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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #56 Age Restricted
Publication Date: November 1974
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Issues: #56 of 223 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: Flag21st Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: National Lampoon, Inc.
On Sale Date: 1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 120
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.00 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 14 (12 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Henry Beard; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie; Sean Kelly; Douglas Kenney
Disclose Notes: Civics. Funny pages on tan newsprint on pages 105-112.
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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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The Official National Lampoon Portrait of the Thirty-Eighth President of the United States

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Don Ivan Puchatz (painting)
Inker(s): Don Ivan Puchatz (painting)
Colorist(s): Don Ivan Puchatz (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): President Gerald Ford
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Not with MY Wife, You Don't!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
Penciller(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
Inker(s): Fran Hollidge [as Hollidge] (signed)
Letterer(s): Fran Hollidge
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Uncle Sam; Miss Liberty; Russian Bear; John Q. Public; Mr. H-Bomb
Synopsis: The drunken Russian Bear gets fresh with Uncle Sam's wife.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: A parody of editorial cartoons. Part of a continuing series involving allegorical characters at a poker game.
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Constitutional Comics: 31 Days in October

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Cerf; Henry Beard
Penciller(s): Russ Heath
Inker(s): Russ Heath
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Richard Nixon; Claude M. Brinegar; William Rogers; Archibald Cox; Elliott Buell; Rosemary Woods
Synopsis: Secretary of Transportation Claude M. Brinegar schemes to become the Vice-President of the United States.
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Pages: 10
Disclose Notes: Comic book parody of Watergate. Color cover and fake black and white ad (349 pc Watergate Key Figures) on slick paper, and eight-page story on newsprint.
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An American Life: One Man's Road to...Prison Farm

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Christopher Cerf [as C. Cerf]; Henry Beard [as H. Beard]
Penciller(s): Frank Springer
Inker(s): Frank Springer
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Character(s): Jeb Stuart Magruder; Egil "Bud" Krogh; Cornelius Gallagher; Bobby Short
Synopsis: Jeb Stuart Magruder is sentenced to serve a term in a country club-style prison for white collar criminals.
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Pages: 7
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[untitled]

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: Remember how you always were coming across weird things...
Synopsis: The boy and his friend ask a homeless man if he needs any help, only to find he's just an abusive drunk.
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Pages: 0.75
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Bobby London (signed)
Penciller(s): Bobby London (signed)
Inker(s): Bobby London (signed)
Letterer(s): Bobby London
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Dirty Duck
Character(s): Dirty Duck; Weevil; Greenhorn
First Line: Hey Weevil, listen to this!
Synopsis: Mr. Duck reads a pornographic passage from a book aloud in an adult book story, arousing a fellow customer.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jeff Cox
Penciller(s): Jeff Cox
Inker(s): Jeff Cox
Letterer(s): Jeff Cox
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Shrimpy
Character(s): Shrimpy; Robert McNamara
First Line: I want to know more about the source of everything!
Synopsis: Robert McNamara, president of the World Bank, former Secretary of Defense, asks Shrimpy for the "source of everything!"
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Pages: 0.25
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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 (as Precious Person)
First Line: Faster than a speeding matzo ball...
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: The strip is done as a parody of the Superman radio show.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss]
Penciller(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]
Inker(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]
Letterer(s): Ralph Reese
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): One Year Affair
Character(s): Jill; Steve
First Line: My girlfriend's back and there's gonna be trouble...
Synopsis: Jill decides to move out. However, since it's her apartment, Steve is the one who has to leave.
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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: What are you doing?
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Pages: 1
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The Missing Link Finds Trots and Bonnie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)
Penciller(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)
Inker(s): Shary Flenniken (signed)
Letterer(s): Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie
Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie; Sylvia Sasquatch
Synopsis: While on a trip to the forest with her Girl Scout troop, Bonnie and Trots are accosted by a female sasquatch for littering.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss]
Penciller(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]
Inker(s): Ralph Reese [as Reese]
Letterer(s): Ralph Reese
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): One Year Affair
Character(s): Jill; Steve
First Line: Two weeks later, is Steve upset?
Synopsis: Steve goes out for groceries and (unknowingly) meets Jill's new female roommate.
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Pages: 0.25
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Come-Too-Soon Comics!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Ed Subitzky (signed)
Penciller(s): Ed Subitzky (signed)
Inker(s): Ed Subitzky (signed)
Letterer(s): Ed Subitzky
Subject Matter
Synopsis: A man apologizes endlessly for the premature end to his love-making.
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Pages: 0.5
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Lesson #69: Queer Quail

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: How to draw a homosexual quail.
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Pages: 0.25

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