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barbarian comics 1
  
pretty bad writing
skilled art
historical 1
score 3
Barbarian Comics #1
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Only Printing / 1972 / 36 Pages / California Comics
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REVIEW SCORE 6
Barbarian Comics #1 features a two-chapter story, "Sun and Steel," which is about a barbaric war between groups of (surprise!) barbarians. The plot is fairly inscrutable and the wordless action panels somewhat hard to follow. Bob Sidebottom ran California Comics, which published this mess, and I'm still not sure what he saw in this story that inspired him to publish it (he published several other fine undergrounds). Perhaps Conan-type stories are just not my cup of tea after all. The cover does feature a cool background of silver metallic ink.
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HISTORICAL FOOTNOTES:
California Comics printed approximately 10,000 copies of this comic book. It has not been reprinted.
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COMIC CREATORS:
Han Hale - 1-3, 5-16, 21, 23-32, 34-36
Bill Loudin - 18-20 (ad, layout)
Robert Crumb - 18-20 (logo for ad)