![]() The first issue of the new publication was #29 (continuing the numbering of The Rocket's Blast) and dated April 1964. In 1964 The Comicollector and The Rocket's Blast merged to form The Rocket's Blast and the Comicollector. Love had formed the Science Fiction and Comics Association (S.F.C.A.) and begun publishing his own fanzine, The Rocket's Blast (also debuting in 1961). Meanwhile, Miami-based comics and science fiction enthusiast G. After publishing The Comicollector for a year, Bails passed it on to Ronn Foss. Inspired in part by the science-fiction fanzine/"adzine" The Fantasy Collector, in 1961, Jerry Bails, "the father of comics fandom" created The Comicollector as "a publication devoted primarily to the field" rather than the occasional advertisements of comics for sale that appeared in The Fantasy Collector. ![]() And, as ComicSource wrote, " RBCC was also an educational forum, with rich articles devoted to comics and creators long absent from the newsstands, such as EC Comics." Debuting in the pre- direct market era (before the proliferation of comics retailers), RBCC was one of the first and largest forums for buying and selling comics through the mail - often, the only way for fans to acquire back issues was through advertisements in RBCC. RBCC featured fan-generated art, original articles, and advertisements from comic book fans and dealers. ![]() It also proved to be a launching pad for aspiring comic book creators, many of whom corresponded and exchanged their work through RBCC, and published work in the fanzine as amateurs. The result of a merger with a similar publication, RBCC's purpose was to bring fans together for the purpose of adding to their comic book collections. ![]() Rocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC) was a comics advertising fanzine published from 1964 to c. Comic book advertising, art, strips, news, reviews, and criticism ![]()
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