Any one every hear of this comic from the '60s Captain Guts

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I have had this in my collection since the '60s and I can't remember much about it... yet it strikes a cord with current events

 

 

 

 

 

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[goldust40]

I do have most of the Captain Guts series in my UG collection (UGs are the one area of the hobby where I'm an enthusiast rather than a dedicated collector like Comicwiz or FD).

 

It was an interesting if uneven read - I always felt the creator was not only trying to satirize the right wing in the U.S. but also the counterculture. Although Captain Guts was a risible figure, sometimes it seemed as if the writer/artist had a slight sympathy for him. Or perhaps not - I never took the strip too seriously, but it was good fun.

 

I don't know about the title striking a chord with current events, though - politics have changed since the '60s in the U.S.. Err, haven't they?

[Aces]

Captain Guts sounds like a cool dude.

 

Smack those Pinkos a good one!

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I don't have my Underground Price Guide in hand, but I believe there were a couple of pressings of each of the 3 Captain Guts comics. As I recall, an amusing read as a time capsule from the hippie era, but nowhere near as clever as Wonder Warthog. The creator, Larry Welz, went on to greater fame as the man behind Cherry Poptart ( or as the Kellogs people insist, just plain Cherry )