Shazam! America’s Greatest Comics #4 From 1943 Has Bid Of Just $6

Shazam! America’s Greatest Comics was an anthology comedian printed by Fawcett in 1943 and that includes Fawcett’s hottest characters, who had been already showing in different comics. With 50% extra pages (and fifty per cent costlier), America’s Greatest Comics lasted for eight points however included many Fawcett characters, with Captain Marvel – now often known as Shazam or The Captain – taking the most important lead. The Editorial Advisory Board of America’s Greatest Comics was listed as together with as Eleanor Roosevelt in her function as President of the Girl Scouts Council of Greater New York, and naturally her husband was then-President of the USA, Franklin Roosevelt, who would make an look in problem 7 of the comedian.

But it’s America’s Greatest Comics #4 which is at present up for public sale from Heritage Auctions, at a measly $6. It options Captain Marvel in The Bumble-Brained Bridegroom, with Beautia Sivana and Professor Edgewood “Edgewise” Smith combating Dr Sivana, and contains Spy Smasher, Eve Corby, Lance O’Casey, Golden Arrow, White Wind, his stallion, Ibis the Invincible and Princess Taia. Other tales within the problem function Fawcett characters Spy Smasher, Bulletman, Minute Man (the primary time he wore his masks), Mr. Scarlet,, Chubby, Destroyer Gob and Commando Yank – who made his first look within the collection with this problem.

For these impressed by the current launch of Shazam: Fury Of The Gods, that is a cheap approach to revisit the early days of the character, all of eighty years in the past, and manner under the market value… thus far. And, after all, it was authorized by Eleanor Roosevelt!

America’s Greatest Comics #4 (Fawcett Publications, 1942) Condition: GD/VG. Golden Arrow, Ibis the Invincible, and Spy Smasher cameos. Commando Yank begins. C. C. Beck cowl and artwork. Charles Sultan artwork. Water harm. Tape repairs to tears on interior pages. Mold. Spine cut up 1″ from top and 1/2″ from backside. Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 worth = $77; VG 4.0 worth = $154.

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