Ones that got away...

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

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[EggsAckley]

Someone got a good deal.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=270232235183&ssPageName=STRK:MEWA:IT&ih=017

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

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What do you think the Feds 'n' Heads is, an ashcan or bootleg?

[EggsAckley]

Maybe faded from the sun?

[Reverend]

I'm fairly sure that's the Australian bootleg edition.

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

Foiled by Ahkumulate again...  At least we have similar taste.

[Reverend]

Foiled by Ahkumulate again...  At least we have similar taste.

What did you lose? True Komix?

[50Cent #II (1st print)]

Yep, but that lot of Surfers has the one issue I would like also.

[stage52]

 The Reverend was correct.  The faded Feds & Heads is the Australian Bootleg !!

[Reverend]

Those Aussie bootlegs are very tough to come by.

[stage52]

 The Reverend is correct. The faded "Feds & Heads" is the Aussie Bootleg !
  I believe Sir Real has a copy of this he got with several other Aussie bootlegs.

[stage52]

 I have several Aussie Zaps & Zig Zag Mags.  I have Aussie Zaps # 3, 6, 12, & 69 plus Zig Zag # 9 which has Fritz the cat cover and Clay wilson & crumb pieces

[Reverend]

I have a handful of oddball Australian undergrounds, though I haven't focused as much attention on them as I should have. My main area of focus has been (and is) British undergrounds.

[stage52]

  The Aussie bootlegs are a little expensive to ship but interesting as oddball UG pieces.  I like the British editions also.   I have a nice copy of the British  Zap#1 that has no blue and is smaller then the U.S. copies.  Its interesting that the Brit Zap#1 has no copyright or publishing info anywhere in book which leads me to believe it was also bootlegged. 

[Reverend]

I really love the foreign material, especially original works that weren't printed in any other country. There's such a wealth of British material that has fallen into obscurity due to exceedingly small print runs. I have some wonderful comix from the 70s and 80s that only saw between 50 to 200 copies each. That includes full-size comix, tabloids, minis and books, many of which have never been documented anywhere. As such, I can usually get ridiculous deals on these types of items.

As for shipping costs: I think the worst shipping costs I've ever encountered are from Spain. There are a couple of Spanish UGs that I'd like to order but the shipping for one book is almost $40. I'm sure it doesn't need to be quite so high, but I've seen similar shipping costs from different sellers.