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Joe Maneely’s wild cowl for the 1954 Marvel/Atlas launch Astonishing #30 is an ideal match for the lead story of this situation.
The Marvel/Atlas title Astonishing began life with the title Marvel Boy in 1950, with the collection being renamed Astonishing with the third situation. While the collection nonetheless featured the Marvel Boy character till situation #6 (though his final cowl on the title was with Astonishing #5), the rebooted collection took a transparent and tougher flip in the direction of horror. The Pre-Code portion of this run consists of some frankly unimaginable PCH covers, significantly from artists Bill Everett and Joe Maneely. Maneely’s cowl for Astonishing #30 is likely one of the most memorable of those, and there is an Astonishing #30 (Atlas, 1954) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages up for public sale within the 2023 July 13 – 14 Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40227 at Heritage Auctions.
Maneely’s cowl for Astonishing #30 relies on the inside story The Eyes by artist Pete Tumlinson. It would possibly simply be one of the vital weird Marvel/Atlas tales of the Pre-Code period. Around the world, people are being attacked by big, disembodied eyeballs who can undertaking some disintegration beams from themselves. It’s quickly realized that the aim of those eyeball creatures is to steal human eyes from freshly buried our bodies and develop them to large measurement — rising the numbers of this unusual eyeball military. One virtually wonders if the Maneely cowl got here first, and Tumlinson and Stan Lee created a narrative to match it.
Another stand-out story right here is Rulers of Earth by Joe Sinnott, during which alien invaders are defeated by taking part in the lengthy sport. But it is that wild Joe Maneely cowl that makes this one so sought-after by PCH collectors, and there is an Astonishing #30 (Atlas, 1954) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages up for public sale within the 2023 July 13 – 14 Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40227 at Heritage Auctions.
Astonishing #30 (Atlas, 1954) CGC VG 4.0 Off-white pages. Joe Maneely cowl. Joe Sinnott artwork. Overstreet 2022 VG 4.0 worth = $516. CGC census 7/23: 8 in 4.0, 27 greater.
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