ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #11 * Ultra-Man Cover

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Title: ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 11
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: All-American Comics Inc.]
Date Published: February, 1940
Description: CGC certified: Fair/Good (1.5). Grader's notes: "Spine of cover completely split & re-attached with tape; staple(s) added after manufacturing; tape interior cover; light pieces out to cover; moderate tears to cover." Off-white to white. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 1.8 sold for $800 in 5/23.

Overstreet: "Ultra Man cover." CGC Census: 13 graded copies (10 Universal, 3 Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 8 ("Rare: 11-20 copies").

Credits: Cover: Jon Blummer. Scripts: Jerry Siegel, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Percy Crosby, A.W. Nugent, Edwina Dumm, Fontaine Fox, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Richard Rick, Carl Claudy, Sheldon Mayer, Edwin Alger. Art: Bill Smith, Stan Asch, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Percy Crosby, A.W. Nugent, Edwina Dumm, Fontaine Fox, Jon Blummer, Robert Ripley, Richard Rick, Sheldon Mayer, Calvin Fader?From All-American to EC: When this mag hit the stands, Max Gaines was still happily co-publishing his All-American line of comics with National-DC's Harry Donenfeld. After tensions with Donenfeld and Liebowitz caused Gaines to sell his interest in All-American to his ex-partners in 1945, he took his grubstake and launched a new enterprise, EC, whose initials variously stood for "Educational Comics" and "Entertaining Comics." Shortly thereafter, Max died in a boating accident, and his son Bill took control of EC, with infamous results. See PBA's April 25th auction, "Pre-Code Horror, R. Crumb, Marvel Mags and More," for dozens of great ECs, including a CGC 5.0 copy of the notorious Crime SuspenStories #22.****************************************
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