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2nd Earliest Known DC Superhero Cover Art By Simon & Kirby
12.5" X 17"
Very Fine


Star Spangled Comics #8 (DC Comics, 1942). Here it is folks, the 2nd earliest known piece of Jack Kirby and Joe Simon DC Superhero Cover Art! (the first being issue #7 of the same title). This fantastic cover illustration features the Guardian and Newsboy Legion in the classic Simon & Kirby "action style". This issue (and cover) was only the second appearance of both the Guardian and Newsboy Legion. The Newsboys were one of S&K's great "Dead-End" style kid gangs; teamed with policeman-turned masked hero, the Guardian, they inhabited over fifty issues of this long-running title. This cover may make you a little dizzy....it's a wild perspective view of the gang straddling two tall buildings, making a human bridge for the Guardian as he battles two gun-wielding bad guys. The image of the Guardian, sailing through the air, is Jack Kirby at his Golden-Age best! This large, 16" X 21" art board, with an image area of 12.5" X 17", has been professionally restored to near-perfect condition. The title stat is a replacement, but the entire interior image of the page is 100% authentic and "virgin" S&K art. The art is clean, with only a light bit of pencil rub and very little white-out-like substance. It's a gorgeous piece of comic book art that is also very historically important due to its date and content. This wonderful Simon and Kirby illustration would most likely be the centerpoint of even an advanced comic art collection.

Sold $24,150