Kaanga Comics #8 seems to be one of many hardest Fiction House comics in excessive grade, and includes a spectacular cowl by Maurice Whitman. This concern has just lately attracted some consideration amongst severe classic comedian e book collectors, as excessive grade copies have been nearly unparalleled on the general public market within the CGC period. Last 12 months, a CGC 5.5 copy went for $3960 at Heritage Auctions. Whitman is an underappreciated famous person of the late Golden Age, and this Summer 1951 cover-dated concern options a few of his early cowl paintings. Collectors are lastly beginning to admire Whitman’s work, and this Kaanga Comics #8 (Fiction House, 1951) CGC FN+ 6.5 Off-white to white pages is the very best CGC-graded copy to come back up for public public sale.
Kaanga was created by artist Alex Blum with an unknown author for his debut in Jungle Comics #1, cover-dated January 1940, as a basic “boy raised by apes” character within the Tarzan mould. Just as Jungle Comics was the comedian e book companion of Fiction House’s Jungle Stories pulp title, Kaanga had a primary counterpart within the character Ki-Gor from Jungle Stories. Kaanga ultimately acquired his personal comedian e book sequence from Fiction House which lasted for 20 points 1949-1954.
Maurice Whitman (June 10, 1922 – May 9, 1983) is finest identified for his attractive Good Girl artwork comedian e book covers that virtually outline the late Fiction House period. Whitman labored with main studios of his day, together with Funnies, Inc., Chesler Studio, and Iger Studio, creating comedian e book artwork for publishers resembling Charlton, DC Comics, and Fiction House. His cowl for Kaanga Comics #8 is a chief instance of his unbelievable expertise.
Only a handful of CGC-graded copies of the problem have traded on the general public market over the previous 20 years, with this CGC 6.5 copy the very best graded amongst them. But there’s an opportunity so as to add a Kaanga Comics #8 to your assortment throughout the 2023 March 30 – April 2 Comics & Comic Art Signature® Auction #733. If you have by no means bid at Heritage Auctions earlier than, you will get additional info, you may take a look at their FAQ on the bidding course of and associated issues.
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