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Radio Funnies #nn Ashcan comic (DC, 1939) Condition: GD/VG....
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Description
Radio Funnies #nn Ashcan comic (DC, 1939) Condition: GD/VG. DC's Golden Age ashcan editions were hand-assembled comics using a specially created cover (featuring a new-title logo art and often unrelated artwork), and were used to establish a trademark for a particular title. Usually, only two to ten copies were produced, most of which were tossed in the trash after they served their purpose, hence the name "ashcan". They are the rarest of the rare for comic book collectors. Here's an example of an ashcan that goes even beyond that -- it's a previously unknown variant on a known ashcan-only title. The known comic was cover dated March, 1939, as a #1, and featured cover art taken from Adventure Comics #39, with interiors from Detective Comics #19. This version was just recently unearthed from a private collection. It has no cover date or issue number, and features cover art from Detective Comics #26, with contents taken from Detective #17. The black and white cover has "156B" penciled in the upper right corner, and in the lower right is typewritten "M. Charles Gaines," indicating this was publisher Max Gaines' personal copy.Although we have assigned it a GD/VG grade, this hand-made treasure is tough to gauge on a modern grading scale. The interior pages have an overhang, and are a bit brittle, but overall, the comic displays well. It's definitely one for the history books. Overstreet does not list it; they do list the "Adventure" version, although with the incorrect date of 1931, with "no known sales". We believe this "Detective" version is earlier, and even more scarce than the previously known version.
Noted ashcan expert Gary Colabuono confirmed that neither he nor DC owns a copy of the "Detective" version of the Radio Funnies ashcan. Colabuono owns the only know copy of the "Adventure" version.
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2009 November Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7013 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2009
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