Rocket's Blast Comicollector (1961 RBCC) 143
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Issue #143
Published Jun 1978 by James Van Hise.$9.90
The Rocket's Blast Comicollector #143 (80 pgs), with Twilight of the Heroes cover art by Ron Wilber. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80s, and after it had gotten much more slick. It features: a Dr. Strange pinup by Marc Hempel; Stretching Things strip; "Steve Ditko Master of Mystery" by James Van Hise; a Steve Ditko cover gallery; "Notes on Ditko's Spider-Man and Other Outcasts of Society" by Frank Latimer; Twilight of the Heroes strip by Ron Wilber; "The Weird Worlds of Basil Wolverton" by Hise; a review of Alan Dean Foster's Splinter of the Mind's Eye; "Keyhole" column by Gary Brown; Comic Collector's Comments column (about They'll Do it Every Time) by Howard P Siegel; ; Pertwillaby Papers strip by Don Rosa; Comicopia comic strip column (featuring various top 10 lists) by R.C. Harvey; a column reviewing Dreams #1, The Enforcers #2, Andromeda #1, and other items; a long letter by Roy Thomas about Star Wars; and comic book ads. Back cover Dr. Strange art by Kerry Gammill. Published by James Van Hise. 1.75 cover price. Circulation: 2200. Cover price $1.75.
