NATIONAL LAMPOON ISSUES			
				
Month/Year	Actual Issue No.	Stated Issue No.	Issue Name	Notes
				
April-70	1	1	Sexy Cover Issue	
May-70	2	2	Greed	
June-70	3	3	Blight	
July-70	4	4	Bad Taste	
August-70	5	5	Paranoia	
September-70	6	6	Show Biz 	
October-70	7	7	Abbie Visits 1600 Sesame Street	
November-70	8	8	Nostalgia	
December-70	9	9	Christmas	
January-71	10	10	Women	
February-71	11	11	Head	
March-71	12	12	(Mona Gorilla)	
April-71	13	13	Adventure	
May-71	14	14	The Future: It Came from 1971	
June-71	15	15	Religion for Fun and Prophet Issue	
July-71	16	16	Pornography: Threat or Menace?	
August-71	17	17	What, My Lai?	
September-71	18	18	Kids	
October-71	19	19	Back-To-School Issue	
November-71	20	20	Horror	
December-71	21	21	Christmas	
January-72	22	22	Is Nothing Sacred?	
February-72	23	23	Crime!	
March-72	24	24	Escape!	
April-72	25	25	25th Anniversary Issue	
May-72	26	26	Men!	
June-72	27	27	Science Fiction	
July-72	28	28	Surprise!	
August-72	29	29	The Miracle Of Democracy	
September-72	30	30	Boredom	
October-72	31	31	Remember Those Fabulous Sixties?	
November-72	32	32	Decadence Issue	
December-72	33	33	Special Easter Issue	
January-73	34	34	Death	
February-73	35	35	Sexual Frustration	
March-73	36	36	Sweetness and Light	
April-73	37	37	Prejudice	
May-73	38	38	Fraud	
June-73	39	39	Violence	
July-73	40	40	Modern Times	
August-73	41	41	Strange Beliefs	
September-73	42	42	Postwar	
October-73	43	43	Banana	
November-73	44	44	Sports	
December-73	45	45	Self-Indulgence	
January-74	46	46	Animals	
February-74	47	47	Strange Sex	
March-74	48	48	Stupid Issue	
April-74	49	49	Travel	
May-74	50	50	50th Anniversary Issue	
June-74	51	51	Food Issue	
July-74	52	52	Dessert	
August-74	53	53	Isolationism and Tooth Care	
September-74	54	54	Old Age Issue	
October-74	55	55	Pubescence	
November-74	56	56	Civics	
December-74	57	57	The Judeo-Christian Tradition	
January-75	58	58	No Issue	
February-75	59	59	Love and Romance	
March-75	60	60	Goodbye to All That	
April-75	61	61	Car Sickness	
May-75	62	62	Medicine	
June-75	63	63	Rainy Day-Sunday Funbook Issue	Some issues are mis-dated "June, 1974" on cover
July-75	64	64	X-Rated 3-D Entertainment	
August-75	65	65	Justice	
September-75	66	66	Back to College	
October-75	67	67	Collector's Issue	
November-75	68	68	Work	
December-75	69	69	Money	
January-76	70	70	Secret Issue	
February-76	71	71	Artists and Models	
March-76	72	72	March Issue: In Like a Lion	
April-76	73	73	Sports	
May-76	74	74	Unwanted Foreigners	
June-76	75	75	Diamond Jubilee Issue	
July-76	76	76	Down Home	
August-76	77	77	Compulsory Summer Sex Issue	
September-76	78	78	The Latest Issue	
October-76	79	79	The Funny Pages	
November-76	80	80	Special Election Year Issue	
December-76	81	81	Selling Out	
January-77	82	82	"Give me a magazine cover with a beautiful girl..."	
February-77	83	83	Grand Fifth Term Inaugural Issue	
March-77	84	84	Science and Technology	
April-77	85	85	Ripping the lid off TV!	
May-77	86	86	Gay Ish	
June-77	87	87	I got my job through the National Lampoon	
July-77	88	88	Sex  	
August-77	89	89	Cheap Thrills	
September-77	90	90	Grow Up!	
October-77	91	91	Beatles	
November-77	92	92	Lifestyles	
December-77	93	93	Christmas in December	
January-78	94	94	The Role of Sex in History	
February-78	95	95	Spring Fascism Preview	
March-78	96	96	Crime And Punishment	
April-78	97	97	Spring Cleaning	
May-78	98	98	Families	
June-78	99	99	The Wild West	
July-78	100	100	100th Anniversary Issue	End of Volume 1
August-78	101	1	Today's Teens	Start of Volume 2
September-78	102	2	"The Body"	
October-78	103	3	Style	
November-78	104	4	Entertainment	
December-78	105	5	Food & Festivity	
January-79	106	6	Depression	
February-79	107	7	Heterosexuality	
March-79	108	8	Chance	
April-79	109	9	"April Fool!"	
