Pete Morisi’s Boxing Love Story in All True Romance #11, at Auction

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All True Romance #11 options a few of Pete Morisi’s finest work for Comic Media, an uncommon Don Heck story, and a mixture of the romance and crime genres.

Best remembered for his creation of Peter Cannon, Thunderbolt at Charlton, the versatile and prolific Pete Morosi‘s profession ranged from the Nineteen Forties by the Eighties and included just about each comedian guide style.  After serving in the U.S. Army from 1948-1950, Morosi labored for a variety of publishers all through the early Nineteen Fifties, together with Fox, Marvel and Lev Gleason.  His arrival at Comic Media in late 1952, together with buddy Don Heck, coincides with that writer shifting on from Iger Studio materials and establishing a extra distinct id.  Morisi’s cowl story Accused for All True Romance #11 stands out as amongst his finest romance work at Comic Media.

In the story Accused, a younger girl named Kathy had turned away from her childhood sweetheart Danny Condon, in favor of native gangster Lou Weller.  This ultimately results in a road confrontation between the 2 males, with Condon giving Weller his lumps.  That in flip results in a chance for Condon to field professionally.  Eventually, Weller tries to induce Kathy to steer Danny into an ambush that may trigger him to overlook his subsequent combat.  This would permit Weller to repair the combat for playing functions.

Don Heck’s story Korean War Bride is one other uncommon and startling learn from All True Romance #11. Shoshone Lee is a South Korean intelligence operative who saves the lifetime of an American Army intelligence officer named Jack.  The two get married and transfer to New York City after the struggle.  There, she faces racism and far worse from considered one of Jack’s supposed buddies.

Comic Media was based by former Harvey Comics circulation supervisor Allen Hardy in 1950. The firm revealed over 100 comedian guide points 1950 to 1954 throughout 14 titles and is finest remembered for its stand-out and infamous horror output, the transient however excessive struggle title War Fury, in addition to the character Johnny Dynamite.

Overall, All True Romance #11 is an attention-grabbing mixture of romance and crime, together with a stand-out cowl function by Morisi.  There’s a replica

All True Romance #11 (Comic Media, 1953) CGC VG 4.0 Cream to off-white pages. “Bad girl” cowl! Just the third copy we have ever seen, and this one presents very properly for its grade. Expect some robust bidding competitors on this guide — we auctioned a FN/VF copy final 12 months for greater than $2,000! Overstreet 2023 VG 4.0 worth = $28. CGC census 1/24: 3 in 4.0, 2 larger.

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