MARVEL MYSTERY #33
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Schomburg WWII cover (7/42)If you take a good look in the background of this cover you will notice that there is something different about this wartime book, that's the Empire State Building in the middle of all the carnage! Timely and Schomburg really took a radical step by bringing the war back home to New York City, which barely ever happened in comics of the period. The chilling image of Japanese fighter planes flying around the skies of Manhattan must have really drove home the gravity of the struggle occurring overseas, and the anxiety of Americans that the slaughter would spill over into the states. The dramatic cover art shows Schomburg's style maturing as well, the machines are more detailed and realistic, and the plotting of his designs are more classically laid out. A definite favorite of the series amongst collectors.The cover on this copy is shimmering, the colors pop off the page, blazing reds and intense yellows dominate the design, and any mild damage is towards the edges of the book. Throw in a text story by Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane, and you have a serious Golden Age gem, one that promises to see some action come hammer time.
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."
Schomburg WWII cover (7/42)If you take a good look in the background of this cover you will notice that there is something different about this wartime book, that's the Empire State Building in the middle of all the carnage! Timely and Schomburg really took a radical step by bringing the war back home to New York City, which barely ever happened in comics of the period. The chilling image of Japanese fighter planes flying around the skies of Manhattan must have really drove home the gravity of the struggle occurring overseas, and the anxiety of Americans that the slaughter would spill over into the states. The dramatic cover art shows Schomburg's style maturing as well, the machines are more detailed and realistic, and the plotting of his designs are more classically laid out. A definite favorite of the series amongst collectors.The cover on this copy is shimmering, the colors pop off the page, blazing reds and intense yellows dominate the design, and any mild damage is towards the edges of the book. Throw in a text story by Mike Hammer creator Mickey Spillane, and you have a serious Golden Age gem, one that promises to see some action come hammer time.
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."