Supernatural Origin of Fighting Yank, Standard Comics #10 at Auction

Along with the Black Terror, the Fighting Yank was amongst writer Standard/Better/Nedor’s hottest superheroes.  The character first appeared in an origin story in Startling Comics #10 (cover-dated September 1941) from writer Standard/Better/Nedor, by author/editor Richard E. Hughes and artist Jon L. Blummer, and with a canopy by Elmer Wexler.  Long thought-about an essential key by collectors, there is a Startling Comics #10 (Better Publications, 1941) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages up for public sale within the 2023 February 23 The Thrillingly Exciting Heroes of Nedor Comics Showcase Auction #40219 at Heritage Auctions.

Fighting Yank’s alter ego was Bruce Carter, a descendant of a Revolutionary War courier serving beneath General Washington. After being ambushed and killed by British spies earlier than he might full an essential mission, Carter’s soul might by no means relaxation, compelled to wander every time his nation was in peril. With America about to enter WWII, Carter’s ghost confirmed his descendant the place he might discover a cloak that might give him nice power and sturdiness. In addition to a prolonged run in Startling Comics, Fighting Yank additionally received his personal collection which lasted 29 points and appeared in a number of points of the anthology title America’s Best Comics.

Startling Comics #10 cowl artist Elmer Wexler additionally drew the duvet of the primary look of the Black Terror for Exciting Comics #9. Wexler labored for a quantity of comedian e-book publishers within the early Golden Age, together with Standard/Better/Nedor, Fawcett, Quality, MLJ, and Columbia. He had beforehand executed pulp illustrations for Street & Smith amongst others. During WWII, Wexler served as a fight artist for the Marines.  Story artist and co-creator Jon L. Blummer is finest remembered because the creator of the caricature Hop Harrigan, in addition to vital work for DC Comics in the course of the Golden Age. Blummer is the creator of Ultra-Man in All-American Comics. He additionally contributed illustrations to a range of pulps starting within the mid-Thirties. In addition to Hop Harrigan, Blummer additionally labored on the Lone Ranger caricature in 1939.

Coming out almost 5 months earlier than the United States’ entry into WWII, the introduction of Fighting Yank, together with the prior debut of the Black Terror in Exciting Comics #9, set the stage for Standard/Better/Nedor’s war-era superheroes.  The copy of Startling Comics #10 up for public sale has been graded CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages, and there are solely 19 entries for Startling Comics #10 on the CGC census, which is a low quantity for a Golden Age comedian e-book key.  This copy is up for public sale within the 2023 February 23 The Thrillingly Exciting Heroes of Nedor Comics Showcase Auction #40219 at Heritage Auctions, and is a must have merchandise for any severe comedian e-book collector. For these serious about bidding on the Fighting Yank first look, Heritage Auctions supplies a FAQ in regards to the bidding course of and associated issues for potential bidders.

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