FAMOUS FUNNIES #1
CGC FN: 6.0
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SOLD ON: Wednesday, 12/11/2013 1:56 PM
$8,400
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PUBLISHER: Eastern Color
COMMENTS: crm/ow pgs
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf cover
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1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf cover
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crm/ow pgs
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf coverEastern Color published Famous Funnies 1, in July 1934, a sixty-eight-page periodical they distributed to newsstands through American News Company. While it was a huge hit with readers during the cash-strapped Great Depression and sold close to ninety percent of its original 200,000 print run, the expenses left Eastern Color with a $4,000 loss. Eastern's luck would eventually change as the book turned a $30,000 profit with every issue after 11. Famous Funnies ran for 218 issues, inspiring imitators and launching a new form of entertainment readily consumed by the masses. It's quite possibly one of the most important comics ever published. Without this trailblazer it is hard to imagine that American comic book readership would have developed as successfully as it has.This copy is from an original owner collection from South Dakota. Hoarder is the word used to describe the owner. He had a house filled with collectibles and for lack of a better word, stuff. His basement was filled with ham radio equipment, Buck Rogers collectibles and of course comic books. This was his prized possession and most valuable comic book.
Overstreet Guide 2013 FN (6.0) value = $9,600.
1st monthly newsstand comic book; wraparound golf coverEastern Color published Famous Funnies 1, in July 1934, a sixty-eight-page periodical they distributed to newsstands through American News Company. While it was a huge hit with readers during the cash-strapped Great Depression and sold close to ninety percent of its original 200,000 print run, the expenses left Eastern Color with a $4,000 loss. Eastern's luck would eventually change as the book turned a $30,000 profit with every issue after 11. Famous Funnies ran for 218 issues, inspiring imitators and launching a new form of entertainment readily consumed by the masses. It's quite possibly one of the most important comics ever published. Without this trailblazer it is hard to imagine that American comic book readership would have developed as successfully as it has.This copy is from an original owner collection from South Dakota. Hoarder is the word used to describe the owner. He had a house filled with collectibles and for lack of a better word, stuff. His basement was filled with ham radio equipment, Buck Rogers collectibles and of course comic books. This was his prized possession and most valuable comic book.
Overstreet Guide 2013 FN (6.0) value = $9,600.