WONDERWORLD COMICS #33
CGC NM: 9.4
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Friday, 06/16/2017 4:02 PM
$5,600
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29
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PUBLISHER: Fox
COMMENTS: white pgs; Church/Mile High copy
rare last issue, bondage cover (1/42)
Jon Berk Collection
Highest Graded
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rare last issue, bondage cover (1/42)
Jon Berk Collection
Highest Graded
DESCRIPTION
white pgs; Church/Mile High copy
rare last issue, bondage cover (1/42)
Jon Berk Collection
Highest GradedBy the final issue of Wonderworld Comics, the featured cover star, the Flame, had been supplanted by U.S. Jones, one of the numerous Captain America clones that publishers like Fox Features Syndicate had been pumping out to comic fans to cash in on the patriotic wartime marketplace, and although there was a cynical factor to these copycat heroes, it really does little to diminish the fun and action these books served up to the public in a time of great anxiety and loss. In this issue, Jones does battle with the White Killer, a villain who likes to poison his victims while wearing a lightbulb shaped helmet and all-white costume. U.S. Jones eventually captures the Nazi agent and unmasks him as the manager of a touring baseball team, which he used as a cover for his nefarious deeds. There is also some female energy in this issue as Flame Girl, and hard-nosed private eye Patty O’Day get in on the anthology action. Wonderworld Comics was responsible for helping launch the careers of several big names in the industry, Lou Fine, Dick Briefer, George Tuska, and Matt Baker all got their start working on Fox titles, making this last issue in the run of particular interest to collectors of the series.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
rare last issue, bondage cover (1/42)
Jon Berk Collection
Highest GradedBy the final issue of Wonderworld Comics, the featured cover star, the Flame, had been supplanted by U.S. Jones, one of the numerous Captain America clones that publishers like Fox Features Syndicate had been pumping out to comic fans to cash in on the patriotic wartime marketplace, and although there was a cynical factor to these copycat heroes, it really does little to diminish the fun and action these books served up to the public in a time of great anxiety and loss. In this issue, Jones does battle with the White Killer, a villain who likes to poison his victims while wearing a lightbulb shaped helmet and all-white costume. U.S. Jones eventually captures the Nazi agent and unmasks him as the manager of a touring baseball team, which he used as a cover for his nefarious deeds. There is also some female energy in this issue as Flame Girl, and hard-nosed private eye Patty O’Day get in on the anthology action. Wonderworld Comics was responsible for helping launch the careers of several big names in the industry, Lou Fine, Dick Briefer, George Tuska, and Matt Baker all got their start working on Fox titles, making this last issue in the run of particular interest to collectors of the series.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE