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The lady in the back was the director at Sothebys, then Jerry Weist, Tom Horvitz (I believe) and Pat Kochanek in the glasses. Next to Jim Payette is Ernie Gerber.

Here's the highlight of the 1993 auction. First listing for the payout copies with a historical explanation. The original art of the MPFW covers were listed too.

The 1991 event always seems to get all the attention because it was the first but it continued yearly. The Sotheby's 1992 auction was very non-Timely oriented but it had these two copies of Marvel 1.

more stuff from the 1991 Sotheby event and the grading committee

a classic

Great catch!

Thanks, not the greatest of copies but I'm glad I got one again. I used to have this really nice one but sold it long ago.

My very last purchase in 2022. Such a sweet lady

Along with the Burgos, there's also a couple pages of Kirby art in that pulp

For sure I will. Big Son of Frankenstein fan

Got this one too recently

I also picked up a Boy Commandos 1. Here is a panel from the Satan Wears a Swastika story with Simon, Kirby and their DC bosses.

This one is as loose to gold as it gets. I picked up this 1928 movie adaptation after reading that Bill Finger was into the foreign films and he showed this edition to Kane and Robinson to create the Joker.

here's my 3.0

Thanks for the screenshot! Even though the movie incarnation may not be the exact same Namor as the comics, I'm sure all the authors of comic book history since fandom began would agree that it's extremely disappointing to see Everett's name buried like that as just a mere contributor. Everett should have been given his own creator banner like they did with Black Panther created by Lee and Kirby.

Just curious, was Bill Everett's name mentioned as the creator of Sub-Mariner in the end credits?

Grand Comic Database credits the Champion 9 cover to Joe alone. Alter Ego magazine #76 page 13 was cited as the proof. That was the issue with the Joe Simon interview. Blue Bolt #2 interior story appears to be the first Simon & Kirby collaboration. Half the story is drawn by Simon and the other half by Kirby.

Thanks for putting me on the spot Not to take anything away from Bob Kane, but I’ll throw a few ideas out there. I think any discussion about the early art has to include Jerry Robinson before getting into Moldoff. I read Jerry’s autobiography and watched his interviews on youtube. Jerry never pinpoints his first work of Batman but he does say that he did Batman for 7 years starting in 1939. This might lead one to think he was there at the inception of Batman, but that isn’t the case. GCD confirmed that Jerry started Batman with Detective 36 which was on the stands in December 1939 and his last Batman work was Batman 37 in October 1946. That would be the 7 years that Jerry reports. In interviews, Jerry said that he did all the covers and interiors during those years and that Bob’s contribution was rough layouts and concepts. So that leaves Detectives 27-35 unaccounted for. Yes, Bob Kane’s name is on all the covers spanning almost 30 years. GCD confirms Moldoff’s work on Detective 27 through 35 as “art backgrounds” (whatever that means). If you notice, the art makes a remarkable improvement between Detective 27 and Detective 28. I believe Bob did the interior of the 27 and then art chores were turned over to Moldoff. The Moldoff art style is evident on all the covers and interiors between Detectives 27 through 35. The cover to the 37 as well which he re-drew for All American 20. Turning the art chores over to others was a normal practice for publisher Max Gaines. He gave Moldoff the All American 16 cover duties over creator Mart Nodell to keep it up to standards, Gaines gave Flash 1 and all subsequent Flash covers to Moldoff and also turned Hawkman over to him when he found the Hawkman art was substandard. Moldoff told me in the 1990’s that Gaines wanted him to do a Hawkman quarterly as well, but Moldoff had to decline it due to his current workloads. If you look at the chronology, when Moldoff’s cover and interior work in the Detectives ends, his new assignments with Green Lantern, Flash and Hawkman begin. Due to the turn of events with more and more superheroes being created, Moldoff was diverted on other projects and then Jerry Robinson took over Batman. Moldoff came back to Batman in the 1950s and 1960’s. In his later years, Moldoff did cover and panel recreations of his Batman work including early covers like Detective 31. Moldoff was always hush hush about what he did for Bob because they had a gentlemen’s agreement. It wasn’t till years later that Moldoff’s Batman work was recognized. Yes, Bob’s name is on all the covers and credits and I would not attempt to take anything away from Bob. Along with Bill Finger, Kane created the whole Dark Knight saga. However, I am of the opinion and maybe the minority that the earliest Pre-Robin Detectives were the sole work of Shelly Moldoff. In the 1990’s Bob Kane gave a drawing demonstration. It’s interesting: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0sp20-LF4I

Flessel ghosting Shelley or vice versa

A nice copy is coming up soon https://comics.ha.com/itm/pulps/the-angel-detective-july-1941-red-circle-condition-fn-vf/p/47158-1036.s?ic4=ListView-ShortDescription-071515

Recent pick up. I didn't know about this tryout. Lasted only one issue