BLACK CAT MYSTERY (1951-63) #50
CGC VG-: 3.5
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PUBLISHER: Harvey
COMMENTS: ow/white pgs; QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + Deep Color Strike (Yellow & Red & Black)
classic melting head cover; Frazetta, Powell art
Phantom Lady Collection
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classic melting head cover; Frazetta, Powell art
Phantom Lady Collection
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ow/white pgs; QES Certified - Criteria met: Preferred staple placement + Deep Color Strike (Yellow & Red & Black)
classic melting head cover; Frazetta, Powell art
Phantom Lady CollectionThis is one of the greatest classic covers of the Pre-Code Horror age, and one which was probably in no small way responsible for the induction of the Comics Code. Lee Elias' amazing illustration of the radium melting this poor fellow's face and hands is the stuff of legend. Knowledgeable comic collectors and gore gobblers go mad for this book when it comes up for auction. Add in Frank Frazetta's uncredited contribution to the inks of this issue's "Here Today," and there's simply no denying the power of this classic pre-Code comic.
Artists Information
Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media. He is often referred to as the "Godfather" of Fantasy Art, and one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century. He was also the subject of a 2003 documentary "Painting with Fire".
Golden Age GGA known for his work on Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and the popular Mars Attacks! trading cards.
Lee Elias was a British-American comics artist. He was best known for his work on the Black Cat comic book published by Harvey Comics in the 1940s. Lee Elias left comic books after the 1954 publication of Fredric Wertham's anti-comics book Seduction of the Innocent, which used four of his Black Cat panels as examples of "depraved" comic art. In 1972, Elias came back to American comic books, working mainly on DC's various horror titles and secondary Marvel Comics titles including Power Man and The Human Fly. His last major project was The Rook series for Warren Publishing.
classic melting head cover; Frazetta, Powell art
Phantom Lady CollectionThis is one of the greatest classic covers of the Pre-Code Horror age, and one which was probably in no small way responsible for the induction of the Comics Code. Lee Elias' amazing illustration of the radium melting this poor fellow's face and hands is the stuff of legend. Knowledgeable comic collectors and gore gobblers go mad for this book when it comes up for auction. Add in Frank Frazetta's uncredited contribution to the inks of this issue's "Here Today," and there's simply no denying the power of this classic pre-Code comic.
Artists Information
Frank Frazetta was an American fantasy and science fiction artist, noted for comic books, paperback book covers, paintings, posters, LP record album covers and other media. He is often referred to as the "Godfather" of Fantasy Art, and one of the most renowned illustrators of the 20th century. He was also the subject of a 2003 documentary "Painting with Fire".
Golden Age GGA known for his work on Sheena, Queen of the Jungle and the popular Mars Attacks! trading cards.
Lee Elias was a British-American comics artist. He was best known for his work on the Black Cat comic book published by Harvey Comics in the 1940s. Lee Elias left comic books after the 1954 publication of Fredric Wertham's anti-comics book Seduction of the Innocent, which used four of his Black Cat panels as examples of "depraved" comic art. In 1972, Elias came back to American comic books, working mainly on DC's various horror titles and secondary Marvel Comics titles including Power Man and The Human Fly. His last major project was The Rook series for Warren Publishing.