NEW COMICS #10 * Ivy League Laffs

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Title: NEW COMICS No. 10
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: Nicholson Publishing Co. Inc.]
Date Published: November, 1936
Description: CGC certified: VG+ (4.5): Restored (B-1). Grader's notes: "Detached centerfold; cover reinforced; light creasing to cover; light staining to cover; spine split sealed cover B-1; staples replaced; very light pieces out to cover." Cream to off-white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported Restored sales in any grade. For comparison purposes, a Universal 4.5 sold for $2350 in 5/20.

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

Credits: Cover: Whitney Ellsworth. Scripts: Creig Flessel, Homer Fleming, Russell Cole, Bill Patrick, Clem Gretter, Sven Elven, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Tom Cooper, Richard Matheson, Leo O'Mealia, Henry Kiefer, Vin Sullivan, Bill Carney, Tom Hickey, Leslie Ross, Joe Eichberger, Ellis Edwards, Jerry Siegel. Art: Creig Flessel, Homer Fleming, Russell Cole, Bill Patrick, Clem Gretter, Sven Elven, Munson Paddock, Tom Cooper, Richard Matheson, Leo O'Mealia, Henry Kiefer, Vin Sullivan, Bill Carney, Tom Hickey, Leslie Ross, Joe Eichberger, Merna Gamble, Alex Blum, Ellis Edwards, Joe Shuster.Tapped by Taschen: The DC Universe Collection copy of New Adventure Comics #18 is illustrated in Taschen's 75 Years of DC Comics: The Art of Modern Mythmaking (p. 41), with a full-page reproduction of four "Federal Men" pages depicting a giant robot smashing a "doomed metropolis," captioned: "This was the first of Siegel and Shuster's features to abandon a realistic format in favor of embracing their love of pulp science fiction."

Ivy League Laffs: Harvard vs Yale cover by Ellsworth (spoiler alert: Yale won in 1936, 14-13, with Heisman Trophy winner Larry Kelley leading the squad). Also: inappropriate insults ("Very well, sperm-face, do it your own way!"); "Yellow Peril" propaganda ("Ian and his friends waited for that tide of mongrels to roll over them — a wave of yellow-skinned devils, yelling death to white men!"); War of the Worlds-like invasion scare ("Special News Bulletin: POPULACE TERRIFIED BY NIGHTMARISH INVADER!!").****************************************
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