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New Fun Comics #1 File Copy With Letter From Lloyd Jacquet (DC, 1935) Condition: Apparent VF-....
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New Fun Comics #1 File Copy With Letter From Lloyd Jacquet (DC, 1935) Condition: Apparent VF-. This is the first DC comic book, the first tabloid size comic, and also "the prototype of the modern comic in that it featured an anthology format of continuing characters and original rather than reprinted material," as Overstreet once put it. The February 1935 cover date speaks volumes! This first issue started a series which became More Fun Comics.This file copy (which was once owned by comic writer Ken Fitch) is accompanied by a letter (printed to resemble handwriting) from Lloyd Jacquet, editor of the issue, dated 1/11/35. It reads:
New FUN - hot off the Daily Eagle press - goes on sale today from coast to coast. Take this copy home -- try it on the youngsters from 2 to 90 -- and see them go through this live, modern idea of a kid's mag, filled with original comics and features! Lloyd Jacquet, Editor. P.S. How do you like it?
As for the content Jacquet and colleagues developed: in addition to the first comic book appearance of Oswald the Rabbit (later seen in Dell's Four Color series), this all black-and-white issue has adventure strips, text features, photos, and even ads (which were not regularly seen in comics back then). This issue is currently #29 in Overstreet's ranking of the most valuable comics, but that's a bit unfair because the highest Overstreet value is for Very Fine, and the VF value is higher than that of top-ten books More Fun #52 and Adventure #40. On top of all of that, this issue is tough to find: Comic Book Marketplace once put it among the 50 rarest Golden Age books. This copy has the proper names "Batten Barton Dursten Osborn" penciled at the top of the cover; these will be familiar to some as the full name of the legendary advertising agency BBDO, which had already been around for some years in 1935 (the relevance to this comic, if any, will likely never be known). The text features on pages 16 and 17 have "300" and "300 wds" respectively penciled next to them, which would be consistent with a file copy. The extensive restoration includes rice paper support to all pages. Overstreet 2008 GD 2.0 value = $7,000; VG 4.0 value = $14,000; FN 6.0 value = $21,000; VF 8.0 value = $49,000. From the Kylberg Collection.
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Auction Info
2008 May Vintage Comics & Comic Art Signature Auction #828 (go to Auction Home page)
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May, 2008
22nd-23rd
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