MYSTERY COMICS #1
CGC NM+: 9.6
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 09/02/2021 7:57 PM
$8,100
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11
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PUBLISHER: Wise
COMMENTS: ow/white pgs; QES Certified: Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + rich colors + deep color strike (green, purple, red & yellow)
Schomburg cover, Kinstler art; 1st app. Wonderman; 1st Silver Knight; 1st King of Futuria Comic Book Impact rating of 8(CBI)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
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Schomburg cover, Kinstler art; 1st app. Wonderman; 1st Silver Knight; 1st King of Futuria Comic Book Impact rating of 8(CBI)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
DESCRIPTION
ow/white pgs; QES Certified: Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + rich colors + deep color strike (green, purple, red & yellow)
Schomburg cover, Kinstler art; 1st app. Wonderman; 1st Silver Knight; 1st King of Futuria Comic Book Impact rating of 8(CBI)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedA killer, atypical Schomburg cover launches this entry into the waning WWII hero sweepstakes. As is to be expected with the slow dip in popularity of hero books in this period, Wise cannily hedges their bets by mixing up genres, including jungle adventure and chivalrous knighthood into the pot, and sealing the deal with lovely Kinstler art within. They promise thrills and the book delivers, both without and within. A favorite of fans of minor-league GA hero books.This is the highest graded copy, 1 of 1 with the next copy being a 9.0. Most copies of this book we've had have been lower-grade or reader copies -- don't miss a great opportunity to add a top of census Mile High #1 to your collection!
Overstreet Guide 2021 NM- (9.2) value = $2,900.
If you are a new customer planning to make a first-time purchase over $25,000, please contact us at 212.895.3999 or support@comicconnect.com so that we may approve your account for placing offers. (This policy was instituted to protect consignors and bidders against bids from fraudulent accounts, and to ensure the integrity of the bidding process).
Visit the QES website.
Artist 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."
Schomburg cover, Kinstler art; 1st app. Wonderman; 1st Silver Knight; 1st King of Futuria Comic Book Impact rating of 8(CBI)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedA killer, atypical Schomburg cover launches this entry into the waning WWII hero sweepstakes. As is to be expected with the slow dip in popularity of hero books in this period, Wise cannily hedges their bets by mixing up genres, including jungle adventure and chivalrous knighthood into the pot, and sealing the deal with lovely Kinstler art within. They promise thrills and the book delivers, both without and within. A favorite of fans of minor-league GA hero books.This is the highest graded copy, 1 of 1 with the next copy being a 9.0. Most copies of this book we've had have been lower-grade or reader copies -- don't miss a great opportunity to add a top of census Mile High #1 to your collection!
Overstreet Guide 2021 NM- (9.2) value = $2,900.
If you are a new customer planning to make a first-time purchase over $25,000, please contact us at 212.895.3999 or support@comicconnect.com so that we may approve your account for placing offers. (This policy was instituted to protect consignors and bidders against bids from fraudulent accounts, and to ensure the integrity of the bidding process).
Visit the QES website.
Artist 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."