Auctions: comic books 1971 w/ month not specified

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.

Phase (1971 Fanzine) 1 FN- 5.5

High-quality zine featuring the following the collowing comic stories: "Sword of Dragonus" (script by Chuck Robinson, art by Frank Brunner), "A View From Without" (script and art by Neal Adams), "Impact" (script and art by Ernie Colon), "Coming of Piranhas" (script by Denny O'Neil, art by Steve Skeates), "Duel" (story by Gerry Conway with illustrations by Gray Morrow), "Soul Food" (script by Phil Seuling, art by Chris Notarile), "Comes the Grey Dawn" (script by Marv Wolfman, art by Rich Buckler), "Home" (script and art by Jeff Jones), "Veteran" (script by Kathy Barr, art by Ken Barr), "Hero" (script and art by Bil Maher), "Sally's Song" (script and art by Michael Kaluta), "Getting the Point" (story and illustrations by Kenneth Smith), "Comic Book Freak" (script and art by Tom Sutton), "Yesterday's Rain" (script and art by Steve Fritz), and "Dragon Slayer" (script by Len Wein, art by Tony DeZuniga). Illustrations by Dan Adkins, Murphy Anderson, Billy Graham, Ken Kelly, Dan Recchia, Syd Shores, Bill Stillwell, and Berni Wrightson. Wraparound cover painting by Ken Barr. Edited by Sal Quartuccio. 8.5-in. x 11-in.; black and white; 80 pages on white paper; card-stock cover. Cover price $5.00.

Sunpot (1971) 1 FN- 5.5

Staple rust with migration.

Vaughn Bode's plans and adventures of Sunpot. Unpaginated book of black and white illustrations by underground comic legend Vaugn Bode. Featuring the Sunspot vehicle, Belinda Bump, Electric Bee, Farkfoot and other creations. Unless otherwise noted, copies listed should include the blue schematic poster of the ship. $2.00 cover price, 32pgs, B&W. Cover price $2.00.

Tortoise and the Hare (1971 Last Gasp) 1 VG 4.0

Cartoons and comic strips by Gary Hallgren, Dan O'Neill, Shary Flenniken, Bobby London and Ted Richards. Contains strips reprinted from Air Pirates and The Realist. 32 pages, B&W. Mature readers. Cover price $0.50.