Maurice Whitman Covers Fiction House’s Man O’ Mars #1, up for Auction

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Fiction House star artist Maurice Whitman coated Man O’ Mars #1, an try by the writer to outlive the turmoil of the mid-Nineteen Fifties.

Man O’ Mars #1 got here throughout perilous occasions for Fiction House as a comic book e-book writer.  By the time it hit in 1953, your entire comedian e-book business was in turmoil because of the ethical panic that may quickly outcome within the Comics Code.  Fiction House had ended its Sheena title a short while prior, and the character would additionally lose her place in Jumbo Comics.  The writer’s long-running Rangers Comics had additionally not too long ago ended.  Fiction House would attempt a handful of latest titles throughout 1952-1953 with little success.  Man O’ Mars is likely one of the most memorable of those has a stand-out Maurice Whitman cowl, and there is a good excessive grade copy of Man O’ Mars #1 (Fiction House, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages up for public sale within the 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction #40235 at Heritage Auctions.

Influenced by numerous Martian sagas earlier than it from John Carter to Buck Rogers, the title options the saga of John Hunter, the chief of a gaggle of people raised and educated by insurgent Martians to protect in opposition to the a return assault on Earth by the navy leaders of Mars after a earlier invasion try had failed.  John Hunter and his Marsmen finally succeeded in foiling this new assault.  With this hazard averted, Hunter ready to take the Marsmen again to Earth, seemingly setting the stage for the Man O’ Mars collection.

Maurice Whitman (June 10, 1922 – May 9, 1983) labored by way of plenty of the foremost studios of his day together with Funnies, Inc., Chesler Studio, and Iger Studio amongst others, creating comedian e-book artwork for publishers together with Charlton, DC Comics and Fiction House. He is greatest recognized for his beautiful Good Girl artwork comedian e-book covers which virtually outline the late Fiction House period.

Despite Maurice Whitman’s noteworthy cowl try and stable inside materials that included a back-up story by the legendary Murphy Anderson, Man O’ Mars would solely final a single concern.  Fiction House would exit the comedian e-book enterprise a bit over a yr later. One of the excessive factors of Fiction House’s later days, there is a good excessive grade copy of Man O’ Mars #1 (Fiction House, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages up for public sale within the 2023 October 19 The Fiction House Comics & Comic Art Showcase Auction #40235 at Heritage Auctions. Bleeding Cool is doing an ongoing deep dive into the historical past behind Fiction House within the run-up to this public sale. If you’ve got by no means bid at Heritage Auctions earlier than, you will get additional data, you possibly can try their FAQ on the bidding course of and associated issues.

Man O’ Mars #1 (Fiction House, 1953) CGC FN/VF 7.0 Cream to off-white pages. Space Rangers look. Maurice Whitman cowl. Murphy Anderson artwork. This was the one concern of the title. Overstreet 2023 FN 6.0 worth = $465; VF 8.0 worth = $992. CGC census 10/23: 6 in 7.0, 5 greater.

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