Comic books in 'Fanzine/fandom'

1st Printing. Limited print run of 1,000. Conan the Fearless cover by Frank Frazetta. Interviews with Mike Kaluta, Vaughn Bode, John Severin, and Jeff Jones. "Doctor Demono" & "Dakar" comic strips by Jim Miller, Cheech Wizard in "The Race to the Moon" comic strip by Vaughn Bode, and "Vampires of the Mind" comic strip by Mike Cody and Steve Hickman, plus more. Squarebound paper cover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 70 pg, B&W. Cover price $0.35.

1st Printing. Cover by Kenneth R. Smith. "Nest Egg" by Alan Simons, Steve Hickman and Robert L. Kline. "Pilgrim" by Tom Sutton. "Out on a Limb" by Bernie Wrightson. 8 1/2" x 11". Color cover, B&W interior. 16 pages. Standard card stock paper. Cover price $0.35.

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First Edition. Research and art by Raymond Miller. Early fanzine in the tradition of "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" & "Who's Who in the DC Universe". Raymond draws over 30 golden age heroes (and sidekicks too) from all publishers and provides a brief capsulated history for each one. Captain Midnight, Miss Victory, Batman & Robin, Bulletman, Black Lion and the Cub, etc. Paper cover, 20 pages; b&w; 7 1/8-in. x 10-in.

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Add to cart FN- 5.5 $22.00 View scans Staple rust: Moderate.

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Volume II. Research and art by Raymond Miller. Captain Commando cover. Early fanzine in the tradition of "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" & "Who's Who in the DC Universe". Raymond draws over 50 heroes from all publishers and provides a brief capsulated history for each one. Blue Beetle, Red Bee, The Arrow, The Thin Man, Mr. America, Sub-Mariner, The Vision, The Destroyer, etc.; 36 pages; b&w; 7 1/8-in. x 10 1/8-in. Cover price $1.00.

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Volume III. Capsule histories of Golden Age heroes. Research and art by Raymond Miller. Front cover: Green Hornet by Biljo White. Back cover: Blue Bolt by John Fantucchio. Early fanzine in the tradition of "Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe" & "Who's Who in the DC Universe". Raymond draws over 50 heroes from all publishers and provides a brief capsulated history for each one. Captain Terror, Kitty Kelly, Blackhawk, Mr. Satan, Aquaman, Namora, Green Turtle, The Steel Fist, etc.; 40 pages; b&w; 7-in. x 10 1/8-in. The original 1968 edition, not a reprint. Published in 1968 by G.B. Love of RBCC, Rocket's Blast-Comic Collector. Cover price $1.50.

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Cover by Gray Morrow. Although only one issue was ever published, this fanzine style magazine aimed to show the gravitas and weight that could be brought to bear on the fantasy genre comic strip by showcasing writers and artists of the highest magnitude. "Explored" by Jeff Jones, "Tangent" by Neal Adams, "A Gift of Love" by William T. Stillwell, "Lady Madonna" by Eric Pave and Stillwell, "Conjure Woman" by Berni Wrightson, and "Necromancy" by Mike Kaluta. Side-stitched, paper cover, printed on heavy stock paper, 32pg, B&W. Mature Readers. Cover price $2.00.

Superhero/science fiction comics fanzine with all artwork by nine-year-old artist Aaron Sutherland. Script by Guy Sutherland (Aaron's dad). Featuring Timmy Time and Aaronicus in "The Interstellar Adventures of Aaronicus, Galactic Patroller!" This MIGHT be the coolest. thing. ever! Cover says "Fall-Winter 1977" (indicia lists the month as December). 7.75-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 32 pages; newsprint. Cover price $0.50.

Superhero/science fiction comics fanzine with all artwork by then twelve-year-old artist Aaron Sutherland. Scripts by Guy Sutherland (Aaron's dad). Summer 1980 issue. 7.75-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 32 pages; White paper cover, newsprint pages. 1,000 print run. Aaron is currently (2010) a computer graphic animator working in the Seattle area. Cover price $0.75.

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Star Wars fan fiction. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 108 pages. Spiral-bound.

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Star Wars fan fiction. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 190 pages. Spiral-bound.

Second Edition, published in 1991. Written by Paul W. Cook in 1940, Photo cover. Memorial to H. P. Lovecraft. 8 1/2-in. x 7-in. Softcover 36 Pages B&W Cover price $5.95.

Fanzine created by Jon Wolf, dedicated to super hero comic books. 36 pages, B&W.

One-shot fanzine parodying Adam Malin and Gary Berman's Infinity fanzine. Edited by Bob Napier and Jim Vadeboncoeur. Art from Frank Frazooter, Mike Kahuna, etc. Berni Wright-On interview. Side-stapled, 16 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.50.

