Description: MIGHTY MOUSE AS WE KNOW IT TODAY WAS ORIGINALLY SUPER-MOUSE. HE WAS CLEARLY CREATED AS A MOVIE VERSION OF SUPERMAN, COMING COMPLETE WITH MATCHING RED AND BLUE COSTUME WITH CAPE. PAUL TERRY OF TERRY TOONS COPYRIGHTED THIS CHARACTER IN 1942 JUST AHEAD OF ITS BIG SCREEN DEBUT IN SUPER MOUSE IN “ THE MOUSE OF TOMORROW” IN 1942. BUT THE CHARACTER ACHIEVED MUCH GREATER FAME WHEN HE BECAME MIGHTY MOUSE, AND HIS FAMILIAR “HERE I COME TO SAVE TO THE DAY!” LINE REMAINS ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS LINES IN THE HISTORY OF ANIMATION TO THIS DAY. THE CHARACTER MADE HIS COMIC BOOK DEBUT IN THIS ISSUE. MARVEL’S/TIMELY COMIC #38 IN1945. THIS ISSUE IS WHERE MIGHTY MOUSE COVER BEGINS. SOME CLAIM THERE ARE ONLY 50 COPIES IN EXISTENCE. WILL YOU BE ONE OF THEM? GENRE- FUNNY ANIMALS/SUPERHERO. CHARACTERS INCLUDE:GANDY GOOSESOURPUSSWACKY WILLYOSCAR PIGDINKYTHE GINCHandMIGHTY MOUSE. “AMERICA’S FAVORITE MOUSE” PUBLISHER-TIMELY COMICS. EACH PAGE WAS INSPECTED. WORST POSSIBLE DEFECTS HAVE BEEN PROVIDED IN PROVIDED PICTURES. COMIC IS COMPLETE (36 PAGES) PAGES ARE SECURELY ATTACHED TO THE SPINE. NO BRITTLENESS. COVER HAS MODERATE WRINKLING. NO FULL OR HALF PAGE CREASES.INTERIOR PAGES ARE IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH A RARE SMALL BORDER TEAR. INTERIOR PAGES HAVE NO FULL OR HALF PAGE CREASING. THERE IS ABOUT AN INCH OF SPINE SPLIT AND THE SPINE SPLIT IS BROUGHT TOGETHER BY A SMALL PIECE OF TAPE ON THE INSIDE OF THE COMIC AND A EVEN SMALLER SPLIT AT THE TOP OF THE SPINE WITH A EVEN SMALLER PIECE OF TAPE ALSO ON THE INSIDE COVER. 2 PIECES COLLECTIVELY. AND ONE SMALL SPOT OF RED TOUCH UP. WHEN LOOKING AT THE BOOK FROM FROM THE OUTSIDE NO SPINE SPLIT IS VISIBLE, JUST SOME SPINE CRACKING. 5 OR 6 BORDER TEARS, NONE EXCEED 1/2 INCH. 4 OF THEM ALONG THE SPINE. (SEE PHOTOS PROVIDED) NO BIG BLOCKS OF PAPER MISSINGTHE LARGEST PIECE ABSENT IS 7/16 X 7/16 OF AN INCH. (BACK COVER BOTTOM LEFT)PHOTO PROVIDED. NO SIGNS OF TRIMMING. PAGES ARE OFF-WHITE. COVER AND CENTERFOLD ATTACHED. COVER ATTACHED AT THE STAPLE. THIS IS A VERY RARE AMERICAN CLASSIC. A MUST FOR THE SERIOUS COMIC CONNOISSEUR. TERRY-TOONS #38 1945 GOLDEN AGE OF COMICS. AMERICA’S FAVORITE MOUSE “MIGHTY MOUSE” NO RETURNS.
Price: 3000 USD
Location: Oldtown, Maryland
End Time: 2024-09-24T18:56:10.000Z
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Tradition: US Comics
Issue Number: 38