Comic Fan, The (1962 fanzine edited by Buddy Saunders) comic books

Add to cart VG/FN 5.0 $205.00 View scans Signed by Buddy Saunders with Lone Star Comics certificate of authenticity. Includes overlay cover.

Edited by Buddy Saunders (along with Richard Weingroff), The Comic Fan was published during the Golden Age of comic book fanzines. Issue #1 includes: cover art by Saunders; comic book news; The Demons art and short fiction by Saunders; Death of a Dictator short story by Bob Harner (with art by Saunders); a crossword puzzle; The Origin of the Graviteer strip by Saunders; The Downfall of the Crime and Horror Comic Book article by Richard Weingroff; Presenting Stunt-Man short story by Weingroff (art by Saunders); Graviteer Meets Deadman short story and art by Saunders; and more. 38 pgs, ditto. Sept, 1962.

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Taking over the reigns from Buddy Saunders and Richard Weingroff, editor Gary Martin and publisher Larry Herndon released Comic Fan #2 three years after issue #1. The belated issue #2 includes: cover art by Anthony Figeuroa; What's So Great About Captain 3-D? by Weingroff (with art by Howard Keltner); an interview with Steve Ditko (with art and lettering by Biljo White); By Mistletoe and Gold and All Things Foul short story by Howard Waldrop (with art by Saunders); A Time of Leaving short story and art by Waldrop; ads for Star Studded Comics and The Comic Hero; and more. 36 pgs, ditto. Summer, 1965.