Rare Forties Key Comic: The Killers! |
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LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: KILLERS #1 CGC 5.0 With Off-White Pages, From The Start Of 1947, By Magazine Enterprises, One Of The Extremely Gory Pre-Code Issues That Was Made Infamous In Seduction Of The Innocent. It Looks Stunning From The Front, The Main Problems Are On The Back Cover, Which Is Just An Advertisement. It Boasts One Of L.B. Cole's Classic Covers, With Three Dreaded Assassins Facing The Reader With A Tommy Gun, Noose And Stilettos, And A Pile Of Dead Bodies At Their Feet. The Shocking Imagery Is Prominent In These Death-Laden Tales, From Whipping, Electric Chair, Bullet To The Head, Hypodermic Needle, No Wonder This Uber-Salacious Comic Was Immortalized In S.O.T.I.! This Essential Golden-Age Comic Was Released At The Start Of 1947, Well Before LB Cole Got His Upstart Comics Company, Star Publications, And Released Some Other Great Covers With Crime And Horror Themes Such As Startling Terror Tales, All-Famous Police Cases And Shocking Mystery... His Iconic Mask Comics Have Already Become Too Expensive For Most Collectors, And It's Likely His Other Early Efforts Will Gain Steam As More Fans Around The Globe Discover His Inimitable Timeless Style, While Supplies Of Intact Examples Remain Sparse. This Elusive Issue By Arguably The Hottest Artist In The Medium Is Crucial To Any Advanced Collector But It's Rare In Any Shape.
Don't Miss This Chance To Procure A Lovely Well-Preserved Example Or You May End Up Settling For A Photocopy Replica Instead. The Pre-Code Horror & Crime Craze Was Still Years Away, Yet This Obscure M.E. Title Already Contained Lurid Content Including Diabolical Murders By Sicarios, Serial Killers, Assassins And Mob Hitmen, Plus Panels With Electrocution And A Hypo/Syringe And Extreme Violence And Treating Police Contemptuously And Good Girl Art And Other Classic Elements Of The Gritty Comics From Before The Advent Of The Comics Code Authority.
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