| Strategic Review | ||
| Issue | Val | Details |
| SR1 | 35 | Strategic Review issue #1. Spring 1975. Quarterly. Cover price $.50. |
| SR2 | 28 | Summer 1975. Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman. |
| SR3 | 28 | Fall 1975. Binding is now stapled. Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman. |
| SR4 | 28 | Winter 1975. Cover price now $.75. Tim Kask (1st Dragon Mag editor) joins. Traveller's Marc Miller has a cartoon inside. |
| SR5 | 28 | Dec 1975. Newsletter goes bi-monthly, adopts graphic cover. |
| SR6 | 28 | Feb 1976. |
| SR7 | 30 | Last SR; April 1976. Full-color cover. Price raised to $1.00. |
| Strategic Preview | ||
| Issue | Val | Details |
| SP3 | 80 | Strategic Preview #3 (first issue). Released approximately May 1976, regardless of the title |
| SP4 | 80 | Strategic Preview #4. June 1976? |
| SP5 | 80 | Strategic Preview #5. July 1976? Mentions release of Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes |
| SP6 | 80 | Strategic Preview #6 (last issue). August 1976? |
| Dragon | ||
| Issue | Val | Details |
| 1 | 200 | The Dragon issue #1. Bi-monthly; price $1.50. Tim Kask editor. Fritz Leiber story. |
| 2 | 100 | Gardner Fox story. Monkish combat. Alchemist class. |
| 3 | 65 | "Finieous Fingers" comic strip first appears. |
| 4 | 55 | Empire of the Petal Throne issue. |
| 5 | 45 | Gardner Fox story. Witchcraft supplement. |
| 6 | 35 | Metamorphosis Alpha expansion rules. |
| 7 | 35 | First anniversary issue. Magazine now published 8 times/year. Origins of D&D article. Interior pages state Vol 1 #7 |
| 8 | 35 | Outer Planes. Last confirmed issue with a mailing label. |
| 9 | 35 | "Wormy" comic first appears. |
| 10 | 30 | "Snit Smasher" game. |
| 11 | 30 | "Snit's Revenge" game. Fritz Leiber story. 1st "Sorcerer's Scroll" column. 1st confirmed mailing cover (w/drawing of Dragon #1 cover) |
| 12 | 30 | |
| 13 | 30 | Gardner Fox story. Magazine goes monthly. |
| 14 | 30 | |
| 15 | 30 | Second anniversary issue. Backgammon game. L. Sprague deCamp story. "Wormy" insert. |
| 16 | 30 | Second half of L. Sprague deCamp story. Ninja class. |
| 17 | 30 | Will McLean, cartoonist for "Dragon Mirth", joins staff. |
| 18 | 30 | Fritz Leiber short story. |
| 19 | 30 | |
| 20 | 35 | Witchcraft and Demonology. Says Vol III #5 inside (which is incorrect). Rarer than other contemporary issues. |
| 21 | 25 | Says Vol III #6 both inside and outside (which is incorrect... this is Vol III #7). |
| 22 | 30 | One-month lapse since last issue. Little Wars / Dragon split issue. Assassin class. |
| 23 | 25 | Gardner Fox story. |
| 24 | 25 | |
| 25 | 25 | Gamma World issue. |
| 26 | 25 | Jake Jacquet joins staff as assistant editor. |
| 27 | 30 | Third anniversary issue (Vol IV, #1). GenCon insert. 1st (and only) nudity in Dragon comics. |
| 28 | 25 | "Awful Green Things From Outer Space" game. |
| 29 | 25 | Rear cover is printed upside-down. |
| 30 | 20 | Kim Mohan joins staff. Famous missing-D&D-player (James Egbert) news item. Ninja class variants. |
| 31 | 20 | James Egbert found. Beginning of reader fiction. |
| 32 | 20 | "The Fell Pass" D&D module. |
| 33 | 20 | Then-unknown Ed Greenwood submits a letter-to-the-editor. |
| 34 | 20 | AD&D Masters tournament module. 1st Ed Greenwood article? Divine Rights variants, cards. |
| 35 | 20 | Jake Jacquet becomes new editor. Traveller section. Errata article for Monster Manual, PHB, and DMG. |
| 36 | 20 | Gardner Fox story. April Fool's issue. |
| 37 | 20 | Tim Kask leaves magazine. "Pit of the Oracle" module. |
| 38 | 20 | "Ringside" game. Gardner Fox story. |
| 39 | 25 | Name-change from "The Dragon" to "Dragon"; separation from TSR. Fourth anniversary issue. Anti-paladin NPC. |
| 40 | 15 | First comprehensive article index. "Outside the Znutar" game. |
| 41 | 15 | "Halls of Beoll-Dur" module. |
| 42 | 15 | "Mansion of Mad Professor Ludlow" AD&D module. |
