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LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: CONTACT COMICS #4 CGC 5.5 With Cream To Off-White Pages, From Late 1944 As The January, 1945, War-Themed Comic From Aviation Press. The Finest Copy Ever Graded By CGC Is The Coveted 8.0 Promise Pedigree Copy That Went For $6.6K In Recent Years, And Presentable Intact Copies Besides That Gem Are Few And Far Between; So This Glorious "Original Owner Copy" Is A Real Treasure. I Bought It From The Heir Of The Original Newsstand Purchaser, A Small But Eye-Popping Little Mid-Forties Comic Collection In Phoenix That I Lucked On To Back In 2004, And The Small Pile Of Unrelated Ten-Centers Was So Bright, Clean And Fresh That I "Cherry Picked" This Comic And A Few Others Into My Own Personal Collection. This Displays One Of L.B. Cole's Classic Wartime Aviation Covers With American Fighters Attacking The Japanese Bomber. The Black Venus Superhero Story Was Drawn By The Masterful L.B. Cole Himself, And Since This Was 1944 It Predictably Has Spy & Espionage Themes, And Humiliates Nippon. The "Story Of The Priceless Paintings" Drawn By The Renowned Rudy Palais Features The Hero Golden Eagle. The DC Comics Legend Carmine Infantino Drew The "No Ice Today" Airplane De-Icing Story. The Story Drawn By George Appel Stars Tommy Tomahawk. Tom Van Buren Drew The "Forecast For The Future", Speculating About How Aircraft May Look In The Coming Years. Other Stories Include "Camera Men Of The Clouds", "Corsair", And "Airborne". Most Stories Include Airplanes In Thrilling Action. This Essential Golden-Age Comic Was Released In Late 1944, -- Pre-Dating His Iconic Mask Comics. Both Mask Issues 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 Obscure Issue By Arguably The Hottest Artist In The Medium Is Crucial To Any Advanced Collector But It's Long Been Scarce In Any Shape, So Don't Miss This Lovely Blazing-Bright Example Or You May End Up Settling For A Photocopy Replica Instead. The Pre-Code Horror, Crime, And Science-Fiction Craze Was Still Years Away, Yet This Small-Press Title Already Contained Lurid Content Including WWII Combat And Extreme Violence And/Or 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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