| VF | Strategic Review | ||
| Issue | Val | Month | Details |
| SR1 | 296 | Spr 75 | Strategic Review issue #1. Quarterly. Cover price $.50. |
| SR2 | 173 | Sum 75 |
Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman. |
| SR3 | 98 | Fall 75 | Binding is now stapled. Has a cartoon by Game Designer's Workshop CEO Loren K. Wiseman. |
| SR4 | 130 | Win 75 | Cover price now $.75. Tim Kask (1st Dragon Mag editor) joins. Traveller's Marc Miller has a cartoon inside. |
| SR5 | 117 | Dec 75 | Newsletter goes bi-monthly, adopts graphic cover. |
| SR6 | 105 | Feb 76 | |
| SR7 | 137 | Apr 76 | Last Strategic Review. Full-color cover. Price raised to $1.00. |
| VF | Dragon | ||
| Issue | Val | Month | Details |
| 1 | 2080 | Jun 76 | The Dragon issue #1. Bi-monthly; price $1.50. Tim Kask editor. Fritz Leiber story. |
| 2 | 629 | Aug 76 | Gardner Fox story. Monkish combat. Alchemist class. |
| 3 | 547 | Oct 76 | "Finieous Fingers" comic strip first appears. |
| 4 | 282 | Dec 76 | Empire of the Petal Throne issue. |
| 5 | 242 | Mar 77 | Gardner Fox story. Witchcraft supplement. |
| 6 | 150 | Apr 77 | Metamorphosis Alpha expansion rules. |
| 7 | 117 | Jun 77 | First anniversary issue. Magazine now published 8 times/year. Origins of D&D article. Interior pages state Vol 1 #7 |
| 8 | 82 | Jul 77 | Outer Planes. Last confirmed issue with a mailing label. |
| 9 | 80 | Sep 77 | "Wormy" comic first appears. |
| 10 | 172 | Oct 77 | "Snit Smasher" game. |
| 11 | 108 | Dec 77 | "Snit's Revenge" game. Fritz Leiber story. 1st "Sorcerer's Scroll" column. 1st confirmed mailing cover (w/drawing of Dragon #1 cover) |
| 12 | 108 | Feb 78 | "Quag Keep" novel preview (first D&D-based novel?) |
| 13 | 108 | Apr 78 | Gardner Fox story. Magazine goes monthly. |
| 14 | 108 | May 78 | |
| 15 | 108 | Jun 78 | Second anniversary issue. Backgammon game. L. Sprague deCamp story. "Wormy" insert. |
| 16 | 108 | Jul 78 | Second half of L. Sprague deCamp story. Ninja class. |
| 17 | 108 | Aug 78 | Will McLean, cartoonist for "Dragon Mirth", joins staff. |
| 18 | 108 | Sep 78 | Fritz Leiber short story. |
| 19 | 108 | Oct 78 | |
| 20 | 108 | Nov 78 | Witchcraft and Demonology. Says Vol III #5 inside (which is incorrect). Rarer than other contemporary issues. |
| 21 | 97 | Dec 78 | Says Vol III #6 both inside and outside (which is incorrect... this is Vol III #7). |
| 22 | 97 | Feb 79 | One-month lapse since last issue. Little Wars / Dragon split issue. Assassin class. |
| 23 | 97 | Mar 79 | Gardner Fox story. |
| 24 | 97 | Apr 79 | Lost Civilizations, Chinese Dragons, Lycanthropy, Psionics |
| 25 | 97 | May 79 | Gamma World issue. One variant cover we've seen has "The Dragon" printed in green ink (the same green seen in the goggles) |
| 26 | 97 | Jun 79 | Jake Jacquet joins staff as assistant editor. |
| 27 | 97 | Jul 79 | Third anniversary issue (Vol IV, #1), though it should have been last month. GenCon insert. 1st (and only) nudity in Dragon comics. |
| 28 | 97 | Aug 79 | "Awful Green Things From Outer Space" game. |
| 29 | 97 | Sep 79 | Kim Mohan joins staff. Rear cover is printed upside-down. |
