USA COMICS #10
CGC FN+: 6.5
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 09/14/2017 2:50 PM
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs
Alex Schomburg WWII Japanese Captain America cvr, Thunderbird app.
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Alex Schomburg WWII Japanese Captain America cvr, Thunderbird app.
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Alex Schomburg WWII Japanese Captain America cvr, Thunderbird app.USA Comics #10 features a gorgeous cover illustrated by the legendary Alex Schomburg depicting Cap, and his sidekick Bucky Barnes, battling a contingency of Japanese soldiers on a submarine. Illustrations like these would not pass public scrutiny these days due to the blatant racism, but they are still extremely desirable to collectors for that same reason. Golden Age comics with prominent wartime covers are some of the most popular among hardcore collectors and this excellent copy is one of the better ones.
Overstreet Guide 2017 FN+ (6.5) value = $2,645.
Artist Information
Known for his dizzying, bustling war covers, bondage covers and airbrush Sci-Fi covers! Truly one of the most highly collected artists of the Golden Age. Alex Schomburg was born on May 10, 1905, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Schomburg freelanced primarily for Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel, displaying his talent for action tableaux in covers featuring Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and other superheroes. He also provided covers for Pines Publications, for titles including Exciting Comics and America's Best Comics, featuring such superheroes as the Black Terror and the Fighting Yank, as well as for Harvey Comics. Stan Lee said the following about Schomburg "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post. He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style. You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any other artist's. ... I remember hearing Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman tell me time and again how great a cover illustrator Alex was, and how he wished we had more like him. Despite the quantity of work we gave him, despite the care and effort that went into every Schomburg cover, I cannot remember Alex ever being late with any illustration."
Alex Schomburg WWII Japanese Captain America cvr, Thunderbird app.USA Comics #10 features a gorgeous cover illustrated by the legendary Alex Schomburg depicting Cap, and his sidekick Bucky Barnes, battling a contingency of Japanese soldiers on a submarine. Illustrations like these would not pass public scrutiny these days due to the blatant racism, but they are still extremely desirable to collectors for that same reason. Golden Age comics with prominent wartime covers are some of the most popular among hardcore collectors and this excellent copy is one of the better ones.
Overstreet Guide 2017 FN+ (6.5) value = $2,645.
Artist Information
Known for his dizzying, bustling war covers, bondage covers and airbrush Sci-Fi covers! Truly one of the most highly collected artists of the Golden Age. Alex Schomburg was born on May 10, 1905, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Schomburg freelanced primarily for Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel, displaying his talent for action tableaux in covers featuring Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and other superheroes. He also provided covers for Pines Publications, for titles including Exciting Comics and America's Best Comics, featuring such superheroes as the Black Terror and the Fighting Yank, as well as for Harvey Comics. Stan Lee said the following about Schomburg "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post. He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style. You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any other artist's. ... I remember hearing Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman tell me time and again how great a cover illustrator Alex was, and how he wished we had more like him. Despite the quantity of work we gave him, despite the care and effort that went into every Schomburg cover, I cannot remember Alex ever being late with any illustration."