EXCITING COMICS #25
CGC VF/NM: 9.0
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Wednesday, 12/16/2020 7:33 PM
$8,500
Sold For
28
Bids
PUBLISHER: Better
COMMENTS: white pgs; Jon Berk copy
classic Black Terror robot & female bondage cover (2/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
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classic Black Terror robot & female bondage cover (2/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
DESCRIPTION
white pgs; Jon Berk copy
classic Black Terror robot & female bondage cover (2/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedExciting Comics was the home of the Black Terror, a crime-fighting superhero who looks more like the antiheroes of the 80s and 90s, or a precursor to the Punisher. Along with his fellow Terror Twin, Tim, the Black Terror would battle a variety of enemies from Nazis to Mad Scientists and Femme Fatales throughout the WWII era. The character was the Nedor stable’s biggest superhero through the war years, who would fade into obscurity after the end of the conflict, but would be revived in nostalgia books in the Modern Age. This issue features a compelling, and uncredited, cover illustration that shows the Black Terror rescuing a damsel in distress with a jolt of electricity to a super-cool looking robot, while his sidekick battles in the background. It was anthology comics like this that helped drive the explosion of comic book sales during the Golden Age and this is a perfect example of why so many kids plopped down a dime to escape the realities of a world war and imagine themselves as musclebound heroes rescuing beautiful women in peril.
Hailing from the regal Mile High / Edgar Church pedigree, this book also has the added bonus of belonging to the respected Jon Berk Collection. There are two 9.0 copies on the census, which are listed as the highest-graded known, and this exemplary cover is bright, clean, with an amazing color scheme and only a scintilla of wear around the farthest reaches of the perimeter. Golden Age anthology books are like candy to some, and this is a sweet treat for one of our bidders to add to a collection of classic superhero comics or a wartime library.
classic Black Terror robot & female bondage cover (2/43)
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedExciting Comics was the home of the Black Terror, a crime-fighting superhero who looks more like the antiheroes of the 80s and 90s, or a precursor to the Punisher. Along with his fellow Terror Twin, Tim, the Black Terror would battle a variety of enemies from Nazis to Mad Scientists and Femme Fatales throughout the WWII era. The character was the Nedor stable’s biggest superhero through the war years, who would fade into obscurity after the end of the conflict, but would be revived in nostalgia books in the Modern Age. This issue features a compelling, and uncredited, cover illustration that shows the Black Terror rescuing a damsel in distress with a jolt of electricity to a super-cool looking robot, while his sidekick battles in the background. It was anthology comics like this that helped drive the explosion of comic book sales during the Golden Age and this is a perfect example of why so many kids plopped down a dime to escape the realities of a world war and imagine themselves as musclebound heroes rescuing beautiful women in peril.
Hailing from the regal Mile High / Edgar Church pedigree, this book also has the added bonus of belonging to the respected Jon Berk Collection. There are two 9.0 copies on the census, which are listed as the highest-graded known, and this exemplary cover is bright, clean, with an amazing color scheme and only a scintilla of wear around the farthest reaches of the perimeter. Golden Age anthology books are like candy to some, and this is a sweet treat for one of our bidders to add to a collection of classic superhero comics or a wartime library.