VENUS (1948-52) #17
CGC G: 2.0
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SOLD ON: Friday, 06/10/2022 9:27 PM
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PUBLISHER: Atlas
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ow/w pgs; tp on cvr
Classic Everett horror! Rare! (12/51)
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ow/w pgs; tp on cvr
Classic Everett horror! Rare! (12/51)
Blackstone Copy
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
ow/w pgs; tp on cvr
Classic Everett horror! Rare! (12/51)
Blackstone CopyBy the early 1950s, superheroes were dead in the water and every publisher was scrambling to replace lost readership with splashier and more garish covers and titles. The horror comic boom began in earnest not long after V-J Day, and it wasn't long before the same impulse that pushed publishers to outdo each other with cape comics caused a flurry of lurid and gruesome horror covers. Atlas, formerly Timely, attempted to revive its sagging Venus series by shifting its genre from cheesecake and romance to flat-out weirdness, as evidenced by this notorious and rightly revered Bill Everett cover image.
By this point, Atlas' distribution numbers were dire and print runs were low -- couple that with thousands of copies torn to pieces by outraged parents and you can see why this beloved horror classic is so scarce and so rabidly sought-after.
ow/w pgs; tp on cvr
Classic Everett horror! Rare! (12/51)
Blackstone CopyBy the early 1950s, superheroes were dead in the water and every publisher was scrambling to replace lost readership with splashier and more garish covers and titles. The horror comic boom began in earnest not long after V-J Day, and it wasn't long before the same impulse that pushed publishers to outdo each other with cape comics caused a flurry of lurid and gruesome horror covers. Atlas, formerly Timely, attempted to revive its sagging Venus series by shifting its genre from cheesecake and romance to flat-out weirdness, as evidenced by this notorious and rightly revered Bill Everett cover image.
By this point, Atlas' distribution numbers were dire and print runs were low -- couple that with thousands of copies torn to pieces by outraged parents and you can see why this beloved horror classic is so scarce and so rabidly sought-after.