• A Few Things . . . 7
• Introduction . . . 8
• The Phantom Psychiatrist . . . 12

1. An Attempt at Definition . . . 12
2. Whence They Cometh . . . 25
3. A Few Hows, Whens and Wherefores . . . 58
4. Content: An Overview . . . 109
5. Sex and Sexism . . . 115
6. Violence . . . 140
7. The World Around Us . . . 154
8. Drugs . . . 206
9. A Few Oddities . . . 222
10. Suppression . . . 230
11. Into the Overground
12. Cycling and Recycling . . . 264

• Afterword . . . 294
• Appendix A: Kurtzmania and the Cosmic Comic Consciusness . . . 294
• Appendix B: E.C.: The Real Article . . . 301
• Appendix C: Underground Comic Books: Publishers and Their Publications (Compiled and Annotaed by Clay Geerdes) . . . 310
• Appendix D: Bibliography . . . 318

Reviews in Print

• Barrier, Mike. "Comic Book Books." [Reviews of Bails and Ware, Who's Who in American Comic Books 1 (A-F) and Who's Who in American Comic Books 2 (G-M); Daniels, Comix: A History of Comic Books in America; Estren, A History of Underground Comics; Reitberger and Fuchs, Comics: Anatomy of a Mass Medium; Sheridan, Classic Comics and their Creators; and Steranko, The Steranko History of Comics Vol. One and The Steranko History of Comics Vol. Two.] The Comics Journal 104 (January, 1986): 85-90.
• Bonnell-Kangas, Nancy. [Review of 1993 edition.] inks: Cartoon and Comic Art Studies 2.1 (February 1995): 38-39.