| 30 | 78 | Oct 79 | Famous missing-D&D-player (James Egbert) news item. Ninja class variants. |
| 31 | 78 | Nov 79 | James Egbert found. Beginning of reader fiction. Year removed from the cover. |
| 32 | 78 | Dec 79 | "The Fell Pass" D&D module. Month removed from the cover. |
| 33 | 78 | Jan 80 | Then-unknown Ed Greenwood submits a letter-to-the-editor. |
| 34 | 78 | Feb 80 | AD&D Masters tournament module. 1st Ed Greenwood article? Divine Rights variants, cards. |
| 35 | 78 | Mar 80 | Jake Jacquet becomes new editor. Traveller section. Errata article for Monster Manual, PHB, and DMG. |
| 36 | 78 | Apr 80 | Gardner Fox story. April Fool's issue. |
| 37 | 78 | May 80 | Tim Kask leaves magazine. "Pit of the Oracle" module. |
| 38 | 78 | Jun 80 | "Ringside" game. Gardner Fox story. |
| 39 | 78 | Jul 80 | Name-change from "The Dragon" to "Dragon"; separation from TSR. Fourth anniversary issue (a month late). Anti-paladin NPC. |
| 40 | 58 | Aug 80 | First comprehensive article index. "Outside the Znutar" game. |
| 41 | 58 | Sep 80 | "Halls of Beoll-Dur" module. |
| 42 | 58 | Oct 80 | "Mansion of Mad Professor Ludlow" AD&D module. |
| 43 | 58 | Nov 80 | The Witch PC class, How to Evaluate Your DM |
| 44 | 58 | Dec 80 | "Food Fight" game. Gardner Fox story. New NPC classes. |
| 45 | 58 | Jan 81 | "Dungeon Design Kit" insert. New NPC classes. Squad Leader scenario. |
| 46 | 58 | Feb 81 | AD&D Exam. "Temple of Poseidon" AD&D module. |
| 47 | 58 | Mar 81 | "Crimefighters" game and scenario. Squad Leader scenario. Other planes section. |
| 48 | 58 | Apr 81 | Underwater Adventuring section. Top Secret module. |
| 49 | 58 | May 81 | Gencon (and Gencon East) insert |
| 50 | 78 | Jun 81 | Fifth anniversary issue. "Chapel of Silence" 1st place AD&D module from contest. |
| 51 | 47 | Jul 81 | "Emperor's Treasure" game. |
| 52 | 58 | Aug 81 | Boris Vallejo cover, his first (only?) |
| 53 | 47 | Sep 81 | Monks |
| 54 | 47 | Oct 81 | "Cavern Quest" AD&D module. |
| 55 | 47 | Nov 81 | Gardner Fox story. "Creature of Rhyl" AD&D module. |
| 56 | 47 | Dec 81 | Top Secret module. |
| 57 | 47 | Jan 82 | "The Wandering Trees" AD&D module. |
| 58 | 47 | Feb 82 | "Spellminders" spell counters. Special Dwarves section. |
| 59 | 47 | Mar 82 | "Exonidas Spaceport" Traveller module. |
| 60 | 39 | Apr 82 | "Flight of the Boodles" game. Special Elves section. |
| 61 | 39 | May 82 | "Quest for the Midas Orb" AD&D module. |
| 62 | 58 | Jun 82 | Sixth anniversary issue. First Larry Elmore cover. Top Secret module. |
| 63 | 39 | Jul 82 | "Chagmat" AD&D module. |
| 64 | 39 | Aug 82 | Special Assassin section. "Planet Busters" game. |
| 65 | 39 | Sep 82 | "Monsters of the Midway" game. Celtic mythos. |
| 66 | 39 | Oct 82 | "Thieves' Cant" dictionary. |
| 67 | 39 | Nov 82 | Jake Jacquet, publisher, leaves. "Fedifensor" Astral Plane module, Astral Plane rules. |
| 68 | 39 | Dec 82 | Weather system insert. |
| 69 | 39 | Jan 83 | "Arrakhar's Wand" game. |
| 70 | 31 | Feb 83 | "Mechica" AD&D module (Aztec theme). |
| 71 | 31 | Mar 83 | Boot Hill module. |
