JOHN WAYNE ADVENTURE COMICS #23 ENGLISH COMIC BOOK COVER ORIGINAL ART BY WALT HOWARTH.
Bidding has ended for this item.
Thank you for visiting our past auction results. If you have an identical (or similar) to this auction item, please call or contact us to discuss. We look forward to speaking with you.
Winning Bid:
$354.00 (Includes 18% Buyer's Premium)
Bids:
1
Bidding Ended:
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 9:00:00 PM (20 Minute Clock Begins At Wednesday, November 3, 2021 9:00:00 PM)
Time Left:
Ended
Auction:
Auction #233 Part II
Value Code:
J - $700 to $1,000 Help Icon
Item Description
17x21.5" mat contains illustration board w/mixed media original art for cover to 1950s British comic John Wayne Adventure Comics #23, distributed by World Distributors. Art is by Walt Howarth (1928-2008), a British illustrator best known for his work on numerous British comic annuals (most of them for World Distributors) in a career that spanned 60 years. Art has been matted to 115x14.5" and shows The Duke from the neck up, hiding in water hole behind boulder as Native American war party looks for him. Art has hand-painted title (and price at bottom left) as well as hand-painted portrait of Wayne cut out and applied at upper left. Howarth has signed his full name just below this area. Exc.
Pictures (click images to zoom in)