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Issue: The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn]
Publication Date: January 1974
 
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Publisher: FlagApex Novelties
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Indicia Publisher: Apex Novelties
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Pages: 196
ISBN: 0825630428
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $4.00 USD
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Content Items: 69 (51 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): Susan Goodrick; Don Donahue
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover, Black and White interior
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Binding: Softcover
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
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Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
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Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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Contents

Table of Contents  on  Interior Page(s)
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Don Donahue; Robert Crumb; Art Spiegelman; Gilbert Shelton; Justin Green; Willy Murphy; Bill Griffith; Kim Deitch; Spain Rodriguez; Bobby London; Shary Flenniken; Jay Lynch
Don Donahue; Robert Crumb; Art Spiegelman; Gilbert Shelton; Justin Green; Willy Murphy; Bill Griffith; Kim Deitch; Spain Rodriguez; Bobby London; Shary Flenniken; Jay Lynch
typeset
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How I Went Underground

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Don Donahue
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
typeset
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Introduction

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s)
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Susan Goodrich
typeset
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Apex Interview: Robert Crumb

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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Susan Goodrich
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
typeset
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Mr. Natural Goes to a Meeting of the Minds

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous
Mr. Natural
Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont; Shuman the Human; Asper Oggus; Kathy Kutestuff; Artsy Fartsy; Dora Zockman
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It's Really Too Bad

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
An especially slight Crumb story where he ponders what the modern world is coming to.
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Whiteman Meets Bigfoot

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
Whiteman
Whiteman; Yetti [Bigfoot]; Louise
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The R. Crumb $uck$e$$ Story

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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Lenore Goldberg and her Girl Commandos

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous
Lenore Goldberg
Lenore Goldberg; Janet Jones; Muncie; Bob
Lenore and the commandos barge into a gathering of intellectuals to make a statement on female liberation.
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He's the No. 1 Human Zero - He's No Big Deal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
Subject Matter
humorous
Bo Bo Bolinski
Bo Bo Bolinski
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And Now, A Word to You Feminist Women

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Robert Crumb [as R. Crumb] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Robert Crumb
Robert Crumb
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Art Spiegelman, New York, 1948

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Art Spiegelman
Nancy; Art Spiegelman; Ace Hole, Midget Detective
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Text article with self-portrait and list of comics he has appeared in.
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Maus

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Subject Matter
humorous
Maus
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in Art Spiegelman- Comix, Essays, Graphics & Scraps: (From Maus to Now to MAUS to Now) #[nn]
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Earliest version of award-winning story Maus, later reworked and expanded to become the definite version in Raw magazine and subsequent book publications.
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Don't Get Around Much Anymore

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Subject Matter
drama
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1
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Ace Hole Midget Detective

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Art Spiegelman
Subject Matter
humorous
Ace Hole
Ace trips into a warped world
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8
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Gilbert Shelton, Dallas, 1940

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
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?
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
typeset
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The Freaks Pull a Heist!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
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Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
humorous
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers
Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers [Fat Freddy; Freewheelin' Franklin; Phineas T. Freakears]; Grocery Store Clerk
Unable to buy any junk food because he's short on cash, Fat Freddy gets into a violent withdrawal state. The Bros. decide to pull a heist on a grocery store in order to get Freddy some food.
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The first page of this was used in the “Little Annie Fanny” story from the July 1970 issue of Playboy.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
Gilbert Shelton [as Ghoulbert Chesterton]
Subject Matter
mystery
Tricky Prickears
Tricky Prickears
Receiving orders by braille.
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Presenting the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers' Favorite Law Enforcement Officer.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Fat Freddy's Cat
Fat Freddy's Cat
How dull life is... without cockroaches!
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
Freak Brothers
Freak Brothers
Gather ye 'round, my brothers...
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Fat Freddy's Cat
Fat Freddy's Cat
Fat Freddy went off and forgot to feed me again!
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Miscellaneous
0.13
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
Freak Brothers
Freak Brothers
Notorious Norbert the Nark, recently promoted to the Federal Department...
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Gilbert Shelton
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Fat Freddy's Cat
Fat Freddy's Cat
The cat is clawing my favorite chair to shreds!
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Miscellaneous
0.13
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Justin Green, Chicago, 1945

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Justin Green
Justin Green
typeset
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This Bitter Earth

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
?
Justin Green
Subject Matter
humorous
Sage Monkey
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Miscellaneous
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The Sage Monkey Debuts and Dies.
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Visualization & Concentration

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
Subject Matter
non-fiction, science and technology
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Miscellaneous
3
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Justin Green's

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
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Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
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A Sad Tale

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
Justin Green
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4
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Will Murphy, New York, 1936

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
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Will Murphy
Will Murphy
typeset
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Big Blowout in the Donut Shop

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
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Eat Fit to Stay Right

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
Vegetable Heads
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
humorous
Melody House
Good evening. The six o'clock report with Howard Frog and Roger....
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from ?
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Automatic Transmission

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
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A Good Shit Is Best

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Harvey Pekar
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
humorous
The Boys on the Corner
Four men standing on the sidewalk state what their favorite sexual activities are.
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Any Place I Can Crash?

