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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  • 1
    #1
    Oct 1989
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Todd Loren, Herb Shapiro  ·  A: Brad Moore, Earl Ferguson, Ken Landgraf, Larry Nadolsky, Lyndal Ferguson, Mike Clift
    B&W
    1 copy for $2.99
  • 2
    #2
    Jan 1990
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Herb Shapiro, Todd Loren  ·  A: Ken Landgraf, Lyndal Ferguson, Mike Clift, PCS
    B&W
    1 copy for $2.98
  • 3
    #3
    Mar 1990
    Cover: $1.95
    B&W
    1 copy for $1.75
  • 4
    #4
    May 1990
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Todd Loren, Herb Shapiro, Bill Kieffer, Dan DiDio, Spike Steffenhagen  ·  A: Eric Recourt, Lon Roberts, Scott Jackson, Roy Burdine
    B&W
    1 copy for $1.75
  • 5
    #5
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Jason Hecht, Spike Steffenhagen, Todd Loren  ·  A: Don Roberts, Scott Jackson
    B&W
    2 copies from $8.95
  • 5/A
    #5 Variation A
    This versions has the“Revolutionary Comics”logo on the cover A twice
    Jul 1990
    Cover: $1.95
    W: Jason Hecht, Spike Steffenhagen, Todd Loren  ·  A: Don Roberts, Scott Jackson
    B&W
    1 copy for $34.95