughead became an alcoholic and doper; Archie flunked out of college, was drafted and sent to Vietnam, where he was shot in the head and eventually died. Veronica had a series of abortions before getting married to a Greek shipping magnate. Betty got married to an abusive hood and is living a promiscuous life in a trailer park in Ohio. Reggie is a big-time executive at CBS after getting to the top by devious methods. Moose went to Vietnam, got his arm blown off, married Midge, and then recorded a patriotic record.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of Archie comics. Graffiti in one panel says "Scaperelli was here," which may mean Henry Scarpelli had something to do with the art. (Story is credited to Dean Latimer and Ray Schultz in the table of contents.)
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Foto Funnies
Character(s): Chris Miller (photo)
First Line: Do you hear it?
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Pages: 1
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An Afternoon on St. Mark's Place Sometime Late in the 1960s

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Penciller(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Inker(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Letterer(s): Randall Enos
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Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Foto Funnies
Character(s): Chris Miller (photo)
First Line: Wake up, wake up.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)
Penciller(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)
Inker(s): Gahan Wilson (signed)
Letterer(s): Gahan Wilson
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Nuts
First Line: Do you remember wondering why they never showed...
Synopsis: The boy attends a movie at a run-down theatre and is approached by an overly-friendly gentleman.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Stan Mack (signed)
Penciller(s): Stan Mack (signed)
Inker(s): Stan Mack (signed)
Letterer(s): Stan Mack
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Mule's Diner
Character(s): Mule; Gump; Louis; Marie; Henry
First Line: Mule, listen, Louis the artist made me swear...
Synopsis: A man's wife is having an affair and tries to use an old magic spell to get rid of her husband. It gets rid of the husband's priest instead.
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Lesson #4: Ducks & Geese

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bruce Cochran (signed)
Penciller(s): Bruce Cochran (signed)
Inker(s): Bruce Cochran (signed)
Letterer(s): Bruce Cochran
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Famous Comic Artists School
Synopsis: The proper method of illustrating a duck and goose.
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Pages: 0.25
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Inker(s): Jeff Jones [as J] (signed)
Letterer(s): Jeff Jones
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Idyl
First Line: Oh what chance meeting, to come upon someone so lovely.
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Pages: 1
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Turkeys

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): John Brent
Penciller(s): Bobby London [as London] (signed)
Inker(s): Bobby London [as London] (signed)
Letterer(s): Bobby London
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Synopsis: A silly poem about turkeys.
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Pages: 0.5
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Beans Morocco Rides Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): M. K. Brown (signed)
Penciller(s): M. K. Brown (signed)
Inker(s): M. K. Brown (signed)
Letterer(s): M. K. Brown
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, western
Feature(s): Bean Morocco
Character(s): Beans Morocco
Synopsis: Beans is held up on his way to the ranch with the payroll.
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Pages: 1
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Trina Robbins [as Trina]
Penciller(s): Trina Robbins [as Trina]
Inker(s): Trina Robbins [as Trina]
Letterer(s): Trina Robbins [as Trina]
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Radio Rae
Character(s): Radio Rae
First Line: Radio Rae tunes in on an insidious plan!
Synopsis: Rae is captured after discovering a German spy ring.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Penciller(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Inker(s): Randall Enos [as Enos] (signed)
Letterer(s): Randall Enos
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chicken Gutz
Character(s): Chicken Gutz; Doctor Colon's Monster
First Line: I hate to see a grown monster cry.
Synopsis: Doctor Colon's Monster, who has been kicked out of his feature, wanders into Chicken Gutz's feature.
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Pages: 0.5
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Off-the Page Comics!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Subitzky [as E. Subitzky]
Penciller(s): Ed Subitzky [as E. Subitzky]
Inker(s): Ed Subitzky [as E. Subitzky]
Letterer(s): Ed Subitzky
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: A comic strip with the last panel extending off the page.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Rodriguez [as Rodriguez] (signed)
Letterer(s): Charles Rodriguez
Subject Matter
Feature(s): The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins
Character(s): Aesop Brothers [George; Alex]
First Line: Alex, I have to take leak.
Synopsis: The Aesop Brothers have a problem synchronizing their bathroom habits.
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Pages: 0.75

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