Special "Barbaric Issue". Contents include: interview with Frank Thorne; Conan fiction by Isabella; article on Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan; profile of artist Carlos Gimenez (Dani Futuro); 10-page Eclipse ama-hero strip by Foss; more.

Characters in fan art include: Conan the Barbarian, Tomahawk, Dani Futuro, Thor, Slam Bradley, Tarzan

Offset, saddle-stitched.

There are two other artists I couldn't identify.

8-1/8 x 10-3/4 inches.

Features an interview with James Bama, and a portfolio of Buck Rogers covers by Frank Frazetta.

Editorial features include: 

Cover by Bob Juanillo.

Chapter 11 of “The Savage Earth” strip by Don Newton. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel. 

“HOT AIR FROM A COOL FAN” by Andy Warner. 

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with letters from Duffy Vohland, Ray Polson, and Joe Krolik.

Ads for: 

7:38 #1

A FANZINE #1

ALTER EGO #10 and 11

ANOMALY #2 and 3

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COMICS COMMENTARY #1

FAN INFORMER

FANDOM ANNUAL #1

FANTASTIC FANZINE #11

FIGHTING HERO COMICS #14

FRAZETTA #1

FUNNYWORLD #12

GOLDEN AGE #3, 4, 5 and 6

I’LL BE DAMNED #1

INFINITY #1

NUCLEUS #3/4

PARAGON ILLUSTRATED #1

POCKET-SIZE MARVEL CHECKLIST

ROCKET’S BLAST SPECIAL #7

SERAPHIM #4 and 5

SILVER STARR IN THE FLAME WORLD 

STAN’S WEEKLY EXPRESS 

SWASH BUCKLER (published?)

THE COLLECTOR #19

THE COMIC ART SHOWCASE #1

THE COMIC WORLD (Robert Jennings)

THIS WORLD AND OTHERS #1

and Richard Corben’s ad selling posters in support of FANTAGOR #1.

Editorial features include: 

Cover by Bob Juanillo.

 Chapter 2 of “The Starmasters” comic strip by Bill Black. 

“HOT AIR FROM A COOL FAN” by Andy Warner. 

“COMIC COLLECTORS COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel. 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller. 

“EC Re-Created” centerspread by Bill Black. 

"BLASTS FROM THE READERS" with letters from Duffy Vohland and Gary Ricker.

Ads for:

7:38 #1

ALTER EGO #10 and 11

ANOMALY #1, 2, and 3

CAPTAIN BILJO PRESENTS #2

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COMICS COMMENTARY #1, 2

COMIC CRUSADER #9

COMPLETE INDEX TO MARVEL COMICS

EL MOE PRESENTS MAIDEN VOYAGE #1 (published?)

ERBDOM 

FANDOM ANNUAL #1 and 2

FANDOM’S FANS #1

FANTASTIC EXPLOITS #15

FIGHTING HERO COMICS #14

G.F.I. #1

GOLDEN AGE #3, 4, 5 and 6

GRAPHIC STORY MAGAZINE #12

HEPHSEMIS #1

ILLUSTRATED COMIC COLLECTORS HANDBOOK #3

INFINITY #1

INTER-COMIC FANZINE #1, 2, 3

JOURNEY INTO COMICS #8

NIGHTMARE #3

PARAGON ILLUSTRATED #1 and 2

POWER COMICS 

POX VOBISCUM #1

PROMETHEAN ENTERPRISES #2

ROCKET’S BLAST SPECIAL #7

SILVER STARR IN THE FLAME WORLD

SPECTRUM

THE COLLECTOR #17, 18, 19 and 20

THE COMIC ART SHOWCASE #1

THE FRANK FRAZETTA ART FOLIO

THIS IS LEGEND #1

THIS WORLD AND OTHERS #1

and an ad for WEB OF HORROR seeking letters of support.

Editorial features include:

Cover by Bob Juanillo.

 “CRITIQUE”  fanzine and comix reviews by Mark Burbey, GB Love, Victor K. Kelly, Andy Warner, Greg W. Myers, Gary Brown, Jason Leeds, and James Van Hise. 

“PREMIUM CLASSICS” by Rex Miller. 

“COMIC COLLECTOR’S COMMENTS” by Howard P. Siegel, including a FANDOM PROFILE of John Wright, and The 1972 Comic Art Fan Awards (formerly The Goethe Awards). 

“RBCC INFORMATION CENTER” by Raymond Miller. 

“THE KEYHOLE” by Hamilton Benedict. 

“THE WILLIAMSON COLLECTOR” by JVH and Larry Bigman. 

“PULPS — ERA OF ADVENTURE” by JVH and Robert Weinberg.  "BLASTS FROM THE READERS.”

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FANTASTIC EXPLOITS #15 thru 23

FANTASTIC FANZINE #12

FANTASTIC FANZINE SPECIAL #2

FIGHTING HERO COMICS #14

FRAZETTA PRINT (Famous Funnies #214)

GRAPHIC ILLUSIONS #1

KIRBY UNLEASHED

MARVEL TIMES #2

MIDDLE EARTH PRESENTS: Frank Frazetta Portfolio One

MIDDLE EARTH PRESENTS: Kull the Conqueror by John Severin

ROCKET’S BLAST SPECIAL #8

THE BUYER’S GUIDE FOR COMICS FANDOM

THE COLLECTOR #26

THE COMIC READER

THE GOLDEN AGE COLLECTOR #1

THE MENOMONEE FALLS GAZETTE

THE MONSTER TIMES

TRUE FAN ADVENTURE THEATER #8

ZEPHYR #1 thru 4

Includes two strips intended for Web of Horror by Tom Sutton and Mike Kaluta, and cover for Web of Horror #4 by Bernie Wrightson. 

Major format change from unstapled newsletter to saddle-stitched zine with more pages and heavier paper.  Interview with Dick Giordano by Mike Friedrich, article about King Features Syndicate by Rudi Franke, Parts 6, 7 and 8 of Richard Corben’s first published strip, “Monsters Rule,” graphic critique of Will Eisner, and another strip by Corben called “The Lure of the Tower.”