"Wow What A Story" or Are you having problems sleeping?

[jbcomicbox]

This is not a tale for the casual observer, but only the esoterian who has problems sleeping.

 

Several years ago, I saw a piece of art at Heritage which passed. It was not identified. Obviously , although by Bailey, who cared about any pre-hero renderings? It did not sell. See page at this site.

 

 

http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryPiece...at=0&UCat=0

 

 

I gave it no thought for a while and then it hit me. I located the page on about my fifth dive into my esoteric books of the prehero age and determined it was from Feature Funnies 1 page 10. Okay, early pre GA art peeked my interest...But it bothered me,that part of the Bailey page was not the same "style" as the rest of Feature Funnies 1 page 10......Where or where had I seen this before? Where had Bailey published art before this time?

 

Not a tough for those who have a shallow life like me with far too much time on his hands to ponder such minutia. Yup, found it in Wow What A Magazine #4 (November 1936). He had cut it from that "personality page" and pasted to this page. Made a couple of calls and bought this directly from the consigner (with the blessing of Heritage) "faster than the proverbial bullet."

 

 

Don't know about you, but I do not know much (if any) comic book art in this post New Fun age. Certainly, is the "oldest" comicbook art I got.

 

Anywho.....one day when this emerges, you will know the rest of the story to another tidbit of early comicbook lore. (You may go back to sleep now)

 

Jon

[adamstrange]

What a great story!

 

The number of people that have or have read Wow is so tiny it's no wonder the piece wasn't identified before.