ALEX SCHOMBURG "COMIC BOOK PRICE GUIDE" ORIGINAL COVER DESIGN ART PAIR & GUIDE PAIR.
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Auction #210 - Part II
Item numbers 1271 through 3109 in auction 210
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Item Description
Two numbered paper sheets, each 8.5x11, have tight pencil designs for two unused covers, each having 6.75x9.75" image area w/villain Red Skull about to press control button to kill Namora and two other women in "Laser X Terminator" metal caskets as seven Golden Age Timely/Marvel superheroes rush to the rescue. First design has Red Skull w/swastika on chest, second design shows him from his shoulders up w/Human Torch coming around side. Others featured heroes include - Sub-Mariner, Captain America, Vision, Angel, and Destroyer. Both are unsigned. c. 1980. Sheets have lt. margin creases, but image areas are Exc. Comes w/hardcover and softcover varieties of "The Comic Book Price Guide" #10. Both features same Schomburg cover w/Human Torch, Captain America, and Sub-Mariner attacking swastika-shaped Nazi U-Boat base. Both are Exc. and signed in ink on title page by Bob Overstreet. Schomburg (1905-1998) worked in pulps in the 1930s before moving on to Timely where he did over 500 Golden Age comic book covers. Nice examples. From the Robert M. Overstreet Collection and comes with COA.
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