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Comix Book (1974) comic books

  • Issue #1
    Comix Book (1974) 1
    Published 1974 by Marvel.

    In the 1970s, Marvel attempted to co-opt the coolness of the underground comix scene by running tamer underground (or, as the cover says, subterranean) material in this magazine-format anthology. This issue includes a reprint of Ace Hole, Midget Detective by Art Spiegelman, Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, Snappy Sammy Smoot by Skip Williamson, and other material by Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Basil Wolverton, Evert Geradts, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and future alt-comix noteworthies Mike Baron and Scott Shaw. Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Pete Poplaski. Black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00.

  • Issue #3
    Comix Book (1974) 3
    Published 1975 by Marvel.

    Marvels brief venture into underground comix. This issue includes a reprint of a non-Zippy story by Bill Griffith, Barefootz stories by Howard Cruse, and other material by Joel Beck, Trina Robbins, Justin Green, Denis Kitchen, Pete Poplaski, Sharon Rudahl, Willy Murphy, Kim Deitch, Ted Richards, John Pound, and Lee Marrs. A letter of comment from R. Crumb represents his only contribution to the series, and possibly his only appearance in any way in a Marvel comic. Edited by Kitchen. Cover by Kitchen. Black and white; 68 pages. Cover price $1.00. Cover price $1.00.