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SOLD ON: Tuesday, 12/10/2019 12:35 PM
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PUBLISHER: DC
COMMENTS: off white pgs; tied for second highest 1 of 2!
classic Flessel Mr. Chang cover (10/37)
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off white pgs; tied for second highest 1 of 2!
classic Flessel Mr. Chang cover (10/37)
Taking its cue from the title's first issue, Creig Flessel's cover for Detective Comics #8 is another striking example of the "Yellow Peril" trope that lured pulp readers over to comics. (This issue has the concluding chapter of "The Claws of the Red Dragon," in which amateur detective Bruce Nelson stops a Tong leader from being crowned King of China.) The early pre-Batman Detective books were a notable success in the crowded world of two-fisted crime anthology comics. Series regulars like Nelson, Speed Saunders, Larry Steele, Slam Bradley, and Cosmo ("the Phantom of Disguise") were ruling the roost before caped crusaders crashed the party with their assorted powers. This VF copy is tied for the second-highest certified on the census as brash yellows and deep blacks dominate this exemplary cover. This book seems untouched by time as it has traveled through the ages retaining its solid structure.
Overstreet Guide 2019 VF (8.0) value = $13,750.
Artists Information
Joseph Shuster was a Canadian-American comic book artist best known for co-creating the DC Comics character Superman, with writer Jerry Siegel, in Action Comics #1.
Creig Flessel was one of the pioneers of comic art, starting out at the birth of the industry Flessel was a Pulp illustrator who made the transition to comics early on, his most prominent pulp work was on the Shadow, a precursor to hero comics. Flessel was responsible for many of the pre-Batman Detective covers, as well as a variety of anthology features in the title, he was also closely associated with the Golden Age Sandman, he moved on to freelance for some of the B-level publishers after his time at DC. Later in his career Flessel did a lot of ghost work for DC and also drew cartoons for Playboy, he passed away in 2008, but will always be lauded as one of the first comic artists in the history of the form.