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Issue: Rip Off Comix #5
Publication Date: September 1979
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Issues: #5 of 30 Issues (36 Printings)
Title:
Variant: unnamed
Rating: [no rating]
Publisher: FlagRip Off Press
Brand: Rip Off Press Inc.
Indicia Publisher: Rip Off Press Inc.
On Sale Date: 1979
Volume: none
Pages: 52
ISBN: none
UPC/EAN: none
Price: $1.25 USD
Indicia Frequency: none
Content Items: 10 (8 stories, 1 cover)
Editor(s): ?
Disclose Notes: Underground Comix are known for using different prices, covers (art or color variations) and/or interior content to distinguish between printings.
1st print has 1.25 USD cover price.
2nd print has 1.50 USD cover price.
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Publication Type: Comic Book
Color: color cover; black and white interior
Dimensions: standard Modern Age US (#1-10); US magazine format (#11-31)
Paper Stock: glossy cover; newsprint interior
Binding: saddle-stitched
Publishing Format: was ongoing series
Format Notes:  
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Disclose Reprinted In8
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There is currently no data for this Issue being reprinted from anywhere.
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Original Artwork
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Adult Image
Title Page
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[untitled]

Illustration  on  Cover, Front
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Mom Squad (inset)
Reprinting
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Think Eighties

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
First Line: The Eighties will be a decade of intense cultural upheaval...
Synopsis: The major trends and events that will occur in the Eighties.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagGriffith Observatory #[nn] published March 1993
as Think Eighties [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside of front cover with indicia information at bottom of page.
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Take Me Out...

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Letterer(s): ?
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Lester; Choker Hackoff; Leviathon Jones; Cannonball Crowley; Mister Dingbat; Shakey; Catcher
First Line: It says here the associated merchants of Main Street are forming a slow-pitch softball league!
Synopsis: The bros. sign up to play in a slow-pitch softball league.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagThe Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers #6 [First Printing] published June 1980
as Take Me Out... [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 9
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The Bill Bland Show!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy
Feature(s): Cartoon Cavalcade
Character(s): Bill Bland; Xenomorph/Alien; Richard Nixon
Synopsis: A talk show chat with the Xenomorph from Ridley Scott's Alien film.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
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Mom Squad and the Space Pirates!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, science fiction
Feature(s): Mom Squad
Character(s): Mom Squad; Captain Blast
First Line: During re-entry from a special inspection of the moon:
Synopsis: Mom Squad, investigating a mysterious energy source that blasted new craters on the moon, take on Captain Blast in his attempt to subjugate Earth with his spaceship's laser strobe cannon.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 10
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Time Twisted Tales

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: fantasy, humorous
Character(s): Fred Foyt; King Mirkwithe of the Court of Pencleana; Mirkwithe's daughter; M. D. Vincent; John Doe/Jondeaux; The Queen
First Line: A small farm somewhere in the West...
Synopsis: The Tenth Century King Mirkwithe and his castle wind up in the Twentieth Century in farmer Fred Foyt's field.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #7 published January 1981
as Zeitzeichenzyklus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #8 published April 1981
as Zeitzeichenzyklus [Story on Interior Page(s)]
In Content Item: FlagTime Twisted Tales #[nn] published January 1986
as Time Twisted Tales [Story on Interior Page(s)]
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 16
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The Famous Superheroes School

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, anthropomorphic, humorous, superhero
Character(s): Dudley; Elmer; Floyd; Bank President; Electric Man; The Flying Fool; Mildew Man; Human Hockey Puck; Augurperson
First Line: Quit waving that right foot around, Captain Crud!
Synopsis: Broke as always, Philbert starts a mail order business for a "Famous Superhero School."
Reprinting
In Issue: FlagWonder Wart-Hog and the Nurds of November: Gilbert Shelton's Exciting Cartoon Novel of Election-Year Politics, International Nuclear Terror, Professional Football, Science Fiction, Motorcycle and Auto Racing, Pestilence, Famine, Economic Collapse #[nn] published January 1980
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #11 published July 1981
as Die berühmte Superhelden-Schule [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 11
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Let's Welcome Out the Seventies!

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Feature(s): Cartoon Cavalcade
Character(s): Bobby Fisher; Boris Spassky; Uncle Sam; Richard Nixon
First Line: Patty Hearst was kidnapped by the S.L.A.
Synopsis: A six-panel basic summary of what happened during the Seventies.
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Pages: 1
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[untitled]

Story  on  Interior Page(s)
Subject Matter
Genres: adult, humorous
Character(s): Abbot
First Line: Hey, man, mind if I sit here?
Synopsis: Abbot, whom the hippie hasn't seen in a few years, has gone New Wave.
Reprinting
In Content Item: FlagU-Comix #6 published February 1981
as [untitled] [Story on Interior Page(s)]
Reprint Notes:  
Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Inside of back cover.
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Welcome to Rip Off Land

Illustration  on  Interior Page(s)
Credits
Colorist(s): ?
Letterer(s): typeset
Subject Matter
Genres: humorous
First Line: Northern California's Answer to Disneyland, to be constructed by Rip Off Press on an islalnd in San Francisco Bay...
Synopsis: An amusement park featuring attractions based on various Rip Off Press comic characters.
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Miscellaneous
Pages: 1
Disclose Notes: Image and text on the back cover.

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