In 1989, Revolutionary Comics started publishing Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics, an unauthorized and unlicensed biographies of rock stars, including late 80s hair bands. The well-researched series was geared towards adults, often with very adult situations. Some artists was very supportive, while others considered it a bootleg recording and took legal action against the publisher. The lawsuits against Revolutionary Comics garnered worldwide press and made the series very popular. There’s no such thing as bad press in the entertainment business, right? Thanks to some good timing and free legal publicity, the series lasted 65 issues and 4 years.
Rock ‘N’ Roll Comics Series
#01 GUNS ‘N’ ROSES (Download PDF)
#02 METALLICA
#03 BON JOVI (most of the print destroyed after lawsuit settlement)
#04 MOTLEY CRUE
#05 DEF LEPPARD
#06 ROLLING STONES
#07 THE WHO
#08 SKID ROW (never published after lawsuit settlement)
#09 KISS
#10 WHITESNAKE / WARRANT (2 covers)
#11 AEROSMITH
#12 NEW KIDS ON THE BLOCK
#13 LED ZEPPELIN
#14 SEX PISTOLS
#15 POISON (full color)
#16 VAN HALEN (full color)
#17 MADONNA (full color)
#18 ALICE COOPER (full color)
#19 PUBLIC ENEMY / 2 LIVE CREW (B&W)
#20 QUEENSRYCHE (B&W)
#21 PRINCE (full color)
#22 AC/DC (full color)
#23 LIVING COLOUR (B&W)
#24 ANTHRAX
#25 ZZ TOP / MOJO NIXON
#26 THE DOORS PART 1 OF 2
#27 THE DOORS PART 2 OF 2
#28 OZZY OSBOURNE / BLACK SABBATH PART 1 OF 2
#29 OZZY OSBOURNE / BLACK SABBATH PART 2 OF 2
#30 THE CURE
#31 VANILLA ICE
#32 FRANK ZAPPA
#33 GUNS ‘N’ ROSES PART 2
#34 BLACK CROWES
#35 REM
#36 MICHAEL JACKSON
#37 ICE-T
#38 ROD STEWART
#39 FALL OF THE NEW KIDS (limited distribution due to injunction)
#40 N.W.A./ICE CUBE
#41 PAULA ABDUL
#42 METALLICA PART 2
#43 GUNS ‘N’ ROSES ON TOUR
#44 THE SCORPIONS
#45 GRATEFUL DEAD PART 1 OF 3
#46 GRATEFUL DEAD PART 2 OF 3
#47 GRATEFUL DEAD PART 3 OF 3
#48 QUEEN (Misprinted on cover as #4)
#49 RUSH
#50 BOB DTLAN PART 1 OF 3
#51 BOB DYLAN PART 2 OF 3
#53 BOB DYLAN PART 3 OF 3
#54 U2 PART 1 OF 2 (two covers, Scott Jackson and Ken Meyer, Jr.)
#55 U2 PART 2 OF 2
#56 DAVID BOWIE
#57 AEROSMITH PART 2
#58 KATE BUSH
#59 ERIC CLAPTON
#60 GENESIS
#61 YES (never published)
#62 ELTON JOHN
#63 JANIS JOPLIN
#64 60’S SAN FRANCISCO
#65 SCI-FI SPACE ROCKERS