Infinity is a slick, high quality fanzine published by Gary Berman. Issue #4 includes: a feature on Rip-Off Press; Creation Convention Report; Mike Kaluta interview; The Deer strip by Kaluta; Steve Harper interview; Gray Morrow portfolio; Island Fable fiction by Jan Strnad; and art by Jeff Jones, Berni Wrightson, Mort Drucker, Al Williamson, Frank Brunner, Joe Sinnott, Richard Corben, and others. 82 pgs. 1972. Cover price $3.00.

Infinity is a slick, high quality fanzine published by Adam Malin and Gary Berman. Issue #5 includes: E. Maroto portfolio; Richard Corben interview; The Man in the Middle fiction by Jan Strnad; Eyefull strip by Larry S. Todd; Creation Con report; photos of Isaac Asimov and Philip Jose Farmer; The Rise and Fall of Warp; and art by Mike Kaluta, Berni Wrightson, Frank Brunner, Al Williamson, Vaughn Bode, Kelly Freas, Neal Adams, Gray Morrow, Esteban Maroto, Corben, and others. Cover price $3.00.

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Cover by Jeff Jones. Adam Malin and Gary Berman's fanzine with interviews, reports, artwork, letters and features. Interview with Joseph Stefano, report on "Telefantasy", discussion with Jim Danforth and "Soul Music" by Caldwell. Cover price $3.00.

Issue #1 - July 1966. Published and edited by Tom Ganze. Editorial by Ganze, excerpt from Jules Feiffer's Great Comic Book Heroes, short article on the Shadow by Frank Canedy, Human Torch and Toro in text story Memories by Ganze, Tower Comics review, Captain Crewcut text story by Frank Canedy, How to publish a fanzine reprinted from RBCC, article on Young Allies by Frank Canedy, A Little Bit of Echh by Tom Harrison, The Powers of the Human Torch by Frank Canedy, The Green Hornet reviewed by Frank Canedy. Printed on one side of the paper, loose pages side-stapled. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 28 actual printed pages, B&W with spot color.

Issue #8 - March 1955. Fiction by William F. Nolan, Charles Fritch and Joseph Slotkin. News by Bob Tucker. Articles by Joe Gibson, William Freeman and Bill Hamling. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 38 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

Issue #10 - July 1955. Published and edited by Ron Smith. Wraparound cover and Lovecraft portfolio by Ralph Rayburn Phillips. Contributions from Howard Browne, Algis Budrys, Joe Gibson, Martin Jukovsky, George H. Smith, Ron Smith. Book reviews by Lin Carter, Joe Schaumburger and Clyde Beck. Also includes a full-page ad from Harlan Ellison for his Dimensions fanzine. Letters from Hannes Bok, Richard Geis, Richard Kyle and more. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/2-in., 44 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.25.

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Vol. 6 # 7; March 10, 1988. "The Weekly Magazine of the Daily Targum, a student-run, non-profit incorporated newspaper serving the Rutgers Community." Cover article about the maturing of comic books. Taboid newspaper folds out to 11.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 16 newsprint pages.

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Spring 1974. Exclusive interview with R. Crumb--Man of the people, King of the Undergrounds, Last of the Dreamers, Tough-minded Businessman. Plus: Why I'm on Strike Against National, by Neal Adams; Superheist! The Great Comic Art Rip-Off. 8.5" x 11", 40 pages, B&W. Cover price $1.00.

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Summer 1974. 8.25 x 10.75; black and white; 48 pages. Harvey Kurtzman interview. Articles: "The Mini-Cons That Attacked Southern California" by Mark Evanier; "Working for Mickey Mouse" by David Marlow on the sad state of Walt Disney Productions following Disney's death; a Viewpoints column by C.C. Beck; and Steve Ditko on "Who Owns Original Art" (his answer may surprise you). Edited by Joe Brancatelli. Cover price $1.00.

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Inside Comics (1974) is a fanzine published by Galaxy News Service. Features the articles "The Dirty Dozen" (including photos of Jim Steranko, Don McGregor, Al Williamson, Roy Thomas, Neal Adams, and Tony Isabella), "American Dreaming: An Analysis of the Adventure Strip", "Repression for the Hell of It: The Doonesbury Scandal", and "The Comics Code: 20 Years of Self-Strangulation?" 47 pages, color cover with black and white photos and illustrations in the interior, 8-in x 10.75-in. Cover price $1.00.

Winter 1974-75. "May We Have the Next Slide, Please?" by C.C. Beck - How the great Golden Age heroes might have appeared if drawn by today's comic standards. Plus: Will Eisner on "Comics in the Library"; Super Law Suit?; The Comics Code, Part 2. Cover by C.C. Beck. Cover price $1.00.

Written by Richard Pini. Handbook for members of the Elfquest fan club. 5-in. x 8-in. 12 pages, B&W.

