SUB-MARINER COMICS 1941-55 #15
CGC F/VF: 7.0
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SOLD ON: Wednesday, 08/05/2020 1:53 PM
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: off white pgs; centerfold detached (book appears as a sold 8.5). QES Certified - criteria met: exceptional spine + exceptional staple area + perfect cover edges + deep color strike (red)
classic Schomburg Japanese WWII cover (1944)
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classic Schomburg Japanese WWII cover (1944)
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off white pgs; centerfold detached (book appears as a sold 8.5). QES Certified - criteria met: exceptional spine + exceptional staple area + perfect cover edges + deep color strike (red)
classic Schomburg Japanese WWII cover (1944)Alex Schomburg has proven time and time again to be the end-all, be-all of the Golden Age wartime cover, and Sub-Mariner Comics #15 is no exception. On the cover of this classic masterpiece, a heroically enlarged Namor tears open a Japanese pill box to expose the soldiers inside to a platoon of marines who are happily spraying them with bullets and a flame-thrower. Images like these might be shocking to modern eyes, but during the dark days of WWII demonizing your enemies was AOK with the American public back home who were concerned for the lives of their boys overseas. Not only is this comic a historic testament to times gone by, but it is also a rare and valuable piece of collectible memorabilia. Fans of Golden Age comics froth at the mouth whenever these treasures pop up at auction, as the investment upside is always growing.
Artists Information
Known for his dizzying, bustling war covers, bondage covers and airbrush Sci-Fi covers! Truly one of the most highly collected artists of the Golden Age. Alex Schomburg was born on May 10, 1905, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Schomburg freelanced primarily for Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel, displaying his talent for action tableaux in covers featuring Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and other superheroes. He also provided covers for Pines Publications, for titles including Exciting Comics and America's Best Comics, featuring such superheroes as the Black Terror and the Fighting Yank, as well as for Harvey Comics. Stan Lee said the following about Schomburg "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post. He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style. You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any other artist's. ... I remember hearing Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman tell me time and again how great a cover illustrator Alex was, and how he wished we had more like him. Despite the quantity of work we gave him, despite the care and effort that went into every Schomburg cover, I cannot remember Alex ever being late with any illustration."
Primarily and inker in the Golden Age Gabriele worked with industry greats Jack Kirby and Alex Schomburg, contributed to Sub-Mariner and Captain America Comics and helped create Miss America and Black Marvel. Last known work in comics in 1949.
classic Schomburg Japanese WWII cover (1944)Alex Schomburg has proven time and time again to be the end-all, be-all of the Golden Age wartime cover, and Sub-Mariner Comics #15 is no exception. On the cover of this classic masterpiece, a heroically enlarged Namor tears open a Japanese pill box to expose the soldiers inside to a platoon of marines who are happily spraying them with bullets and a flame-thrower. Images like these might be shocking to modern eyes, but during the dark days of WWII demonizing your enemies was AOK with the American public back home who were concerned for the lives of their boys overseas. Not only is this comic a historic testament to times gone by, but it is also a rare and valuable piece of collectible memorabilia. Fans of Golden Age comics froth at the mouth whenever these treasures pop up at auction, as the investment upside is always growing.
Artists Information
Known for his dizzying, bustling war covers, bondage covers and airbrush Sci-Fi covers! Truly one of the most highly collected artists of the Golden Age. Alex Schomburg was born on May 10, 1905, in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Schomburg freelanced primarily for Timely Comics, the 1940s forerunner of Marvel, displaying his talent for action tableaux in covers featuring Captain America, the Sub-Mariner, the Human Torch, and other superheroes. He also provided covers for Pines Publications, for titles including Exciting Comics and America's Best Comics, featuring such superheroes as the Black Terror and the Fighting Yank, as well as for Harvey Comics. Stan Lee said the following about Schomburg "I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post. He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style. You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any other artist's. ... I remember hearing Timely Comics publisher Martin Goodman tell me time and again how great a cover illustrator Alex was, and how he wished we had more like him. Despite the quantity of work we gave him, despite the care and effort that went into every Schomburg cover, I cannot remember Alex ever being late with any illustration."
Primarily and inker in the Golden Age Gabriele worked with industry greats Jack Kirby and Alex Schomburg, contributed to Sub-Mariner and Captain America Comics and helped create Miss America and Black Marvel. Last known work in comics in 1949.