JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #6
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PUBLISHER: Marvel
COMMENTS: ow/w pgs
classic Everett skeleton wedding cvr; Heath art
River City Copy
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classic Everett skeleton wedding cvr; Heath art
River City Copy
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ow/w pgs
classic Everett skeleton wedding cvr; Heath art
River City CopyWhile EC and others got all of the heat during the feverish witch-hunt days of the 1950s horror comics craze, Stan Lee's Atlas imprint had its share of classically ghoulish covers, notably this beloved wedding-from-Hell cover by the great Bill Everett, whose eye for detail and skilled hand lend this image a campy sheen that sticks in the memory. As with most pre-code horror, this classic survives in very low numbers, falling victim to low print runs, overzealous parents armed with scissors or Zippos, and a readership more likely to toss unwanted comics than to lovingly preserve them for posterity. As a result, this issue especially excites serious horror collectors when it comes to market, and is among the most-demanded of Atlas ghoul covers.This unusually attractive copy comes from the River City pedigree, beloved of all horror comic aficionados, and is sure to continue the craze for early horror that led to record sales in recent auctions.
Artist Information
Bill Everett was an American comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner, as well as co-creating Daredevil with writer Stan Lee for Marvel Comics. Everett fell into comics almost by accident in the industry's earliest days, creating the character Amazing-Man for Centaur Publications in 1939. That same year saw Everett contributing the first Sub-Mariner story for Marvel Mystery Comics #1, the very first book from Timely Comics (which would eventually become Marvel Comics). Sub-Mariner would prove to be one of Timely's earliest hits, and Everett would continue drawing Namor's adventures until 1949. In the '50s, Everett would continue working for what was now Atlas Comics on numerous titles, occasionally reviving Sub-Mariner. With the explosion of the Marvel Age in the '60s, Everett joined Stan Lee in co-creating and drawing the first issue of Daredevil. He also found regular work contributing to Tales to Astonish and Strange Tales. The Sub-Mariner would return again in Tales to Astonish #85, continuing there (and then in his own title) with sporadic contributions from Everett. Bill Everett died suddenly at the age of 55 in 1973.
classic Everett skeleton wedding cvr; Heath art
River City CopyWhile EC and others got all of the heat during the feverish witch-hunt days of the 1950s horror comics craze, Stan Lee's Atlas imprint had its share of classically ghoulish covers, notably this beloved wedding-from-Hell cover by the great Bill Everett, whose eye for detail and skilled hand lend this image a campy sheen that sticks in the memory. As with most pre-code horror, this classic survives in very low numbers, falling victim to low print runs, overzealous parents armed with scissors or Zippos, and a readership more likely to toss unwanted comics than to lovingly preserve them for posterity. As a result, this issue especially excites serious horror collectors when it comes to market, and is among the most-demanded of Atlas ghoul covers.This unusually attractive copy comes from the River City pedigree, beloved of all horror comic aficionados, and is sure to continue the craze for early horror that led to record sales in recent auctions.
Artist Information
Bill Everett was an American comic book writer-artist best known for creating Namor the Sub-Mariner, as well as co-creating Daredevil with writer Stan Lee for Marvel Comics. Everett fell into comics almost by accident in the industry's earliest days, creating the character Amazing-Man for Centaur Publications in 1939. That same year saw Everett contributing the first Sub-Mariner story for Marvel Mystery Comics #1, the very first book from Timely Comics (which would eventually become Marvel Comics). Sub-Mariner would prove to be one of Timely's earliest hits, and Everett would continue drawing Namor's adventures until 1949. In the '50s, Everett would continue working for what was now Atlas Comics on numerous titles, occasionally reviving Sub-Mariner. With the explosion of the Marvel Age in the '60s, Everett joined Stan Lee in co-creating and drawing the first issue of Daredevil. He also found regular work contributing to Tales to Astonish and Strange Tales. The Sub-Mariner would return again in Tales to Astonish #85, continuing there (and then in his own title) with sporadic contributions from Everett. Bill Everett died suddenly at the age of 55 in 1973.