National Lampoon — December 1970, Christmas Issue, Gahan Wilson Cover (Vintage Magazine)
National Lampoon — December 1970, Christmas Issue, Gahan Wilson Cover (Vintage Magazine)
Original December 1970 issue of National Lampoon — the ninth issue ever published and the last of the magazine’s first year. Cover art by Gahan Wilson: a Soviet pilot in a tank turret blasting Santa Claus out of the sky, gifts scattering mid-air, with the speech bubble “Eat Death, Bloated Lackey of the Capitalist Toy Mongers!” Top teasers: J. Edgar Hoover Meets the Godfather · The Prince of Wales Meets Tricia. Bottom: 12 Free Christmas Presents Inside! · Gahan Wilson’s Christmas Horrors. Original cover price: 75¢.
A Gahan Wilson Christmas cover from the Lampoon’s founding year — one of the most collectible combinations in the entire run. Wilson’s grotesque, darkly comic style made him the defining visual voice of the early Lampoon, and this cover is among his most iconic. Stored in a protective sleeve. Sold as found.
Details
- National Lampoon, December 1970
- Theme: Christmas
- Cover art: Gahan Wilson
- Teasers: J. Edgar Hoover Meets the Godfather · The Prince of Wales Meets Tricia
- Features: Gahan Wilson’s Christmas Horrors · 12 Free Christmas Presents Inside
- Original cover price: 75¢
- First year of publication — ninth issue ever
- Gahan Wilson cover — among the most collectible in the run
- Stored in protective sleeve
- Sold as found — vintage condition
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