THE BIG ALL-AMERICAN COMIC BOOK #1, 1944.
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Winning Bid:
$6,500.00
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Bidding Ended:
Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction:
Auction #183 - Part II
Item numbers 1292-2528 in auction 183
Value Code:
M - $5,000 to $10,000 Help Icon
Item Description
For a total of 128 pages, the absolute best of All-American Publishing is showcased. The cover features Green Lantern, The Flash, Hawkman, Wonder Woman, Wildcat, The Atom, The Whip, The Ghost Patrol, Little Boy Blue, Hop Harrigan, Johnny Thunder, Sargon the Sorcerer and Mutt and Jeff. With the exception of Sargon, everyone on the cover has a story inside. The cover was created by several artists: among them, Joe Kubert, (doing his first work on Hawkman), Sheldon Mayer and E. E. Hibbard. The cost of the book was a quarter, which for the time was a tremendous amount of money for a comic, but it packed a lot of value. Although published by All-American Comics, many collectors consider this the first real DC Giant. The cover has become so iconic that DC used the same concept for a tribute to the fallen of September 11. In that instance, the billboard was filled with firemen, policemen and other heroes of the day with Superman looking up in admiration and awe. In 1945, a year after this issue saw publication; Gaines sold his shares of All-American to DC and went off to form EC Comics. This book could be seen as the encapsulation of all he had achieved with that company. The pages are off-white to white. The book is CGC-certified 8.0 (VF). The cat at the very bottom, underneath Hawkman’s legs, is Cicero from Mutt and Jeff.
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