NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #18 * Flessel * O'Mealia * Siegel & Shuster

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Title: NEW ADVENTURE COMICS No. 18
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: August, 1937
Description: CGC certified: VG/Fine (5.0): Restored (C-1). Grader's notes: "Erasure mark right top of front cover; cover reinforced; light staple rust; moderate creasing to cover; moderate spine stress lines to cover; small amount of color touch on left bottom front cover; spine split sealed cover B-1; tear seals top & left bottom back cover C-1." Off-white to white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A Restored 6.0 (EA) sold for $460 in 2005. For comparison purposes, an unrestored 4.0 sold for $885 in 2011.

CGC Census: 17 graded copies (12 Universal, 5 Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 8 ("Rare: 11-20 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Bill Ely, Merna Gamble, Creig Flessel, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Vin Sullivan, Leo O'Mealia, Richard Speed, Whitney Ellsworth, M. Angelo, Ellis Edwards, William Makepeace Thackeray, Russell Cole, Jerry Siegel. Art: Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Bill Ely, Merna Gamble, Creig Flessel, Alex Blum, Vin Sullivan, Leo O'Mealia, Richard Speed, Munson Paddock, Whitney Ellsworth, M. Angelo, Sven Elven, Ellis Edwards, Henry Kiefer, Russell Cole, Joe Shuster.Tapped by Taschen: The DC Universe Collection copy of New Adventure Comics #18 is given a full-page illustration in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (p. 29), captioned: "The dynamic composition of this early action scene demonstrates why Flessel adapted easily to super heroes, penciling 'The Sandman' in the '40s and contributing regularly to Superboy until 1959."****************************************
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