Spotlight on: Cherry Comix #23

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Cherry Poptart is an erotic comic book character created by Larry Welz in the early 70s. She had her own on-going title which was a very controversial book and ebay is very strict at removing listings featuring these books.
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Cherry Comix #13
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Due to a lawsuit with Kellogs over the Poptart name, the name of the comic was changed to just Cherry for issue #3. Cherry ran for 22 issues and the first printing Cherry Poptart #1 and the first appearance of the character, Funnybook #1 from 1971 can still command a premium price. Cherry ran for 22 issues from 1982 to 2000.  Many of these issues command in high grade high value both online and in the wild.
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Earlier this month Larry Welz announced that he was going back to publishing a new issue of Cherry and just this week he announced that he was in possession of Cherry Comix #23, the first appearance of the character in 19 years. Larry describes the book on facebook, “this is a real 32-page comic book. It has the first chapter of the epic graphic novel, Cherrypocalypse, which continues the story begun in #22, the Alien Abduction Roswell/X Files issue. Also features a story by Mark Bode, ‘Attack of the 50-Ft. Cherry’, & pinups from Huy Truong, George Webber, Danielle Gransaull, David Harrigan & Leon Braojos. ”
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Cherry #23
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This new book has a print run of 5000 including a special edition Blank variant cover. This book can be purchased here. There was also a limited edition  8 page ashcan variant that is also available on the Cherry Comix website.
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