Joe Shuster (a)

FUNNYMAN Issue: 6 Page: 2 (from 1st part of story) (LARGE ART - 1948)Media Type: Pencil and Ink Art Type: Interior PageArtist(s): Joe Shuster (pencils) Check out this piece of comicbook HISTORY! When Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster lost their battle with DC Comics over the ownership rights to SUPERMAN, they decided in the mid 1940s to create ANOTHER Superhero that they could claim ownership of, and thus they created the SUPERHERO known as "FUNNYMAN" a man who disguised himself in a clown outfit while wearing a big nose to hide his secret identity! The way he would defeat the evil villains of each story is that he had DOZENS of different gadgets inside his clown pants and outfit to defeat the bad guys and solve the crimes! Unfortunately this title only lasted 6 issues and this page was from the VERY last issue of FUNNYMAN! At this point in his art career Joe Shuster was not doing much art drawing but the consensus from most art historians is that Joe Shuster at the bare minimum did layout pencils to full pencils and that various studio artists at the SHUSTER ART STUDIO in Cleveland Ohio finished the rest of the artwork! So don't miss out on this BEAUTIFUL ALL OUT "ACTION" page with FUNNYMAN battling the bad guys throughout! I do have a copy of the Funnyman #6 comicbook which is signed by JERRY SIEGEL and JOE SHUSTER (This comicbook is in my collection) but this fact tells us that SHUSTER and SIEGEL had a major hand in this FUNNYMAN title and these stories! This art page is drawn VERY large with an actual art image measuring 12.5 inches wide by 18 inches tall on a much larger art board! So don't miss out on your chance to get a VERY affordable almost 60 year old art page by the art team and studio that created the most iconic Superhero ever.... "SUPERMAN" less than 10 years earlier!

Jerry Siegel 1950 comic

For only $17,900.

The seller states: Very rare Alex Schomburg Splash Page Original Art from a one-shot "Jon Juan" published in 1950, it featured the only story interiors drawn by Alex and was written by Jerry Siegel of of Superman fame. Alex was the greatest cover artist of the Golden Age, famous for his depiction of Timely superheroes, originals of which are extraordinarily rare. He was known for incredible airbrush work and good girls, examples of which are visible in this piece.
Alex Schomburg recreation art, of which there are many fine examples, is highly valued and sought after. His original art is extremely rare and there are only a handful of pieces still existing. This is your opportunity to own one of those pieces that includes an image of a good girl as well as a plotting killer in a fez and a robust hero. A previous owner obtained Alex Schomburg's signature in the lower right margin of this piece.

1937 Letter Squires/Tremaine

(epegana) A brief typed note upon "Astounding" stationary from editor F. Orlin Tremaine 1933-37 to fanzine publisher Roy A. Squires who would later publish Ray Bradbury, Clark Ashton Smith and Robert E. Howard. Tremaine published Lovecraft, Jack Williamson, Stanley Weinbaum, Murray Leinster, E. E. Smith, C. L. Moore and others; he was a most able editor along with his assistant John W. Campbell.An interesting note regarding E. E. Smith's manuscript "Galactic Patrol".Terrific autograph! Signed in full F. Orlin Tremaine

Derleth & Coye

(epegana) AUGUST DERLETH TO LEE BROWN COYE - 1965 A brief typed note upon Derleth's personal stationery to Arkham House & "Weird Tales" artist, Lee Brown Coye regarding the artwork he did for the upcoming publication "Three Tales of Horror". Signed with Derleth's squiggle.

Vampira (of Ed Wood and TV fame)

(From epegana's collection)

VAMPIRA - SELF-PORTRAIT - SIGNED

Maila Nurmi (better known as the original sexy wasp-waisted vampire inspiration for "Elvira" and "Vampirella", starred in the famous Ed Wood Science Fiction farce "Plan 9 From Outer Space" and as late-nite television hostess") earned money in her later years painting self-portraits.This portrait is approximately 9" x 12" and displays "Vampira" with her head cocked seductively, offering us the viewer, a mysterious frog-green potion. Signed "Vampira" and dated "'93" at the base of the spider-web. Painted in acrylic in fine condition.