SUB-MARINER COMICS 1941-55 #13
CBCS NM-: 9.2
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 12/12/2019 12:59 PM
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: off white pgs
rare issue; Schomburg WWII Japanese bondage cover; Giant Snake cover
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rare issue; Schomburg WWII Japanese bondage cover; Giant Snake cover
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off white pgs
rare issue; Schomburg WWII Japanese bondage cover; Giant Snake cover
Rockford CopyGolden Age collectors go nuts for any covers drawn by the master of the wartime comic, Alex Schomburg. His style evolved over time from crude yet powerful jingoistic patriotic designs to the sort of insanity depicted on Sub-Mariner #13’s impressive frontispiece. The image of Namor batling what seems to be Japanese KKK members as an ax-wielding psycho jumps out behind him, and a damsel-in-distress is threatened by an enormous snake in the foreground is just classic Schomburg. Anyone who is hip to the exotic pleasures of the Golden Age is sure to be drawn towards this rare and stunning issue for its amazing cover and the anthology delights contained within.
Overstreet Guide 2019 NM- (9.2) value = $6,900.
Artist 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."
rare issue; Schomburg WWII Japanese bondage cover; Giant Snake cover
Rockford CopyGolden Age collectors go nuts for any covers drawn by the master of the wartime comic, Alex Schomburg. His style evolved over time from crude yet powerful jingoistic patriotic designs to the sort of insanity depicted on Sub-Mariner #13’s impressive frontispiece. The image of Namor batling what seems to be Japanese KKK members as an ax-wielding psycho jumps out behind him, and a damsel-in-distress is threatened by an enormous snake in the foreground is just classic Schomburg. Anyone who is hip to the exotic pleasures of the Golden Age is sure to be drawn towards this rare and stunning issue for its amazing cover and the anthology delights contained within.
Overstreet Guide 2019 NM- (9.2) value = $6,900.
Artist 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."