"THE HUMAN TORCH COMICS" #12 COMIC BOOK.
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Winning Bid:
$651.48 (Includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, March 26, 2009 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #197 - Part II
Item numbers 992 through 2667 in auction 197
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Item Description
Timely/Marvel Comics. Summer, 1943. Classic anti-Japanese cover features Human Torch and Toro, Human Torch melting the flesh off the arm of a Japanese swordsman as bound redhead screams. Inset portrait shows Sub-Mariner knocking together caricatured head of Tojo and Nazi soldier. Cover by Schomburg. Issue features Human Torch and Sub-Mariner stories. 2" spine split at bottom with moderate foxing at top and bottom of spine. Bottom right-hand corner of front cover shows dust soiling/aging. First interior page has aging/dust soiling along right-hand margin. Good/VG. Classic timely/Marvel Golden Age issue.
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