Rocket's Blast Comicollector (1961 RBCC) comic books 1966
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Issue #43
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #43 (128 pgs; ditto), with Captain Marvel and Mr. Mind cover art by Steve Sabo. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Superhero #4, Star-Studded Comics #7, Fantasy Illustrated #4, and Trumpet #3; "Salvaran of the Apes" by Greg Gabbard; a feature on Hawkman by Tom Fagan (with art by Raymond Miller); "Dull, Drab, and Dreary" by Calvin Castine; Rocketeer Gossip; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. 50-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #44
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.$110.00
View scanThe Rocket's Blast Comicollector #44 (122 pgs; ditto), with The Fighting Yank on the cover. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Star-Studded Comics #8, Fantasy Illustrated #5, and more; "Rocketeer Gossip" by Richard Weingroff; a short piece on Ditko quitting Marvel; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 50-cent cover price. 1966. Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #45
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.$185.00
View scanThe Rocket's Blast Comicollector #45 (89 pgs; ditto), with Nightmare and Sleepy cover art by Richard Buckler. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s, and this issue was published after the merger with Comicollector. It features: ads for Alter Ego #7 and Fantasy Illustrated #7, ; "Rocketeer Gossip" by Rick Weingroff; an article about comics collector Harold Scarlett (reprinted from the Houston Post); "Sniper's Nest" by Tom Fagan; a letters column (including a missive by Roy Thomas); and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. 50-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: 900. Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #46
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #46 (92 pgs; ditto), with Mr. Justice cover art by R.A.M. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for The Illustrated Comic Collectors Handbook and Fantasy Illustrated #5; Rick Weingroff's "Rocketeer Gossip" and "Rick's Picks" columns; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 50-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: 1,000. Cover price $0.50.
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Issue #47
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
Cover by our own, Buddy Saunders, in his fanzine artist days! "There Were These Monsters, SEE?, Frankenstein in the comics by Jim Jones. Inertview with Harvey Kurtzman by Alan Hewetson. Rocketeer Gossip by Rick Weingroff. Blast from the Readers with letters by Roy Thomas, Irene Vartanoff, and Mike Raub. Buddy Saunders full page back issues for sale ad offering "Free Marvel Mini-Books with purchase." ATTENTION ALL ADVERTISERS: In the past 4-1/4 years, OVER 25,000 copies of the RB&CC have been bought and read by comic fans. This issue contains the first ad from then 14-year-old Bob Beerbohm, who would go on to become a linelong comic dealer and a preeminent expert on pre-Golden Age comics.
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Issue #48
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #48 (84 pgs; ditto), with Mr. Justice cover art by R.A.M. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Comic Lore #1, Star-Studded Comics #10, Comic Feature #5, The Illustrated Comic Collectors Handbook, and Alter Ego #8; Rick Weingroff's "Rocketeer Gossip" column; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 60-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: over 1,100. Cover price $0.60.
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Issue #49
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #49 (131 pgs; ditto), with cover art by R. Miller. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Fantasy Illustrated #7, Comiclub #8, The 1967 Houston Comic Convention, and Fighting Hero Comics Special Edition #1; an article about Kid Eternity and the "wartime publishing bonanza" by Sgt. Sanderson Vanderbilt (reprinted from Yank Vol. 4 #23); Rick Weingroff's "Rocketeer Gossip" column; a letters column (including a missive by Texas Trio member Larry Herndon); and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 60-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: over 1,050. Cover price $0.60.
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Issue #50
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #50 (91 pgs; ditto), with cover art by John G. Fantucchio. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Fighting Hero Comics Special Edition #1, Erb-Dom #19, and The 1967 Houston Comic Convention; a piece on Namor by Jim Jones; an explanation of The Merry Marvel Marching Society by John Clute; Rick Weingroff's "Rocketeer Gossip" column; a letters column (including a missive by Roy Thomas); a full page ad (on page 2) for comics offered for sale by Buddy Saunders (Lone Star Comics), and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 60-cent cover price. 1966. Circulation: over 1,100. Cover price $0.60.
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Issue #51
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.$12.00
View scans- Spine split 5%. Staple rust: Slight.
$12.75
Tribute to Walt Disney (1901-1966) cover by Buddy Saunders. The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #51 (48 pgs), with Disney cover art by Buddy Saunders, owner of Lone Star Comics and mycomicshop.com. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. This issue features: full-page ad for Star-Studded Comics #11 "Dr. Weird Meets the Demon" written and illustrated by Buddy Saunders; plus ads for Fantasy Illustrated #7 and Sooner Comics #4; a piece on collector George Schwartz from the Milwaukee Journal; "I Like Comics" article by Russell V. Cochran; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. Circulation: 1,300.
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Issue #53
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.$11.50
View scan- Staple rust with migration.
$12.75
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #53 (48 pgs), with cover art by John Fantucchio. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Star-Studded Comics #11, Comic Showcase #1, and more; "The Oddity Page" by Raymond Miller; a feature on Sky Wolf by Tom Fagan; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. Circulation: over 1,300.
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Issue #54
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast and The Comicollector #54 (48 pgs), with cover art by Wally Wood. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Mythos #1, Fantasy Illustrated #8, Blood and Thunder #7, and more; "Batman, Superman, and All That Comic Crowd Coming of Age"; "Of Hogarth, Manning, and Giolitti" by D.D. Ensign; "The Oddity Page" by Raymond Miller; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. Circulation: over 1,700.
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Issue #55
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.$15.00
View scan$12.75
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #55 (76 pgs), with cover art by John G.Fantucchio. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Trumpet #6, Fantasm, The ERB Digest, and more; "The Oddity Page" by Raymond Miller; an Adam Strange piece by Howard P. Siegel; an article on radio show collector Frank Buxton; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. Circulation: 1,925.
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Issue #56
Published 1966 by James Van Hise.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #56 (66 pgs), with cover art by Wally Wood. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s. It features: ads for Gremlin #2, Kinda Good Comics, Beyond Infinity #1, and more; a letters column; a piece on the Captain Marvel lawsuit; a reprinted newspaper article on "high prices paid for ancient comic books"; and classified comic book ads. Edited by G. B. Love. 65-cent cover price. Circulation: 2,350.
