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Skull Comics

    (Last Gasp, 1970-1972)
™ and ©1972 Gore, Spain, Todd, Sheridan, Jaxon, Deitch, and Dallas
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(From the Slings & Arrows Comic Guide)

This was one of several underground comics conceived very much in the tradition of EC’s horror line, and after a slightly slippery start it grew into one of the best. Jack Jaxon, Dave Sheridan and Spain all contributed good material, but it was Richard Corben (#2, 3, 5, 6) and Greg Irons (#1–3, 6) who best captured the EC spirit in a series of astonishingly shocking strips. Irons’ frequent collaborator Tom Veitch was responsible, with Irons and Corben, for the run’s best (and most stomach-churning) tale, the full length A Gothic Tale in #6. The Veitch/Irons gore-a-thon The Clean-Up Crew from #3 was later turned into a notorious German underground film, albeit without their permission. ~DAR
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  • 1
    #1
    Jan 1970
    Cover: $0.50
    W: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons  ·  A: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons
    “decadence”partially blacked out in 2nd panel of p. 17
    No copies available
  • 1-2
    #1 - 2nd printing
    W: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons  ·  A: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons
    Printing error in the word “decadence” on page 17
    No copies available
  • 1-3
    #1 - 3rd printing
    W: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons  ·  A: David Jackson, Fred Schrier, Rory Hayes, Jack Jackson, Jaxxon, Greg Irons
    Printing error on page 17 fixed
    No copies available
  • 2
    #2
    Jan 1970
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons, Jack Jackson  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons, Jack Jackson
    No copies available
  • 2-2
    #2 - 2nd printing
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben
    No copies available
  • 2-3
    #2 - 3rd printing
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben
    No copies available
  • 2-4
    #2 - 4th printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben
    No copies available
  • 2-5
    #2 - 5th printing
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben
    No copies available
  • 2-6
    #2 - 6th printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben  ·  A: Dave Sheridan, Gilbert Shelton, Jack Jackson, R. Gore, Richard Corben
    No copies available
  • 3
    #3
    Jul 1972
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Richard Corben, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons
    No copies available
  • 3-2
    #3 - 2nd printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Richard Corben, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons
    No copies available
  • 3-3
    #3 - 3rd printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Richard Corben, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons
    No copies available
  • 3-4
    #3 - 4th printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Richard Corben, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons
    No copies available
  • 3-5
    #3 - 5th printing
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Richard Corben, Tom Veitch  ·  A: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Richard Corben, Greg Irons
    No copies available
  • 4
    #4
    Jan 1972
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Simon Deitch, Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Charles Dallas, Michael C. Smith, Herb Arnold  ·  A: Simon Deitch, Dave Sheridan, Jack Jackson, Charles Dallas, Michael C. Smith, Herb Arnold
    Special H. P. Lovecraft issue: Adapts The Hound, Cool Air, and Pickman’s Model
    No copies available
  • 5
    #5
    Jan 1972
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Richard Corben, Spain Rodriguez, Charles Dallas, Larry S. Todd  ·  A: Richard Corben, Spain Rodriguez, Charles Dallas, Larry S. Todd
    Includes adaptations of The Rats in the Walls, To a Dreamer, and The Shadow from the Abyss by H. P. Lovecraft
    2 copies from $26.00
  • 6
    #6
    Jun 1972
    Cover: $0.50
    W: Tom Veitch  ·  A: Greg Irons, Richard Corben
    No copies available