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NEAR MINT
A MUST HAVE ADDITION TO A TRUE COLLECTION !!!FEDS N HEADS #1 1ST FABULOUS FURRY FREAK BROTHERS 2ND PRINT EXTREMLY RARE AT CGC 9.4 ....Plus Reader Copy 4th PRINTINGVHTF is an understatement at THIS GRADE only 10.000 copies at 2nd printing!!!
Only 12 out of 10,000 (1st and 2nd printing) are Certified by CGC in this condition MINT or better
EXTREMELY DIFFICULT TO FIND IN THIS CONDITION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!Their first comic book appearance was in Feds 'n' Heads, published by Berkeley's Print Mint in 1968. In 1969 Shelton and three friends from Texas founded Rip Off Press in San Francisco, which took over publication of all subsequent Freak Brothers comics Feds 'N' Heads (Gilbert Shelton, Spring 1968): 1st printing, 5,000 copies, yellow road with white buildings and white sidewalk, solid-filled background bands, b&w, 24 pages. Cover price $0.35.
Feds 'N' Heads (Print Mint, 1968): 2nd printing, 5,000 copies & 3rd printing 9,500 copies (believed to be indistinguishable from one another), golden-brown road and buildings with purple sidewalk, stipple-filled (dotted) background bands. Gilbert Shelton story, cover and art, b&w, 28 pages. Cover price $0.35.
Feds 'N' Heads (Print Mint, 1970) printings 4-11, 10,000 – 30,000 copies each, b&w, 28 pages. Cover price $0.50–$0.70.
The first three printings have 35-cent cover prices. The 1st printing (5,000 copies) is 24 pages, has a yellow-colored road with white buildings and a white sidewalk on the front cover, and the background on the front cover is broken into three distinct bands of color. The 2nd (5,000 copies) and 3rd (9,500 copies) printings are 28 pages, have a brown-colored road with brown and orange buildings, the background has handmade stippling to blend the colors together.
Second Printing Category: Universal Art Comments: Gilbert Shelton and Lieuen Adkins story Gilbert Shelton cover and art Key Comments: Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Wonder Wart-hog and Oat Willie stories. One of the first, and most popular, underground comics in history. January 1968 / Second printing / 5,000 copies / The Print Mint / Brown road / 24 pages / Has the Print Mint 830 Folger Ave. Berkeley CA 94710 address in addition to Gilbert Shelton's address on Page 2. / the background has handmade stippling / 35 cent cover price / 6 5/8" x 9 3/4". This issue of FEDS 'N' HEADS features the Fabulous Furry Freak Brothers, Wonder (The Hog of Steel) Wart-Hog, and other "underground heroes
BEWARE....WATCH FOR ONLY 35CENTS COPIES........ALL OTHERS ARE LATER HIGHER PRINT COPIES
FOR ENLIGHTEN ADULTS ONLYVERY POLITICALLY INCORRECT