| 43 | 15 | |
| 44 | 15 | "Food Fight" game. Gardner Fox story. New NPC classes. |
| 45 | 15 | "Dungeon Design Kit" insert. New NPC classes. Squad Leader scenario. |
| 46 | 15 | AD&D Exam. "Temple of Poseidon" AD&D module. |
| 47 | 15 | "Crimefighters" game and scenario. Squad Leader scenario. Other planes section. |
| 48 | 15 | Underwater Adventuring section. Top Secret module. |
| 49 | 15 | Gencon (and Gencon East) insert |
| 50 | 20 | Fifth anniversary issue. "Chapel of Silence" 1st place AD&D module from contest. |
| 51 | 12 | "Emperor's Treasure" game. |
| 52 | 20 | Boris Vallejo cover, his first (only?) |
| 53 | 12 | |
| 54 | 12 | "Cavern Quest" AD&D module. |
| 55 | 12 | Gardner Fox story. "Creature of Rhyl" AD&D module. |
| 56 | 12 | Top Secret module. |
| 57 | 12 | "The Wandering Trees" AD&D module. |
| 58 | 12 | "Spellminders" spell counters. Special Dwarves section. |
| 59 | 12 | "Exonidas Spaceport" Traveller module. |
| 60 | 10 | "Flight of the Boodles" game. Special Elves section. |
| 61 | 10 | "Quest for the Midas Orb" AD&D module. |
| 62 | 15 | Sixth anniversary issue. First Larry Elmore cover. Top Secret module. |
| 63 | 10 | "Chagmat" AD&D module. |
| 64 | 10 | Special Assassin section. "Planet Busters" game. |
| 65 | 10 | "Monsters of the Midway" game. Celtic mythos. |
| 66 | 10 | "Thieves' Cant" dictionary. |
| 67 | 10 | Jake Jacquet, publisher, leaves. |
| 68 | 10 | Weather system insert. |
| 69 | 10 | "Arrakhar's Wand" game. |
| 70 | 8 | "Mechica" AD&D module (Aztec theme). |
| 71 | 8 | Boot Hill module. |
| 72 | 8 | "File 13" game. Cavalier subclass. |
| 73 | 8 | Inner Plane cube insert. "Forest of Doom" AD&D module. |
| 74 | 10 | Seventh anniversary issue. Special dragon & swords sections. "Combat Computer" insert. |
| 75 | 12 | "SnarfQuest" comic first appears. "Nine Hells Part 1" article. "Can Seapoint Be Saved?" AD&D module. |
| 76 | 10 | Article Index. "Nine Hells Part 2" article. |
| 77 | 8 | "King of the Tabletop" game. |
| 78 | 8 | Special Psionics section. "Citadel by the Sea" AD&D module. First Denis Beauvais cover. |
| 79 | 8 | "Wacko World" game. Top Secret module. |
| 80 | 6 | "Barnacus: City in Peril" AD&D module. |
| 81 | 6 | Special poison section. "Ruins of Andril" AD&D high-level module. |
| 82 | 6 | "Baton Races of Yaz" game. |
| 83 | 10 | "Dancing Hut" high-level AD&D module. Denis Beauvais cover (first in chess-series). |
| 84 | 8 | "Twofold Talisman" AD&D module. First appearance of ARES sci-fi section. Last "What's New?" comic. |
| 85 | 6 | Part 2 of "Twofold Talisman" AD&D tournament module. |
| 86 | 10 | Eighth anniversary issue. Second Denis Beauvais chess-series cover. "Great Stoney Castle" insert. |
| 87 | 6 | Top Secret module. |
| 88 | 6 | "Elefant Hunt" game. |
| 89 | 10 | Special shield section. "Creature Catalog" article. Third Denis Beauvais chess-series cover. |
| 90 | 5 | "Aesirhamar" AD&D module (Norse theme). |
| 91 | 5 | "Nine Hells Revisited" article. Special "Treasure Trove" section. Traveller language skills. |
| 92 | 5 | "Sword of Justice" D&D adventure. "Pages from the Mages III" article. |
| 93 | 5 | "Gypsy Train" AD&D module. High-level Druids article. |
| 94 | 5 | "Creature Catalog II" article. Official Changes for Rangers article. |
| 95 | 5 | "Into the Forgotten Realms" AD&D tournament module. |
| 96 | 5 | April Fool's issue. |
| 97 | 5 | First cover by Robin Wood. "Pages from the Mages IV" article. |
| 98 | 5 | Ninth anniversary issue. Special dragonlore section. |
| 99 | 5 | "Treasure Trove II" article. |
| 100 | 10 | Raised cover. "Saga of Old City" poster. Full-length AD&D module. "Pages from the Mages V". |
| 101 | 5 | "Creature Catalog III" article. Kender race article. |
| 102 | 5 | "Valley of the Earth Mother" AD&D module. |
| 103 | 5 | Unearthed Arcana additions & corrections. First mention of AD&D Second Edition plans. |