May-79	110	10	International Communism and Terrorism Issue	
June-79	111	11	Kids	
July-79	112	12	Sports	
August-79	113	13	Vacation!	
September-79	114	14	Fall Potpourri Issue	
October-79	115	15	Comedy	
November-79	116	16	Love Issue	
December-79	117	17	Success Issue	
January-80	118	18	Fantasy Issue	
February-80	119	19	Tenth Anniversary Issue	
March-80	120	20	March Miscellany	
April-80	121	21	Vengeance Issue	
May-80	122	22	Sex Roles Issue	
June-80	123	23	Fresh Air Issue	
July-80	124	24	Slime, Swill, And Politics	
August-80	125	25	Anxiety	
September-80	126	26	The Past and How It Got There	
October-80	127	27	Aggression	
November-80	128	28	Happy Thanksgiving	
December-80	129	29	Fun Takes a Holiday	
January-81	130	30	Excess	
February-81	131	31	Sin	
March-81	132	32	Women & Dogs	
April-81	133	33	Chaos	
May-81	134	34	Naked Ambition	
June-81	135	35	Romance	
July-81	136	36	Endless, Mindless Summer Sex	
August-81	137	37	Let's Get It Up, America!	
September-81	138	38	Back to School	
October-81	139	39	Movies	
November-81	140	40	TV: Cruel And Unusual Punishment?	
December-81	141	41	What's Hip?	
January-82	142	42	Sword and Sorcery	
February-82	143	43	The Sexy Issue	
March-82	144	44	Food Issue	
April-82	145	45	Failures	
May-82	146	46	Crime	
June-82	147	47	Do It Yourself	
July-82	148	48	Sports	
August-82	149	49	Greetings From The New West	
September-82	150	50	Hot Sex	
October-82	151	51	Special Issue (O.C. and Stiggs)	
November-82	152	52	Wealth and Poverty	
December-82	153	53	Not in This Issue	
January-83	154	54	Hot Flashes! The Top Stories of 1983	
February-83	155	55	Raging Controversy!	
March-83	156	56	Warning! This FDA approved...	
April-83	157	57	Our Annual Swimsuit Issue	
May-83	158	58	South Pacific	
June-83	159	59	Adults Only!	
July-83	160	60	Vacation!	
August-83	161	61	E.T. and John Glenn...	
September-83	162	62	Collector's Heirloom Edition	
October-83	163	63	Dilated Pupils	
November-83	164	64	Hookers & Lookers...	
December-83	165	65	Holiday Jeers	
January-84	166	66	1984: Little Brother Is Watching You	
February-84	167	67	Special All-Comics Issue	
March-84	168	68	The Sixties' Greatest Hits	
April-84	169	69	You Too Can Parody Anything!	
May-84	170	70	1984 Baseball Preview	
June-84	171	71	This Summer's Movies!	
July-84	172	72	Special Summer Fun Number!	
August-84	173	73	The Unofficial 1984 Olympic Guide	
September-84	174	74	Fall Fashion Preview!	
October-84	175	75	(no name: coed with cherry on cover)	
November-84	176	76	The Accidental Issue	
December-84	177	77	(no name: "Natalie Lamp" on cover)	Issue numbering ends with this issue
January-85	178	 	Good Clean Sex	
February-85	179	 	A Misguided Tour of New York	
March-85	180	 	The Best Of 15 Years	
April-85	181	 	The Best From Europe	
May-85	182	 	Celebrity Roast	
June-85	183	 	The Doug Kenney Collection	
July-85	184	 	Sex in the Classroom!	
August-85	185	 	All-New True Facts 1985	
September-85	186	 	The Lust Issue	
October-85	187	 	All-Star Music Issue	
November-85	188	 	The Mad As Hell Issue	
December-85	189	 	The Violence, Revenge, Reagan, And A Merry Christmas to All Issue
January-86	190	 	Good Clean Sex...Again	
February-86	191	 	The Big Money And Other Sexy Subjects Issue	
March-86	192	 	This Issue Exploits Women!	