| 72 | 31 | Apr 83 | "File 13" game. Cavalier subclass. |
| 73 | 31 | May 83 | Inner Plane cube insert. "Forest of Doom" AD&D module. |
| 74 | 39 | Jun 83 | Seventh anniversary issue. Special dragon & swords sections. "Combat Computer" insert. |
| 75 | 39 | Jul 83 | "SnarfQuest" comic first appears. "Nine Hells Part 1" article. "Can Seapoint Be Saved?" AD&D module. |
| 76 | 39 | Aug 83 | Article Index. "Nine Hells Part 2" article. |
| 77 | 31 | Sep 83 | "King of the Tabletop" game. |
| 78 | 31 | Oct 83 | Special Psionics section. "Citadel by the Sea" AD&D module. First Denis Beauvais cover. |
| 79 | 31 | Nov 83 | "Wacko World" game. Top Secret module. |
| 80 | 23 | Dec 83 | "Barnacus: City in Peril" AD&D module. |
| 81 | 23 | Jan 84 | Special poison section. "Ruins of Andril" AD&D high-level module. |
| 82 | 23 | Feb 84 | "Baton Races of Yaz" game. |
| 83 | 39 | Mar 84 | "Dancing Hut" high-level AD&D module. Denis Beauvais cover (first in chess-series). |
| 84 | 31 | Apr 84 | "Twofold Talisman" AD&D module. First appearance of ARES sci-fi section. Last "What's New?" comic. |
| 85 | 23 | May 84 | Part 2 of "Twofold Talisman" AD&D tournament module. |
| 86 | 39 | Jun 84 | Eighth anniversary issue. Second Denis Beauvais chess-series cover. "Great Stoney Castle" insert. |
| 87 | 23 | Jul 84 | Top Secret module. |
| 88 | 23 | Aug 84 | "Elefant Hunt" game. |
| 89 | 39 | Sep 84 | Special shield section. "Creature Catalog" article. Third Denis Beauvais chess-series cover. |
| 90 | 19 | Oct 84 | "Aesirhamar" AD&D module (Norse theme). |
| 91 | 19 | Nov 84 | "Nine Hells Revisited" article. Special "Treasure Trove" section. Traveller language skills. |
| 92 | 19 | Dec 84 | "Sword of Justice" D&D adventure. "Pages from the Mages III" article. |
| 93 | 19 | Jan 85 | "Gypsy Train" AD&D module. High-level Druids article. |
| 94 | 19 | Feb 85 | "Creature Catalog II" article. Official Changes for Rangers article. Incorrectly states it's Vol #9 issue #8 (should be Vol #9 issue #9). |
| 95 | 19 | Mar 85 | "Into the Forgotten Realms" AD&D tournament module. |
| 96 | 19 | Apr 85 | April Fool's issue. |
| 97 | 19 | May 85 | First cover by Robin Wood. "Pages from the Mages IV" article. |
| 98 | 19 | Jun 85 | Ninth anniversary issue. Special dragonlore section. |
| 99 | 19 | Jul 85 | "Treasure Trove II" article. |
| 100 | 39 | Aug 85 | Raised cover. "Saga of Old City" poster. Full-length AD&D module. "Pages from the Mages V". |
| 101 | 19 | Sep 85 | "Creature Catalog III" article. Kender race article. |
| 102 | 19 | Oct 85 | "Valley of the Earth Mother" AD&D module. |
| 103 | 19 | Nov 85 | Unearthed Arcana additions & corrections. First mention of AD&D Second Edition plans. |
| 104 | 19 | Dec 85 | "Sudden Dawn" Marvel Superheroes module. Special Thieves section. |
| 105 | 19 | Jan 86 | AD&D module. |
| 106 | 19 | Feb 86 | Price increase to $3.50 - remains until issue #201. |
| 107 | 23 | Mar 86 | DL11 Dragons of Glory scenario and advanced rules. Mariner NPC. |
| 108 | 23 | Apr 86 | Second Larry Elmore cover. Gamma World creatures. |
| 109 | 19 | May 86 | Customized character classes article. |
