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Issue: Slow Death #5
Publication Date: April 1973
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Issues: #5 of 10 Issues (18 Printings)
Title:
Variant: 1st Printing, 50¢ Cover Price
Rating: Adults Only
Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
Brand: Last GaspView Brand Images
Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies
On Sale Date: 04/1973
Volume: none
Pages: 36
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 8 (4 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Ron Turner
Disclose Notes: Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations) and/or interior content to distinguish different printings.
1st print April 1973 has 0.50 USD cover price. 1st printing 20,000 copies.
2nd print has 0.75 USD cover price.
3rd print has 1.00 USD cover price.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: Color Covers, Black and white interiors
Dimensions: Standard Modern Age US
Paper Stock: Glossy cover; Newsprint interior
Binding: Saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: Was Ongoing
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In9
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Writer(s): Rand Holmes
Penciller(s): Rand Holmes (signed)
Inker(s): Rand Holmes (signed)
Colorist(s): Rand Holmes
Letterer(s): Rand Holmes ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, horror
First Line: Greetings citizens of Earth...from the Intergalactic Federation of Suns...
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix Sonderband #7 published January 1974
as [untitled] [Illustration on Cover, Front]
In Content Item: FlagAnthology of Slow Death #[nn] published June 1975
as [untitled] [Cover Reprint (on Interior Page) on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Slow Death 5

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Dave Sheridan
Penciller(s): Dave Sheridan (signed)
Inker(s): Dave Sheridan (signed)
Letterer(s): Dave Sheridan
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, horror
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagAnthology of Slow Death #[nn] published June 1975
as Slow Death 5 [Illustration on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover introductory sequence with indicia information at bottom of page.
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Last Gasp

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Tom Veitch (signed)
Penciller(s): Greg Irons (signed)
Inker(s): Greg Irons (signed)
Letterer(s): Greg Irons
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Character(s): Ron Turner; Greg Irons [as GI]; Tom Veitch [as TV]; Shuggahoo; Jocko; Dave Sheridan
Synopsis: Dave Sheridan stops Ron Turner's evil plan.
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagYou Call This Art?! A Greg Irons Retrospective #[nn] published July 2006
In Content Item: FlagAnthology of Slow Death #[nn] published June 1975
as Last Gasp [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 5
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Recycled

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Charles Dallas (signed)
Penciller(s): Charles Dallas (signed)
Inker(s): Charles Dallas (signed)
Letterer(s): Charles Dallas
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Synopsis: The Aquarians, an undersea race, leave the polluted Earth for a new home on another planet.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
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Museum Piece

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Rand Holmes (signed)
Penciller(s): Rand Holmes (signed)
Inker(s): Rand Holmes (signed)
Letterer(s): Rand Holmes
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Character(s): Lieutenant Steve Rawlins; Tom; Emmet; Major Hardwick; Native Girl; Thal-Va-Rak
Synopsis: An Earth spaceship arrives at Alpha Centauri to strip its planets of their natural resources.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix Sonderband #7 published January 1974
as Museums Stück - Museum Piece [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagAnthology of Slow Death #[nn] published June 1975
as Museum Piece [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 12
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Melton's Big Game

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Richard Corben
Penciller(s): Richard Corben
Inker(s): Richard Corben
Letterer(s): Richard Corben
Subject Matter
Genres: adult
Character(s): Melton
Synopsis: A big game hunter becomes the hunted.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix Sonderband #3 published January 1974
as Melton's grosses Spiel [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagRip in Time #1 published January 1986
as Melton's Big Game [Story on Interior Page(s)]revised
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 8
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Jesus Loves You - Kill Yourself

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): ?
Penciller(s): ?
Inker(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: religious
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside of back cover.
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Slow Death

Promotional Material (from Publisher)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Writer(s): Jack Jackson [as Jaxon] (signed)
Penciller(s): Jack Jackson [as Jaxon] (signed)
Inker(s): Jack Jackson [as Jaxon] (signed)
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): Jack Jackson [as Jaxon]
Subject Matter
Genres: horror
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Sequence on back cover of issue.

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