
Crime Mysteries #9 (Ribage Publishing, 1953) Art Gates art. Bullet-in-head cover, an homage to the cover of the November 1937 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories by H.J. Ward


Crime Mysteries #9 (Ribage Publishing, 1953) Art Gates art. Bullet-in-head cover, an homage to the cover of the November 1937 issue of Spicy Mystery Stories by H.J. Ward


The twice-up scale page was created in ink over graphite on Bristol board with an image area of 12″ x 18.25″.

Detective Comics #4 (DC, 1937) CGC Apparent FN+ 6.5 Slight/Moderate (B-2) Cream to off-white pages. This pre-Batman issue is a tough one to find in any grade, so much so that Gerber’s Photo-Journal Guide to Comic Books rates it an “8” (“rare”). The Speed Saunders cover is by Creig Flessel