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
Arnold Peck
Arnold Peck
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Henry's Punctured Romance

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
Henry Henpeck
Henry Henpeck
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3
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Willy Murphy
Subject Matter
humorous
The Snatch N' Hammer Kids
Business is terrible!!
Reprinting
from Air Pirates Funnies Tabloid ?
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Bill Griffith, New York, 1944

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
typeset
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A Fool's Paradise

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Subject Matter
Zippy the Pinhead
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Randy and Cherisse in the 2nd Dimension

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
Bill Griffith [as Griffy Jr.] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Randy & Cherisse
Randy [Randall H. O'Reilly]; Cherisse Fisk
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Timothy Leary Encounters Alfred Jarry In Heaven

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Bill Griffith
Subject Matter
Timothy Leary; Alfred Jarry
Timothy Leary; Alfred Jarry; The Lord God
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Kim Deitch, Los Angeles, 1944

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
typeset
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1
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Bayooh Blooze

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Subject Matter
horror, mystery
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Born Again

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Subject Matter
horror
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The Final Fumble

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Kim Deitch
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
from Bijou Funnies ?
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Spain, Buffalo, 1940

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
typeset
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The Hand of Kaa

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
H. P. Lovecraft
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
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[untitled]

Cover Reprint (on Interior Page)  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Trashman, Agent of the 6th International
Trashman [Harry Barnes]
Wanted By the State – DEAD! Trashman
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Subject Matter
science fiction, superhero
Trashman
Trashman [Harry Barnes]; Fleeing Man; I. Lecant
As the surly day becomes night and its denizens go forth into her arms
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What Is a Criminal

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
Spain Rodriguez
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Bobby London, New York, 1950

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Bobby London
Bobby London
?
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Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bobby London
Bobby London
Bobby London
Bobby London
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic
Dirty Duck
Dirty Duck
'F' is for the father of our country...
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All American Hymie

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bobby London
Bobby London
Bobby London
Bobby London
Subject Matter
humorous
Merton of the Movement
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from ?
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Bobby London
Bobby London [as London] (signed)
Bobby London [as London] (signed)
Bobby London
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Dirty Duck
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Eight one-page strips, drawn in the style of George Herriman's Krazy Kat.
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Shary Flenniken, Norfolk, 1950

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
typeset
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Wretched Chicken

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
from ?
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1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous
Trots and Bonnie
Trots; Bonnie; Pepsi
Aaah! such olfactory pleasures the Summer breezes bring!
Pepsi sets her sights on Hugh Hefner.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous
Trots and Bonnie
Trots; Bonnie
Gosh maybe someday...
Bonnie bemoans the insensitivity of the city.
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The Working Girl

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
?
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous
Trots and Bonnie
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
4
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On the Defensive

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous, science fiction
Trots and Bonnie
Trots; Bonnie; unnamed thug
Trots and Bonnie are propositioned by an unsavoury type.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Shary Flenniken
Subject Matter
humorous
Trots and Bonnie
Customers!
Reprinting
from ? (1973)
Miscellaneous
1
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Jay Lynch, Belmar, 1944

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Jay Lynch
Jay Lynch
typeset
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch]
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Nard n' Pat
Nard; Pat; Vera
Don't you ever get horny, boss?
Pat convinces Vera to come back to her ex-lover Nard.
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Dizzy as a Bee!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Nard n' Pat
Nard; Pat; Paul Harvey; Moivin; Boss; Mailman
Reprinting
 
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch
Jay Lynch
Jay Lynch
Jay Lynch
Subject Matter
anthropomorphic, humorous
Nard n' Pat
Nard; Pat
Aah! This new mentholated shavin' cream really perks up the ol' facial flesh!
Nard talks to himself in the mirror while using mentholated shaving cream.
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Jay Lynch [as Jayzey Lynch] (signed)
Subject Matter
humorous
Nard n' Pat
Nard; Pat; Genie
Happy birthday, dear Baw-oss. Happy Birthday to yooooooo!
Reprinting
 
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2
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Apex Treasury

Reprise  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
?
Typeset
Subject Matter
humorous
Reprinting
 
Miscellaneous
1
List of some of the underground comix creators not included in this book.

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