(January 1971)
San Francisco Comic Book Company,
1971 Series
Published in English
(United States)
- Price
- 0.50 USD
- Pages
- 36
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- San Francisco Comic Book Company
- Brand
- San Francisco Comic Book Company
- Editing
- ?
- Color
- color cover; two-color interior
- Dimensions
- standard Modern Age US
- Paper Stock
- newsprint
- Binding
- saddle-stitched
Issue Notes
This issue has variants:
Keywords adult; underground
[Terrifying Tales of Total Paranoia]
cover / 1 page
- Pencils
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Inks
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Colors
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Reprints
- in Comic Book Creator (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2013 series) #28 (Spring 2022)
-
- Keywords
- adult
![Cover Thumbnail for Gary Arlington's Thrilling Murder Comics (1971 series) #1 [Second Printing]](https://files1.comics.org//img/gcd/covers_by_id/1164/w100/1164942.jpg?7657028803051338774)
Gary Arlington Is Thrilled To Present Thrilling Murder
foreword, introduction, preface, afterword / 1 page
- Pencils
- Greg Irons (signed as Irons)
- Inks
- Greg Irons (signed as Irons)
- Colors
- None; ? (spot color by separation house)
- Letters
- ?
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Interior front cover that includes the indicia information.
Kid Kill!
comic story / 8 pages
- Script
- Jim Osborne (signed as J. Osborne)
- Pencils
- Jim Osborne (signed as J. Osborne)
- Inks
- Jim Osborne (signed as J. Osborne)
- Colors
- None; ? (spot color by separation house)
- Letters
- Jim Osborne (signed as J. Osborne)
- Characters
- Chan; Mr. Francisco; Jim Osborne (as caricature, death); Ignatz; Angela; Chief; Surly Dwarf
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Explicit violence.
A Fine Way To Die
Mr. Toad [Bill Griffith] / comic story / 7 pages
- Script
- Bill Griffith
- Pencils
- Bill Griffith
- Inks
- Bill Griffith
- Colors
- None; ? (spot color by separation house)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals; satire-parody
- Characters
- Mr. Toad; Melvina Cowsnofski; Jake; Rod; Father Von Buttock
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
The Psychopathic South Side Blade-Freaks Confront Razor Annie and Her Cocaine Chorus of Cutters
illustration / 2 pages
- Script
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- None; ? (spot color by separation house)
- Letters
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Characters
- Blade Freaks; Razor Annie and Her Cocaine Chorus of Cutters
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Explicit gore and violence.
The Loser: A Short Tale of a Small Man
comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne)
- Pencils
- Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne)
- Inks
- Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne)
- Letters
- Jim Osborne (credited as J. Osborne)
- Characters
- Leon Moroni; Maxine; Officer
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Jumpin' Jack Flash!
comic story / 4 pages
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Jack Flash; GeeChee
- Synopsis
- Jumpin' Jack Flash, the leader of an all-female cult, gets his subjects to kill each other off.
- Reprints
-
in U-Comix Sonderband (Volksverlag, 1973 series) #1 - Robert Crumb (1973) - in R. Crumb's Carload o' Comics (Bélier Press, 1976 series) (1976)
- in The Complete Crumb Comics (Fantagraphics, 1987 series) #8 - The Death of Fritz the Cat (April 1992)
- in R. Crumb's Carload O'Comics (Bélier Press.; Kitchen Sink Press, 1996 series) (1996)
-
in Amerika (Cornélius, 2004 series) (2004) - in Amerika (Reprodukt, 2019 series) (Februar 2019)
-
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Explicit sex and violence.
At Any Given Moment, A Chicken Bites the Dust
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Kim Deitch (signed)
- Pencils
- Kim Deitch (signed)
- Inks
- Kim Deitch (signed)
- Letters
- Kim Deitch (signed)
- Genre
- humor; anthropomorphic-funny animals
- Characters
- Andre Molange; Babette; Enfamil Rascone; Analise
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Explicit sex.
In the Gloom Of Nite
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Spain Rodriguez
- Pencils
- Spain Rodriguez
- Inks
- Spain Rodriguez
- Colors
- None; ? (spot color by separation house)
- Letters
- Spain Rodriguez
- Characters
- Mister Vermicelli
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Explicit violence.
[It's a thrill to kill..."]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- S. Clay Wilson (signed)
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Interior back cover.
[no title indexed]
illustration / 1 page
- Script
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Pencils
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Inks
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Colors
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- Letters
- Simon Deitch (signed as S. Deitch)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- GAAA-K!
- Keywords
- adult
Indexer Notes
Image on back cover of issue.
Editing
Related Scans
Table of Contents
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0.
[Terrifying Tales of Total Paranoia]
-
1.
Gary Arlington Is Thrilled To Present Thrilling Murder
-
2.
Kid Kill!
-
3.
A Fine Way To Die
Mr. Toad [Bill Griffith] -
4.
The Psychopathic South Side Blade-Freaks Confront Razor Annie and Her Cocaine Chorus of Cutters
-
5.
The Loser: A Short Tale of a Small Man
-
6.
Jumpin' Jack Flash!
-
7.
At Any Given Moment, A Chicken Bites the Dust
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8.
In the Gloom Of Nite
-
9.
[It's a thrill to kill..."]
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10.
["GAAA-K!"]
This issue was modified by, among others
- Mark Gordon
- Paul Green
- Jerry Hillegas (R.I.P.)
- Steven Samuels
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