PLANET COMICS (1940-54) #9
CGC NM+: 9.6
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Friday, 12/14/2018 12:11 PM
$7,345
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20
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PUBLISHER: Fiction House
COMMENTS: ow/white pgs; Highest graded 1 of 1!
rare; Lou Fine cover
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
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rare; Lou Fine cover
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest Graded
DESCRIPTION
ow/white pgs; Highest graded 1 of 1!
rare; Lou Fine cover
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedGiant subterranean drills are a common trope in the armory of villainny, and this cover takes that concept to staggering new heights. The thread that runs through the continuum of early Planet Comics covers is the sci-fi tech and the bright, vibrant color designs, which was guaranteed to make the title stand out on spinner racks and newsstands back in the day. This particular issue of Planet Comics features stories starring cover hero Flint Baker, The Red Comet and "Crash" Parker, just to name a few. Art is contibuted by Golden Age stalwarts George Tuska, Henry Kiefer, Charles Sultan and Gene Fawcette.Being the highest graded book on the CGC census is a true honor, and that honor has been bestowed on the Edgar Church/Mile High pedigree more often than any other, this copy of Planet Comics #9 is newsstand fresh, looking as perfect as a modern day book that has just been delivered to your local comic store. There is no down side to owning any Mile High comic, they have been known to sell at multiples of guide and are always trending upwards, making them a very smart investment indeed.
Overstreet Guide 2018 NM- (9.2) value = $4,500.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
Artists Information
Nick Cardi (Nicholas Viscardi) was an American comics artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major characters. Cardy was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. Cardy entered the comics field working for the Eisner/Iger studio, joining circa 1940, he worked on Fight Comics, Jungle Comics, Kaanga Comics, and Wings for Fiction House Publications. He wrote and drew the four-page backup feature "Lady Luck" in Will Eisner's 16-page, Spirit Section, from the May 18, 1941 strip through February 22, 1942. In 1950, Cardy began his decades-long association with DC Comics, starting with the comic book Gang Busters, developing his breakout reputation with Tomahawk, his most prominent series at the time. From 1962–1968, he drew the first 39 issues of Aquaman, whose character had previously starred in a backup feature in Adventure Comics, and all its covers through the final issue (#56, April 1971). Cardy first drew the Teen Titans in The Brave and the Bold #60 (July 1965), wherein the superhero sidekicks Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad were joined by Wonder Woman's younger sister Wonder Girl in her first appearance. After next being featured in Showcase #59 (Dec. 1965), the team was spun off into their own series with Teen Titans #1 (Feb. 1966). From 1966–73, Cardy penciled or inked – sometimes both – all 43 issues of the series. Cardy left the comics industry in the mid-1970's for the more lucrative field of commercial art. There, under the name Nick Cardi, he did magazine art and ad illustrations, including movie advertising art (though not necessarily the "one-sheet" posters) for films including The Street Fighter (1974), The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975), Neil Simon's California Suite (1978), Stanley Donen's Movie Movie (1978), Martin Ritt's Casey's Shadow (1978), and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979).
George Tuska who used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes from 1978–1982.
Golden Age artist that worked for Eisner/Iger Studios, Fiction House, Better, Avon, on titles like Dennis the Menace and Supermouse, he also worked at Toby Press, Ziff-Davis, Western Publishing later in his career.
rare; Lou Fine cover
Edgar Church / Mile High Copy
Highest GradedGiant subterranean drills are a common trope in the armory of villainny, and this cover takes that concept to staggering new heights. The thread that runs through the continuum of early Planet Comics covers is the sci-fi tech and the bright, vibrant color designs, which was guaranteed to make the title stand out on spinner racks and newsstands back in the day. This particular issue of Planet Comics features stories starring cover hero Flint Baker, The Red Comet and "Crash" Parker, just to name a few. Art is contibuted by Golden Age stalwarts George Tuska, Henry Kiefer, Charles Sultan and Gene Fawcette.Being the highest graded book on the CGC census is a true honor, and that honor has been bestowed on the Edgar Church/Mile High pedigree more often than any other, this copy of Planet Comics #9 is newsstand fresh, looking as perfect as a modern day book that has just been delivered to your local comic store. There is no down side to owning any Mile High comic, they have been known to sell at multiples of guide and are always trending upwards, making them a very smart investment indeed.
Overstreet Guide 2018 NM- (9.2) value = $4,500.
We realize many of you would like to bid on this auction lot, so for this listing, ComicConnect.com offers a 6 month, interest free, time payment plan with a 20% non-refundable deposit. Time Payments invoices can only be paid by cash, check, money order or wire transfer. LEARN MORE
Artists Information
Nick Cardi (Nicholas Viscardi) was an American comics artist best known for his DC Comics work on Aquaman, the Teen Titans and other major characters. Cardy was inducted into the Will Eisner Comic Book Hall of Fame in 2005. Cardy entered the comics field working for the Eisner/Iger studio, joining circa 1940, he worked on Fight Comics, Jungle Comics, Kaanga Comics, and Wings for Fiction House Publications. He wrote and drew the four-page backup feature "Lady Luck" in Will Eisner's 16-page, Spirit Section, from the May 18, 1941 strip through February 22, 1942. In 1950, Cardy began his decades-long association with DC Comics, starting with the comic book Gang Busters, developing his breakout reputation with Tomahawk, his most prominent series at the time. From 1962–1968, he drew the first 39 issues of Aquaman, whose character had previously starred in a backup feature in Adventure Comics, and all its covers through the final issue (#56, April 1971). Cardy first drew the Teen Titans in The Brave and the Bold #60 (July 1965), wherein the superhero sidekicks Robin, Kid Flash, and Aqualad were joined by Wonder Woman's younger sister Wonder Girl in her first appearance. After next being featured in Showcase #59 (Dec. 1965), the team was spun off into their own series with Teen Titans #1 (Feb. 1966). From 1966–73, Cardy penciled or inked – sometimes both – all 43 issues of the series. Cardy left the comics industry in the mid-1970's for the more lucrative field of commercial art. There, under the name Nick Cardi, he did magazine art and ad illustrations, including movie advertising art (though not necessarily the "one-sheet" posters) for films including The Street Fighter (1974), The Night They Robbed Big Bertha's (1975), Neil Simon's California Suite (1978), Stanley Donen's Movie Movie (1978), Martin Ritt's Casey's Shadow (1978), and Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now (1979).
George Tuska who used a variety of pen names including Carl Larson, was an American comic book and newspaper comic strip artist best known for his 1940s work on various Captain Marvel titles and the crime fiction series Crime Does Not Pay and for his 1960s work illustrating Iron Man and other Marvel Comics characters. He also drew the DC Comics newspaper comic strip The World's Greatest Superheroes from 1978–1982.
Golden Age artist that worked for Eisner/Iger Studios, Fiction House, Better, Avon, on titles like Dennis the Menace and Supermouse, he also worked at Toby Press, Ziff-Davis, Western Publishing later in his career.