Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories

    (Revolutionary, 1989-1990)
™ and © 1989 Revolutionary Comics

In the late 1980s, Tipper Gore, wife of then-obscure Senator Al Gore, launched a crusade against naughty lyrics in popular music which ultimately led to the much-ignored “Parents Advisory” labels on many rap and heavy metal albums. Revolutionary Comics, publishers of Rock ‘N Roll Comics, offered up TG’s Comics and Stories as a one-finger salute to Tipper and censorship in general. Unfortunately, the gesture of rebellion doesn’t extend far beyond the title. Tipper Gore’s C&S features a variety of standard-issue “alternative” tales of grim and grue rendered in semi-professional style in sketchy black and white. The best work shows an affection (and affectation) for Tales From the Crypt-style horror, itself the victim of Tipper’s ideological ancestors in the 1950s. Cool color covers by luminaries like Robert Williams add some aesthetic appeal.
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Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #1

October, 1989
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $2.99 		Todd Loren, Herb ShapiroBrad Moore, Earl Ferguson, Ken Landgraf, Larry Nadolsky, Lyndal Ferguson, Mike Clift
Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #2

January, 1990
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $2.98 		Herb Shapiro, Todd LorenKen Landgraf, Lyndal Ferguson, Mike Clift, PCS
Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #3

March, 1990
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $1.75 		  
Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #4

May, 1990
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $1.75 		Todd Loren, Herb Shapiro, Bill Kieffer, Dan DiDio, Spike SteffenhagenEric Recourt, Lon Roberts, Scott Jackson, Roy Burdine
Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #5

July, 1990
Cover Price: $1.95
2 copies available from $8.95 		Jason Hecht, Spike Steffenhagen, Todd LorenDon Roberts, Scott Jackson
Tipper GORE’s Comics and Stories #5 Variation A

July, 1990
Cover Price: $1.95
1 copy available for $34.95 		This versions has the“Revolutionary Comics”logo on the cover A twice; B&W Jason Hecht, Spike Steffenhagen, Todd LorenDon Roberts, Scott Jackson