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Issue: National Lampoon Magazine #54 Age Restricted
Publication Date: September 1974
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Issues: #54 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: 08/20/1974
Volume: 1
Pages: 96
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.85 USD
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Content Items: 15 (11 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Henry Beard; Tony Hendra; Brian McConnachie; Sean Kelly
Disclose 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.
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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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Baby with Old Man's Face

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Penciller(s): Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Inker(s): Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Colorist(s): Wayne McLoughlin (painting)
Letterer(s): typeset
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Pages: 1
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Time for a Break!

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): 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.
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Pages: 0.25
Disclose Notes: Parody of editorial cartoons.
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Old Love Stories

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, romantic
Synopsis: A couple in a nursing home finds romance, at least for a day or so.
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Pages: 6
Disclose Notes: Parody of romance comics. Color cover on slick paper; fake ad in black and white; and four page color story on newsprint.
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Senior Sex

Cartoon  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)
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Pages: 3
Disclose Notes: Nine caption-less cartoons with gags involving sex and senior citizens.
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Decrepit Comics

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous, superhero
Character(s): 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.
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Pages: 6
Disclose 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: childrens
Feature(s): Nuts
First Line: 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.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Byron Preiss [as Preiss]
Subject Matter
Genres: romantic
Feature(s): One Year Affair
Character(s): Steve
First Line: Jill!
Synopsis: Steve is out searching for Jill, who has disappeared, and mistakes another woman for her.
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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): Desdemona, a Southern Belle
Character(s): Desdemona; Major Cabot; John Henry; Stanfield
First Line: You there!
Synopsis: The Union Army occupies the plantation and the commanding officer has to be convinced that Desdemona is engaged to former slave John Henry.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
First Line: I talk more than most.
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Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Feature(s): Radio Rae
Character(s): Radio Rae; Rosie the Riveter
First Line: The Glamazon of the airwave is still in the clutches...
Synopsis: Rosie the Riveter comes to the rescue of Radio Rae when Rae is captured by a foreign spy.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Chicken Gutz
Character(s): Chicken Gutz; Cheech Wizard (cameo)
First Line: It's not the Galloping Gourmet, folks...
Synopsis: Chicken Gutz does a cooking show, but an overdose of parsley causes a disaster.
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Lesson #817: How to Draw Faster

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Famous Comic Artists School
Synopsis: How to draw a woman, just using the essential parts.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Feature(s): Trots and Bonnie
Character(s): Trots (dog); Bonnie
First Line: Do you think your doggie will go for this dish...
Synopsis: Trots samples some dog food for a commercial, but blows the opportunity for a career in show business.
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Son of Fred Kismiass!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Character(s): 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.
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[untitled]

Cartoon  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jane Fonda (quote)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
Feature(s): Drawn & Quoted
Character(s): Jane Fonda; Robert Redford
First Line: I've known two Robert Redfords.
Synopsis: Cartoon of Jane Fonda on a guillotine, holding Robert Redford's head.
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Pages: 1
Disclose 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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