MYSTIC COMICS (1ST SERIES) 1940-42 #9
FN: 6.0
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Sunday, 03/09/2008 3:30 PM
$1,654
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: Classic Hitler/Destroyer cover by Al Gabriele and Syd Shores; cover story ("Hitler Speaks") by Stan Lee (5/42)
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Classic Hitler/Destroyer cover by Al Gabriele and Syd Shores; cover story ("Hitler Speaks") by Stan Lee (5/42)
Mystic Comics #9 is one of the rarest and most sought-after of all Timely Comics — notably for Al Gabriele and Syd Shores' unforgettable cover featuring the Destroyer giving Adolf Hitler a good whack on the head while saving a lady in bondage. Golden Age collectors continue to put a premium on inspiring wartime covers featuring heroes punching the daylights out of the Axis' hated leaders. It's even more impressive that this wild imagery sets up a proper cover story, with a young Stan Lee letting loose with his notorious "Hitler Speaks!"
Amazingly enough, the cover is actually toned down from the interior tale. "Hitler Speaks" (with art by Chad Grothhkopf) has the Destroyer racing to save his female sidekick Flora von Banger from Hitler himself, after she's been abducted while helping pirate radio forces broadcasting behind enemy lines. Flora is about to be branded with a swastika-shaped iron when the Destroyer rallies to save her from Hitler. (Der Führer gets a good beating, while that iron ends up branding the rear end of Hitler's minion Baron Uhh.) The scarcity of this issue always inspires heated bidding on the few instances when it becomes available.
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Mystic Comics #9 is one of the rarest and most sought-after of all Timely Comics — notably for Al Gabriele and Syd Shores' unforgettable cover featuring the Destroyer giving Adolf Hitler a good whack on the head while saving a lady in bondage. Golden Age collectors continue to put a premium on inspiring wartime covers featuring heroes punching the daylights out of the Axis' hated leaders. It's even more impressive that this wild imagery sets up a proper cover story, with a young Stan Lee letting loose with his notorious "Hitler Speaks!"
Amazingly enough, the cover is actually toned down from the interior tale. "Hitler Speaks" (with art by Chad Grothhkopf) has the Destroyer racing to save his female sidekick Flora von Banger from Hitler himself, after she's been abducted while helping pirate radio forces broadcasting behind enemy lines. Flora is about to be branded with a swastika-shaped iron when the Destroyer rallies to save her from Hitler. (Der Führer gets a good beating, while that iron ends up branding the rear end of Hitler's minion Baron Uhh.) The scarcity of this issue always inspires heated bidding on the few instances when it becomes available.
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