Strategic Review
 Issue ValMonth Details
SR135Spr 75 Strategic Review issue #1.  Quarterly.  Cover price $.50.
SR228Sum 75

 Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman.

SR328Fall 75 Binding is now stapled.  Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman.
SR428Win 75 Cover price now $.75.  Tim Kask (1st Dragon Mag editor) joins.  Traveller's Marc Miller has a cartoon inside.
SR528Dec 75 Newsletter goes bi-monthly, adopts graphic cover.
SR628Feb 76 
SR730Apr 76 Last Strategic Review.  Full-color cover.  Price raised to $1.00.
    
       Strategic Preview
 Issue ValMonth Details
SP380May 76 Strategic Preview #3 (first issue).  Released approximately May 1976, regardless of the title
SP480Jun 76 Strategic Preview #4
SP580Jul 76 Strategic Preview #5.  Mentions release of Gods, Demi-Gods, & Heroes
SP680Aug 76 Strategic Preview #6 (last issue)
    
       Dragon
 Issue ValMonth Details
1200Jun 76 The Dragon issue #1.  Bi-monthly; price $1.50.  Tim Kask editor.  Fritz Leiber story.
2100Aug 76 Gardner Fox story.  Monkish combat.  Alchemist class.
365Oct 76 "Finieous Fingers" comic strip first appears.
455Dec 76 Empire of the Petal Throne issue.
545Mar 77 Gardner Fox story.  Witchcraft supplement.
635Apr 77 Metamorphosis Alpha expansion rules.
735Jun 77 First anniversary issue.  Magazine now published 8 times/year.  Origins of D&D article.  Interior pages state Vol 1 #7
835Jul 77 Outer Planes.  Last confirmed issue with a mailing label.
935Sep 77 "Wormy" comic first appears.
1030Oct 77 "Snit Smasher" game.
1130Dec 77 "Snit's Revenge" game.  Fritz Leiber story.  1st "Sorcerer's Scroll" column.  1st confirmed mailing cover (w/drawing of Dragon #1 cover)
1230Feb 78 "Quag Keep" novel preview (first D&D-based novel?)
1330Apr 78 Gardner Fox story.  Magazine goes monthly.
1430May 78 
1530Jun 78 Second anniversary issue.  Backgammon game.  L. Sprague deCamp story.  "Wormy" insert.
1630Jul 78 Second half of L. Sprague deCamp story.  Ninja class.
1730Aug 78 Will McLean, cartoonist for "Dragon Mirth", joins staff.
1830Sep 78 Fritz Leiber short story.
1930Oct 78 
2035Nov 78 Witchcraft and Demonology.  Says Vol III #5 inside (which is incorrect).  Rarer than other contemporary issues.
2125Dec 78 Says Vol III #6 both inside and outside (which is incorrect... this is Vol III #7).
2230Feb 79 One-month lapse since last issue.  Little Wars / Dragon split issue.  Assassin class.
2325Mar 79 Gardner Fox story.
2425Apr 79 Lost Civilizations, Chinese Dragons, Lycanthropy, Psionics
2525May 79 Gamma World issue.
2625Jun 79 Jake Jacquet joins staff as assistant editor.
2730Jul 79 Third anniversary issue (Vol IV, #1), though it should have been last month.  GenCon insert.  1st (and only) nudity in Dragon comics.
2825Aug 79 "Awful Green Things From Outer Space" game.
2925Sep 79 Rear cover is printed upside-down.
3020Oct 79 Kim Mohan joins staff.  Famous missing-D&D-player (James Egbert) news item.  Ninja class variants.
3120Nov 79 James Egbert found.  Beginning of reader fiction. Year removed from the cover.
3220Dec 79 "The Fell Pass" D&D module.  Month removed from the cover.
3320Jan 80 Then-unknown Ed Greenwood submits a letter-to-the-editor.
3420Feb 80 AD&D Masters tournament module.  1st Ed Greenwood article?  Divine Rights variants, cards.
3520Mar 80 Jake Jacquet becomes new editor.  Traveller section.  Errata article for Monster Manual, PHB, and DMG.
3620Apr 80 Gardner Fox story.  April Fool's issue.
3720May 80 Tim Kask leaves magazine.  "Pit of the Oracle" module.
3820Jun 80 "Ringside" game.  Gardner Fox story.
3925Jul 80 Name-change from "The Dragon" to "Dragon"; separation from TSR.  Fourth anniversary issue (a month late). Anti-paladin NPC.
