THE BIG ALL-AMERICAN COMIC BOOK #1, 1944.
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Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, April 21, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
Auction:
Auction #183 - Part II
Item numbers 1292-2528 in auction 183
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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