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This beautiful Flash Gordon splash was in the middle of the fanzine Rocket's Blast Comic Collector #66 (yes, the RBCC with the incredible Bob Kline cover), and I had no idea until just now! Back near the beginning of this century, I acquired a beat copy of the cover only from Sam de la Rosa, who I found on eBay selling some Kline that I wanted. Sam was a big part of the fanzine era in the 70s which I so dig, and he sent me a lot of miscellaneous grooviness, also sending the fanzine Collage that had Bob's RBCC cover as a centerfold. I never even thought there would be sump'n besides that cover I would covet in RBCC #66, but now.... if you know of a better image of this Flash Gordon, please holla, and if you haven't seen Richardson before, please search him on here
I think I have the first couple of issues of Collage. As I recall, the idea was to put it out bi-weekly, making it "Fandom's Fastest Fanzine". It leaned on the idea of breaking news, but I guess it's usefulness ended when TBG went weekly.
ReplyDeleteYou lucky duck! If you ever get vanity plates, I recommend I4U2NV, cause I certainly envy some of your collectibles you've mentioned over the years. Collage #1 has onea my fav Wally Wood drawings for the cover
DeleteA few years ago I bought a print on eBay of the artwork by John Adkins Richardson. Could never find out any more about it. Now at least I have an idea where it came from. Thanks,
ReplyDeleteGreat! Now I really want that RBCC #66 to show up on eBay again
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