Post your Golden Age Adventure/New Adventure/New Comics 7 7

[KirbyJack]

 

I also prefer Adventure as a title to Action, and the early books are why. This is my absolute favorite Flessel cover! Thanks!

[Foxtrot70]

 

I also prefer Adventure as a title to Action, and the early books are why. This is my absolute favorite Flessel cover! Thanks!

 

I agree it is top of the list. Not only is it a great composition, but the inking is masterful. Anyone know if Flessel also did the inking on his work or did DC have anonymous artists filling the gaps for dead lines.

[RareHighGrade]

Great collection of pre-hero Adventures Steve. I too love the Church 24 in particular.

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Anyway, here's my New 3 - I know Centaurman recently had both high and low grade copies, jbcomicbox has a high grader, and another Boardie has a CGC low grade.

 

This copy has really nice off-white pages, and I am absolutely thrilled to own it.

 

 

Beautiful books, sacentaur. The later issues are a treat for the eyes, but the New Comics 3 stands out to me. It's amazing that copies from the pre-gorilla period still exist in this condition. The transition from these early humor covers to snakes, vultures etc. reflects the innocent imagination at the time and I find the history of that process just as appealing as a single beautiful book.

[sacentaur]

Thanks all, glad you enjoyed the scans.

 

Here are New Comics 4, 8, and 9 (all Lost Valley pedigree copies).

 

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[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Those are fantastic. I like how the 10 cent logo was developed this early.

 

Any idea what "AOC" stands for on issue #3?

[sacentaur]

Any idea what "AOC" stands for on issue #3?

 

All Original Comics

[PreHero]

Wow, those pre-Sandman Adventures they look to be fresh off the newsstand - amazing for 75 yr old books! Nice pick up.

[EJR]

Steve, Thanks for reviving this great thread! Thanks for contributing your New Comics 4 to DC's 75th Anniversary book! The DC anniversary book is a great book to own! Many of these pre-hero books are impossible to find!! EJR

[50YrsCollctngCmcs]

Any idea what "AOC" stands for on issue #3?

 

All Original Comics

 

It's funny they would expect you to know that!

[pmpknface]

After all these years collecting, I'm pretty much thinking that this issue is in the Top Ten of scarcity for the entire run:

 

 

This cover is so damn cool. I had fun watching the last one go on Heritage. This is a fantastic copy and my favorite of the run.

[sacentaur]

Thanks for reviving this great thread!

 

And thanks to RHG for starting this great thread years ago - I just couldn't let it fade into obscurity.

 

When looking at the New Comics/New Adventure/Adventure run, the assortment and varied talent of the earlier contributing cover artists is particularly striking: Ellsworth, Flessel, Guardineer, Flanagan, Bailey, Burnley, S&K, and even O'Mealia.

 

It mostly reads like a Who's Who of Golden Age greats.

 

This particular issue is always a crowd-pleaser:

 

[RareHighGrade]

Steve, it's not fair to make you do all the work. Here's one of my favorites:

[sacentaur]

Steve, it's not fair to make you do all the work. Here's one of my favorites:

 

Yup, I recall you mentioning that particular issue - what a blinding Church copy, just a killer book.

[sacentaur]

Flessel is (by far) my favorite on this run, but Burnley sure has strong appeal too (this copy has white pages)!

 

[Foxtrot70]

Does anyone have a 40 or 48 they would like to share?

[Timely]

 

I think now is a good time to start collecting Adventure Comics... if you are not collecting them already! They are really cool books with awesome covers & lots of great superhero stories inside. Some of the best Golden Age artist & writers worked on Adventure Comics. Investors generally avoid the title since it's not mainstream DC (Bat/Sup) so the title has not surged upward in price yet, making them quite affordable in comparison.

[sacentaur]

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