Rocket's Blast Comicollector (1961 RBCC) 85
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Published 1971 by James Van Hise.$13.00
View scanThe Rocket's Blast Comicollector #85 (108 pgs), with cover art by Bill Black. The Rocket's Blast is THE classic comics adzine from the 60s thru the 80sr. It features: A five-page strip that is the first chapter of "The Massacre of the Innocents". What is interesting about it? In this short segment, three well-known superheros are ruthlessly murdered by an unknown assailant. Sound familiar? It's a strip that was more than a decade ahead of its time; "Comic Collector's Comments" by Howard P. Siegel; "Pulps Era of Adventure" by James Van Hise and Robert Weinberg; "The RBCC Information Center" by Raymond Miller; ads for Phase 1, Collectors Book Store, The Comic Book Price Guide #1 second printing, and The Menomonee Falls Gazette; a letters column; and classified comic book ads. Published by G. B. Love. 75-cent cover price. Circulation: 2250. Cover price $0.75.


