Description: Classic LB Cole Comic: 4Most This Auction Includes: LOT OF 1 VINTAGE COMIC: 4 MOST Volume #8 Issue #2 CGC 5.5 With Exceptional Off-White To White Pages, Also Known As 4Most Comics #33 From The Start Of 1949, With A Thrilling Cheesecake/Swimsuit Cover Featuring A Menacing Inbred Spear-Fisherman Attacking The Curvy Damsel. ONLY THE PROMISE PEDIGREE HAS EVER GRADED HIGHER AT CGC! What An Exciting Provocative Cover Depicting Toni "Betty Page" Gayle Trying To Catch A Wave In Hawaii But A Local Pacific Islander Does Not Want Some Shapely Young Tourist Spooking The Fish In His Territory So He's Prepared To Impale Her With His Deadly Spear! (Perfect To Promote The Related Lead Story That's Also By The Legendary L.B. Cole In Which The Sexy Toni Gayle Has Her Hawaiian Adventure Get Dangerous With Some Polynesian Miscreants, In "Murder By Midnight", Which Is Laden With Good Girl Art.) Another Memorable Adventure Story Stars Edison Bell, And There Is A Cadet Tale By Nina Albright, With A Thrilling Mystery In The Ice-Hockey Rink. There Are Numerous Short Stories, Of Various Themes And Genres But Mostly Just One-Pagers, Drawn By An Artist Named Milt Hammer, Who Drew Many Filler Stories For This Long-Running Series. The Colors Are Blazing Bright, What A Stunner, A Lovely Unrestored Example With Fresh Off-White Paper, The Only Copy Graded This Nice, And Only A Single Prestigious Example Ever CGC-Graded Above It. This Cult-Classic Forties Comic Includes An Often-Overlooked Cover By The Master, LB Cole, And Nobody Could Illustrate Betty Page Lookalikes Quite Like Him, And Any Oceanic Scene Is So Well Rendered You Can Almost Hear The Waves And See Motion. THIS ANTIQUE COMIC HAD AN ORIGINAL PRICE OF TEN CENTS. It's intact and complete with a heavy color strike and it's supple and flat and bright. Usually, these are only seen in beat-up shape, yet this one appears to have barely aged a day in the past 75 years. Proving how insanely difficult these are to get in intact shape: Besides THIS sharp specimen ONLY the Promise pedigree has EVER graded in better-than-VG+ condition, and that's after about 25 years of submissions! So, unless you are that lucky super-collector that owns that high-grade Promise copy that tops the census, THIS could well be a once-in-a-lifetime chance! Check our ebay store for more rarities for the L. B. Cole collector or GGA fan or serious collector of American pop culture from the middle of the twentieth century. I'M OFFERING THIS IMPORTANT COMIC AT A LOW PRICE, WITH NO RESERVE, -- SO DON'T MISS THIS CHANCE! MATERIAL LIKE THIS SPOTLIGHTING ICONIC THEMES OF FILM, PULP FICTION, CINEMA AND LITERATURE NEVER LOSES APPEAL. This will be carefully bagged and packaged very well to ensure safe delivery. Please inspect the images as you get the exact copy shown. INVESTMENT-GRADE SCARCE CLASSIC COVER COMIC. We are now selling many superb L.B. Cole covers along with pre-code horror, propaganda, sci-fi, classic cover, and crime comic-books, and even rare artwork, with more to come in the coming days and weeks of this one. Which means this is a good opportunity for an astute fan to acquire multiple scarce items in one fell swoop, and save on shipping to boot. Many of you have dealt with us through our ads in CBM, CBG, O.P.G., etc. (Comic Book Marketplace, Comics Buyer's Guide, Overstreet Price Guide, +...) We are secure packagers and prompt shippers so expect to be pleased. As Usual: LOW BUY IT NOW PRICE AND NO RESERVE! KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated ebay Seller and CBM Market Report contributor and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in Mail-Order Comics & Art for more than three decades; Buy with confidence. WE LIST SCARCE ANTIQUE COLLECTABLE COMICS FREQUENTLY, SO PLEASE CHECK BACK OFTEN! We accept PayPal; checks/MO. * * SATISFACTION GUARANTEED * * International Customers Welcome. Please add $16 for fast Priority-Mail shipping with tracking within USA. Please contact us for details regarding International Shipping Rates as the ebay shipping calculator is usually inaccurate. Buy additional item(s) and save: just add 20-cents for each additional UN-slabbed comic-book. KEY COMICS IS ALWAYS DEALING IN COMICS & ART! (1930's to `80's) Add keycomics to your Favorite Sellers list if you buy/sell/trade rare old comics or artwork! For more samples from our diverse inventory, including CGC-Graded Back-Issue Comics, plus more hot L. B. Cole cover comics, and rare Comic Line Art, and DC COVER ART from the historic Jack Adler Collection that we listed in assorted categories, please see our ebay store.
Price: 749.95 USD
Location: Mesa, Arizona
End Time: 2025-01-04T05:09:19.000Z
Shipping Cost: 16 USD
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Unit of Sale: Single Unit
Tradition: US Comics
Certification Number: 4035496004
Series Title: 4Most
Grade: 5.5 Fine-
Publisher: Novelty Press
Scarce Antique Comic Book: Forties Good Girl, Adventure, Shock & Crime
Publication Year: 1949
Type: Comic Book
Format: Single Issue
Issue Number: Volume 8 Number 2
Era: Golden Age (1938-55)
Professional Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC)
Genre: Animal, Crime & Thriller, Espionage, Good Girl, Gothic, Historical & Mythological, Horror & Sci-Fi, Jungle, Monster, Mystery, Nature, Noir, Occult, Post Apocalypse, Propaganda, Psychodrama, Science Fiction, Superheroes, Supernatural, Suspense, War, Weird, Crime
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
