MOTION PICTURE FUNNIES WEEKLY COVERS #2, #3, #4 1939
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Winning Bid:
$700.00
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Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Thursday, June 30, 2005 1:00:00 PM)
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Auction #184 - Part II
Item numbers 953 through 2651 in auction 184
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Item Description
This listing is for the set of covers created for the proposed issues #2, #3, and #4 of a promotional giveaway title. There are only eight known copies of these three covers. A ninth is suspected, but has never been confirmed. The idea behind the book was that it could be distributed on a weekly basis through movie theatres everywhere. Unfortunately, the publisher, First Funnies Inc., never got past publishing the first issue. Still, the idea and expectation is historically significant. The first issue may have been given away at theatres in Boston, but this has never been confirmed. That first issue contained the first appearance of the Sub-mariner by Bill Everett. The story was quickly recycled in a Timely publication. This unrestored set of covers for proposed issues #2, #3 and #4 were discovered in the estate of the deceased publisher in 1974. Each cover of the set is in NM shape.
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