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Publishers / Kitchen Sink Press / Corporate Crime (1977) / #1
1July 1977
$1.00

Corporate Crime #1

Kitchen Sink Press · July 1977 · on sale 1977

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Identification plate

Series
Corporate Crime (Kitchen Sink Press, 1977 series)
Issue
#1
Publication date
July 1977
Key date
July 1977
On-sale date
1977
Indicia publisher
Kitchen Sink Enterprises
Price
$1.00
Pages
36

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Contents

SeqStoryTypePagesCreditsCharacters
0True Stories of Corporate Crime!cover1pencils: Greg Irons; inks: Greg Irons; colors: Greg Irons; letters: Greg IronsKaren Silkwood
1A Message from the Editorforeword, introduction, preface, afterword1script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard RifasLeonard Rifas
2-comic story5script: R. Diggs; pencils: R. Diggs; inks: R. Diggs; letters: R. DiggsKaren Silkwood; Drew Stevens; Steve Wodka
3The ITT Scandalcomic story4script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Pete Poplaski; inks: Pete Poplaski; letters: Leonard RifasLarry O'Brien; Jack Anderson; Brit Hume; G. Gordon Liddy; Macgruder; Richard Kleindienst; Richard McLaren
4The Great American Airplane Scam of 1973comic story2script: Trina Robbins; pencils: Trina Robbins; inks: Trina Robbins; letters: Trina RobbinsTrina Robbins; Cher; Ken Moss
5Giant Monopolies Steal Land and Water in Californiatext story1script: Guy Colwell; pencils: Guy Colwell; inks: Guy Colwell
6Golden Yearscomic story3script: Sharon Kahn Rudahl; pencils: Sharon Kahn Rudahl; inks: Sharon Kahn Rudahl; letters: Sharon Kahn RudahlJohn Huggins; Eugene Woods; Angela; Mary Burrows
7Mr. San Diegocomic story2script: Kim Deitch; pencils: Kim Deitch; inks: Kim Deitch; letters: Kim DeitchC. Arnholt Smith; David Kleinberg; Benjamin Franklin
8Bad Drugstext story0.5script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Justin Green; inks: Justin Green; letters: Justin GreenClark Gable; Hedy Lamarr; Errol Flynn; Marilyn Monroe
9Racist TVtext story0.5script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Peter Loft; inks: Peter Loft; letters: Peter Loft
10The Teapot Dome Scandalcomic story3script: Ripp; pencils: Ripp; inks: Ripp; letters: RippAlbert M.Fall; Warren G. Harding; Harry Sinclair; Edward L. Doheny; Tom Walsh; Harry M. Daugherty; Edwin Denby; Jess Smith; Thomas Miller; Charles R. Forbes
11Anti-Monopolycomic story2script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard Rifas
12The Streetcarstext story0.5script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Jay Kinney; inks: Jay Kinney
13Outlawed Cartoonstext story0.5script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Denis Kitchen; inks: Denis Kitchen
14The "Ludlow Massacre"comic story4script: Leonard Rifas; pencils: Leonard Rifas; inks: Leonard Rifas; letters: Leonard Rifas
15Minamatacomic story4script: Greg Irons; pencils: Greg Irons; inks: Greg Irons; letters: Greg Irons
16Bibliographytext article1letters: typeset
17Demon Seedcomic story1script: R. Wilson (signed); pencils: R. Wilson (signed); inks: R. Wilson (signed); colors: R. Wilson (signed); letters: R. Wilson (signed)

Printings and variants

EditionHow to tell
Second and Third Printingsprice 1.25 USD

Where to read it

CollectionYear
Greatest Diggs of All Time #[nn]1991On eBay ›
You Call This Art?! A Greg Irons Retrospective #[nn]
ISBN 1-56097-754-X; 978-1-56097-754-4
2006On eBay ›

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