Description: Golden-Age Comic: Guns Against Gangsters This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: GUNS AGAINST GANGSTERS #3, From Late 1948 As The January - February, 1949 Issue From Novelty Press/Premium Group Of Comics, With Unbelievable Preservation For A Forties Periodical! This Is One Of L.B. Cole's Classic Exciting Covers, A Gunfight In The Sky As The Hero Gunmaster Clings To The Open Door Of The Getaway Airplane, Not For Those Afraid Of Heights, --This Could Almost Give The Viewer Vertigo! The Eye-Popping Cover Is Not Largely Known, But That's Because This Comic IS Little-Known, As Evidenced By The Fact That GPA Shows The Promise Pedigree Copy Was The Only CGC Copy To Shift In Recent Years; This Issue Just Rarely Surfaces, In ANY Shape. This Insanely Well-Preserved Copy Has Colors And Page Quality To Rival The Pedigrees. This Issue Actually Includes L. B. Cole Art Inside, In "Crime Run-Down", A Short One-Pager. It Also Includes Plenty Of Other Violent Tales Such As The Memorable "The Carnival Killings", And "The Case Of The Fat, Thin Man" And "The Mystery Of The Million Dollar Carbine", And More. The Mask Comics And Most Of The Suspense Comics With Their Iconic Cole Covers Have Already Become Too Expensive For Most Collectors, And It's Likely Additional Cole-Embellished Forties Books Will Follow... (Several Colorful Cole Covers Were Emblazoned Upon The Dust Jackets Of The Indispensable Gerber Photo-Journal Books, And Such Auspicious Efforts By The Influential Talent Were Finally Exposed To The General Collecting Community, And Quickly Appeared On Many Want-Lists As Fresh Fans Now Recognized The Groundbreaking Material That Cole Was Producing In The Day, And Aspired To Own Copies For Themselves.) Those Of You That Have Followed The Golden-Age Hobby In Recent Years May Have Observed Such Striking Cole Covers Experiencing Dramatic Price Increases As More Fans Around The Globe Discover His Inimitable Timeless Style, While Supplies Of Intact Examples Remain Sparse. This Elusive Number By Arguably The Hottest Artist In The Medium Is Crucial To Any Advanced Collector, But It's Always Been Scarce In Any Shape, So Don't Miss This Chance To Procure A Sharp Example Or You May End Up Settling For A Photocopy Replica Instead. The Pre-Code Horror And Crime Craze Was Still A Couple Years Away, Yet This Obscure Anti-Gang Title Already Contained Lurid Content Including 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. THIS HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS. The Shock, Crime, Pulp Fiction, Suspense, Good-Girl And Detective Themes Never Go Out Of Style! This hails from a cool, dry, smoke-free, climate-controlled environment. The colors are astonishing, very bold, and the whites remain snowy-white! The corners and edges look amazing, however there is a thin light center crease, which barely breaks color in some areas. The back cover also looks impressive, but there is a bit of creasing at the bottom edge, visible when you hold the surface at just the right angle under the light but easy to overlook otherwise. See the various pictures, although most give it a washed-out appearance, while it looks lustrous, clean, and brilliant in person, with excellent eye-appeal. This antique collectible will be carefully packaged to ensure safe delivery. RARE ATTRACTIVE COPY OF THIS HISTORIC ISSUE FROM ONE OF THE ELUSIVE TITLES THAT IS JUST STARTING TO RECEIVE ITS DUE ACCLAIM. Any pre-code fan will want to see our ebay store, featuring many sweet horror, crime and mystery offerings. WE ACTIVELY BUY, SELL AND TRADE VINTAGE COMICS, SO PLEASE CONTACT US WITH IDEAS & OFFERS. We are now selling many L.B. Cole covers along with other old shock, true crime, GGA, classic cover, horror and science-fiction comic-books, and even vintage original comic art, with more to come in the coming weeks. KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated eBay Seller and CBM Market Report contributor and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in vintage comics and comic-art for well over three decades. WE LIST SCARCE INVESTMENT-GRADE COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! We accept PayPal; checks/MO. * * SATISFACTION GUARANTEED * * International Customers Welcome. Please add $10 for well-packaged Priority Mail shipping with tracking within USA. Please contact us for current International Shipping Rates as the ebay shipping calculator is often inaccurate. Buy additional comics and save: just add $2 for each CGC/CBCS comic. KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! 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Price: 399.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2024-10-15T03:10:23.000Z
Shipping Cost: 10 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist/Writer: L. B. Cole
Character: Gunmaster
Tradition: US Comics
Certification Number: 0162818005
Cover Artist: L.B. Cole
Series Title: Guns Against Gangsters
Publisher: Novelty Press
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Shock; Classic Cover And Story
Vintage: Yes
Publication Year: 1948
Issue Number: 3
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Genre: Crime & Thriller, Drugs, Espionage, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Noir, Occult, Propaganda, Psychodrama, Superheroes, Supernatural, Suspense, Weird
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
