ALL-AMERICAN COMICS #7 * Six on CGC Census

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Title: ALL-AMERICAN COMICS No. 7
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: All-American Comics Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1939
Description: CGC certified: Good (2.0). Grader's notes: "Detached cover; near fully-split spine; multiple tape spine." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Lowest reported sale is a 3.5 that sold for $550 in 9/19.

Overstreet: "Last Bobby Thatcher." CGC Census: 6 graded copies (6 Universal, none Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 8 ("Rare: 11-20 copies").

Credits: Cover: Stan Asch. Scripts: Jerry Siegel?, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Edwin Alger, Robert Ripley, Percy Crosby, A.W. Nugent, Edwina Dumm, George Storm, Fontaine Fox, Carl Claudy, John Wentworth, George S. Kaufman, Moss Hart, Jon Blummer, Richard Rick, George Shute, Sheldon Mayer. Art: Bill Smith, Al Smith, Gene Byrnes, Calvin Fader?, Robert Ripley, Percy Crosby, A.W. Nugent, Edwina Dumm, George Storm, Fontaine Fox, Stan Asch, Walter Galli, Jon Blummer, Richard Rick, Sheldon Mayer.The National / All-American Alliance: "[All-American's Max Gaines] was well-connected with [National's] Donenfeld, who was in the process of building a comic-book kingdom. Donenfeld had 'Superman' and also a second popular caped hero, 'Batman.' Now, in partnership with Max, he would back a new line of comics built around other invincible heroes. This was the All-American line, which produced such crime-crushing greats as 'The Flash,' 'Hawkman,' 'The Mighty Atom,' and 'Wonder Woman.' The two men built up their lines and by 1943 the twenty magazines of Donenfeld and Gaines accounted for one-third of the 18 million comic books sold each month." — Frank Jacobs, The MAD World of William M. Gaines. Lyle Stuart: 1972: p. 58.****************************************
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