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Issue: Tales from the Tube #1
Publication Date: January 1973
 
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Publisher: FlagThe Print Mint Inc
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Indicia Publisher: The Print Mint Inc.
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Volume: none
Pages: 32
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UPC/EAN: none
Price: $0.50 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 16 (10 stories, 1 cover)
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Disclose Notes: Includes a color centerfold and extra pages not included in the original.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior with color centerfold
Dimensions: 7 1/8" x 9 1/8"
Paper Stock: newsprint with glossy centerfold
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: one-shot
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FlagThe Mythology of S. Clay Wilson #1 published June 2014
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Cover, Front
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Raves from the Caves of Waves!

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Subject Matter
Tales from the Tube
Murphy; Hot; Glassy; Swell Mel; Sleek Zeke the Peak
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Miscellaneous
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Recolored compared to the original version.
Surfsup

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
The Captain
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1
The Tides That Bind!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Fluid Floyd, the Aqua-Noid
Fluid Floyd; Neptune; Horse-Headed Conk
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Miscellaneous
4
The Rock

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
A religious-themed illustration.
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Miscellaneous
1
wave; ocean; beach
Maui No Ka Oe It Means "Maui is Best!"

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Miscellaneous
2
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
A scenic view.
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Miscellaneous
1
The Bushongo Brothers Match Wits With Mocambo the Mighty

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
The Bushongo Brothers; Metallic Beast; Mocambo the Mighty; Mechanical Crabs
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Jesus Christ
Grant me Lord... just a closer walk with thee...
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1
On glossy paper.
[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Murphy
Murphy
Having transcended the seven evolutionary superuniverses of time & space which circle the never beginning-never ending creation of divine perfection
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Miscellaneous
2
Centerspread on glossy paper.
Mexico

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Heffy; Mosquitos
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2
First page is glossy, the second page is newsprint.
Cosmic Shangri La

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Aqua-Dan the Green King of the Aqua Elves
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Miscellaneous
4
[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Another scenic landscape.
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Miscellaneous
1
Murphy and His Pals Hit It!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Murphy
Murphy
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Miscellaneous
2
Surfing Movies

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Olive Oyl (single-panel cameo); Popeye (single-panel cameo); The Katzenjammer Kids (single-panel cameo); The Tube Monster
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Miscellaneous
4
Some might justifiably consider the title of this story to be Owoooo! based on its absolute prominence on the first page.
Goes Surfin'!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
humorous
Salty Dog Sam
Salty Dog Sam; Surfer #1; Surfer #2; Girl #1; Girl #2
Salty Dog Sam wants to go surfing.
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Miscellaneous
1
Another one of Crumb's questionable comics, to put it mildly.
[untitled]

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Miscellaneous
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Back cover illustration with a wave photo as its centerpiece. The photo itself is different from the one published in Surfer magazine.

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