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Publisher: Apex Novelties
Years in Operation: 1968 - 1992
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Country: Flag United States Web Site: Brands: 3 Indicia Publishers: 1 Series: 15 Printings: 28 (19 Issues) Disclose Notes: Don Donahue was a comic book publisher, operating under the name Apex Novelties, one of the instigators of the underground comix movement in the 1960s.

Donahue published numerous influential comics from that movement, including the first run of Zap Comix and a number of other highly regarded comics by Robert Crumb, such as Your Hytone Comics (1971) and Black and White Comics (1973). Other creators associated with Apex Novelties include S. Clay Wilson, Jay Lynch, Victor Moscoso, Art Spiegelman, Rory Hayes, Spain Rodriguez, Rick Griffin, Michael McMillan, Kim Deitch, Shary Flenniken, Justin Green, and Gilbert Shelton. In 1974, Donahue and his publishing partner Susan Goodrick edited The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics, one of the first book collections to highlight the underground comix era.
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Series Name and Issue # View Issue Images Icon Publication Date Content Items
Ace Hole Midget Detective #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1974 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1974 69 (51 stories, 1 cover)
The Apex Treasury of Underground Comics #[nn] [Second Printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Best Buy Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 3/1 February 1979 20 (19 stories, 1 cover)
Best Buy Comics #[nn] [Second Printing] (Comic Book) February 1979 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Black and White Comics #[nn] [2nd printing] (Comic Book) ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Black and White Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2/1 June 1973 8 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Cunt Comics #1 (Comic Book) January 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Funny Aminals #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1972 13 (10 stories, 1 cover)
Jiz Comics #[nn] [Fourth print - 75ยข] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Jiz Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 28 (4 stories, 1 cover)
King Bee #1 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Left-Field Funnies #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 January 1972 12 (11 stories, 1 cover)
The Life and Loves of Cleopatra #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1969 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)Age Restricted
Momma Daddie #[nn] (Comic Book) January 1967 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Snatch Comics #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 October 1968 31 (9 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #2 [Seventh Printing] (Comic Book) January 1969 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Snatch Comics #2 [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 January 1969 30 (6 stories, 1 cover)
Snatch Comics #3 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon August 1969 21 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Terminal Comics #[nn] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon January 1971 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Your Hytone Comics #[nn] [unnamed variant] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 February 1971 9 (5 stories, 1 cover)
Your Hytone Comics #[nn] [0.75 USD 6th & 7th print] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Zap Comix #1 [British] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon ? 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
Zap Comix #1 [2nd print- 0.35 "Don Donahue" edition] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 1968 1 (0 stories, 1 cover)
Zap Comix #1 [1st printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 1/1 November 1967 11 (7 stories, 1 cover)
Zap Comix #1 [2nd printing] (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon April 1968 21 (16 stories, 1 cover)
Zap Comix #2 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 2 July 1968 24 (21 stories, 1 cover)
Zap Comix #0 (Comic Book) View Issue Images Icon 3 January 1968 15 (13 stories, 1 cover)

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