Writers / Artists: Larry Herndon

Contents include: "Steve Ditko, Man of Mystery" article; "The Day Flash Gordon Died" article; Q&A with Bob Cosgrove; "The First Inhumans" article (funny animal characters); "The First Injustice Society" article; a two-page Defender strip by Greim; letters (Mike Friedrich, Robert Gluckson, Doug Fratz, others); more.
Characters in fan art include: Flash Gordon, Ming the Merciless, Dr. Zarkov, Dale Arden, Spider-Man, Dr. Strange, Blue Beetle, Question, Captain Atom, Creeper, Hawk and Dove, Mr. A, Spectre, Deadman, Mr. Justice, Mysterious Traveler, Super Rabbit, Li'l Pan, Sir Spot, Mighty Mouse, Hawkman, Hawkgirl, Flash, Quicksilver, Defender, Hulk, Barbarella, Black Condor
Offset/ditto, 16 pages plus mailing wrapper, side-stapled.

Features include “The Fanzine Story — Fanzine History” by John McGeehan, an article about Star Trek by Larry Herndon reprinted from Huh? #1, and a review of a comic con organized by Calvin T. Beck.
Comic Vendor #4 ad from RBCC #52.

Features ads for Trumpet, Star-Studded Comics, Graphic Story Magazine, Alter Ego #10, and Seraphim #4.

Features ads for Trumpet #10, Mount to the Stars #2, Eon #4, Star-Studded Comics #16, Guts #5, Steranko’s Talon, Black Oracle #2, Comic Book #4, All Dynamic #3, Fantastic Fanzine, and Wotta World #1.

Features ads for Richard Corben posters, Worldbeater Frazetta posters, Star Studded Comics #17, Mount to the Stars, Funnyworld #12, Voice of Comicdom #16, Futura #9, The Collector #19, Seraphim, Xanadu #1, Realm, The Collector’s Chronicle #3, True Hero #2, Nucleus #3*4, Phoenix #’s 3 and #4, and All Dynamic #5*6.

8½ × 11"
16 pages


Includes reprint of Tarzan Sunday pages by Burne Hogarth, Flash Gordon Big Little Book illustrations by Alex Raymond, a Houston Con 1969 report with photos, a one-page strip by Earl Blair and Roy Bonario, and Golden Age cover reproductions.

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Nostalgia fanzine. Topics include the Maverick TV show and comic books, the "I Love a Mystery" movies, Flash Gordon, more.
Offset on newsprint.


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