Star Trek fanzine. Articles, artwork, poetry, fiction... all inspired by the Star Trek universe and characters. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 98 pages, B&W.

Star Trek fanzine. Articles, artwork, poetry, fiction... all inspired by the Star Trek universe and characters. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 122 pages, B&W.

Star Trek fanzine. Articles, artwork, poetry, fiction... all inspired by the Star Trek universe and characters. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 160 pages, B&W.

Star Trek fanzine. Articles, artwork, poetry, fiction... all inspired by the Star Trek universe and characters. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in. 202 pages, B&W.

Published in UK, not dated. Limited to 150 copies. Reprints a Vaughn Bode interview conducted at Creation '74. The interview originally appeared in the 3rd issue of the fanzine Ragnarok. 4-in. x 5 1/4-in., 12 pages, black and white.

Fanzine created by Richard Buckley. Cover by Richard Buckley. 30 Pages, B&W, 8.25" x 11".

Issue #1 - circa 1967. Cover by Alan Hutchinson. Article on Steve Ditko leaving Spider-Man. Lawman X by Bill Schelly. Three-page interview with Stan Lee. Ray Miller's Question and Answer column. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 20 pages, black and white. Cover price $0.40.

Issue #2 - circa 1967-8. Article by Larry Herndon to save the Star Trek TV show. Raymond Miller looks at Blackhawk comics. Ditto printing except for cover. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 20 pages, black and white.

Fanzine by Al Andrews spotlighting Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature. Cover by Jerry Burge. Illustrations by Robert E. Gilbert and Joe Staton. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 38 pages, black and white.

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In 1993, Michael Baker & Marshall Bradford published this promotional Aschan to promote the launch of a their new fanzine/magazine called IT - subtitled The Magazine For People Who Love Comics. It appears the fanzine never got off the ground, making this prototype issue something of an obscure curiosity that probably few have ever actually heard of. Well, now you have heard of it! The front cover features a dynamic infinity drawing of Madman (kicked back and reading a copy of IT) by Mike Allred, who also gives a lengthy interview inside. IT also covers Gladstone/Disney Comics news, reviews of Spawn and the Maxx, and more in this special prototype issue. Measures 5.5 x 8.5, b&w, 50 pages.

52-page issue (with full color cover) including a 20-page insert "Comics: The Golden Age," with articles on "The Green Lama," "The Edited Captain America," "Foxy Grandpa," and reprinting Marvel's 1949 editorial response to Dr. Frederic Wertham! 52 pages, B&W.

Gene Kehoe's It's a Fanzine is one of the very few bonafide comic book fanzines around these days. Originally begun in 1980, the theme of this landmark 50th issue is the "Forgotten Fifties" and is a celebration of comics mostly from the '50s and mostly forgotten. Quite a few interesting pieces in this 72-page collection. Particularly interesting to me are the features that focus on fanzine history such as a roundtable discussion with Jerry Bails, Biljo White, Howard Keltner and Rick Weingroff (reprinted from Larry Herndon's Hero #4, 1964); the first installment of the Comics Fanzine Index (pre-1972 only, this issue covers A-C and includes a handful of cover scans); and a detailed checklist for The Comic Reader which helps make some sense of that fanzine's complicated publishing history. But that's just the tip of the iceberg. You'll also find lots of obscure comics trivia, a four-page Scribby story by Sheldon Mayer, a look at EC Comics' Confessions Illustrated, humorous quotes from old fanzines, Atlas' Spaceman comic from the '50s (dig that Joe Maneely artwork!), "The Charlton Giants of 1958" (including a checklist), early Jimmy Olsen stories, a letters column and even more. Contributors include John G. Pierce, John Wells, Gary Cooper, Rob Imes, Gary D. Robinson, Mike Leuszler and editor Gene Kehoe. If you have an appreciation for comic books and fanzines of days past it's probably a given that you'll enjoy this as well. Gene says the next issue will be out sometime later this year and I'm sure a few more orders would help facilitate that! -- Review by Rick Bradford Cover price $5.00.

Issue #6 - Nov. 1969. Produced by Bill Schelly while he was still at the University of Idaho. Cover by Bill tracing Graham Ingles. Green Arrow and Speedy article, letters, mailing comments, reviews. Produced to be included in CAPA-Alpha #61. 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 16 pages, black and white.

Souvenir Booklet from the surprise party thrown for Jack Kirby on August 8, 1987, during the San Diego Comic Con. 24 Pages, B&W, 5 1/2-in x 8 1/2-in.

SF and fantasy fanzine with interviews and reviews. Stapled cardstock cover, 8.5" x 11", 54 pages, B&W Cover price $1.50.

Japanese Giants (1978) #005, Revenge of MechaGodzilla - Review

Japanese Giants (1978) #006, "Welcome to the Land of the Monsters!" B&W, 30 pages.