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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #39 Age Restricted
Publication Date: June 1973
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Issues: #39 of 223 Issues
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagTwenty First Century / Heavy Metal / National Lampoon
Brand: none
Indicia Publisher: National Lampoon Inc.
On Sale Date: 05/17/1973
Volume: 1
Pages: 100
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.75 USD
Indicia Frequency:
Content Items: 18 (12 stories, 0 covers)
Editor(s): Henry Beard; Michael O'Donoghue; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie
Disclose Notes: The "Violence" issue. Funny Pages on pages 84-96 (scattered).
Photo story ad for Pioneer SE-505 Stereo Headset on page 19, done in the same format as Foto Funnies.
Photo story promo for subscriptions to National Lampoon on page 89, done as a parody of the Coca-Cola TV commercial "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing."
Comic format ad on inside back cover for Chris Rush "First Rush" comedy album. Art signed "Mickey Pickles."
On-sale date from 1973 Periodicals, Copyright Office, Library of Congress.
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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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Slipping on Blood

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous
Synopsis: A woman slips on blood from a man shot on the sidewalk, while the police and bystanders laugh heartily.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: On the cover.
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Gloomy Tunes Presents Kit 'n' Kaboodle: Midday Mischief

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic, humorous
Character(s): Kit; Kaboodle
Synopsis: Ultra-violent parody of cat and mouse animated cartoons.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Pages 31-36. Color cover and fake ad (Sea-Poodles) in black and white on slick paper and four-page color story on newsprint. This is in the same vein as the 1982 "Squeak the Mouse" comic book by Massimo Mattioli.
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Foto Funnies
Character(s): Chris Miller (photo)
First Line: Guess Who?
Synopsis: A woman drapes her breasts over her bedmate's eyes.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 42.
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Hemophunnies

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ? (red highlights)
Subject Matter
Genres: crime, humorous
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Pages 61-63. Nine pantomime cartoons dealing with blood after stabbings and shooting. Black and white with red blood. Same theme as the cover cartoon.
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[untitled]

Photo Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ? (photographs)
Inker(s): ? (photographs)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Foto Funnies
Character(s): Chris Miller (photo)
First Line: Nectarines? Breadfruit? Soft pears?
Synopsis: A man tries to describe what his bedmate's breasts resemble.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 64.
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"Just my luck! Stuck here with a pacifist!

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Two men on the stereotypical desert island. One is a boxer, the other is practicing yoga.
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Pages: 0.2
Disclose Notes: Page 67. Part of the "Knuckle" boxing magazine section.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Blind. Help me buy a Doberman Pinscher...
Synopsis: A blind beggar wears a sign that says "Blind. Help me buy a Doberman Pinscher to kill those more fortunate than me."
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Pages: 0.33
Disclose Notes: Page 70. Part of "Knuckle" boxing magazine section.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ? [as Lore] (signed)
Penciller(s): ? [as Lore] (signed)
Inker(s): ? [as Lore] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, religious
First Line: On your mark ... get set ...
Synopsis: A priest holds a starter's pistol for a race between two nuns on reciting the rosary.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Page 74.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Nuts
First Line: Remember how when you had all these great ideas...
Synopsis: The boy plans to play all summer, but his parents send him to summer camp instead.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Page 84.
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Cheech Wizard Discovers a Traitor

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Bodé's Cartoon Concert
Character(s): Cheech Wizard; Apprentice
Synopsis: Cheech discovers his apprentice is disparaging him behind his back and gets some revenge.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 86.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens, humorous
Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie
Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie; Pepsi
First Line: Wow, Pepsi! Isn't he adorable?
Synopsis: Bonnie has a crush on a boy. Pepsi ruins the fantasy by saying he's not too smart, but is good in bed.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 88.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: anthropomorphic
Feature(s): Duck and Weevil
Character(s): Dirty Duck; Weevil; Annie Rat
First Line: Gott in Himmel!!
Synopsis: Weevil buys sunglasses and a long-haired wig to try to appear young and sexy. It doesn't work.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 88. The Duck character has a different appearance in this strip, though the other characters look the same.
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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
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Idyl
First Line: What are you doing?" "I'm going to punch my head out.
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In Content Item: FlagSchwermetall #7 published August 1980
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 90.
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Love Story

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: A man tells his sordid life story to a woman as he kneels to propose to her.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 92. Pantomime story. One scene with a series of scenes in word balloons.
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Different Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Gil's wife is turned into a pig by an attack of poisonous flying ants.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 94.
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Coincidental Juxtaposition Comics!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Synopsis: Characters' word balloons are configured in such a way that sexual phrases are formed.
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Pages: 0.5
Disclose Notes: Page 94.
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[untitled]

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
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Mule's Diner
Character(s): Mule; Dobbs
First Line: Seems like old Dobbs spends a lot of time in your men's room...
Synopsis: Dobbs gets lost in the shuffle of a large corporation and spends years killing time in the men's room, while still getting paid.
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Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Page 95.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): The Aesop Brothers Siamese Twins
Character(s): The Aesop Brothers [Alex; George]
First Line: C'mon Alex. We gotta dress.
Synopsis: The Aesop Brothers decide to leave the sideshow and hitchhike to Los Angeles. They are picked up by an elderly former movie star.
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Pages: 0.75
Disclose Notes: Page 96. Part of a continued story.

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