SCIENCE COMICS (1940) #2
CGC VF: 8.0
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 03/22/2018 3:28 PM
$9,400
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PUBLISHER: Fox
COMMENTS: white pgs; Sl(C-1) sm amt of ct on cvr, tr sls to cvr; Jon Berk Collection
classic Lou Fine Dynamo bondage cover
Larson Copy
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classic Lou Fine Dynamo bondage cover
Larson Copy
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white pgs; Sl(C-1) sm amt of ct on cvr, tr sls to cvr; Jon Berk Collection
classic Lou Fine Dynamo bondage cover
Larson CopyLou Fine is universally recognized as one of the top artists of the Golden Age, his work for Fox Feature Syndicate titles like Planet Comics and Fantastic Comics are the stuff of legend. His work here on Science Comics #2 is no less stunning than his more well-known contributions. His penchant for sci-fi design is on full display on this brilliant book, oddball contraptions and ray guns were his meat and potatoes, and he also had no problem with the female form, as can be attested to on this racy cover. These little gems of the Golden Age are part of the foundation of the industry, and hard working draftsmen like Fine helped create the look and feel of comics, shaping the future of the medium for decades to come.
Overstreet Guide 2017 VF (8.0) value = $2,600.
Artists Information
Louis Kenneth Fine was born in New York. He studied at the Grand Central Art School and Pratt Institute. He was partially crippled by childhood polio and longed to be an illustrator. Among his major influences were Dean Cornwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and Heinrich Kley. Fine joined the Eisner-Iger comic shop in 1938 and soon was drawing for the Fiction House and Fox lines on such features as 'Wilton of the West', 'The Count of Monte Cristo', and 'The Flame'. Within a short time he became one of their best artists. He drew parts of the 'Jumbo' and 'Sheena' comics, and he also produced several adventure comics. Between 1939 and 1943, he worked for the Arnold's Quality Comics group. He produced 'Black Condor', 'Stormy Foster' and several issues of 'Uncle Sam'. From early on, Fine's specialty was covers, and he turned out dozens of them. Lou Fine left the comic book industry in 1944 and moved into drawing Sunday advertising strips for the funnies. On his advertising work, he cooperated extensively with Don Komisarow. Together, they created characters like 'Charlie McCarthy' and 'Mr. Coffee Nerves' for Chase and Sanborn Coffee, and 'Sam Spade' for Wildroot Cream Oil. They also made 'The Thropp Family' for Liberty magazine, using the combined signature of Donlou (scripts by Lawrence Lariar). Next, Fine drew two newspaper strips, 'Adam Ames', and 'Peter Scratch', about a tough private eye who lived with his mother. Fine died in 1971 and according to Will Eisner, he was one of the greatest draftsmen ever.
George Tuska who used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes from 1978–1982.
classic Lou Fine Dynamo bondage cover
Larson CopyLou Fine is universally recognized as one of the top artists of the Golden Age, his work for Fox Feature Syndicate titles like Planet Comics and Fantastic Comics are the stuff of legend. His work here on Science Comics #2 is no less stunning than his more well-known contributions. His penchant for sci-fi design is on full display on this brilliant book, oddball contraptions and ray guns were his meat and potatoes, and he also had no problem with the female form, as can be attested to on this racy cover. These little gems of the Golden Age are part of the foundation of the industry, and hard working draftsmen like Fine helped create the look and feel of comics, shaping the future of the medium for decades to come.
Overstreet Guide 2017 VF (8.0) value = $2,600.
Artists Information
Louis Kenneth Fine was born in New York. He studied at the Grand Central Art School and Pratt Institute. He was partially crippled by childhood polio and longed to be an illustrator. Among his major influences were Dean Cornwell, J.C. Leyendecker, and Heinrich Kley. Fine joined the Eisner-Iger comic shop in 1938 and soon was drawing for the Fiction House and Fox lines on such features as 'Wilton of the West', 'The Count of Monte Cristo', and 'The Flame'. Within a short time he became one of their best artists. He drew parts of the 'Jumbo' and 'Sheena' comics, and he also produced several adventure comics. Between 1939 and 1943, he worked for the Arnold's Quality Comics group. He produced 'Black Condor', 'Stormy Foster' and several issues of 'Uncle Sam'. From early on, Fine's specialty was covers, and he turned out dozens of them. Lou Fine left the comic book industry in 1944 and moved into drawing Sunday advertising strips for the funnies. On his advertising work, he cooperated extensively with Don Komisarow. Together, they created characters like 'Charlie McCarthy' and 'Mr. Coffee Nerves' for Chase and Sanborn Coffee, and 'Sam Spade' for Wildroot Cream Oil. They also made 'The Thropp Family' for Liberty magazine, using the combined signature of Donlou (scripts by Lawrence Lariar). Next, Fine drew two newspaper strips, 'Adam Ames', and 'Peter Scratch', about a tough private eye who lived with his mother. Fine died in 1971 and according to Will Eisner, he was one of the greatest draftsmen ever.
George Tuska who used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes from 1978–1982.