MARVEL MYSTERY #15
CGC FN-: 5.5
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 03/13/2014 4:49 PM
$1,059
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs
classic Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
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classic Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)
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crm/ow pgs
classic Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)Alex Schomburg had a real talent for encapsulating a story with one image, like the cover to Marvel Mystery #15, which shows The Human Torch bursting through a pressurized tunnel, filled with Nazi soldiers, who are holding Sub-Mariner captive, realizing that their goosesteps are cooked. It’s hard to imagine comic fans scanning a newsstand being able to resist this four-color folio. The issue features appearances from two other heroes that would continue to appear in Marvel output through to the current day, the Golden Age iterations of The Vision and Ka-Zar. Schomburg covers are a genre unto themselves, with collectors paying impressive prices for these typically hard-to-find books, which are always popular items in our Event Auctions.
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 Schomburg WWII nazi bondage cvr (1/41)Alex Schomburg had a real talent for encapsulating a story with one image, like the cover to Marvel Mystery #15, which shows The Human Torch bursting through a pressurized tunnel, filled with Nazi soldiers, who are holding Sub-Mariner captive, realizing that their goosesteps are cooked. It’s hard to imagine comic fans scanning a newsstand being able to resist this four-color folio. The issue features appearances from two other heroes that would continue to appear in Marvel output through to the current day, the Golden Age iterations of The Vision and Ka-Zar. Schomburg covers are a genre unto themselves, with collectors paying impressive prices for these typically hard-to-find books, which are always popular items in our Event Auctions.
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."