American Comics Update: Two Gold Key Movie Classics: King Kong and the Scarecrow of Romney Marsh
*Gold Key/Whitman: Two Classic movie adaptations this week: King Kong (‘The Greatest Adventure Story Of All Time’) and The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (‘He rides the marshes like a demon ghost, striking terror into the hearts of evil men throughout the land!’) King Kong is a 64 page giant issue; Scarecrow is based on the character created by Russell Thorndike and filmed by Disney. Neither issue is common and both have glorious painted covers.
PICTURED:
KING KONG 30036-809 VG+ £40 Slight stress marks at spine and staples; corner blunting and minimal spine roll, but a sound copy with great colour and nice pages. SOLD
THE SCARECROW OF ROMNEY MARSH 10112-404 VG+ £40 Very minor spine wear. Corner blunting with tiny crease breaking colour across right bottom corner. Loose centrefold; great colour and nice pages. SOLD