ALL WINNERS COMICS #17
CGC G-: 1.8
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SOLD ON: Monday, 08/30/2021 8:55 PM
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: ow/w pages; coupon out p.7, affects story, incomplete
Schomburg cover
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Schomburg cover
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ow/w pages; coupon out p.7, affects story, incomplete
Schomburg coverThe Second World War was big business for comic book publishers, who were able to take advantage of loose standards, fast turnaround times, and vivid imaginations in a way that the movie and radio industries just couldn't. In a weird way, the close of the war, even its final days in 1945, was a kind of withdrawal period for the four-color industry, as their model was based so completely on patriotic derring-do and propaganda covers that V-J Day was almost a death knell for the superhero racket. You can see, on covers such as these, the frantic attempts to maintain the classic war-era imagery without actually using Kamikaze pilots, Nazi agents, or Italian spies. Don't let it be said, though, that the legendary Alex Schomburg didn't do a bang-up job making the transition, deftly tailoring his now-trademark style of hyperactive action to the new milieu of mad scientists, masked bandits, and urban thuggery. A classic late-period Timely cover, and one that, thanks to the sudden drop in circulation and popularity of hero comics post-1944, an extremely rare one.
Schomburg coverThe Second World War was big business for comic book publishers, who were able to take advantage of loose standards, fast turnaround times, and vivid imaginations in a way that the movie and radio industries just couldn't. In a weird way, the close of the war, even its final days in 1945, was a kind of withdrawal period for the four-color industry, as their model was based so completely on patriotic derring-do and propaganda covers that V-J Day was almost a death knell for the superhero racket. You can see, on covers such as these, the frantic attempts to maintain the classic war-era imagery without actually using Kamikaze pilots, Nazi agents, or Italian spies. Don't let it be said, though, that the legendary Alex Schomburg didn't do a bang-up job making the transition, deftly tailoring his now-trademark style of hyperactive action to the new milieu of mad scientists, masked bandits, and urban thuggery. A classic late-period Timely cover, and one that, thanks to the sudden drop in circulation and popularity of hero comics post-1944, an extremely rare one.