NEW COMICS #9 * Black Eyes & Big Feet

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Title: NEW COMICS No. 9
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Publisher:DC [Indicia: National Allied Newspaper Syndicate Inc.]
Date Published: October, 1936
Description: CGC certified: Apparent Fair/Good (1.5): Restored. Grader's notes: "Copy from bound volume; spine of cover completely split & re-attached with tape; 5 staple(s) added after manufacturing; ALL 3 EDGES TRIMMED; heavy creasing to cover." Off-white to white pages. Provenance: The DC UNIVERSE COLLECTION.

GPAnalysis: No reported Restored sales in any grade. Lowest-graded sale is a Universal 3.0 that sold for $515 in 2018.

CGC Census: 13 graded copies (10 Universal, 1 Qualified, 2 Restored). Gerber Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 7 ("Scarce: 21-50 copies").

Credits: Cover: Whitney Ellsworth. Scripts: Joe Eichberger, Homer Fleming, Bill Patrick, Russell Cole, Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson, Stan Randall, Merna Gamble, Richard Matheson, Henry Jay, Leo O'Mealia, Tom Cooper, Henry Kiefer, Whitney Ellsworth, Sven Elven, Bill Carney, Richard Speed, Dick Ryan, Tom Hickey, Leslie Ross, Creig Flessel, Ellis Edwards, Jerry Siegel. Art: Joe Eichberger, Homer Fleming, Bill Patrick, Russell Cole, Sven Elven, Stan Randall, Merna Gamble, Munson Paddock, Richard Matheson, Henry Jay, Leo O'Mealia, Tom Cooper, Henry Kiefer, Whitney Ellsworth, Bill Carney, Richard Speed, Dick Ryan, Tom Hickey, Leslie Ross, Creig Flessel, Alex Blum, Ellis Edwards, Joe Shuster.Black Eyes and Big Feet: Black-eyed brawlers befuddle referee; dying duck congratulates killer ('Yuh got me, pal!'); bloody stabbing panel; ruff tuff cream puffs strut their stuff in a cartoon drawn an E.C. Segar-like "bigfoot"-style, anticipating R. Crumb's "Keep On Truckin'" trope by 35 years; G-men vs giant robot; randy white guy kisses cute African gal and finds himself hitched in what may be the first interracial marriage in comics ("The simple exchange of embrace, according to tribal custom, proves to be a marriage ceremony").****************************************
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