{"product_id":"startling-comics-52-facsimile-edition","title":"STARTLING COMICS #52 Facsimile Edition","description":"\u003cp\u003eSchomberg's airbrush covers make this short run of covers highly collectible. Inside is a nicely drawn Tygra, a scantily-clad jungle girl, drawn by \u003cstrong\u003eArt Saaf\u003c\/strong\u003e; \u003cem\u003eCatman\u003c\/em\u003e artist \u003cstrong\u003eCharles Quinlan \u003c\/strong\u003ein the pirate Sea Eagle, \"Return of the Hook\"; a superbly drawn Lance Lewis, sci-fi\/space hero by \u003cstrong\u003eRaphael Astarita\u003c\/strong\u003e;  a teen strip Jefferson Jones by \u003cstrong\u003eHarold Sherman \u003c\/strong\u003eand a humor strip. All-in-all, another very well drawn, top-tier issue!\n\nAlso: a Tygra text story with more Saaf art; Teen-Age Trues \"Seed Demon;\" Zippie, another teen-age humor strip, by \u003cstrong\u003eAl Hartley \u003c\/strong\u003eand more...\n\nSchomberg often signed these beautiful airbrush covers \"Xela.\" He of course is even better known for his dozens of amazing covers for Timely, on \u003cem\u003eMarvel Mystery, The Human Torch, Sub-Mariner \u003c\/em\u003eand in fact, most of Timely's early Golden Age titles.\n\nThis facsimile comic book is reprinted to match the quality when first produced in 1948, reprinting Pine Comics' \u003ci\u003eStartling\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eComics\u003c\/i\u003e complete with all ads and every page.\n\n\u003cspan class=\"credit_value\"\u003eHere's one story synopsis: Tygra and Terry come upon the dying form of the Kokuri Chief's brother and learn from the Chief himself that his bride to be has been abducted, but he blames the pair for the foul deed as well as the disappearance of hundreds of his warriors. Tygra discovers an underground area where Assyrian warriors have the kidnapped Kokuri, using them as slave laborers.\u003c\/span\u003e\n\nAnd don't miss the ad for Butterfinger candy bars on the back cover. Those were the days...bet they cost 5 cents back then! Plus ads for a Charles Atlas muscle building course and Johnson Smith's assorted merchandise, from BB guns to a two-way wrist radio!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59641373294878,"sku":"STAW52","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/staw52-startling-comics-vol-52.jpg?v=1784503745","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/startling-comics-52-facsimile-edition","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}