ZIP COMICS #6
CGC G: 2.0
(Stock Image)
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Biro sea battle cover
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Biro sea battle cover
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
cream/ow pages
Biro sea battle cover
Superman wasn't the first superhero known as “The Man of Steel.” Zip Comics’ star Steel Sterling was the first to employ the moniker, as can be seen on the very cover of issue #6. MLJ Magazines was the imprint that is best known for bringing Archie Andrews to the world. Before striking gold with the teenage humor star, MLJ (like many of the other comic book publishers of the time) put out a series of anthology titles in hopes one of their characters would take off like Superman. Charles Biro’s distinctive style is on full display on this classic cover, with Steel dragging Nazis out of a U-Boat that had torpedoed a civilian vessel — then a horrifically common occurrence that would open an avenue for America to join WWII.
cream/ow pages
Biro sea battle cover
Superman wasn't the first superhero known as “The Man of Steel.” Zip Comics’ star Steel Sterling was the first to employ the moniker, as can be seen on the very cover of issue #6. MLJ Magazines was the imprint that is best known for bringing Archie Andrews to the world. Before striking gold with the teenage humor star, MLJ (like many of the other comic book publishers of the time) put out a series of anthology titles in hopes one of their characters would take off like Superman. Charles Biro’s distinctive style is on full display on this classic cover, with Steel dragging Nazis out of a U-Boat that had torpedoed a civilian vessel — then a horrifically common occurrence that would open an avenue for America to join WWII.
