APEX NOVELTIES — Zap Comix #5

San Francisco, CA: Apex Novelties, 1970. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Comic. This is a trade sized comic book with illustrated covers and a stapled spine. The comic is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The comic spine ends and corners have some wear, bumping, rubbing and creasing. There is a small tear to the bottom spine end of the book cover. The text pages are generally clean and bright, but there is noticeable light , generalized toning. "After Zap Comix #4 got busted for obscenity and caused all manner of trouble for people who published or sold the book, it's no surprise that the follow-up issue pulls back the reins a little, at least when it comes to portraying incest or underage sex. But despite tapping the brakes, the creators still keep driving their agenda about unlimited freedom of expression on all fronts, from sex and violence to politics and religion. Well, at least most of the contributors do. The most jarring change of course by any member of the Zap Collective in this issue is taken by Robert Crumb, who was chiefly responsible for the obscenity bust with Zap #4. Evidently shaking in his boots after that debacle, Crumb contributes the two most benign and innocuous stories in Zap Comix #5. Indeed, "Mr. Natural" and "The Adventures of Fuzzy the Bunny" are virtually inoffensive, featuring no nudity, eroticism or explicit violence, with barely so much as a curse word in their 18 collective pages." (from Underground ComixJoint). Very Good- .