CIRCUS THE COMIC RIOT #1, JUNE 1938. CGC 8.0
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Auction #182 - Part II
Item numbers 1500-3431 in auction 182
Item Description
This book has a wealth of Golden Age history. It is one of the earliest
attempts to publish a regular, monthly comic. Published by Globe Syndicate, this
book is listed as “scarce” by the 34th Edition of the Overstreet
Comic Book Price Guide. While the scarcity of the book is definitely part of its
appeal, the real reason collector’s are always on the lookout for good
copies of this title is because of the presence of four pages of early Basil
Wolverton work. He was almost thirty when he entered the comic field, but he
certainly made a lasting impression. The four pages include two pages of
Wolverton’s much loved creation, Spacehawk and the other two pages are a
humor strip he did called Disk Eyes. (Wolverton spent time in Vaudeville). This
feature was done under the pen name Dennis Langdon. The book also features Van
Bragger by Bob Kane and the second published comic book work by Jack Cole titled
Pewee Throttle. Will Eisner does a story featuring Jack Hinton and other
features include Beau Gus and Ken Craig and the Lords of Crillon. The title
lasted three issues and was canceled the same year it saw publication. The
pages are cream to off-white. The book is CGC-certified VF 8.0. The CGC Census
lists this as the third highest graded copy they have seen.
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