4015Aug 80 First comprehensive article index.  "Outside the Znutar" game.
4115Sep 80 "Halls of Beoll-Dur" module.
4215Oct 80 "Mansion of Mad Professor Ludlow" AD&D module.
4315Nov 80  The Witch PC class, How to Evaluate Your DM
4415Dec 80 "Food Fight" game.  Gardner Fox story.  New NPC classes.
4515Jan 81 "Dungeon Design Kit" insert.  New NPC classes.  Squad Leader scenario.
4615Feb 81 AD&D Exam.  "Temple of Poseidon" AD&D module.
4715Mar 81 "Crimefighters" game and scenario.  Squad Leader scenario.  Other planes section.
4815Apr 81 Underwater Adventuring section.  Top Secret module.
4915May 81 Gencon (and Gencon East) insert
5020Jun 81 Fifth anniversary issue.  "Chapel of Silence" 1st place AD&D module from contest.
5112Jul 81 "Emperor's Treasure" game.
5220Aug 81 Boris Vallejo cover, his first (only?)
5312Sep 81  Monks
5412Oct 81 "Cavern Quest" AD&D module.
5512Nov 81 Gardner Fox story.  "Creature of Rhyl" AD&D module.
5612Dec 81 Top Secret module.
5712Jan 82 "The Wandering Trees" AD&D module.
5812Feb 82 "Spellminders" spell counters.  Special Dwarves section.
5912Mar 82 "Exonidas Spaceport" Traveller module.
6010Apr 82 "Flight of the Boodles" game.  Special Elves section.
6110May 82 "Quest for the Midas Orb" AD&D module.
6215Jun 82 Sixth anniversary issue.  First Larry Elmore cover.  Top Secret module.
6310Jul 82 "Chagmat" AD&D module.
6410Aug 82 Special Assassin section.  "Planet Busters" game.
6510Sep 82 "Monsters of the Midway" game.  Celtic mythos.
6610Oct 82 "Thieves' Cant" dictionary.
6710Nov 82 Jake Jacquet, publisher, leaves.
6810Dec 82 Weather system insert.
6910Jan 83 "Arrakhar's Wand" game.
708Feb 83 "Mechica" AD&D module (Aztec theme).
718Mar 83 Boot Hill module.
728Apr 83 "File 13" game.  Cavalier subclass.
738May 83 Inner Plane cube insert.  "Forest of Doom" AD&D module.
7410Jun 83 Seventh anniversary issue.  Special dragon & swords sections.  "Combat Computer" insert.
7512Jul 83 "SnarfQuest" comic first appears.  "Nine Hells Part 1" article.  "Can Seapoint Be Saved?" AD&D module.
7610Aug 83 Article Index.  "Nine Hells Part 2" article.
778Sep 83 "King of the Tabletop" game.
788Oct 83 Special Psionics section.  "Citadel by the Sea" AD&D module.   First Denis Beauvais cover.
798Nov 83 "Wacko World" game.  Top Secret module.
806Dec 83 "Barnacus: City in Peril" AD&D module.
816Jan 84 Special poison section.  "Ruins of Andril" AD&D high-level module.
826Feb 84 "Baton Races of Yaz" game.
8310Mar 84 "Dancing Hut" high-level AD&D module.  Denis Beauvais cover (first in chess-series).
848Apr 84 "Twofold Talisman" AD&D module.  First appearance of ARES sci-fi section.  Last "What's New?" comic.
856May 84 Part 2 of "Twofold Talisman" AD&D tournament module.
8610Jun 84 Eighth anniversary issue.  Second Denis Beauvais chess-series cover.  "Great Stoney Castle" insert.
876Jul 84 Top Secret module.
886Aug 84 "Elefant Hunt" game.
8910Sep 84 Special shield section.  "Creature Catalog" article.  Third Denis Beauvais chess-series cover.
905Oct 84 "Aesirhamar" AD&D module (Norse theme).
915Nov 84 "Nine Hells Revisited" article.  Special "Treasure Trove" section.  Traveller language skills.
925Dec 84 "Sword of Justice" D&D adventure.   "Pages from the Mages III" article.
935Jan 85 "Gypsy Train" AD&D module.  High-level Druids article.
945Feb 85 "Creature Catalog II" article.  Official Changes for Rangers article.  Incorrectly states it's Vol #9 issue #8 (should be Vol #9 issue #9).
955Mar 85 "Into the Forgotten Realms" AD&D tournament module.
965Apr 85 April Fool's issue.
975May 85 First cover by Robin Wood.  "Pages from the Mages IV" article.
985Jun 85 Ninth anniversary issue.  Special dragonlore section.
995Jul 85 "Treasure Trove II" article.
