NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #14 * The Dope on Donenfeld

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Title: NEW ADVENTURE COMICS No. 14
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: March, 1937
Description: CGC certified: Fair/Good (1.5): Qualified. Grader's notes: "Spine of cover completely split & re-attached with tape; tape centerfold; heavy creasing to cover; light pieces out to cover; staples replaced." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No Qualified sales. The lowest-graded Restored sale is a 6.5 (A-2) that sold for $1050 in 2017. A Universal 3.5 (lowest-graded sale) sold for $900 in 2018.

CGC Census: 16 graded copies (11 Universal, 1 Qualified, 4 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 8 ("Rare: 11-20 copies").

Credits: Cover: Whitney Ellsworth. Scripts: Ellis Edwards, Henry Jay, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Ed Winiarski?, Russell Cole, Stan Randall, Joe Donohoe, Henry Jay, Robert Southey, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Carney, Bill Patrick, H. Rider Haggard, Bob Hermans, Charles Dickens, Merna Gamble, Henry Lewis?, Richard Speed?, Jerry Siegel. Art: Homer Fleming, Ellis Edwards, Creig Flessel, Henry Jay, Sven Elven, Ed Winiarski, Russell Cole, Stan Randall, Joe Donohoe, Henry Jay, Alex Blum, Henry Kiefer, Whitney Ellsworth, Munson Paddock, Tom Hickey, Bill Carney, Bill Patrick, Bob Hermans, Henry Lewis?, Richard Speed?, Joe Shuster.The Dope on Donenfeld, Pt. 1: "Donenfeld came to the business through a long and colorful journey that would be paralleled by several other early figures in the comic book industry. Jewish immigrants who came to New York with entrepreneurial spirit and little else, they searched for opportunities in many fields, and found entrance at the very bottom of the publishing industry." — Paul Levitz, 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking. Taschen: 2010, p. 13.****************************************
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