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2AM #1

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Premier Issue: Fantasy/Horror/Science Fiction. Edited by Gretta McCombs Anderson.

Apex [Ron Kraus] #2

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Contents include: article on animated cartoons, a Green Hornet spoof comic, gag cartoons, letters (Biljo White, Bob Schoenfeld), more.

Ditto, side-stapled.

Apex [Ron Kraus] #3

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Contents include: comics news and media sightings, a rundown of superheroes on TV for 1967-68, gag cartoons, more.

Ditto/mimeo/xerox, side-stapled.

Apex [Ron Kraus] #4

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Contents include: writing about current TV shows Star Trek, Batman and Ironside; a "Detective Machine" comic; comics news and media sightings; superhero gag cartoons; letters; more.

Ditto, side-stapled.

Artbabe #2

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Twine-bound
Hand-stamped elements on the cover

Artists, The #1

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There's another in their series of minis called The Artists (no issue number) with a similarly drawn logo.

"One-sheet" micro-comic format, b&w interiors.

BLAB!  #1

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EC article illustrated with art by Wally Wood, Johnny Craig, Jack Davis, Graham Ingels, Al Feldstein, Harvey Kurtzman, Joe Orlando, and Will Elder.    Notes from the Underground: remembrances of EC from numerous underground artists. 

BLAB! #2

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Mars Attacks interview with Len Brown, illustrated with art by Norman Saunders and Wally Wood.  Interview with Gary Arlington.  Notes from the Underground Part 2:  more remembrances of EC from numerous underground artists.

Bunch of Drawings, A [Geier]

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Signed/numbered edition.

Chicago Comic Chit-Chat #1 (Chicago Chit-Chat)

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Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago).

This debut issue (simply called Chicago Chit-Chat) is a single, one-sided sheet that announces the new zine and an open call for local fans.

Ditto, one-sided sheet.

Chicago Comic Chit-Chat #2

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Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago). Formerly titled just Chicago Chit-Chat.

Contents include artwork (including a full-page by Bill DuBay), a puzzle page, and an open letter to Stan Lee from South African John Wright.

Ditto, corner-stapled.

Chicago Comic Chit-Chat #3

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Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago). Formerly titled just Chicago Chit-Chat.

#3 may or may not have been distributed (bound together) with #4. The one copy I've seen had them stapled together but possibly not complete.

Contents in that double issue included artwork (by Placzek and "RM"), comics news, a puzzle page, letters, more.

Cover-dated August but may have actually been released in September.

Ditto, corner-stapled.

Complete Foo!, The

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Facsimile editions of the 1950s fanzines.

Numbered edition of 800.

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Cultural Jet Lag Promotional Vehicle, A

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Promotional booklet for the "Cultural Jet Lag" comic strips.

Cultural Jet Lag sample booklet

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Promotional booklet for the "Cultural Jet Lag" comic strips.

Cultural Jet Lag Sampler (1997)

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Promotional booklet for the "Cultural Jet Lag" comic strips.

Cultural Jet Lag Sampler (Scenes From a Comic Strip)

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Promotional booklet for the "Cultural Jet Lag" comic strips.

Elric #1

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Adapted with the permission of Michael Moorcock. Edited by George Breo.

Fut Phutfut

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4¼ x 5½" (trimmed).

The cover image in this entry was taken from a listing in Comic Update #13 (Andrew Roller, 1987). A proper cover scan would be preferable.

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