Other zines of a similar nature were Witzend, Alter-Ego, and Squa Tront. Blast Comicollector a comic review & marketplace magazine / fanzine. RBCC also interviewed celebrities with a comic or SF relationship, one noteworthy interview was with Leonard Nimoy. Mike Zeck - Rockets Blast Comicollector Original Art for issues 119 and 132. RBCC often featured reprints of 'historic' comics for example an issue of National Comic's Uncle Sam was reprinted in RBCC #112.

Harvey, a column he now contributes to the Comics Journal Harvey is the author of The Art of the Comic Book, which traces the growth and development of the comic book from its beginnings in the 1930s through to the mid-1990s. RBCC featured Don Rosa's awesome Pertwillaby Papers serials, and his Information Center which was a column devoted to comics questions and answers, then when RBCC folded for other fanzines including COMICS BUYER'S GUIDE, THE COMIC READER, and AMAZING HEROES.Īnother legendary column was ' Comicopia' by R. While the interior production value was somewhat varied, ranging from excellent down to god awful, the cover was often superb. Other contributers were Marc Hempel, Frank Brunner, Vaughn Bode, Windy Pini, Bernie Wrightson, Steve Fabian, Steve Ditko, and Neal Adams among many others. One of the truly great comic fanzines, of the late 60s and 70s, RBCC published stories by Harlan Ellison.

So much fun material The revival in 2002. Another tap-and-shakeout session is worth doing after your air blasting. ROCKETS BLAST COMIC COLLECTOR was the premiere adzine of comics fandom, then became a full-fledged fanzine with ads. Jim Van Hise was the man responsible for RBCC. Experiment, but keep a little distance to prevent harming your keyboard. Rocket's Blast Comic Collector, a comic book fanzine, or rather an adzine, changed it's name to RBCC with issue 151.

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