JUMBO COMICS #1
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PUBLISHER: Fiction House
COMMENTS: HISTORIC AND RARE!! 1st comic art by Kirby; 1st Sheena; 1st Peter Pup by Bob Kane; 1st Fiction House comic! Eisner art!
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HISTORIC AND RARE!! 1st comic art by Kirby; 1st Sheena; 1st Peter Pup by Bob Kane; 1st Fiction House comic! Eisner art!
Larson CopyThis book marks the first time pulp publisher Fiction House stepped into the comic book arena and began offering their own entries in to the then burgeoning field. Featuring contributions from a heady trio of artists -- Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, and Will Eisner -- this issue also marks the first Fiction House appearance of the popular adventure heroine, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Published in conjunction with the Eisner & Iger team, this premiere issue of Jumbo Comics is highly sought after by collectors who have a real reverence for and understanding of the pulp roots of comic books. The cover boasts a jam-packed illustration with individual panels showing off all of the characters contained within, and a clever little comic strip at no extra cost. Note also the first appearance of Peter Pupp, an early effort from a young cartoonist named Bob Kane.
Artists Information
Jack Kirby is called 'The King of Comics' for a reason, during his career that spanned six decades he gave us many of the most iconic characters the medium would ever see. From his introduction of Captain America at the height of World War II it was clear he wasn't your ordinary comics artist. But it was his creative explosion at Marvel Comics in the 1960's that cemented his legacy, over a short period of time Kirby would give us The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Ant-Man and Nick Fury just to name a few. Kirby would then go to DC and create his Fourth World, introducing Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The New Gods and a host of cosmic supporting players. Long live The King.
Harry George Peter usually cited as H. G. Peter, was a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.
Larson CopyThis book marks the first time pulp publisher Fiction House stepped into the comic book arena and began offering their own entries in to the then burgeoning field. Featuring contributions from a heady trio of artists -- Jack Kirby, Bob Kane, and Will Eisner -- this issue also marks the first Fiction House appearance of the popular adventure heroine, Sheena, Queen of the Jungle. Published in conjunction with the Eisner & Iger team, this premiere issue of Jumbo Comics is highly sought after by collectors who have a real reverence for and understanding of the pulp roots of comic books. The cover boasts a jam-packed illustration with individual panels showing off all of the characters contained within, and a clever little comic strip at no extra cost. Note also the first appearance of Peter Pupp, an early effort from a young cartoonist named Bob Kane.
Artists Information
Jack Kirby is called 'The King of Comics' for a reason, during his career that spanned six decades he gave us many of the most iconic characters the medium would ever see. From his introduction of Captain America at the height of World War II it was clear he wasn't your ordinary comics artist. But it was his creative explosion at Marvel Comics in the 1960's that cemented his legacy, over a short period of time Kirby would give us The Fantastic Four, Iron Man, The Hulk, The X-Men, Thor, Ant-Man and Nick Fury just to name a few. Kirby would then go to DC and create his Fourth World, introducing Darkseid, Mister Miracle, The New Gods and a host of cosmic supporting players. Long live The King.
Harry George Peter usually cited as H. G. Peter, was a newspaper illustrator and cartoonist known for his work on the Wonder Woman comic book and for Bud Fisher of the San Francisco Chronicle.
Gil Kane was a Latvian-born American comics artist whose career spanned the 1940s to the 1990s and virtually every major comics company and character. Kane co-created the modern-day versions of the superheroes Green Lantern and the Atom for DC Comics, and co-created Iron Fist with Roy Thomas for Marvel Comics. He was involved in such major storylines as that of The Amazing Spider-Man #96–98, which, at the behest of the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, bucked the then-prevalent Comics Code Authority to depict drug abuse, and ultimately spurred an update of the Code. Kane additionally pioneered an early graphic novel prototype, His Name Is... Savage, in 1968, and a seminal graphic novel, Blackmark, in 1971. In 1997, he was inducted into both the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame and the Harvey Award Jack Kirby Hall of Fame.