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Trashman is a fictional character, a superhero who appeared regularly in underground comix and magazines between 1968 and 1985. He was created and drawn by Spain (a.k.a. Manuel) Rodriguez.〔''Trashman Lives'', p. iv〕 Trashman's first appearance was as a full page serial comic strip in the New York City underground newspaper the ''East Village Other''.〔 After moving from New York City to San Francisco in 1970, Rodriguez teamed up with fellow underground comix artists R. Crumb, S. Clay Wilson, Gilbert Shelton and others as contributors to ''Zap Comix,'' published by Last Gasp. Three full length ''Trashman: Agent of the Sixth International'' stories were published under the ''Subvert Comics'' title by "Saving Grace, a Division of Keith Green Industrial Reality", a Rip Off Press spin-off, from 1970 to 1976.〔 Trashman Lives, pg. v〕 Since 1976, Trashman has appeared in such publications as ''High Times'', ''Heavy Metal'', ''Weirdo'', ''San Francisco'' and the ''Fantagraphics'' anthology ''Zero Zero #2''.〔 ==Fictional character biography== Trashman is a hero of the working classes and a champion of the radical left causes. The Trashman stories are set in a dystopian near-future America, which after having been ravaged by nuclear weapon attacks, has become a fascist police state, with "vast urban conglomerations. Social ferment () divided the land into a patchwork of virtually self-governing areas."〔Subvert Comics, Vol, 1, No. 1〕 Mild mannered auto mechanic Harry Barnes turned to a life of petty crime after finding his wife murdered in their home by Gestapo-like soldiers. As Barnes flees capture by the police, a mysterious stranger in a hooded robe calling himself "Citizen X" appears and leads him down a hidden passageway to a secret underground installation. There, Barnes is told he was chosen by the mysterious and elusive "Sixth International", an underground anarcho-Marxist organization, to be trained as a master of the "para-sciences" and to use these powers to fight the oppression of the fascist governments of the world.〔 Trashman is typically cast as the defender of the working-class masses against the tyranny of fascist police/military forces, agents of governmental oppression, and the plots of the rich and powerful to oppress the common people. He is depicted as a strong, rugged, black-clad militant figure, with dark hair and beard and eyes always in shadow, who wields conventional military weapons such as machine guns, pistols, daggers and explosives in addition to his super powers. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Trashman (comics)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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