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[jevlnuts]

So these four books ended up in my collection recently.  Underground comics is definitely not my area of expertise and I was wondering if anybody had any information these items. Im really looking for any insight as I enjoy learning the history of different comics and independent publications. I do not believe these items are particularly valuable but who knows, maybe they are worth keeping around for a while. Thanks for the info.

 

[namisgr]

That's a diverse group.  The first has great Richard Corben art, and is from volume 2 of the title from the early eighties - the original 'Death Rattle' also features terrific Corben art and is from the early seventies.  The second book appears to be a modern.  The third is from the underground heyday and is by Justin Green, and from the 75 cent sticker may be a later printing or a repriced first printing of a book originally published in '72.  The bottom book with the Lee Marrs cover art and the fifty cent cover price was published in '73.

There's a thread devoted to underground comix here on the boards with some highly knowledgeable posters, where you could probably learn more about these books.  I suspect, though, that none are rare and the bottom two have a bit of wear, so don't get your hopes raised too much about their resale value.

Edited December 13, 2017 by namisgr

[jevlnuts]

7 hours ago, namisgr said:

That's a diverse group.  The first has great Richard Corben art, and is from volume 2 of the title from the early eighties - the original 'Death Rattle' also features terrific Corben art and is from the early seventies.  The second book appears to be a modern.  The third is from the underground heyday and is by Justin Green, and from the 75 cent sticker may be a later printing or a repriced first printing of a book originally published in '72.  The bottom book with the Lee Marrs cover art and the fifty cent cover price was published in '73.

There's a thread devoted to underground comix here on the boards with some highly knowledgeable posters, where you could probably learn more about these books.  I suspect, though, that none are rare and the bottom two have a bit of wear, so don't get your hopes raised too much about their resale value.

Thanks for the info, I originally tried to find a thread specifically for underground books and didnt find anything. Probably just overlooked, I will find it and repost there. Like I said originally, the value really isnt that important to me,  just curious more than anything. Thanks for the insight, appreciate you taking the time.

[OtherEric]

19 minutes ago, jevlnuts said:

Thanks for the info, I originally tried to find a thread specifically for underground books and didnt find anything. Probably just overlooked, I will find it and repost there. Like I said originally, the value really isnt that important to me,  just curious more than anything. Thanks for the insight, appreciate you taking the time.

for some reason, the Underground thread is in the Magazine forums.  People have been a huge help to me there in figuring out which version I had of some books.

[Jayman]

@jevlnuts Here you go!

The Unofficial Underground Comix Thread

[jevlnuts]

Thanks, headed there now.

[the blob]

I don't think of the first two as undergrounds. At that point they are indie/small press, heck, kitchen sink wasn't even that small