Writers / Artists: Mike McKenney

Fulcrum #1

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Features an interview with CC Beck, comic strip by Mike McKenney, and a “Fan-Pro Showcase” spotlighting artist Jon Farwell.  

Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #068

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Cover by Don Newton.

Chapter 9 of “The Savage Earth” strip by Don Newton. 

An account of MiamiCon Dec 1969 by John Ellis. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel.  

 "BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with letters from Fred Hembeck, Rich Hauser, Bart Bush, and Dan McAvoy.

 

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RICHARD CORBEN poster

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SILVER STARR IN THE FLAME WORLD 

THE COLLECTOR (various issues)

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THE GUARDSMAN OF INFINITY

TIMELY COMIC INDEX (Mike Nolan)

Steranko’s THE HISTORY OF COMICS #1

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WONDER COMICS #1

and Richard Corben’s ad selling posters in support of FANTAGOR #1.

 

 

Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #106

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Editorial features include:

Cover by Don Newton.

“Scorchy Smith, The Strip That Fame Forgot” by Keith Gebers. 

"FILMS FANTASTIQUE" (“The Thing”)  by James Van Hise. 

“WOOD’S WORLD,” reprinting Chapter 4 of “An Earth Man on Venus” from the 1951 Avon comic of the same title. 

“COMIC COLLECTOR’S COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel (including the ballot for the 1973 Comic Art Fans Award, and “An Informal History of the Pulp Magazines” by Ron Goulart). 

“SCIENCE FICTION IN REVIEW” by JVH. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller. 

“THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTOR” reprinting “The Vortex from Forbidden Worlds #69. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Hamilton Benedict. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Mark Burbey, Mike McKenney, Orlando Falcon, and JVH. 

“PULPS — ERA OF ADVENTURE” by Keith Gebers. 

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS” with a letter from John Kent.

 

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LORD OF THE RINGS PORTFOLIO by Frank Frazetta

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REVIEW (likely never published)

SERIAL WORLD

STYX #2

SWORD AND FANTASY

THE COLLECTOR #28

THE NY REVIEW OF COMICS & BOOKS (published?)

THE SFCA PRICE GUIDE 1974 

THE SPIRIT #2 (Kitchen Sink)

THE SPIRIT (11 x 16 inch limited edition) from Tabloid Press

Paid ad section with articles from INSIDE COMIX.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #110

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Editorial features include:

Cover by Don Newton.

“WOOD’S WORLD,” reprinting Part 2 of “Kenton of the Star Patrol” from Strange Worlds #3 (1951).  

“Return in Time” by Keith Gebers.  

“SCIENCE FICTION IN REVIEW” by James Van Hise. 

“GOLDEN AGE GLEANINGS” by Richard O’Brien. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Mike McKenney, JB Clifford Jr., Mark Burbey, and JVH.  

“A TWIST OF THE DIAL” by John Cooper. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa. 

"FILMS FANTASTIQUE" (“War of the World”) by JVH. 

"A NOSTALGIC LOOK AT A MLJ PUBLICATION" by Raymond Miller.  “AGE OF QUALITY” by JVH (including a reprint of a Black Condor story by Lou Fine). 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

“COMIC COLLECTOR’S COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with letters from Alex McFee, John Kent, Mike McKenney, and Jim Vadeboncoeur, Jr.  Also — an editor’s note at the bottom of the letters page refers to MARVEL TIMES #4: “We are currently working on it and hope to have it out in June or early July.  It will, in fact, be a double-sized issue.”  MARVEL TIMES #4 was never published.

 

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Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #113

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First issue edited and published by James Van Hise.

 

Editorial features include:

Cover by R.C. Harvey.

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by JB Clifford, Mike McKenney, Jack Reid, and James Van Hise. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

“DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS” by Jeff Gorrell and Sandy Soares. 

“THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTOR” by Larry Bigman. 

“A TWIST OF THE DIAL” by John Cooper. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel.  “Adventures in Fandom” by Bill Wallace and Steven Henderson.   "BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with a letter from GB Love.

 

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Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #118

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Star Trek issue.

 

Editorial features include:

Cover by Mike McKenney.  Back cover by Stephen Fabian.

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa. 

“The Cage / The Menagerie — A Comparison” by James Van Hise.   “Where No Man Has Gone Before” by JVH. 

“Star Trek, Beyond the Pilots” by JVH. 

