(February 1971)
Apex Novelties,
1971 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 28
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Adults Only
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Apex Novelties
- Brand
-
Apex Novelties
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- Color Covers, Black and White Interiors
- Dimensions
- Standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- Newsprint
- Binding
- Saddle-Stitched
- Publishing Format
- One-Shot
Issue Notes
"Comix" on cover. "Comics" in indicia.
Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations) and/or interior content to distinguish between printings.
1st - 5th print are all 0.50 USD cover price.
1st print February (actually May) 1971 has ad for Thrilling Murder Comics on inside front cover.
2nd print has ad for "Posters by R. Crumb" added to inside front cover.
3rd print has "Eric Fromm has a 3-Foot Long One" on inside front cover.
4th print has matte cover? 5th print has glossy cover? Both have Apex Novelties poster ad on inside of front cover.
6th print has 0.75 USD cover price with "Apex Treasury of Underground Comics" on inside front cover.
7th print has 0.75 USD cover price with "Classics in their own time" ad on inside front cover.
This issue has variants:
Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations) and/or interior content to distinguish between printings.
1st - 5th print are all 0.50 USD cover price.
1st print February (actually May) 1971 has ad for Thrilling Murder Comics on inside front cover.
2nd print has ad for "Posters by R. Crumb" added to inside front cover.
3rd print has "Eric Fromm has a 3-Foot Long One" on inside front cover.
4th print has matte cover? 5th print has glossy cover? Both have Apex Novelties poster ad on inside of front cover.
6th print has 0.75 USD cover price with "Apex Treasury of Underground Comics" on inside front cover.
7th print has 0.75 USD cover price with "Classics in their own time" ad on inside front cover.
This issue has variants:
- Parts of this issue are reprinted:
[no title indexed]
cover / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Strickly upa crust!!
- Characters
- Angelfood McSpade
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
in 
![Cover Thumbnail for Your Hytone Comics (1971 series) [0.75 USD 6th & 7th print]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/859/w100/859405.jpg?5432109466635325108)
[no title indexed]
Thrilling Murder Comics / promo (ad from the publisher) / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Exposed to the light of day at last!! The primal human urge to kill !!
- Synopsis
- Eric Fromm advertisement for the first issue of Thrilling Murder Comics, plus info for posters, back issues and wholesale ordering.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult; underground
Indexer Notes
Inside front cover ad that differs in later printings.
Pete the Plumber
Pete the Plumber / comic story / 9 pages
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Pete the Plumber; Plungo; Pete's Wife
- Synopsis
- Despondent over unpaid bills and an accident caused by one of his repairs, Pete attempts suicide by flushing himself down the toilet. After passing through a jungle of pipes, he winds up in a very unusual place.
- Reprints
-
in Feite Freddy og vennene hans (Futurum Forlag, 1971 series) #4 (november 1973) -
in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted - in R. Crumb (Carlsen Comics [DE], 1992 series) #1 - Klasse Beine (April 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #7 - Hot 'n' Heavy (November 1991)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
"Dedicated to my good ol' Uncle Pete"
Mr. Natural Stops Talking
Mr. Natural / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Mr. Natural; Flakey Foont
- Reprints
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #7 - Hot 'n' Heavy (November 1991)
- in The Book of Mr. Natural (Fantagraphics, 1995 series) (September 1995)
- in UG!3K & Expozo (Fogelcomix, 1999 series) (December 1999)
- in The Book of Mr. Natural (Fantagraphics, 2010 series) (April 2010)
-
Horny Harriet Hotpants
Horny Harriet Hotpants / comic story / 8 pages
- Characters
- Horny Harriet Hotpants; Orra Lee; Recta Lee; Snoid; Jesus
- Reprints
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #7 - Hot 'n' Heavy (November 1991)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Stinko's New Car
Stinko the Clown / comic story / 3 pages
- Characters
- Stinko the Clown
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Stoned Agin!
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Letters
- Robert Crumb (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- in Die 17 Gesichter des Robert Crumb (Zweitausendeins, 1975 series) (1975) which is reprinted
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #7 - Hot 'n' Heavy (November 1991)
- in The R. Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (Little, Brown, 1997 series) (1997)
-
in Mister Sixties (Cornélius, 2011 series) (2011)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Don't Forget to Wipe Your Ass Folks!
Tommy Toilet / illustration / 1 page
- Characters
- Tommy Toilet
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Image on back cover of issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
-
0.
["Strickly upa crust!!"]
-
1.
["Exposed to the light of day at last!! The primal human urge to kill !!"]
Thrilling Murder Comics -
2.
Pete the Plumber
Pete the Plumber -
3.
Puzzle Page
-
4.
Mr. Natural Stops Talking
Mr. Natural -
5.
Horny Harriet Hotpants
Horny Harriet Hotpants -
6.
Stinko's New Car
Stinko the Clown -
7.
Stoned Agin!
-
8.
Don't Forget to Wipe Your Ass Folks!
Tommy Toilet
This issue was modified by, among others
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steven Samuels
- Ramon Schenk
- Mark Semich
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