Year: 1964


Ama-hero comics starring Mercury II, the Flag and the Golden Avenger. Also contains an article on Superman by Fred Landesman.
Characters appearing in fan art include Captain America, Superman, Batman, Flash and Giant-Man.
Ditto printed.

Two-sided flyer for Burroughs Illustrated and Norb's Notes from 1964. Artwork on both sides by Joe Wehrle, Jr. (Cauliflower Catnip, Fawn the Dark-Eyed).
Produced by Joe Wehrle Jr.?

Membership includes Jerry Bails (Central Mailer), Paul Gambaccini, Bob Jennings, Bill Placzek, Daniel Alderson, John Koch, John & Tom McGeehan, Tom Dietz, Richard Kyle, David Castronuovo, Marc Nadel, Pete Jackson, Dick Memorich, David Kaler, Pete Phillips, Glen Goggin, Duncan Robertson, Margaret Gemignani, Howard Keltner and Al Kuhfeld.
Cover by Jerry Bails.
Contributions are Agent X Reporting (Bails), House of Info (McGeehans), Listen Here! (Gambaccini), Comments and Suggestions Re Academy Elections (Kuhfeld), Mandrake the Magician in the Land of X (House of Info - McGeehans), Data Sheet - DC Scripts by Otto Binder (Bails), Checklists of Features in Comic Books of the First Heroic Age - Approx. 1938-51 (Keltner), I Was a Teenage Gambaccini! or Blecch! (Gambaccini) and Wonderworld #1 (Kyle).
Reproduction by ditto and mimeograph.

No roster of membership is given in this mailing.
Cover by Howard Keltner
Contributions include Agent X Reporting (Bails), Checklists of Features in Comic Books of the First Heroic Age (Keltner), House of Info (McGeehans), DC Scripts by Otto Binder (Bails), On Zines...Pro & Fan (Keltner), Comicon '65 (Kaler), Richard Kyle's Wonderworld #2 (Kyle) and Looking Back and Ahead (Foss).
Back cover by Ronn Foss

Membership includes Jerry Bails (Central Mailer), Paul Gambaccini, Bob Jennings, Daniel Alderson, John & Tom McGeehan, Richard Kyle, David Castronuovo, Marc Nadel, Pete Jackson, David Kaler, Pete Phillips, Duncan Robertson, John Ryan, Elliot Brill, Ronn Foss, Dennis Richard, Joe Hehn, Bill Spicer, Howard Keltner and Al Kuhfeld.
Cover by Biljo White and Jerry Bails
Contributions include Agent X Reporting (Bails), Views and Verdict (Nadel), The Rambling Roamer #1 (Jackson), Listen Here! (Gambaccini), Small Talk (Johnson), Data Sheet (Bails), Checklist of Features in Comic Books of the First Heroic Age (Keltner), An Index of Periodical Literature Pertaining to Comics (Brill) and an ad for The Official Guidebook to Comics Fandom (Spicer)
Back cover is blank

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Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago).
This debut issue (simply called Chicago Chit-Chat) is a single, one-sided sheet that announces the new zine and an open call for local fans.
Ditto, one-sided sheet.

Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago). Formerly titled just Chicago Chit-Chat.
Contents include artwork (including a full-page by Bill DuBay), a puzzle page, and an open letter to Stan Lee from South African John Wright.
Ditto, corner-stapled.

Fanzine from the Chicago chapter of the Academy of Comic Book Fans and Collectors (aka Comic Collectors of Chicago). Formerly titled just Chicago Chit-Chat.
#3 may or may not have been distributed (bound together) with #4. The one copy I've seen had them stapled together but possibly not complete.
Contents in that double issue included artwork (by Placzek and "RM"), comics news, a puzzle page, letters, more.
Cover-dated August but may have actually been released in September.
Ditto, corner-stapled.

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Half adzine, half fanzine reviews.
Mimeo, side-stapled.

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Contents include: ama-hero fiction with illustrations (Five Horsemen of Death, Green Sceptre), superhero origins; more.
Characters in fan art include: Green Lantern, Flash (Golden/Silver), Eclipso, Atom, Batman, Hawkman, Aquaman, Will Magnus
Ditto, saddle-stitched.

Contents include: article on Lex Luthor; 10-page Junior Commandoes WWII comic by Arbunich and DuBay; letters (Flo Steinberg, Larry Herndon, "D.C. Publications"); more.
Offset/ditto, saddle-stitched.

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