Golden-Age Comic: Guns Against Gangsters. LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC BOOK: GUNS AGAINST GANGSTER S #4 CGC 6.5 With Incredible Off-White To White Pages, Unbelievable Preservation For A Forties Periodical! This Is One Of L. Cole’s Classic Exciting Covers, A Gunfight On The Skyscraper, Not For Those Afraid Of Heights, –This Could Almost Give The Viewer Vertigo! It’s Similar To The High Vantage Point Seen On His Comparable Classic Cover To Power Comics #1. This Issue Even Includes L. Cole Art Inside, In “The Penthouse Murders” And A Short One-Pager, Along With Other Violent Tales Such As “The Golden Cobra” And “The Case Of The Parisian Strangler” And More. The Mask Comics And Some Of The Suspense Comics Have Already Become Too Expensive For Most Collectors, And It’s Likely Additional Cole-Embellished Forties Books Will Follow… Several Colorful Cole Covers Were Emblazoned Upon The Dust Jackets Of The Indispensable Gerber Photo-Journal Books, And Such Auspicious Efforts By The Influential Talent Were Finally Exposed To The General Collecting Community, And Quickly Appeared On Many Want-Lists As Fresh Fans Now Recognized The Groundbreaking Material That Cole Was Producing In The Day, And Aspired To Own Copies For Themselves. Those Of You That Have Followed The Golden-Age Hobby In Recent Years May Have Observed Such Striking Cole Covers Experiencing Dramatic Price Increases As More Fans Around The Globe Discover His Inimitable Timeless Style, While Supplies Of Intact Examples Remain Sparse. E Number By Arguably The Hottest Artist In The Medium Is Crucial To Any Advanced Collector, But It’s Always Been S carce In Any Shape, So Don’t Take This Chance To Procure A Stunning Well-Preserved Example Lightly, Or You May End Up Settling For A Photocopy Replica Instead. The Pre-Code Horror, Crime, And Science-Fiction Craze Was Still Years Away, Yet This Obscure Anti-Gang Title Already Contained Lurid Content Including Extreme Violence And Treating Police Contemptuously And Good Girl Art And Other Classic Elements Of The Gritty Comics From Before The Advent Of The Comics Code Authority. THIS HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS. The Shock, Crime, Pulp Fiction, Suspense, Good-Girl And Detective Themes Never Go Out Of Style! This hails from a cool, dry, smoke-free, climate-controlled environment. See the various pictures, although most give it a washed-out appearance, while it looks bold and brilliant in person, with exceptional eye-appeal. Crucial issue for any Golden-Age collector or Cole fiend or collector of scarce classic cover comics. MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF CINEMA, TELEVISION, POP CULTURE AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. SCARCE YET HISTORIC ISSUE FROM ONE OF THE ELUSIVE TITLES THAT IS JUST STARTING TO RECEIVE ITS DUE ACCLAIM. Many of you long-term fans have dealt with us through our ads in CBM, CBG, O. P. G. We are secure packagers and prompt shippers so expect to be pleased. WE LIST SCARCE INVESTMENT-GRADE COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! Good Luck and Happy Collecting! This item is in the category “Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Comics\Comics & Graphic Novels”. The seller is “keycomics” and is located in this country: US. This item can be shipped worldwide.
- Unit of Sale: Single Unit
- Tradition: US Comics
- Certification Number: 4020388005
- Cover Artist: L.B. Cole
- Series Title: Guns Against Gangsters
- Grade: 6.5 Fine+
- Publisher: Novelty Press
- Scarce Antique Comic Book: Mystery, Crime, Suspense, Shock; Classic Cover And Story
- Certification: CGC
- Vintage: Yes
- Publication Year: 1949
- Format: Single Issue
- Issue Number: 4
- Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
- Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
- Genre: Crime & Thriller, Good Girl, Horror & Sci-Fi, Monster, Mystery, Noir, Occult, Supernatural, Suspense, Weird
- Country/Region of Manufacture: United States