Fantasy Illustrated (1963-1971 Bill Spicer) Fanzine comic books 1964-1966

Spring 1964. Influential fanzine published and edited by Bill Spicer. Letters from Carl Barks, Otto Binder, Russ Manning, Jeremy Barry, Paul Gambaccini, Al Kuhfield, Rick Durell, Harvey Kurtzman, and Richard Kyle. Comics stories: Binder's "The Life Battery" (script by Bill Spicer, art by Landon Chesney), "The Invaders" (script by Garold S. Hatfield, art by Joe Staton), "Someone Please Help Me!" (script by Paul Severn, layouts by Spicer, art by R. Green), Binder's "Adam Link's Vengeance" part 2 (script and layouts by Spicer, art by D. Bruce Berry), and two pages of "Robbie" (script by Len Brown, art by Al Williamson). 6 3/4" x 9 3/4"; black and white; 40 pages.

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Published by Bill Spicer, Fantasy Illustrated was one of the most important, most professional looking fanzines of the Golden Age of comic book fandom. Issue #3 includes: cover art by Landon Chesney; a letter from Roy Thomas; The End of Bukawai strip (adapted from ERB's Jungle Tales of Tarzan) by Harry Habblitz (art) and Bill Spicer (adaptation, lettering, and breakdown); A Study in Horror strip by Chesney and Bob Overstreet; A Rogues Gallery of Comic Fandom (including pics of Grass Green, Russ Manning, and Basil Wolverton); March 25th strip by Ken Finnerty (script) and Overstreet (art); and back cover art by Manning. 44 pgs. Winter, 1964.

Premium example of amateur comics from the Sixties! Bill Spicer, editor. Historic significance and features of Fantasy Illustrated #4: While Richard Kyle initially coined the terms "graphic story" and "graphic novel" in Capa-Alpha #2 (November, 1964), Capa-Alpha was only available to members of the APA and was extremely limited in circulation (less than 50 copies). Thus, Richard Kyle's Graphic Story Review column is the 1st public coining and explanation of the terms to general comicdom, a significant event! The issue also features one of Jeff Jones' 1st published strips, KU: Primordial, a Tor-like hero. This issue was also the 1st (and last) Fantasy Illustrated to feature super-hero strips: Buddy Saunders provides the Patriot while Bill DuBay drew Dreamsman and Lucky (both written by Steve Perrin). Excellent back cover by Jim Jones, plus letters from soon to be pro Doug Moench, super sci-fi fan/writer Alex Eisenstein, artist Landon Chesney, and fan legends Fred Patten and Bob Butts.

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Published by Bill Spicer, Fantasy Illustrated was one of the most important, most professional looking fanzines of the Golden Age of comic book fandom. Issue #6 includes: wraparound cover art by D. Bruce Berry; Graphic Story Review column by Richard Kyle; The Origin of The Black Phantom strip by Steve Perrin (story) and Ronn Foss (art); letters from Kyle, Steve Perrin, and Harry Warner, Jr.; Blood strip by Fredric Brown; The Purple Snark strip by Bill Spicer (script) and Grass Green (art); Mickey Mouse, Super Secret Agent commentary by Mike Barrier; and Abominable strip by Brown. 48 pgs. Summer/Fall, 1966.

Variant cover A: Cover is NOT by Tom Sutton.

Variant cover B: Cover by Tom Sutton