NEW ADVENTURE COMICS #20 * CGC 5.5

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Title: NEW ADVENTURE COMICS No. 20
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1937
Description: CGC certified: Fine- (5.5). Grader's notes: "Light pieces out to cover; light soiling on cover; light staining to cover; light tears to cover." Cream to off-white. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: A 5.5 sold for $1050 in 2017.

CGC Census: 12 graded copies (10 Universal, 2 Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Creig Flessel. Scripts: Homer Fleming, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Russell Cole, Whitney Ellsworth, Merna Gamble, Jerry Siegel, Ray Burley, Bill Ely, Bob Hermans, Vin Sullivan, Ellis Edwards, Joe Donohoe, and Creig Flessel. Art: Homer Fleming, Tom Hickey, Russell Cole, Whitney Ellsworth, Merna Gamble, Joe Shuster, Alex Blum, Ray Burley, Bill Ely, Bob Hermans, Munson Paddock, Vin Sullivan, Sven Elven, Ellis Edwards, Joe Donohoe, and Creig Flessel.Tapped by Taschen: The DC Universe Collection copy of New Adventure Comics #20 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking with an adaptation of H. Rider Haggard's She (p. 35), captioned: "Wheeler-Nicholson's claims to have been a soldier of fortune suggest he identified with H. Rider Haggard. In the tale of Horace Holly's encounter with the mystic queen Ayesha, the writer who gave the world Allan Quartermain also gave [artist Sven] Elven subject matter suited to his outdated style. By 1937, Alex Raymond and Milton Caniff were setting the standards for adventure strip art, and Elven — better known for the bizarre 'Cosmo, Phantom of Disguise' in Detective — was sorely outclassed."****************************************
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