CAPTAIN AMERICA COMICS #74
CGC VG/F: 5.0
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Wednesday, 08/23/2023 7:56 PM
$14,612
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crm/ow pages; CGC#1196899002
classic Red Skull cvrYeah, your eyes aren't deceiving you, that's a Captain America comic. With the Red Skull on the cover. But, you know, horror. Trying to dress up the Super Soldier like he's some kind of Halloween novelty act. It's depressing but true: by the late 1940s, superhero comics were suffering a dramatic drop in sales, as young readers matured into dime store novels, newspapers, and radio comedies, and the new batch of kids, jaded by years of dad-less wartime existences in crushing poverty, proved too cynical to buy into the exploits of costumed do-gooders. DC responded by sacking nearly their entire cape lineup and retreating to funny animals and westerns, while Timely noticed the sudden rise in interest of horror comics and rebranded their entire line as Weird this and Astonishing that. This is the beginning, a truly bizarre amalgam of 1940's hero adventure and newfangled horror storytelling, as this really odd cover wraps around three gruesome tales that have, well, almost nothing to do with Cap. Like, at all. Dark days ahead. Thanks to low print runs, these issues, catnip for hardcore Cap fanatics, are crazy hard to track down, so when you see one, jump on it!
Captain America Comics #74 is a popular curio for fans of Golden Age books, Captain America collectors, and pre-code horror mavens, as this oddball book is the poster boy for the confusion publishers had to contend with once superhero comics went out of vogue after WWII. A nice mid-grade copy, this lot should be a popular draw at auction, as this comic is fairly rare, with just under 90 copies on the census. The colors on this cover still pop, and the majority of wear is relegated to the perimeter, avoiding the main characters in the center of the cover. A 5.0 copy of Captain America Comics #74 sold for #17,000 in March 2023.
Overstreet Guide 2022 VG/FN (5.0) value = $9,000
If you are a new customer planning to make a first-time purchase over $25,000, please contact us 24 hours in advance of the item closing at 212.895.3999 or support@comicconnect.com so that we may approve your account for bidding. (This policy was instituted to protect consignors and bidders against bids from fraudulent accounts, and to ensure the integrity of the bidding process.) Once approved, please log out of your account and then log in, for the approval to take effect.
classic Red Skull cvrYeah, your eyes aren't deceiving you, that's a Captain America comic. With the Red Skull on the cover. But, you know, horror. Trying to dress up the Super Soldier like he's some kind of Halloween novelty act. It's depressing but true: by the late 1940s, superhero comics were suffering a dramatic drop in sales, as young readers matured into dime store novels, newspapers, and radio comedies, and the new batch of kids, jaded by years of dad-less wartime existences in crushing poverty, proved too cynical to buy into the exploits of costumed do-gooders. DC responded by sacking nearly their entire cape lineup and retreating to funny animals and westerns, while Timely noticed the sudden rise in interest of horror comics and rebranded their entire line as Weird this and Astonishing that. This is the beginning, a truly bizarre amalgam of 1940's hero adventure and newfangled horror storytelling, as this really odd cover wraps around three gruesome tales that have, well, almost nothing to do with Cap. Like, at all. Dark days ahead. Thanks to low print runs, these issues, catnip for hardcore Cap fanatics, are crazy hard to track down, so when you see one, jump on it!
Captain America Comics #74 is a popular curio for fans of Golden Age books, Captain America collectors, and pre-code horror mavens, as this oddball book is the poster boy for the confusion publishers had to contend with once superhero comics went out of vogue after WWII. A nice mid-grade copy, this lot should be a popular draw at auction, as this comic is fairly rare, with just under 90 copies on the census. The colors on this cover still pop, and the majority of wear is relegated to the perimeter, avoiding the main characters in the center of the cover. A 5.0 copy of Captain America Comics #74 sold for #17,000 in March 2023.
Overstreet Guide 2022 VG/FN (5.0) value = $9,000
If you are a new customer planning to make a first-time purchase over $25,000, please contact us 24 hours in advance of the item closing at 212.895.3999 or support@comicconnect.com so that we may approve your account for bidding. (This policy was instituted to protect consignors and bidders against bids from fraudulent accounts, and to ensure the integrity of the bidding process.) Once approved, please log out of your account and then log in, for the approval to take effect.