DETECTIVE COMICS #12 * Siegel & Shuster * Sullivan Speaks

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Title: DETECTIVE COMICS No. 12
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Detective Comics, Inc.]
Date Published: February, 1938
Description: CGC certified: Fair (1.0). Grader's notes: "Reattached with tape centerfold; spine of cover completely split & re-attached with tape; tape cover; tape interior; tape interior cover; light staining to cover; moderate creasing to cover; moderate tears to cover." Light tan to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 1.5 sold for $750 in 2008.

CGC Census: 22 graded copies (18 Universal, 4 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 6 ("Uncommon: 50-200 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Creig Flessel?, Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely), Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan (credited as Vincent Sullivan), Russell Cole, Jerry Siegel (credited as Siegel). Art: Creig Flessel, Bill Ely (credited as Will Ely), Tom Hickey (signed as TH), Russell Cole, Joe Shuster (credited as Shuster), Sven Elven.Sullivan Speaks: "I still don't recall how I met Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson. He was the fellow who originated the comics books... I don't recall how I met him, but in any event I did, and then I met Whit Ellsworth, and the both of us, the three of us started these books off. [I was involved in] everything, the whole business.... I don't know [who set the artists' wages]. Started it'd be ten dollars a page, then it went up to fifteen, and then twenty-five.... They came through with a few raises. The only thing I didn't take care of was financing. That was Nicholson's job, and he (chuckles), he did a terrible job (laughs).... It was fun, though. Lot of fun." — Vin Sullivan interviewed by David Armstrong, 1998. Comic Book Historians YouTube channel.****************************************
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