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Issue: Forbidden Knowledge #2
Publication Date: July 1978
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Issues: #2 of 2 Issues (4 Printings)
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Is Variant Variant: Second Printing
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Publisher: FlagLast Gasp
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Indicia Publisher: Last Gasp
On Sale Date: (not set)
Volume:
Pages: 36
ISBN:
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Price: $2.95 USD
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Content Items: 0 (0 stories, 0 covers)
17 (13 stories, 1 cover) from base issue
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Disclose Notes: Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations), and/or interior content to distinguish between printings.

The first printing from July 1978 has a 1.00 USD cover price. The second printing has a 2.95 USD cover price.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Silver Age U.S.
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Reprinting
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Editorial: Keeping an Open Mind About Trephening...

Foreword, Introduction, Preface, Afterword  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: horror, opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside front cover introductory text and illustration with indicia information at bottom of page.
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Atomic Follies

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Quinn (credited) (research)
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: opinion, science and technology
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 7
Disclose Notes: © copyright 1977. Dedicated to Karen Silkwood.
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Dinosaurs You Didn't Know About!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Letterer(s): ? (see notes)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: The letterer is credited at the bottom of page two but printed so faintly that the full name can not be made out. It might be saying something akin to "Goodraee"?
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Skin Deep!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Johnny Edgar (signed)
Penciller(s): Johnny Edgar (signed)
Inker(s): Johnny Edgar (signed)
Letterer(s): Johnny Edgar (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, non-fiction
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: © 1977 Johnny Edgar.
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Don't Ringa the Bells!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, religious
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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L'Interrogatoire

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Penciller(s): Jean Paul Laurens [as J Paul Laurens] (signed)
Inker(s): Jean Paul Laurens [as J Paul Laurens] (signed)
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, opinion, religious
Reprinting
Reprint Notes: from a F. Meaulle sc etching
Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: Centerspread.
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Shitknife!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: adventure, opinion
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: ©1977 Rich Chidlaw.
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Bwana Chifunga Tumbo or Mimi & Toutou in Africa

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: ©1977 Doug Hansen.
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The World Greatest Madam

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Roberts ?
Penciller(s): Roberts ?
Inker(s): Roberts ?
Letterer(s): Roberts ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, historical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Der Farting Fuhrer

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: © 1977 Jim Hines.
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The Man They Couldn't Hang!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
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The First Electrocution a Gruesome Thing to See!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Matt Golden [as M. Golden] (signed)
Penciller(s): Matt Golden [as M. Golden] (signed)
Inker(s): Matt Golden [as M. Golden] (signed)
Letterer(s): Matt Golden [as M. Golden] (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 4
Disclose Notes: adult; racial stereotypes
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The Ballistic Bats!

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, military, non-fiction
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 2
Disclose Notes: ©1978 by Scott Shaw!
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The English Elephant Man

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Gregory Duncan (signed)
Penciller(s): Gregory Duncan (signed)
Inker(s): Gregory Duncan (signed)
Letterer(s): Gregory Duncan (signed)
Subject Matter
Genres: biography
Feature(s): John Merrick
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Salsa

Story  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Writer(s): Bernal Diaz (credited) (original quote); Jim Osborne [as J. Osborne] (credited) (adaptation)
Penciller(s): Jim Osborne [as J. Osborne] (credited)
Inker(s): Jim Osborne [as J. Osborne] (credited)
Letterer(s): Jim Osborne [as J. Osborne] (credited)
Subject Matter
Genres: historical, informational, non-fiction
Feature(s): Food Secrets of Old Mexico
Synopsis: Osborne illustrates Bernal Diaz's 1521 AD recollection of witnessing Aztec human sacrifices. Diaz describes the sauce used to eat the human parts that is now known as the condiment salsa.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: The sequence is on the inside of the back cover.

J. Osborne ©1977.
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Planet of the Blind

Text Article  on  Interior Page(s) from base issue
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Subject Matter
Synopsis: Description of front cover image.
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: This sequence is on the back cover of issue.

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