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Under Ground COMIX.INFO presents:

A Visual Guide To
UNDERGROUND COMIX Reprints
(Classic 'head' Comix of the 60's & 70's) Compiled by Zonker Harris page J this page updated 08/04/2005

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Flags used in this guide:

= your help needed, scans or info. See scan want-list

= just a scan, without pointing out the tells (distinguishing features).

= means this info disagrees with JK's guide.

= printing info in the comic is mistaken or misleading. (list 2)

Background colors used in this guide: (yellow) standard

(green) the comic will correctly say which printing it is. (list 1)

(orange) no one knows how to tell the printings apart, yet. (list 3)

This is NOT A CATALOG or PRICE GUIDE.
Prices listed are the cover price, as printed (no stickers).

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Jesus, New Adventures of (Rip Off 1969)
1st - 1.00, heavy blue stock cover, turns green with age.
2nd - .50, red cover, solid black price, white ROP logo, solid green title, all red lettering in circle,
i.f.c. says '2nd edition', no '©'

3rd - outlined price, yellow logo, title part zip-a-tone, red & green lettering in circle,

i.f.c. still says '2nd edition', no '©'
4th - cover same as 3rd, i.f.c now has '©', doesn't say which print

Jesus Meets the Armed Services 2 (Rip Off 1970)
1st - chair has yellow patch in corner, light yellow walls,
. . . . price in thin red circle, ROP ad i.b.c. by Shelton
2nd - chair is all red, yellow walls, price in thin red circle,
3rd - matt cover, chair is all red, light blue walls, price in blue circle, ROP ad has 9 cover scans

Jesus Comics 3 (Rip Off Press 1972)
inside covers have color changes, this can be done while the press is running,
so is not proof of separate printings.

Jiz Comics (Crumb, Wilson 1969)
1st - .50, hand trimmed & stapled, faint line along bottom of pages
2nd - evenly trimmed, no line along bottom of pages
3rd - same as 2nd?