DARING MYSTERY COMICS #1
CGC G+: 2.5
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PUBLISHER: Timely
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ow/white pages; tape on cover
1st appearance of Fiery Mask, w/ origin; 1st app. Monako, John Steele and Doc Doyle; Alex Schomburg bondage cover (1/40)
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ow/white pages; tape on cover
1st appearance of Fiery Mask, w/ origin; 1st app. Monako, John Steele and Doc Doyle; Alex Schomburg bondage cover (1/40)
Blackstone Copy
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
ow/white pages; tape on cover
1st appearance of Fiery Mask, w/ origin; 1st app. Monako, John Steele and Doc Doyle; Alex Schomburg bondage cover (1/40)
Blackstone Copy
Daring Mystery Comics #1 defines the tenuous bridge between the pulp fiction of the 1930s and the hero boom of the 1940s — starting with the characteristically hyperactive bondage cover from the great Alex Schomburg. The wild sci-fi imagery may be straight out of Buck Rogers, but Timely's reliably nightmarish villains invited readers to pursue a bold new direction.
The company was still bringing in outside stories from the Chesler and Jacquet Studios, with writer/artist Joe Simon inspiring Schomburg with the debut of the Fiery Mask in "The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses" (featuring both giant birds and zombie hordes). Monako the Magician also makes his first appearance, as well as two-fisted football star (and future superhero) Flash Foster. These early issues crackle with the fearless creativity that would lead to the Marvel Age, as publishers tried pretty much anything in pursuit of a constantly growing readership.
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ow/white pages; tape on cover
1st appearance of Fiery Mask, w/ origin; 1st app. Monako, John Steele and Doc Doyle; Alex Schomburg bondage cover (1/40)
Blackstone Copy
Daring Mystery Comics #1 defines the tenuous bridge between the pulp fiction of the 1930s and the hero boom of the 1940s — starting with the characteristically hyperactive bondage cover from the great Alex Schomburg. The wild sci-fi imagery may be straight out of Buck Rogers, but Timely's reliably nightmarish villains invited readers to pursue a bold new direction.
The company was still bringing in outside stories from the Chesler and Jacquet Studios, with writer/artist Joe Simon inspiring Schomburg with the debut of the Fiery Mask in "The Fantastic Thriller of the Walking Corpses" (featuring both giant birds and zombie hordes). Monako the Magician also makes his first appearance, as well as two-fisted football star (and future superhero) Flash Foster. These early issues crackle with the fearless creativity that would lead to the Marvel Age, as publishers tried pretty much anything in pursuit of a constantly growing readership.
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