Rocket's Blast Comicollector
Cover of The Rocket's Blast and the Comicollector #29 (April 1964), the 1st issue of the merger. Art by Don Fowler (Buddy Saunders). | |
| Editor | The Comicollector - Jerry Bails 1961–1962 - Ronn Foss 1962–1964 The Rocket's Blast - G. B. Love 1961–1964 RBCC - G. B. Love 1964–1974 - James Van Hise 1974–1983, 2002-2003 |
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| Categories | Comic book Advertising Strips News Reviews Criticism |
| Frequency | Monthly |
| Publisher | G. B. Love 1964–1974 James Van Hise 1974–1981, 2002–2003 New Media Publishing 1981–1983 |
| Total circulation | 3,300 (1979) |
| First issue | April 1964 #29 |
| Final issue | June 1983 #153 |
| Company | S.F.C.A. |
| Country | United States |
| Based in | Miami, Florida |
| Language | English |
Rocket's Blast Comicollector (RBCC) was a comics advertising fanzine published from 1964 to 1983. 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. 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.
RBCC featured fan-generated art, original articles, and advertisements from comic book fans and dealers. 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. 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."