*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: A real gem from the Bute Collection this week. From 1943, Four Favorites #11 published by Ace. An iconic cover featuring an animated war bond smashing Hitler and Mussolini in the chops as they stumble back over Hirohito while our titular heroes look on. That’ll be Magno & Davey, Lightning, the Unknown Soldier and Captain Courageous. Four long stories in a packed interior of very accomplished art: Magno & Davey is by L B Cole, Lightning and Lightning Girl by George Gregg, Unknown Soldier by Harvey Kurtzmann and Captain Courageous by L B Cole. The Axis forces didn’t stand a chance! We’ve graded this copy as an Apparent GD, i.e. it has some restoration. Mostly small horizontal tears at the spine have been glued, and the spine has been reinforced and rebuilt at the central staple, which is now firm. There is a 3 cm upper spine split and some flat colour-breaking creases around the cover edges. Nice clean creamy pages and strong colour cover. The price takes the restoration/repair into account. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: FOUR FAVORITES #11 App GD £600