Motor City Comics #2 in Fine Condition.


Rare 3rd Print by Rip Off Press 1970.  


Would grade higher but has some rippling at spine side of cover.



There are six known printings of this comic book, the first five by Rip Off Press and the last by Last Gasp. It is currently unknown how many copies of this comic book were printed for any of the printings. The first four printings all have 50-cent covers.


The 1st printing has a Rip Off Press logo designed by Dave Sheridan in which the letters of the logo do not curve with the shape of the surrounding circle. The 2nd printing has a Rip Off Press logo sticker that covers a black-ink circle that overprints Sheridan's logo. The logo sticker (designed by Robert Crumb) features lettering that curves with the shape of the surrounding circle. The sticker sometimes fell off the book due to poor adhesive leaving a black circle.


The 3rd and 4th printings both feature Crumb's curved-letter Rip Off Press logo printed directly on the front cover. The only way to tell the 3rd and 4th printings apart is that the 3rd printing has a glossy paper stock cover and the 4th printing has a matte cover stock. The 5th printing has a 75-cent cover price. The 6th printing is the first published by Last Gasp and has a $2.50 cover price.