Corporate Crime
#1
[Second and Third Printings]
Kitchen Sink Press,
1977 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Kitchen Sink Enterprises
- Brand
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Kitchen Sink Enterprises
- Editing
- Leonard Rifas
Issue Notes
Some stories credited to the artists may have been written by Leonard Rifas.
This issue is a variant of Corporate Crime (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #1 [First Printing].
This issue is a variant of Corporate Crime (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series) #1 [First Printing].
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A Message from the Editor
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Characters
- Leonard Rifas
- Synopsis
- How the idea for the comic came about.
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover introductory strip with indicia information at bottom of page.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harry Driggs [as R. Diggs]
- Pencils
- Harry Driggs [as R. Diggs]
- Inks
- Harry Driggs [as R. Diggs]
- Letters
- Harry Driggs [as R. Diggs]
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- November 13, 1974. About 7:30 P.M. Hiway 74 in Oklahoma:
- Genre
- biography
- Characters
- Karen Silkwood; Drew Stevens; Steve Wodka
- Synopsis
- Karen Silkwood's union activism and death.
- Reprints
in Indexer Notes
This was drawn long before the Meryl Streep movie on the topic.
The ITT Scandal
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Leonard Rifas (credited)
- Pencils
- Pete Poplaski (credited)
- Inks
- Pete Poplaski (credited)
- Letters
- Leonard Rifas
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- Larry O'Brien; Jack Anderson; Brit Hume; G. Gordon Liddy; Macgruder; Richard Kleindienst; Richard McLaren
- Synopsis
- The financial scandal that led to Watergate.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
The Great American Airplane Scam of 1973
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- Trina Robbins; Cher; Ken Moss
- Synopsis
- The story of Freelandia Airlines.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Giant Monopolies Steal Land and Water in California
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- How giant companies steal land in California.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Golden Years
comic story / 3 pages
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- John Huggins; Eugene Woods; Angela; Mary Burrows
- Synopsis
- The appalling behaviour of nursing home owner Eugene Woods.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Mr. San Diego
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- C. Arnholt Smith; David Kleinberg; Benjamin Franklin
- Synopsis
- The story of a man who swindled millions from banks in his charge.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Bad Drugs
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Characters
- Clark Gable; Hedy Lamarr; Errol Flynn; Marilyn Monroe
- Synopsis
- The side-effects of a cholesterol reducing drug.
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Indexer Notes
Text story with an illustration.
Racist TV
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- Racist TV in Jackson, Mississippi.
- Keywords
- political
Indexer Notes
Text story with an illustration.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Larry Rippee [as Ripp]
- Pencils
- Larry Rippee [as Ripp]
- Inks
- Larry Rippee [as Ripp]
- Letters
- Larry Rippee [as Ripp]
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Characters
- Albert M.Fall; Warren G. Harding; Harry Sinclair; Edward L. Doheny; Tom Walsh; Harry M. Daugherty; Edwin Denby; Jess Smith; Thomas Miller; Charles R. Forbes
- Synopsis
- The corruption rife in Warren Harding's administration.
- Keywords
- political
Anti-Monopoly
comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- What's wrong with monopolies.
- Keywords
- political
The Streetcars
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Synopsis
- The destruction of the Southern California streetcar system.
- Keywords
- political
Indexer Notes
Text story with an illustration.
Outlawed Cartoons
text story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Synopsis
- A law is passed in California outlawing caricatures.
- Keywords
- political
Indexer Notes
Text story with an illustration.
The "Ludlow Massacre"
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- non-fiction; advocacy; history
- Synopsis
- An attempt to kill striking miners.
- Keywords
- political
Minamata
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- drama; non-fiction; advocacy
- Synopsis
- How pollution affected a Japanese community.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- political; slice of life
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
A Message from the Editor
-
2.
["November 13, 1974. About 7:30 P.M. Hiway 74 in Oklahoma:"]
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3.
The ITT Scandal
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4.
The Great American Airplane Scam of 1973
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5.
Giant Monopolies Steal Land and Water in California
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6.
Golden Years
-
7.
Mr. San Diego
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8.
Bad Drugs
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9.
Racist TV
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10.
The Teapot Dome Scandal
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11.
Anti-Monopoly
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12.
The Streetcars
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13.
Outlawed Cartoons
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14.
The "Ludlow Massacre"
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15.
Minamata
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16.
Bibliography
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17.
Demon Seed
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- Ramon Schenk
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