V Comics (1942) comic books
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Issue #1
- Interior is complete. Full length spine split to cover and first wrap (partially taped). Some Spine splitting to internal wraps. Tape to cover and internal pages. Oxidation.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
- INCOMPLETE. Coupon cut out (does not affect art or story). Front cover missing, back cover present by detached. First wrap split, chew, pages are extremely brittle.
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout. Graded by MCS, not consignor.
Stories by Jay Foster and others. Art by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude, Mark Howell, John Owen and Dennis O'Casey. Cover by Roland "Ramona" Patenaude. World War II-era patriotic heroics from Fox Feature, inspired by the V for Victory campaign of the time. Killed by Nazis, American soldier Jerry Steele is revived by folk magic and the mystical V Pledge to fight on as V-Man, aided by teen sidekicks the V-Boys on his ring radio; The Black Fury, who resembles The Black Terror, battles cocaine smugglers; A vengeful American joins the French Resistance during Nazi occupation. V-Boys Fight To Win; The Tube of the Creeping Death; Black Fury: The Cocaine Concentrate Case; Ten Thousand Volts; V-Agents: The True Story of Jean Hopper, V-Agent 13; Queen of Evil: The Salvation of Dr. Redder; Banshee: The Crimson Abbot. 64 pages, Full Color. NOTE: Cover commonly attributed to "Ramona" Patenaude, considered one of the few female Golden Age artists. However, she does not exist. The cover is by Roland Patenaude. It is unknown how and when this incorrect attribution began. Cover price $0.10.
