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Zap Comix 0 |
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Zap Comix #0 Universal |
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CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
1968322001
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Owner Comments
Should have been Robert Crumb's first solo comic(x) book. When art was completed, it was handed off to and promptly lost in time and travel. Fortunately, after publishing a different comic as Zap Comix #1, photocopies of this issue turned up. Crumb then re-inked and then published this comic as #0 to keep chronology in tact.
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Zap Comix 1 |
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Zap Comix #1 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
1097242001
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Owner Comments
Charles Plymell Edition
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Zap Comix 1 Second Printing |
| Item: |
Zap Comix #1 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1198081001
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Owner Comments
Don Donahue Edition
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Zap Comix 2 Head First Miscut |
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Zap Comix #2 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
1223471007
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Owner Comments
The second issue includes contributions from all four member of the collective (Jam) group: Crumb, Moscoso, Wilson, and Griffin. It also shifted printing from Plymell’s classic press (now owned by Donahue) to the higher-volume printing presses of The Print Mint.
An important consequence of this shift in printing has been very well summed up by Steven Fox on Underground comix database Comixjoint:
"At the time Zap Comix #2 went to press, Crumb, Wilson, Griffin and Moscoso were getting ready to exhibit their original artwork for the book at Light Sound Dimension Gallery in San Francisco. They wanted about 500 copies of Zap #2 to sell during the show. Moe Moscowitz, a Berkeley bookstore owner, agreed to finance the printing of 5,000 copies with The Print Mint, with 500 of those designated for the show.
During the bindery operation, it was discovered that S. Clay Wilson's ""Head First"" story on page 40 was badly misaligned on the printed page and the artwork was cut off at the bottom during the trimming process. This was an unacceptable flaw, especially taking place on that story, and all the interior pages with the error were destroyed, except for the 500 sets that were needed to bind into books for the show. There was not time (and perhaps no money) to reprint the interiors before opening night. The 4,500 remaining covers were preserved for use in the second printing.
So, there were only 500 copies of the 1st printing of Zap Comix #2, many of which have not survived, which makes it the rarest edition of any Zap Comix in history. This fact is now generally acknowledged within the underground comics fraternity and recognized by Fogel's Price Guide, though it has not spread into the casual collectors' knowledgebase."
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Zap Comix 4 |
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Zap Comix #4 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
0061802003
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Owner Comments
Wraparound cover by Victor Moscoso. This was the first issue that was officially published by "The Print Mint;" File Copy.
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Zap Comix 5 |
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Zap Comix #5 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
0969837012
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Zap Comix 6 |
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Zap Comix #6 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
0071463002
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Owner Comments
Cover art by Gilbert Shelton. Interior art by Rick Griffin, Victor Moscoso, Robert Williams, Spain Rodriguez, and S. Clay Wilson. Despite the "Apex Novelties" notation on the CGC. slab, this issue was first published by The Print Mint.
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Zap Comix 8 |
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Zap Comix #8 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.9 |
| Cert #: |
1161570014
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Zap Comix 9 |
| Item: |
Zap Comix #9 Universal |
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CGC 9.6 |
| Cert #: |
2120579001
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Zap Comix 15 |
| Item: |
Zap Comix #15 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC 9.8 |
| Cert #: |
2120579004
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