Commies From Mars

    (Last Gasp, 1973, 1979-1987)
©1979 Tim Boxell and respective contributing artists

You didn’t think they called it “the red planet” because of the color of its soil, did you?

Begun in the late 1970s and published sporadically through to the mid-1980s, Commies From Mars is a uniquely funny comic. It combines a fondness for alien invader science-fiction with good old-fashioned anti-Communist paranoia and a hippie’s love of sex, jokes, and sly humor.

Ted Boxell was the organizing force behind this anthology series, and he invited a collection of underground comic artists to contribute short stories to each issue. Although all based around the theme of Communist invaders from Mars, each has its own take on the subject. Expect to see everything from depictions of President Reagan as a Martian lizard creature, to lowbrow alien sex strips, to truly devilish tales of Martians using our own stupidity to help them destroy our world.
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  • 2
    #2
    Jan 1979
    Cover: $1.25
    W: Tim Boxell, Richard Larson, Doug Hansen, Hunt Emerson, J. Michael Leonard, Greg Irons, Shawn Kerri  ·  A: Tim Boxell, Richard Larson, Doug Hansen, Hunt Emerson, J. Michael Leonard, Greg Irons, Shawn Kerri
    Adult; B&W
    2 copies from $18.98
  • 3
    #3
    Jan 1980
    Cover: $1.50
    W: Tim Boxell, Shawn Kerri, S. Clay Wilson, Larry Rippee, Peter Kuper, Greg Irons, Jon Rich, J. Michael Leonard, Revilo, Ian James  ·  A: Tim Boxell, Shawn Kerri, S. Clay Wilson, Larry Rippee, Peter Kuper, Greg Irons, Jon Rich, J. Michael Leonard, Revilo
    Adult; B&W
    1 copy for $23.98
  • 4
    #4
    Jan 1982
    Cover: $2.00
    W: Tim Boxell, Shawn Kerri, Tom Cheney, Jon Rich, Chad Draper, Revilo, Peter Kuper, Melinda Gebbie, Adam Cornford, Kenneth Huey, Larry Rippee, Hunt Emerson, Spain Rodgriguez, S. Clay Wilson  ·  A: Tim Boxell, Shawn Kerri, Tom Cheney, Jon Rich, Chad Draper, Revilo, Peter Kuper, Melinda Gebbie, Adam Cornford, Kenneth Huey, Larry Rippee, Hunt Emerson, Spain Rodgriguez
    Adult; B&W
    3 copies from $20.00
  • 5
    #5
    Jan 1986
    Cover: $2.50
    W: Tim Boxell, Kenneth Huey, Hunt Emerson, Chad Draper, Shawn Kerri, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodgriguez, James Schumeister, Tom Cheney, Revilo, S. Clay Wilson, David Peoples  ·  A: Tim Boxell, Kenneth Huey, Hunt Emerson, Chad Draper, Shawn Kerri, Peter Kuper, Spain Rodgriguez, James Schumeister, Tom Cheney, Revilo, S. Clay Wilson
    Adult; B&W
    2 copies from $12.98