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Fourth Of July, 1971. Five Awkward, Young Naive Men Drive To New York City To Attend The '71 Comic Convention In Search Of Love, Sex, Art, Comic Books And A Glimpse At The City's Wicked Underbelly. What They Encounter Changes Their Lives Forever. Visit A Pivotal Time As Comics Change From A Business To An Art Form. Meet Allan Caldwell, Comic Artist, Blacklisted Since The 1950s For His Testimony To The U.s. Congressional Inquiry. And Tour The Greatest City In America During A Period Of Social Disintegration. A Remarkable Insight Into The Early Years Of The Comic Industry Fanboy Scene. This Issue: It's A Business And Its An Art Form - After Some Detective Work Harold Buys Back T-bone's Stolen Art Portfolio From A Street Person. Artist Allan Caldwell Talks Harold Into Escorting His Much Younger Girlfriend Around New York So That He Can Do Business At The Convention. Caldwell's Girlfriend Further Explains To Harold That The Industry's Glamour Is Only A Chimera. Great Reading For A Sunday Afternoon - Noel Tuazon, New York Times Best Selling Illustrator Of Elk's Run A Caliber Comics Release.