SLOW DEATH #2 * CGC 9.2 * Eco-Horror * 1st Print
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Title: SLOW DEATH No. 2
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Publisher:Last Gasp [Indicia: Last Gasp Eco-Funnies]
Date Published: December, 1970
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CGC certified: NM- (9.2). Cream to off-white pages. Cover: Jack Jackson (as "Jaxon"), Dave Sheridan. Stories and art: Jack Jackson, Dave Sheridan, Jim Osborne, Richard Corben (as "Gore"). First printing. According to Jay Kennedy's Official Underground and Newave Comix Price Guide, "Says '1st Edition' at bottom-right of page 34." GPAnalysis: A 9.4 (from the Haight-Ashbury Collection) sold for $550 in July 2021. Provenance: From the collection of Last Gasp publisher Ron Turner.
"Slow Death was inspired by EC comics, but its emphasis on environmental issues made EC science-fiction comics rather than horror comics its natural forebears." —Joseph Witek, Comic Books as History: The Narrative Art of Jack Jackson, Art Spiegelman, and Harvey Pekar. University Press of Mississippi: 1989, pp. 54-55.
A limited edition of 150 softcover and 15 hardcover catalogues is available. 400 lots, fully illustrated. Fun reference, great keepsake. Softcover $30, deluxe hardcover with dust jacket and limitation plate $200. Ten of the 15 hardcovers are pre-ordered and the rest will go quickly, so reserve yours now. To order, contact ivan@pbagalleries.com.
Consignments welcome for PBA's December 2021 Comic Book sale. Top prices for Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age, Silver Age, original art and ephemera. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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