You are buying: Adventures Into The Unknown #3 CGC 3.0 - ONLY 1 SS - Signed Ken Bald - ACG 1949

Kenneth Bruce Bald (1920 – 2019) was an American illustrator and comic book artist best known for the Dr. Kildare and Dark Shadows newspaper comic strips. The Guinness Book of World Records acknowledged him as the “oldest comic artist,” as well as the “oldest comic artist to illustrate a comic book cover.”

During this time, known as the Golden Age of Comics, one of the first comic-book covers that Bald illustrated while at Binder’s was for the superhero Captain Midnight. He also rendered meticulous work on other characters such as Captain Marvel, Bulletman, Doc Savage, Spy Smasher, The Shadow, and Mandrake the Magician. It was also during this period that Binder, Crowley (the shop’s editor), and Bald developed the mass production method of creating comics, which revolutionized the industry.

Upon returning from war, Bald met Stan Lee after a job interview at Timely Comics, which would later become Marvel Comics. Lee immediately had Bald working on the first generation of Captain America, Sub-Mariner, and the Human Torch. One of the first books the two legends would create together was a book entitled “Secrets Behind the Comics,” which was published in 1947. Recognizing Bald’s talent for illustrating the female form, Lee moved him into producing female superheroes. Rising up to the challenge, he created the female superheroes Namora and Sun Girl, and worked on others such as Blonde Phantom, Venus, and Millie the Model. Throughout his career, Stan Lee would often say that Ken is “the best comic artist in the business.”

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