“An Evening with Gene Roddenberry” by JVH. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

“THE PERTWILLABY PAPERS” Part Two, by Don Rosa. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by JB Clifford Jr and JVH.  

“DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS” by Jeff Gorrell and Sandy Soares.  

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with a letter from JB Clifford, Jr.

 

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THE JAMES BOND DOSSIER (published?)

VALLEY OF THE CLIFFHANGERS

 

 

Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #121

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Vaughn Bode issue.  

 

Editorial features include:

Cover by Don Rosa.  

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

“An Interview with Vaughn Bode” by Mark & Steve Collins and Dave Simons. 

“Sunpot: An Analysis” by James Van Hise.  

“Bode” by Manny Lezcano. 

“Kayo the Karate Lizard!” by JVH, Ken Mitchroney, and John Ellis.  “Vaughn Bode: A Retrospective Look at the Man and His Work” by George Beahm. 

“Vincent  Bode Presents Vaughn Bode’s Cartoon Concert” by JVH.   “CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by John Ellis, JB Clifford Jr, and JVH. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa. 

"THE EC ARTIST COLLECTOR" by JVH. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel. 

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS.”

 

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Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #124

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Editorial features include:  

Cover by Robert Susor.  Back cover by Mike Zeck.

Part 1 of “Subjectivity,” an adaptation of a short story by Norman Spinrad illustrated by Kerry Gammill (illustrating the same script drawn by Mike Zeck in RBCC #117). 

Part 3 of “Maxor of Cirod” by John Adkins Richardson, reprinted from Fantastic Exploits #21. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa. 

“The Outer Limits” by James Van Hise.  "THE EC ARTIST COLLECTOR" by JVH. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by JB Clifford Jr, Mike McKenney, and JVH. 

“DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS” by Jeff Gorrell. 

“The 1975 San Diego Comic Convention” by JVH. 

“Ray B. and Me” by JVH. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel. 

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with letters from Doug Potter and Mike McKenney. 

 

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Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #129

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KING KONG issue.

 

Editorial features include:

Cover by Tom Sutton.  Back cover by Todd Klein.

“Some of the Best of … RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Don Rosa.  “DELL COMICS ARE GOOD COMICS” by Jeff Gorrell.  

“Kong the Book” by James Van Hise. 

“Kong the Comic” by JVH. 

“Kong the Movie” by JVH. 

Reprints of several newspaper articles about King Kong. 

“King Kong: 1976, or is it 1977?” by JVH.  

Centerspread by Robert Kline. 

“Zero Hero: by RC Harvey. 

"THE EC ARTIST COLLECTOR" by Larry Bigman. 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Mike McKenney, Mark Burbey, Della Hawks, and JVH.  

Results of “The RBCC Comic Fandom Opinion Poll.”  

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with a letter from Hilary Barta.   

 

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TREK #5

 

 

Rocket’s Blast Comicollector / RBCC #131

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Ray Bradbury issue.

 

Editorial features include:

Cover by Stephen Fabian.  Back cover by Tom Sutton.

Adaptation of Bradbury’s “Time in Thy Flight” by Ron Wilber. 

“The Bradbury Archives,” various clippings from newspaper and magazines. 

“Rebels Call For Reality in the Fantastic” by Ray Bradbury, reprinted from The Los Angeles Times (Dec. 14, 1975). 

“Bradbury, Freberg Vs. the Prune People,” reprinted from the September 1969 issue of Nepenthe (a California college magazine).  

“The Power of Ray Bradbury” by James Van Hise. 

“Ray B. and EC” by JVH. 

“The Sounds of Bradbury” by JVH. 

“An Interview with Ray Bradbury” reprinted from And It Is Divine (Dec. 1975). 

“COMICOPIA” by RC Harvey. 

“THE NOVA S.F. REVIEW” (reviews by members of the Nova Science Fiction Club of the University of Miami: Liz Baldwin, Buz Stearns, Donna Salyer, Jeffry Castle, Mike McKenney, and JVH). 

“CRITIQUE” fanzine and comix reviews by Mark Burbey, Mike McKenney, and JVH.  

Centerspread by Mike Zeck. 

“THE PERTWILLABY PAPERS” by Don Rosa. 

“POINT/COUNTER POINT” by Doug Haines and John Baglem. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Gary Brown. 

 

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COMIC REPORT #5/6

ELRIC POSTER by Tim Conrad

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