MYSTIC COMICS (1ST SERIES) 1940-42 #8
CGC G+: 2.5
(Stock Image)
SOLD ON: Thursday, 03/17/2022 8:52 PM
$3,077
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PUBLISHER: Timely
COMMENTS: Slightly Brittle; Slight C-1; restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cvr; small amount of glue on cvr; tape on interior & interior
classic Destroyer WWII Nazi bondage/torture cvr; special guest app. by Hitler; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
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classic Destroyer WWII Nazi bondage/torture cvr; special guest app. by Hitler; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Blackstone Copy
DESCRIPTION
Slightly Brittle; Slight C-1; restoration includes: small amount of color touch on cvr; small amount of glue on cvr; tape on interior & interior
classic Destroyer WWII Nazi bondage/torture cvr; special guest app. by Hitler; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Blackstone Copy
Mystic Comics #8 stands tall among the most-demanded and scarcest of WWII Timely covers, with Al Gabriele creating a brutal cover full of lunacy. Publishers had learned that anti-Axis imagery would move stacks of comics, and Timely was ready to take advantage of the surefire allure of bondage, torture, and maidens in peril. This issue is also an early calling card for Stan Lee, who brought Adolf Hitler himself into Mystic Comics #8 and Mystic Comics #9 as a foil for wartime hero The Destroyer. "Hitler Meets the Destroyer" has journalist Keen Marlow (who's been given a variation of the Super Soldier serum) digging up info by posing as a waiter behind enemy lines. An infuriated Hitler then joins his pal Von Maus in going after the Destroyer, with both villains being properly humiliated. The leaders of the Axis were often humbled on comic book covers, but Hitler's depiction here made for a real classic that was promptly handed around the playground. This amazing wartime book only survived in crazy low numbers, and always inspires heated bidding when a scarce copy comes to auction.
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classic Destroyer WWII Nazi bondage/torture cvr; special guest app. by Hitler; COMIC BOOK IMPACT rating of 7 (CBI)
Blackstone Copy
Mystic Comics #8 stands tall among the most-demanded and scarcest of WWII Timely covers, with Al Gabriele creating a brutal cover full of lunacy. Publishers had learned that anti-Axis imagery would move stacks of comics, and Timely was ready to take advantage of the surefire allure of bondage, torture, and maidens in peril. This issue is also an early calling card for Stan Lee, who brought Adolf Hitler himself into Mystic Comics #8 and Mystic Comics #9 as a foil for wartime hero The Destroyer. "Hitler Meets the Destroyer" has journalist Keen Marlow (who's been given a variation of the Super Soldier serum) digging up info by posing as a waiter behind enemy lines. An infuriated Hitler then joins his pal Von Maus in going after the Destroyer, with both villains being properly humiliated. The leaders of the Axis were often humbled on comic book covers, but Hitler's depiction here made for a real classic that was promptly handed around the playground. This amazing wartime book only survived in crazy low numbers, and always inspires heated bidding when a scarce copy comes to auction.
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