Back In The R.B.C.C.

As mentioned recently, i've been digging through old fanzines as a part of my dive into the Groovy Age.
One of the biggest of those was the Rocket's Blast Comic Collector from editor James Van Hise, which ran for at least 150 issues in the 60s and 70s. I described the RBCC previously as a fanzine "that featured a great pool of talent and the print equivalent of the dealer's room from conventions of later eras" and that's still the best description i have for it.

But, y'know - That doesn't touch upon how delightfully Odd it could be, too. So let's take a look at a little tale from Brad Caslor that ran in issues 85-87 back around the end of 1971 entitled The Massacre Of The Innocents.

But first, the covers of the issues to offer another taste of the talent that passed through their pages-

Bill Black

Berni Wrightson

Don Newton

As a further indicator of how appealingly odd RBCC could be, note that they considered the title to be a completely optional feature for the cover.

Now, on to our story...

 

Alas - while it may have been a Groovy Age, not all Happenings were groovy.

Though, perhaps, foreshadows of kingdoms to come...

story by Brad Caslor, covers by indicated artists, for RBCC #s 85-87 (1971, 1972)