Auctions: comic books published by Print Mint

Collected Cheech Wizard (1972) #NN, 1st Printing FN+ 6.5

1st printing. 50¢, Co. & Sons imprint bottom left. Art and story by Vaughn Bode. Cover price $0.50.

El Perfecto Comics (1973 The Print Mint) #1, 1st Printing FN- 5.5

1st printing. Cover by Robert Crumb. Organized by Aline Kominsky, this variable who's who of Underground Creators was published by the Print Mint in order to raise funds for the legal defense of Timothy Leary, who had been arrested and charged with drug possession, facing a possible 25 years in prison. Leary would eventually turn States Evidence against his dealers and be released.

Story and Art by Robert Crumb, Rory Hayes, Justin Green, kim Deitch, Robert Armtstong, Willy Murphy, Shelby Sampson, Bobby London, Gary King, Gary Hallgren, Victor Moscoso, Red Richards Gilbert Shelton, Diane Noomin, Trina Robbins, Berkeley, Bill Griffith, Charles Carrot, Lora Fountaint, Lee Marrs, Tim Mancusi, Terry Balawejder, Dot Butcher, Sharon Kahn Rudahl, Spain Rodriguez, Jay Kinnet, Michele Brand, Michael J. Becker, and Aline Kominsky. 36 pages, B&W. MATURE READERS. NOTE: 1st printings have a $0.50 cover price Cover price $0.50.

Light (1971 Print Mint) 1 FN- 5.5

Full title inside front cover is Light Comitragies, but commonly known as "Light", this is an unusually formatted underground comic by Greg Irons (a tattoo artist of some renown), consisting of entirely full page illustrations that run with a heavy theme warning against the consequences of war and nuclear weapons. The first half of drawings is a chain of events type sequence while the latter half contains more random (some quite violent) images; 28 pages; full color; mature; 6 3/4-in. x9 5/8-in. Cover price $0.75.

Mean Bitch Thrills (1971) 1 VG 4.0

Cover oxidation.

1st or 2nd printing (considered indistinguishable from one another). Spain Rodriguez cover, story, and art. Adults Only, 6 3/4" x 9 3/4", b&w, 28 pages. Cover price $0.50.