April-86	193	 	Doctors And Lawyers Issue	
May-86	194	 	All-Star Sports Issue	
June-86	195	 	Horror And Fantasy Issue	
July-86	196	 	Hot Summer Sex	
August-86	197	 	Show Biz Issue	
September-86	198	 	Sleaze	
October-86	199	 	Back To School	
November-86	(no issue)			
December-86	200	 	200th Anniversary Issue	
January-87	(no issue)	 		
February-87	201	 	(no name: sunbathing snowman on cover)	
March-87	(no issue)	 		
April-87	202	 	Crime Pays	
May-87	(no issue)	 		
June-87	203	 	Sex And Other Unusual Practices	
July-87	(no issue)	 		
August-87	204	 	(no name)	
September-87	(no issue)	 		
October-87	205	 	Our Big Back To School Issue	
November-87	(no issue)	 		
December-87	206	 	(no name: "Our Woman of the Year for 1987" on cover)	
January-88	(no issue)	 		
February-88	207	 	(no name: "The Final Stupid Pet Trick" on cover)	
March-88	(no issue)	 		
April-88	208	 	Television!	
May-88	(no issue)	 		
June-88	209	 	Subliminal Sex Issue	
July-88	(no issue)	 		
August-88	210	 	True Facts '88	
September-88	(no issue)	 		
October-88	211	 	(no name: baseball issue)	
November-88	(no issue)			
December-88	212	 	(no name: Carrie Leigh and Hugh Hefner on cover)	
January-89	(no issue)	 		
February-89	213	 	(no name: Tyson and Givens cartoon on cover)	
March-89	(no issue)	 		
April-89	214	 	A Salute to Modern Mediocrity	
May-89	(no issue)	 		
June-89	215	 	Summer Sex Issue	
July-89	(no issue)	 		
August-89	216	 	(no name: "Wet T-Shirts Through History" on cover)	
September-89	(no issue)	 		
October-89	217	 	Back To College Issue	
November-89	(no issue)	 		
December-89	218	 	Gala Party Issue	
January-90	(no issue)	 		
February-90	219	 	Conspiracy Issue	
March-90	(no issue)	 		
April-90	220	 	Our Annual Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue Cover Parody	
May-90	(no issue)	 		
June-90	221	 	Special Lust Issue	
July-90	(no issue)	 		
August-90	222	 	Our Annual True Facts Gala Issue	
September-90	(no issue)	 		
October-90	223	 	Back to School!	
November-90	(no issue)	 		
December-90	224	123	The Best of 1970 - 1990	Issue numbering resumes with this issue, but this should have been #124
January-91	(no issue)	 		
February-91	225	124	The Humor Issue	
March-91	226	125	It's Weird. It's Funny. It's Gaucho!	
April-91	227	 	To Victory! Celebrating the New World Order	No number
May-91	228	127	How to Beat the Depression?	
June-91	229	128	(no name: Bruce Willis grave on cover)	
July-91	(no issue)	 		 
August-91	230	129	Going Places!	
September-91	231	130	Coming of Age	
October-91	232	131	Politically Incorrect College Issue	
November-91	(no issue)	 		
December-91	233	132	Pearl Harbor - No Hard Feelings	
January-92	(no issue)	 		
February-92	234	133	All Time Greatest Parodies!	
March-92	(no issue)	 		
April-92	235	134	All New! All True! True Facts Issue!	Issue numbering ends with this issue. Publication intermittent from this issue.
Spring 1993	236	 	Buy This Magazine Or We'll Whip Dita!	
(C)1993	237	  	(no name: Howard Stern on cover)	
Mar/Apr 94	238	 	(no name: Snoop Doggy Dog in electric chair on cover)	
May/Jun 94	239	Vol. 94, No .3	(no name: plumber with butt crack on cover)	This issue number means that there is a Jan/Feb 94 issue, 
Jul/Aug 94	240	 	(no name: Larry "Bud" Melman on cover)	or that the second issue copyrighted 1993 was distributed as a 1994 issue.
Sep/Oct 94	241	 	(no name: Tonya Harding and Loreena Bobbitt on cover)	
Jan/Feb 95	242	 	Sex in America: The Joy of Surveys	
Vol.2 1995	243	 	(no name: girl in bikini on computer screen on cover)	
(C)1996	244	 	25th Birthday Party Issue	
(C)1997	245	 	(no name: girl in paper bikini on cover)	
(C)1998	246	 	The Failure Issue	Publication ends with this issue.
				
				S. Higham 5/30/01