Zap Comix

    (Last Gasp, 1967-1988)
® Zap Comix. ©1967, 1988 R. Crumb

Zap Comix was among the first of the Underground “Comix.” Created by the infamous and legendary Robert Crumb in 1967, he sold his comics from a baby carriage pushed up and down San Francisco’s Haight Street.

The topics covered in Zap centered primarily around sex, drugs, and almost overwhelming angst. It was a far cry from the standard super-hero fare the major companies were marketing at the time, and marked the birth of comics as a unique, counterculture art form. In addition, Crumb’s “do-it-yourself” distribution helped open the way for the independent and small press comics that would follow.

Zap is also notable as having the comic numbered at issue #0. Crumb’s original pages for the first issue were stolen before they could be published. By the time he discovered Xerox copies of the work, a new #1 had already been printed, so Crumb released the original story as #0.
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#0 - 2nd printing


Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $21.00 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#0 - 4th printing


Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $30.00 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#0 - 5th printing (Final retouching to spine on front cover by Robert Crumb)


Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $15.00 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#1

November, 1967
Cover Price: $0.25
1 copy available for $3,000.00 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#1 - 3rd printing

May, 2019
Cover Price: $0.35
1 copy available for $29.90 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#2

May, 2019
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $34.10 		Robert Crumb, Rick Griffin, S. Clay WilsonRobert Crumb, Rick Griffin, S. Clay Wilson
#2 - 2nd printing


Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $16.00 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#2 - 3rd printing


Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $39.98 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#2 - 4th printing


Cover Price: $0.75
1 copy available for $39.98 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#3 (Special 69 Issue)

October, 1968
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $3.60 		Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, S. Clay WilsonGilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson
#3 - 3rd printing


Cover Price: $0.75
2 copies available from $15.80 		Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, S. Clay WilsonGilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson
#4 (Wraparound cover by Victor Moscoso)

August, 1969
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $6.30 		Robert Williams, Victor Moscoso, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Spain RodriguezRobert Williams, Victor Moscoso, Robert Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez
#5

May, 1970
Cover Price: $0.50
3 copies available from $21.00 		Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Robert WilliamsRobert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Robert Williams
#5 (5th Printing)


Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $24.98 		Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Robert WilliamsRobert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Victor Moscoso, Rick Griffin, Robert Williams
#6

January, 1973
Cover Price: $0.50
1 copy available for $3.70 		Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert WilliamsRobert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Rick Griffin, Robert Williams
#9

September, 1978
Cover Price: $1.00
1 copy available for $6.00 		Robert Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, S. Clay WilsonRobert Crumb, Victor Moscoso, Gilbert Shelton, Spain Rodriguez, Robert Williams, S. Clay Wilson
#11

February, 1985
Cover Price: $2.50
1 copy available for $1.98 		Robert CrumbRobert Crumb
#15

January, 2004
Cover Price: $4.95
1 copy available for $19.98 		Robert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Paul Mavrides, Victor Moscoso, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Robert WilliamsRobert Crumb, Spain Rodriguez, Paul Mavrides, Victor Moscoso, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton, Robert Williams
#16


Cover Price: $14.99
1 copy available for $39.98