FAMOUS FUNNIES #1
CGC VG/F: 5.0
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SOLD ON: Wednesday, 08/27/2014 2:45 PM
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PUBLISHER: Eastern Color
COMMENTS: off white pgs; from the Collection of Sol Davidson
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf cover
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1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf cover
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off white pgs; from the Collection of Sol Davidson
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf coverEastern Color published Famous Funnies 1, in July 1934, a sixty-eight-page periodical they distributed to newsstands through American News Company. While it was a huge hit with readers during the cash-strapped Great Depression and sold close to ninety percent of its original 200,000 print run, the expenses left Eastern Color with a $4,000 loss. Eastern's luck would eventually change as the book turned a $30,000 profit with every issue after 11. Famous Funnies ran for 218 issues, inspiring imitators and launching a new form of entertainment readily consumed by the masses. It's quite possibly one of the most important comics ever published. Without this trailblazer it is hard to imagine that American comic book readership would have developed as successfully as it has.Most copies of this comic have had some sort of restoration or touchup work applied, making an unrestored issue an extremely rare treat. This blue label copy is one of the most attractive we've ever seen; a truly breathtaking time machine back to the very earliest days of the medium, and an undeniably vital historic document.
Overstreet Guide 2014 VG/F (5.0) value = $8,000.
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf coverEastern Color published Famous Funnies 1, in July 1934, a sixty-eight-page periodical they distributed to newsstands through American News Company. While it was a huge hit with readers during the cash-strapped Great Depression and sold close to ninety percent of its original 200,000 print run, the expenses left Eastern Color with a $4,000 loss. Eastern's luck would eventually change as the book turned a $30,000 profit with every issue after 11. Famous Funnies ran for 218 issues, inspiring imitators and launching a new form of entertainment readily consumed by the masses. It's quite possibly one of the most important comics ever published. Without this trailblazer it is hard to imagine that American comic book readership would have developed as successfully as it has.Most copies of this comic have had some sort of restoration or touchup work applied, making an unrestored issue an extremely rare treat. This blue label copy is one of the most attractive we've ever seen; a truly breathtaking time machine back to the very earliest days of the medium, and an undeniably vital historic document.
Overstreet Guide 2014 VG/F (5.0) value = $8,000.