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Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-13-39 (King Features Syndicate, 1...
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Phil Davis Mandrake the Magician Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 8-13-39 (King Features Syndicate, 1939). What action hero stakes a claim as the first costumed, super powered force for justice on the comics page? It's not Superman. Mandrake the Magician was created by 19-year-old Lee Falk (who also created The Phantom), but it took ten years for Mandrake to find a home with King Features Syndicate. Falk hired Davis, a commercial artist, to draw the feature, and history was made. This lighthearted episode, a top-notch example of Davis' drybrush technique, has an image area of 13.75" x 21.5". Aside from some chipped lettering on the title logo stat, and a paper surface pull in the last panel (in the barn post with the bucket), the art is in Very Good condition.More information about Phil Davis. See also: Davis, Phil Artist.
Auction Info
2009 November Signature Comics & Comic Art Auction #7013 (go to Auction Home page)
Auction Dates
November, 2009
19th-21st
Thursday-Saturday
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