| 104 | 5 | "Sudden Dawn" Marvel Superheroes module. Special Thieves section. |
| 105 | 5 | AD&D module. |
| 106 | 5 | Price increase to $3.50 - remains until issue #201. |
| 107 | 8 | DL11 Dragons of Glory scenario and advanced rules. Mariner NPC. |
| 108 | 8 | Second Larry Elmore cover. Gamma World creatures. |
| 109 | 5 | Customized character classes article. |
| 110 | 4 | "House in the Frozen Lands" AD&D module. 10th anniversary issue. |
| 111 | 4 | "Death of an Arch-Mage" AD&D module. |
| 112 | 5 | "Ultimate" Article Index. |
| 113 | 5 | Parallel-publication DUNGEON magazine begins. 3D dragon cardboard-cutout model. Adventuring in Hades. |
| 114 | 4 | Return of the Witch class. |
| 115 | 4 | All About Thieves, Weapons for Clerics, Denis Beauvais Cover |
| 116 | 5 | 3-D sailing ship insert. First photo cover. |
| 117 | 4 | Creative campaigns, AD&D trivia |
| 118 | 4 | Gladiator, archery and jousting articles, Denis Beauvais Cover |
| 119 | 4 | Six special articles on Druids |
| 120 | 4 | Players Handbook II |
| 121 | 5 | Oriental Adventures fold-up castle insert. |
| 122 | 4 | Last Gary Gygax article. 11th anniversary issue. |
| 123 | 4 | Wizardry College, Herald of Galactus game. |
| 124 | 4 | Anauroch promotional map (Forgotten Realms) |
| 125 | 4 | Chivalry, quasi-elementals. |
| 126 | 4 | Undead, mutant monsters. |
| 127 | 4 | Fiefdom. |
| 128 | 4 | Vikings, Environs of Waterdeep. |
| 131 | 4 | Underdark special. |
| 132 | 12 | SnarfQuest cover by Larry Elmore. Last "Wormy" by Dave Trampier (who has never been seen since...). |
| 137 | 4 | Keith Parkinson cover |
| 141 | 4 | |
| 142 | 4 | |
| 145 | 10 | Last "SnarfQuest" comic. |
| 146 | 4 | Dragon section. Buck Rogers poster. |
| 148 | 20 | "Deck of Many Things" insert. |
| 152 | 4 | Underdark special. Poster. |
| 154 | 4 | DragonLance story. Steve Jackson poster. |
| 155 | 4 | "Crypt of Istaris" AD&D module. |
| 158 | 4 | 14th anniversary issue. Dragon special. |
| 159 | 4 | Spelljammer section. Poster. |
| 160 | 8 | Trading cards insert. |
| 162 | 4 | Halloween special. Poster. |
| 165 | 4 | Naval rules for BattleSystem. |
| 170 | 4 | 15th anniversary issue. "Dragon Kings" game. |
| 171 | 8 | Trading cards insert. Poster. |
| 172 | 4 | Underdark special. |
| 173 | 4 | Dark Sun issue. |
| 180 | 8 | Trading cards insert. |
| 182 | 4 | 16th anniversary issue. |
| 185 | 4 | Dark Sun monsters. |
| 188 | 6 | Larry Elmore cover. |
| 194 | 4 | Rules for aerial dragonfighting. |
| 200 | 8 | Hologram cover. Spine-bound. Largest issue ever. |
| 201 | 4 | Price increase to $3.95. |
| 202 | 4 | |
| 206 | 4 | 18th anniversary issue. |
| B1 | 15 | Best of the Dragon vol 1. Cover price $3.00. No ISBN. |
| B1R | 12 | Best of the Dragon vol 1, revised. Cover price $3.95. ISBN. |
| B2 | 15 | Best of the Dragon vol 2. Cover price $3.00. No ISBN. |
| B2R | 12 | Best of the Dragon vol 2, revised. Cover price $3.95. ISBN. |
| B3 | 10 | Best of the Dragon vol 3. |
| B4 | 10 | Best of the Dragon vol 4. |
| B5 | 10 | Best of the Dragon vol 5. |
| SQ | 15 | SnarfQuest comic compilation. |
| FF | 20 | Finieous Fingers comic compilation. |
| DT | 12 | DragonTales short-fiction compilation. |
| AD | 12 | The Art of Dragon Magazine. |
Value (Val) listed above is for that issue in Very Fine (VF) condition.
The value for conditions differing from that should be adjusted accordingly.
Thanks to:
Jack Coleman for scans of Dragon 123, 125-128.
Matthew Foster for the scan of Dragon 141.
Devon & Shawn Hibbs for scans of Strategic Preview 3 and 5, and for all info on Strategic Preview
Jason Kolb for scans of Dragon 69, 71, 72, 74, 79-84, 88
Michael Mifsud for the scan of Dragon 37.
Mike O'Connor for the scan of Best of the Dragon vol 1, revised.
Carl Saffer for scans of Dragon 101,102,104,106-112,114-120, and info for issues 115-120
Bill Willet for scans of Best of the Dragon vol 4, and issues 70, 75, 76, 78, 85, 86, 87, 90, and 92.