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SOLD ON: Wednesday, 12/09/2015 4:34 PM
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PUBLISHER: Fawcett
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs; second highest!
Raboy cvr; origin Ibis
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crm/ow pgs; second highest!
Raboy cvr; origin IbisRare in any condition, this copy of Ibis #1 from 1943 is in an amazing 9.4 CGC grade! Try and find another copy in this condition! With stunning yellows and reds on the cover, there is only one copy known in higher condition and this is the only one known in 9.4!
Overstreet Guide 2015 NM- (9.2) value = $4,200.
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.