| 110 | 15 | Jun 86 | "House in the Frozen Lands" AD&D module. 10th anniversary issue. |
| 111 | 15 | Jul 86 | "Death of an Arch-Mage" AD&D module. |
| 112 | 19 | Aug 86 | "Ultimate" Article Index. |
| 113 | 19 | Sep 86 | Parallel-publication DUNGEON magazine begins. 3D dragon cardboard-cutout model. Adventuring in Hades. |
| 114 | 15 | Oct 86 | Return of the Witch class. |
| 115 | 15 | Nov 86 | All About Thieves, Weapons for Clerics, Denis Beauvais Cover |
| 116 | 19 | Dec 86 | 3-D sailing ship insert. First photo cover. |
| 117 | 15 | Jan 87 | Creative campaigns, AD&D trivia. Incorrectly marked as Jan 1986 throughout. |
| 118 | 15 | Feb 87 | Gladiator, archery and jousting articles, Denis Beauvais Cover |
| 119 | 15 | Mar 87 | Six special articles on Druids |
| 120 | 15 | Apr 87 | Players Handbook II |
| 121 | 19 | May 87 | Oriental Adventures fold-up castle insert. |
| 122 | 15 | Jun 87 | Last Gary Gygax article. 11th anniversary issue. |
| 123 | 15 | Jul 87 | Wizardry College, Herald of Galactus game. |
| 124 | 15 | Aug 87 | Anauroch promotional map (Forgotten Realms) |
| 125 | 15 | Sep 87 | Chivalry, quasi-elementals. |
| 126 | 15 | Oct 87 | Undead, mutant monsters. |
| 127 | 15 | Nov 87 | Fiefdom. |
| 128 | 15 | Dec 87 | Vikings, Environs of Waterdeep. |
| 129 | 15 | Jan 88 | |
| 130 | 15 | Feb 88 | |
| 131 | 15 | Mar 88 | Underdark special. |
| 132 | 39 | Apr 88 | SnarfQuest cover by Larry Elmore. Last "Wormy" by Dave Trampier (who was never seen again...). |
| 133 | 15 | May 88 | |
| 134 | 15 | Jun 88 | |
| 135 | 15 | Jul 88 | |
| 136 | 15 | Aug 88 | |
| 137 | 15 | Sep 88 | Keith Parkinson cover |
| 138 | 15 | Oct 88 | |
| 139 | 15 | Nov 88 | |
| 140 | 15 | Dec 88 | |
| 141 | 15 | Jan 89 | |
| 142 | 15 | Feb 89 | AD&D 2nd Edition Preview |
| 143 | 15 | Mar 89 | |
| 144 | 15 | Apr 89 | |
| 145 | 23 | May 89 | Last "SnarfQuest" comic. |
| 146 | 15 | Jun 89 | Dragon section. Buck Rogers poster. 13th anniversary issue. |
| 147 | 15 | Jul 89 | |
| 148 | 78 | Aug 89 | "Deck of Many Things" insert. |
| 149 | 15 | Sep 89 | |
| 150 | 15 | Oct 89 | |
| 151 | 15 | Nov 89 | |
| 152 | 15 | Dec 89 | Underdark special. Poster. |
| 153 | 15 | Jan 90 | |
| 154 | 15 | Feb 90 | DragonLance story. Steve Jackson poster. |
| 155 | 15 | Mar 90 | "Crypt of Istaris" AD&D module. |
| 156 | 15 | Apr 90 | |
| 157 | 15 | May 90 | |
| 158 | 15 | Jun 90 | 14th anniversary issue. Dragon special. |
| 159 | 15 | Jul 90 | Spelljammer section. Poster. Last 1st Edition AD&D issue. |
| 160 | 29 | Aug 90 | Trading cards insert. First 2nd Edition AD&D issue. |
| 161 | 15 | Sep 90 | |
| 162 | 15 | Oct 90 | Halloween special. Poster. |
| 163 | 15 | Nov 90 | |
| 164 | 15 | Dec 90 | |
| 165 | 15 | Jan 91 | Naval rules for BattleSystem. |
| 166 | 15 | Feb 91 | |
| 167 | 15 | Mar 91 | |
| 168 | 15 | Apr 91 | |
| 169 | 15 | May 91 | |
| 170 | 15 | Jun 91 | 15th anniversary issue. "Dragon Kings" game. |
| 171 | 29 | Jul 91 | Trading cards insert. Poster. |
| 172 | 15 | Aug 91 | Underdark special. |
| 173 | 15 | Sep 91 | Dark Sun issue. |
| 174 | 15 | Oct 91 | |
| 175 | 15 | Nov 91 | |
