ALL WINNERS COMICS #18
CGC VF: 8.0
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: Off-White to White pgs; Universal holder; Unrestored
Schomburg cvr
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Schomburg cvr
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Off-White to White pgs; Universal holder; Unrestored
Schomburg cvrThose with even a rudimentary knowledge of the Golden Age of comics would know that once WWII ended, the entire comic book industry fell into a bit of a depression, one that almost ended the business that relied so heavily on subject matter from the war that there were great struggles to translate the intensity of the period into sales after the end of the aggressions. There was much flailing about and scattershot ideating in the writer’s rooms at comic publishers as they struggled to stay afloat as sales flagged, and many hard-working creators lost their jobs. The upside to all this trouble is the modern-day rediscovery of the hidden gems of the post-war era, the forgotten superhero comics that would soon give way to genre books until the onset of the Silver Age. The dramatic Schomburg cover that adorns All Winners #18 shows Cap, Torch, and Namor battling with a gang of common bank robbers is another masterwork by the wunderkind Schomburg. The small print runs and dwindling interest in cape books make these classics extremely rare, and the investment comic market is showing a lot of love for these special, once-shunned delights.
Schomburg cvrThose with even a rudimentary knowledge of the Golden Age of comics would know that once WWII ended, the entire comic book industry fell into a bit of a depression, one that almost ended the business that relied so heavily on subject matter from the war that there were great struggles to translate the intensity of the period into sales after the end of the aggressions. There was much flailing about and scattershot ideating in the writer’s rooms at comic publishers as they struggled to stay afloat as sales flagged, and many hard-working creators lost their jobs. The upside to all this trouble is the modern-day rediscovery of the hidden gems of the post-war era, the forgotten superhero comics that would soon give way to genre books until the onset of the Silver Age. The dramatic Schomburg cover that adorns All Winners #18 shows Cap, Torch, and Namor battling with a gang of common bank robbers is another masterwork by the wunderkind Schomburg. The small print runs and dwindling interest in cape books make these classics extremely rare, and the investment comic market is showing a lot of love for these special, once-shunned delights.