Friday, August 27, 2010

Limbo #1 1963



Lots of good stuff going on with this fanzine.
Can you imagine what it was like back then?
Once-popular characters that were being discovered by a new generation of fans were not guaranteed of ever being seen in new stories. Fans let their views be known through fanzines and loc's to the comic editors but ultimately, it was out of their hands.
They truly didn't know if Plastic Man, Capt. Marvel, or Hawkman (well, maybe Hawkman) would ever appear in a new comic again.
These properties were thought to be unwanted as evidenced by the fact that a new Doctor Mid-Nite story was created to be published in a fanzine! It was ultimately nixed by DC/National editor Julius Schwartz and became the Eclipse (by Ronn Foss) and gained a following in his own right.




I love this fanzine's cover.  M.C. Escher influenced and it kind of reminds me of the Brian Bolland Animal Man cover which it predates.

My grandfather was a sign painter and used a similar theme in a sign he created for his shop in 1932, so that is why it is so close to my heart.  If anybody would like to see it, post and I'll fit it in sometime. 
I have no idea if this fanzine had another issue.  If you have a copy and are willing to scan and share, we'd love to see it! 
I will be posting a lot of fanzine groups soon so if anyone has a request, please let me know and if I have it, up it goes.

Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Best of Rbcc


This is Jim Van Hise's 'Best of RBCC'. I do not have a copy, but I assume it's focus is predominately of his tenure on the book and not so much the material produced during G.B. Love's run.
If anyone has a copy of it and would care to verify or repudiate this, please comment.

Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Rbcc Relaunch

Here are the four issues of Rbcc's short-lived reboot in 2000 or 2001.



Just for Fun: Superman Billboard-1940


1940 Ogilvie Oats Cereal billboard advertising the Superman radio show on station CKWX.

Rbcc Covers-Comicollector 11-15

Here's the Comicollector half of RBCC before it merged with Rocket's Blast, issues 11-15.





Rbcc Covers-Rocket's Blast 1,2,3,16,18

From humble beginnings: I present G.B. Love's Rocket's Blast 1-3 and 13,16,18.
It was just one of many adzines vying for collector's attention.





Rbcc Covers-Rocket's Blast 19,20,21,24,28

This and the previous post are the only covers I have for the early Rocket's Blast issues. If you have any you'd like to add, please let me know.
Hope you enjoy.