KEEN DETECTIVE FUNNIES #20
CGC VG/F: 5.0
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SOLD ON: Thursday, 03/14/2019 12:14 PM
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classic Eye Sees cover (5/40)Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting covers of the Golden Age, featuring the already bizarre the Eye shooting a power ray at a gun-toting parachutist, who is gripping a damsel in distress by her blonde locks, as other bad guys appear in various action poses, the gangsters are referred to as "attacking aliens." Are these illegal aliens, or space aliens? Wherever the threat originates from, there is something extremely strange going on in this scene. Fans of the Eye are, by nature, fans of the odd and unusual, and are assuredly enamored by the surreal Frank Thomas art on the cover of this book.Bright yellows dominate this cover which remains in solid condition after all these years. Centaur collectors are drawn to the company's product in part based on their madcap approach to the somewhat predictable content put out by rival publishers, and this auction is full of all sorts of unexpected twists on what an anthology comics could be. If you are looking for something a bit off the beaten track, look no further.
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 Eye Sees cover (5/40)Well, this is certainly one of the more interesting covers of the Golden Age, featuring the already bizarre the Eye shooting a power ray at a gun-toting parachutist, who is gripping a damsel in distress by her blonde locks, as other bad guys appear in various action poses, the gangsters are referred to as "attacking aliens." Are these illegal aliens, or space aliens? Wherever the threat originates from, there is something extremely strange going on in this scene. Fans of the Eye are, by nature, fans of the odd and unusual, and are assuredly enamored by the surreal Frank Thomas art on the cover of this book.Bright yellows dominate this cover which remains in solid condition after all these years. Centaur collectors are drawn to the company's product in part based on their madcap approach to the somewhat predictable content put out by rival publishers, and this auction is full of all sorts of unexpected twists on what an anthology comics could be. If you are looking for something a bit off the beaten track, look no further.
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.