Future Comics’ Disney Dictator from Saturn, Up for Auction

The short-lived and obscure title Future Comics could also be one of many weirdest comedian e-book collection of the Golden Age — and that is saying one thing.  Best recognized for its covers that embody a strange-looking science fiction character named Rebo sporting weird headgear, the story behind that imagery could also be even stranger than the covers implies.  David McKay Publications usually licensed sketch materials to publish in comedian e-book kind (Future Comics additionally contained a group of the Lone Ranger sketch, curiously sufficient), however on this case, the writer licensed materials from one other nation.  The lead function of Future Comics, Saturno contro la Terra (Saturn in opposition to the Earth) is the primary comedian e-book materials from Italy to be translated and printed within the United States.   An obscure collection with a captivating origin, there is a full run of Future Comics #1-4 up for public sale on this week’s 2023 January 8-9 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122302 from Heritage Auctions.

Saturno contro la Terra was created by Cesare Zavatinni, Federico Pedrocchi and Giovanni Scolari, and printed by Mondadori starting in 1937 in I tre porcellini (The Three Little Pigs) which was later merged into Topolino (additionally the Italian identify for Mickey Mouse), and within the title Paperino e altre journey (Donald Duck and Other Adventures). All of those titles additionally featured Disney materials.  The principal character of the saga is Rebo, the dictator of Saturn whose forces mount an invasion of Earth, creating an interplanetary warfare. The unique Saturno contro la Terra continued by way of 1946, and curiously the character Rebo was revived in 1960 and once more in 1995 to participate in Disney comics Donald Duck adventures printed in Italy.

Heritage Auctions is internet hosting their weekly comics public sale on January eighth and ninth, 2023, together with an entire set of Future Comics points #1-4 of their Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction #122302. These comics have a captivating and obscure historical past.

Future Comics #1 (David McKay Publications, 1940) CGC Apparent FR/GD 1.5 Slight (C-1) Slightly brittle pages. Origin of the Phantom. Lone Ranger begins. CGC notes, “Restoration includes: Cover re-attached with small amount of glue. (Tape on cover.)” Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 worth = $309.

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