MrBedrock Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Woot! Woot! Congrats Jeff! That's a beaut! Thanks! I threw in a bid at noon and it just barely held! So cool. If you ever get tired of it please give me a shout. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Woot! Woot! Congrats Jeff! That's a beaut! Thanks! I threw in a bid at noon and it just barely held! So cool. If you ever get tired of it please give me a shout. I doubt he'll hear you, but I'll definitely respond to a PM. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sqeggs Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Sprang did some interior art. I believe he drew "The a Goat of Gotham City" story inside. I've seen a high grade CGC copy before with George Roussos getting the cover credit on #108. I think George also did the Air Wave story inside. I think that's right: Roussos with the cover and Sprang with interior art on 108. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Primetime Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Woot! Woot! congrats Jeff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Sprang did some interior art. I believe he drew "The a Goat of Gotham City" story inside. I've seen a high grade CGC copy before with George Roussos getting the cover credit on #108. I think George also did the Air Wave story inside. I think that's right: Roussos with the cover and Sprang with interior art on 108. You are right. Roussos typically gets cover credit for #108, but interestingly the image of the Batplane over the Bat Signal and the image of Batman & Robin standing next to each other both appear in separate panels in the D ick Sprang story inside. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Is there a list somewhere of Sprang file copies? And when did they hit the market? The color and gloss on those two books are really nice. (thumbs u Ike Wilson represented Mr. Sprang during his final years, arranging art commissions and marketing some of his possessions, including the copies of books he kept in his big file cabinet in Arizona. I guess they were all originally sold during the 90's. I acquired a total of 5 Sprang file copies from a local Oklahoma person earlier this year. All came with Certificates of Authenticity, but for peace of mind, I took them to Ike Wilson's table at OAFCon October 25, and he said, "Yes, those were D ick Sprang's books." Ike has some great stuff displayed at http://www.comicartfans.com/GalleryDetail.asp?GCat=48725 including a tracing Mr. Sprang kept on hand of his original design of the Riddler. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MBFan Posted December 5, 2014 Share Posted December 5, 2014 Sprang did some interior art. I believe he drew "The a Goat of Gotham City" story inside. I've seen a high grade CGC copy before with George Roussos getting the cover credit on #108. I think George also did the Air Wave story inside. I think that's right: Roussos with the cover and Sprang with interior art on 108. You are right. Roussos typically gets cover credit for #108, but interestingly the image of the Batplane over the Bat Signal and the image of Batman & Robin standing next to each other both appear in separate panels in the Sprang story inside. Good catch. You know, I think there was more collaboration -- and pasting in swipes or tracings -- than we sometimes think when we cleanly attribute covers or interior art to a single artist. I've seen interviews with artists who say things like "I did the backgrounds on many of the covers in this or that run." For instance, I think Raboy needed a lot of help to make his deadlines at Fawcett. Ike Wilson told me that DC would often share with Sprang what the cover was going to look like, asking him to incorporate the scene in his story. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sagii Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vaillant Posted December 6, 2014 Share Posted December 6, 2014 OK, italian "Golden Age", but one of the few, very rare, Superman apocryphal stories produced here before/during the war. Found today, and I am all stoked! Another title from the same series, which intrigued me. Both are black and white and magazine sized. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podboy66 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Always wanted this one, one the missing Gerbers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
podboy66 Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Bought this here on the board, never got around to scanning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norrin's lawyer Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Awesome book! Bought this here on the board, never got around to scanning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciorac Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Always wanted this one, one the missing Gerbers Love it I have a copy as well, but not as nice as yours Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr.schomburg Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Bought this here on the board, never got around to scanning it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndyFish Posted December 7, 2014 Share Posted December 7, 2014 Love these covers you guys are posting, there's nothing like the Golden Age. Here's one I got recently, nice Sprang Cover. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 I have been waiting a while for this un! I love it...I hope you are going to read it! Always wanted one...such a great cover! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 OK, italian "Golden Age", but one of the few, very rare, Superman apocryphal stories produced here before/during the war. Found today, and I am all stoked! Another title from the same series, which intrigued me. Both are black and white and magazine sized. Couldnt be found by a nicer guy!I am stoked for you as well,so fine!And such great shape! WOW!So Claudio,how many of these do you estimate may exist,just to put a level of rarity on them?Again,congrats to you..so very happy to see! Jimmers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
porcupine48 Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 (edited) And my meagre offering...Im very pleased with it. Edited December 8, 2014 by porcupine48 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comicjack Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 That's a beaut (thumbs u Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEyeSees Posted December 8, 2014 Share Posted December 8, 2014 OK, italian "Golden Age", but one of the few, very rare, Superman apocryphal stories produced here before/during the war. Found today, and I am all stoked! Wonderful! I love this cover. One of the local comic con finds I assume? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
