Description: Pre-Code Rarity: True Crime! This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: TRUE CRIME COMICS Vol. 2 Issue #1 CGC 6.5 With Cream To Off-White Pages, Released In 1949 By Magazine Village. Contains Brutal Content And Was Featured In The Anti-Comics Tome "Seduction Of The Innocent". The Intense Cover With A Photographic Central Image Showing A Killer Strung Up Sets The Tone Perfectly As Violent Bad Guys Are The Stars Of This Elusive Issue, Starting With The Cover Story "Boston's Bloody Gang War", Drawn By The Talented Jack Cole. It Features A Memorable Gruesome One-Pager, "Punishment Through The Ages" By The Legendary EC Artist Wally Wood. Wallace Wood Also Drew The "Check The March Of Crime" Feature. Other Salacious Stories Include "Big Time" By Manny Stallman, And "The Terror" By Golden-Age Master Alex Toth. The "His Name Was Mudd" Tale Is About The Infamous Doctor Who Treated John Wilkes Booth, Abe Lincoln's Assassin, And It's Drawn By The Prolific George Roussos. True Crime Is Notorious As One Of The Earliest Titles That Fused The Most Lurid Genres, To Attract Readers Looking For Crime OR Horror Comics; A Technique Which Eventually Became Common In Other Auspicious Titles Such As Crime SuspenStories, Crime Mysteries, Fight Against Crime, Shock Suspense, And Shocking Mystery Cases. In More Than Two Dozen Years Of Submissions CGC Has Only Seen A SINGLE Finer Copy (The "D" Pedigree Example), So This Blazing Bright Runner-Up Beauty Is In Rarified Air Indeed! (All The Issues Of This Halcyon Crime Title Are Scarce; They Have Only Slabbed A Mere 13 Total Blue Label Examples Of This SOTI Issue, With This Being One Of The Top Couple Extant.) While Others May Offer Repro Copies And Photocopy Editions, This Is A Bona Fide Stellar First Print From 1949. Don't Miss This Chance To Score A World-Class Copy Of This Rare S.O.T.I. Book, Or You May End Up Settling For A Humiliating Replica Facsimile Instead. It Will Include An Archival Mylar Sleeve Along With A Polybag Dust Cover. THIS ANTIQUE COMIC-BOOK HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS. The Crime, Shock, Drug Prohibition, Treating Police Contemptuously, Good Girl, And Mystery Themes Never Go Out Of Style! This hails from a dark, dry, pet-free, climate-controlled environment. Although it's already 75 years old it retains an impressive amount of luster along with bold colors. MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF CINEMA, TELEVISION, POP CULTURE AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. This will be carefully packaged very thoroughly to ensure safe delivery. RARE TRUE CRIME & SHOCK/GOOD GIRL ART COMIC. Any pre-code fan will want to see our ebay store, featuring many sweet horror, GGA, classic cover, true crime, and sci-fi offerings. WE ACTIVELY BUY, SELL AND TRADE VINTAGE COMICS, SO PLEASE CONTACT US WITH IDEAS & OFFERS. Many of you have dealt with us through our ads in CBM, CBG, O.P.G., etc. (Comic Book Marketplace, Comics Buyer's Guide, Overstreet Price Guide, Wizard, Comic Source, Combo, +...) KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated eBay Seller and CBM Market Report contributor and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in vintage comics and comic-art for over three decades; Buy with confidence. WE LIST SCARCE INVESTMENT-GRADE COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! We accept PayPal; checks/MO. * * SATISFACTION GUARANTEED * * International Customers Welcome. Please add $18 for Priority Mail shipping with tracking within USA. Please contact us for current International Shipping Rates as the ebay shipping calculator is often inaccurate. Buy additional comics and save: just add $2 for each CGC/CBCS comic OR Just 20-cents for each UN-slabbed comic-book. KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! (1930's to `80's) Add keycomics to your Favorite Sellers list if you buy/sell/trade old comics or comic artwork! For more samples from our diverse inventory, including Key Back-Issue Comics, plus more CGC horror comics, and rare Comic Line Art, and DC COVER ART from the historic Jack Adler Collection that we listed in assorted categories, please see our ebay store.
Price: 899.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-24T03:49:54.000Z
Shipping Cost: 18 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Certification Number: 4069571007
Series Title: True Crime Comics
Grade: 6.5 Fine+
Publisher: Magazine Village
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Pre-Code Crime, Mystery & Horror, Classic Cover And Story
Certification: CGC
Publication Year: 1949
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: 1
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Crime & Thriller, Drugs, Espionage, Fantasy, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Navy, Noir, Occult, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Supernatural, Suspense, Vampire, War, Weird
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
