MARVEL MYSTERY #15
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SOLD ON: Saturday, 05/02/2009 1:37 PM
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: moderate restoration
classic Alex Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
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classic Alex Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
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moderate restoration
classic Alex Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
Marvel Mystery #15 remains a fan favorite for showcasing Alex Schomburg's talent for encapsulating a story with one image. The striking cover has The Human Torch bursting through a pressurized underwater tunnel filled with Nazi soldiers who are holding Sub-Mariner captive — just as they realize that their goosesteps are cooked. It’s hard to imagine comic fans able to resist this amazing action.
As it turns out, however, the cover art was actually two issues ahead of the "great new adventure" that would pair the Sub-Mariner and Human Torch "side by side." (By the time that issue #17 was published, those Nazis had also been replaced by Japanese soldiers.) The issue still features Namor and Human Torch in separate stories setting up the action, while also offering the Golden Age versions of the Vision and Ka-Zar, plus the Angel. Of course, Schomburg covers are a vital genre unto themselves, with collectors paying impressive prices for these typically hard-to-find books.
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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."
classic Alex Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
Marvel Mystery #15 remains a fan favorite for showcasing Alex Schomburg's talent for encapsulating a story with one image. The striking cover has The Human Torch bursting through a pressurized underwater tunnel filled with Nazi soldiers who are holding Sub-Mariner captive — just as they realize that their goosesteps are cooked. It’s hard to imagine comic fans able to resist this amazing action.
As it turns out, however, the cover art was actually two issues ahead of the "great new adventure" that would pair the Sub-Mariner and Human Torch "side by side." (By the time that issue #17 was published, those Nazis had also been replaced by Japanese soldiers.) The issue still features Namor and Human Torch in separate stories setting up the action, while also offering the Golden Age versions of the Vision and Ka-Zar, plus the Angel. Of course, Schomburg covers are a vital genre unto themselves, with collectors paying impressive prices for these typically hard-to-find books.
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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."