THRILLING COMICS (1940-51) #44
CGC VG-: 3.5
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SOLD ON: Thursday, 09/12/2019 2:55 PM
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PUBLISHER: Better/Standard
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs; QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + Deep Color Strike (Yellow & Red)
scarce; classic WWII Schomburg Hitler cover (10/44)
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scarce; classic WWII Schomburg Hitler cover (10/44)
Phantom Lady Collection
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crm/ow pgs; QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + Deep Color Strike (Yellow & Red)
scarce; classic WWII Schomburg Hitler cover (10/44)
Phantom Lady CollectionDuring the second World War, comic publishers big and small were quick to capitalize on the patriotic mood of the day with images of Nazis being punched, Japanese soldiers getting skewered, and Axis leaders being bested by beefy heroes and precocious scamps. Better/Nedor publications battled for their newsstand space by trying to out-patriot the rest. Their wartime covers were often the most outlandish and aggressive of a crowded field. This is largely thanks to the efforts of Alex Schomburg, who left his intricate style behind at Timely to draft more expansive, cartoonish, and brash covers for the scrappy competitor.
Artists 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."
Illustrator primarily known for his humor comics at DC, Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Bob Hope, Sgt. BIlko, Welcome Back Kotter, etc...Oksner made the transition to hero books when the humor market dried up, he worked on Superman, Shazam! and even Ambush Bug.
scarce; classic WWII Schomburg Hitler cover (10/44)
Phantom Lady CollectionDuring the second World War, comic publishers big and small were quick to capitalize on the patriotic mood of the day with images of Nazis being punched, Japanese soldiers getting skewered, and Axis leaders being bested by beefy heroes and precocious scamps. Better/Nedor publications battled for their newsstand space by trying to out-patriot the rest. Their wartime covers were often the most outlandish and aggressive of a crowded field. This is largely thanks to the efforts of Alex Schomburg, who left his intricate style behind at Timely to draft more expansive, cartoonish, and brash covers for the scrappy competitor.
Artists 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."
Illustrator primarily known for his humor comics at DC, Adventures of Jerry Lewis, Adventures of Bob Hope, Sgt. BIlko, Welcome Back Kotter, etc...Oksner made the transition to hero books when the humor market dried up, he worked on Superman, Shazam! and even Ambush Bug.