Summer Kickoff Comics & Toys 06'26
Lot 80:
Description
BID PER WHAT YOU SEE IN THE PHOTO, NOT THE AI GENERATED TITLES AND DESCRIPTIONS! Aces High No. 1 April 1955 EC Comics George Evans Cover
Publisher: Entertaining Comics (EC). Title: Aces High. Issue Number: No. 1. Cover Date: April 1955. Artist: George Evans. This comic book is the premiere issue of the Aces High series, part of the New Direction line published by Entertaining Comics (EC). The front cover features a vertical blue masthead with the title in white block letters, two circular EC logos, and the original 10-cent cover price. The cover art, signed by George Evans in the lower right, depicts a dramatic World War I aerial dogfight between biplanes and triplanes. A central red jagged burst contains promotional text introducing the series as part of the publisher’s New Direction. The back cover features a full-page color advertisement for the Charles Atlas Dynamic Tension bodybuilding course, titled Check the Kind of Body YOU Want! and I will Prove How EASILY You Can Have It!
Condition report:
The comic is in raw, ungraded condition. Visible wear includes minor spine stress lines with associated color breaks. There is rounding and light fraying at the corners and along the outer edges of the covers. Both the front and back covers show general handling wear and minor creasing, though the printing colors remain vibrant.
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