| 176 | 15 | Dec 91 | |
| 177 | 15 | Jan 92 | |
| 178 | 15 | Feb 92 | |
| 179 | 15 | Mar 92 | |
| 180 | 29 | Apr 92 | Trading cards insert. |
| 181 | 15 | May 92 | |
| 182 | 15 | Jun 92 | 16th anniversary issue. |
| 183 | 15 | Jul 92 | |
| 184 | 15 | Aug 92 | |
| 185 | 15 | Sep 92 | Dark Sun monsters. |
| 186 | 15 | Oct 92 | |
| 187 | 15 | Nov 92 | |
| 188 | 23 | Dec 92 | Larry Elmore cover. |
| 189 | 15 | Jan 93 | |
| 190 | 15 | Feb 93 | |
| 191 | 15 | Mar 93 | |
| 192 | 15 | Apr 93 | |
| 193 | 15 | May 93 | |
| 194 | 15 | Jun 93 | Rules for aerial dragonfighting. 17th anniversary issue. |
| 195 | 15 | Jul 93 | |
| 196 | 15 | Aug 93 | |
| 197 | 15 | Sep 93 | |
| 198 | 15 | Oct 93 | |
| 199 | 15 | Nov 93 | |
| 200 | 29 | Dec 93 | Hologram cover. Spine-bound. Largest issue ever. |
| 201 | 15 | Jan 94 | Price increase to $3.95. |
| 202 | 15 | Feb 94 | |
| 203 | 15 | Mar 94 | |
| 204 | 15 | Apr 94 | |
| 205 | 15 | May 94 | |
| 206 | 15 | Jun 94 | 18th anniversary issue. |
| 207 | 15 | Jul 94 | |
| 208 | 15 | Aug 94 | |
| 209 | 15 | Sep 94 | |
| 210 | 15 | Oct 94 | |
| 211 | 15 | Nov 94 | |
| 212 | 15 | Dec 94 | |
| 213 | 15 | Jan 95 | |
| 214 | 15 | Feb 95 | |
| 215 | 15 | Mar 95 | |
| 216 | 15 | Apr 95 | |
| 217 | 15 | May 95 | |
| 218 | 15 | Jun 95 | 19th anniversary issue. |
| 219 | 15 | Jul 95 | |
| 220 | 15 | Aug 95 | |
| 221 | 15 | Sep 95 | |
| 222 | 15 | Oct 95 | |
| 223 | 15 | Nov 95 | |
| 224 | 15 | Dec 95 | |
| 225 | 15 | Jan 96 | |
| 226 | 15 | Feb 96 | |
| 227 | 15 | Mar 96 | |
| 228 | 15 | Apr 96 | |
| 229 | 15 | May 96 | |
| 230 | 15 | Jun 96 | 20th anniversary issue. |
| 236 | 15 | Dec 96 | Last issue under TSR auspices -- Wizards of the Coast takes over. |
| 273 | 15 | Jul 00 | Last 2nd Edition AD&D issue. |
| 300 | 19 | Oct 02 | Features an Acaeum ad! Halloween special - evil-related articles. |
| 344 | 15 | Jun 06 | 30th annivesary issue. |
| 359 | 19 | Sep 07 | Last printed issue; switched to electronic-only publication (PDF) |
| B1 | 45 | Best of the Dragon vol 1. Cover price $3.00. No ISBN. | |
| B1R | 41 | Best of the Dragon vol 1, revised. Cover price $3.95. ISBN. | |
| B2 | 45 | Best of the Dragon vol 2. Cover price $3.00. No ISBN. | |
| B2R | 41 | Best of the Dragon vol 2, revised. Cover price $3.95. ISBN. | |
| B3 | 38 | Best of the Dragon vol 3. | |
| B4 | 38 | Best of the Dragon vol 4. | |
| B5 | 38 | Best of the Dragon vol 5. | |
| SQ | 45 | SnarfQuest comic compilation. | |
| FF | 56 | Finieous Fingers comic compilation. | |
| DT | 38 | DragonTales short-fiction compilation. | |
| AD | 38 | The Art of Dragon Magazine. | |
Value (Val) listed above is for that issue in Very
Fine (VF) condition. Thanks to:
The value for conditions differing from that should be adjusted accordingly.
Cory Cohen for scans of Dragon 103 & 105.
Jack Coleman for scans of Dragon 123, 125-128.
Bruce Felkins for scans of Dragon 161, 166, 167.
Matthew Foster for the scan of Dragon 141.
Sean Foster for the scans of Dragon 168-199, 201-219.
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.
Jason Williams for info on the Dragon 25 cover variant.