10010Aug 85 Raised cover.  "Saga of Old City" poster.  Full-length AD&D module.  "Pages from the Mages V".
1015Sep 85 "Creature Catalog III" article.  Kender race article.
1025Oct 85 "Valley of the Earth Mother" AD&D module.
1035Nov 85 Unearthed Arcana additions & corrections.  First mention of AD&D Second Edition plans.
1045Dec 85 "Sudden Dawn" Marvel Superheroes module.  Special Thieves section.
1055Jan 86 AD&D module.
1065Feb 86 Price increase to $3.50 - remains until issue #201.
1078Mar 86 DL11 Dragons of Glory scenario and advanced rules.  Mariner NPC.
1088Apr 86 Second Larry Elmore cover.  Gamma World creatures.
1095May 86 Customized character classes article.
1104Jun 86 "House in the Frozen Lands" AD&D module.  10th anniversary issue.
1114Jul 86 "Death of an Arch-Mage" AD&D module.
1125Aug 86 "Ultimate" Article Index.
1135Sep 86 Parallel-publication DUNGEON magazine begins.  3D dragon cardboard-cutout model.  Adventuring in Hades.
1144Oct 86 Return of the Witch class.
1154Nov 86 All About Thieves, Weapons for Clerics, Denis Beauvais Cover
1165Dec 86 3-D sailing ship insert. First photo cover.
1174Jan 87 Creative campaigns, AD&D trivia.  Incorrectly marked as Jan 1986 throughout.
1184Feb 87 Gladiator, archery and jousting articles, Denis Beauvais Cover
1194Mar 87 Six special articles on Druids
1204Apr 87 Players Handbook II
1215May 87 Oriental Adventures fold-up castle insert.
1224Jun 87 Last Gary Gygax article.  11th anniversary issue.
1234Jul 87 Wizardry College, Herald of Galactus game.
1244Aug 87 Anauroch promotional map (Forgotten Realms)
1254Sep 87 Chivalry, quasi-elementals.
1264Oct 87 Undead, mutant monsters.
1274Nov 87 Fiefdom.
1284Dec 87 Vikings, Environs of Waterdeep.
1314Mar 88 Underdark special.
13212Apr 88 SnarfQuest cover by Larry Elmore.  Last "Wormy" by Dave Trampier (who has never been seen since...).
1374Sep 88 Keith Parkinson cover
1414Jan 89 
1424Feb 89 AD&D 2nd Edition Preview
14510May 89 Last "SnarfQuest" comic.
1464Jun 89 Dragon section.  Buck Rogers poster.  13th anniversary issue.
14820Aug 89 "Deck of Many Things" insert.
1524Dec 89 Underdark special.  Poster.
1544Feb 90 DragonLance story.  Steve Jackson poster.
1554Mar 90 "Crypt of Istaris" AD&D module.
1584Jun 90 14th anniversary issue.  Dragon special.
1594Jul 90 Spelljammer section.  Poster.
1608Aug 90 Trading cards insert.
1624Oct 90 Halloween special.  Poster.
1654Jan 91 Naval rules for BattleSystem.
1704Jun 91 15th anniversary issue.  "Dragon Kings" game.
1718Jul 91 Trading cards insert.  Poster.
1724Aug 91 Underdark special.
1734Sep 91 Dark Sun issue.
1808Apr 92 Trading cards insert.
1824Jun 92 16th anniversary issue.
1854Sep 92 Dark Sun monsters.
1886Dec 92 Larry Elmore cover.
1944Jun 93 Rules for aerial dragonfighting.  17th anniversary issue.
2008Dec 93 Hologram cover.  Spine-bound.  Largest issue ever.
2014Jan 94 Price increase to $3.95.
2024Feb 94 
2064Jun 94 18th anniversary issue.
2364Dec 96 Last issue under TSR auspices -- Wizards of the Coast takes over.
B115  Best of the Dragon vol 1.  Cover price $3.00.  No ISBN.
B1R12  Best of the Dragon vol 1, revised.  Cover price $3.95.  ISBN.
B215  Best of the Dragon vol 2.  Cover price $3.00.  No ISBN.
B2R12  Best of the Dragon vol 2, revised.  Cover price $3.95.  ISBN.
B310  Best of the Dragon vol 3.
B410  Best of the Dragon vol 4.
B510  Best of the Dragon vol 5.
SQ15  SnarfQuest comic compilation.
FF20  Finieous Fingers comic compilation.
DT12  DragonTales short-fiction compilation.
AD12  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:
Cory Cohen for scans of Dragon 103 & 105.
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.

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