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SOLD ON: Tuesday, 09/10/2019 1:54 PM
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PUBLISHER: Fawcett
COMMENTS: white pages; second highest graded!
Raboy WWII Nazi cvr; Captain Nazi (10/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
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white pages; second highest graded!
Raboy WWII Nazi cvr; Captain Nazi (10/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High CopyIn this issue Captain Marvel Jr. not only defeats a Japanese flying fortress that is actually a verdant island that floats in the air, he battles a mad scientist and his hullking brute of a manservant named, Zombey, he also goes head to head with Sivana and a variety of giant insects, and even finds time to duke it out with Captain Nazi, talk about getting your money's worth! This book is stuffed to the gills with action and intrigue, its no wonder this series was the favorite of Elvis Presley, who was rumoured to have based his hairstyle on Jr's coif.
The Edgar Church/Mile High pedigree has remained the foremost comic pedigree for a reason, the preservation of these classic comics is almost impossible to imagine, but just take a look at the stunning white background, the deep, rich detail of the battle behind the perfectly rendered hero flying across this second-highest graded copy. These Captain Marvel Jrs are likely to break records at auction.
Artist Information
Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy was an American comics artist best known for his comic-book work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years. Cartoonist Drew Friedman has stated, "Raboy was an expert technician with pen and brush, and his lush covers are some of the most unusually beautiful ever to grace comic books".
Raboy began his art career with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio of comics artists. Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr. and the Green Lama. Raboy was a great admirer of Alex Raymond, and "kept a portfolio of Alex Raymond's "Flash Gordon" comics by his side for inspiration and guidance as he worked". In the spring of 1946, King Features hired Raboy to continue the Sunday page adventures of Flash Gordon, which he continued to work on until his death.