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GA With Less Than Ten Copies in the CGC Census
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9 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Only 3:on the census. It's true the cover stinks, but there's a gruesome panel in one story that upset Wertham and he put the picture in SOTI.

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Are you referring to their bare feet, or the pig?

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10 hours ago, Larryw7 said:

Only 3:on the census. It's true the cover stinks, but there's a gruesome panel in one story that upset Wertham and he put the picture in SOTI.

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54 minutes ago, circumstances said:

Great rare Chesler!

 

1 hour ago, MusterMark said:

Are you referring to their bare feet, or the pig?

 That’s a great book. I actually think the cute dog on the cover makes it worth owning on that point alone. :cloud9: Heritage sold a HG copy and this was their write up:

Red Seal Comics #16 Big Apple pedigree (Chesler, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. This may look on the surface to be a harmless humor comic, but one story inside was the inspiration for one of the most famous quotes to come from Seduction of the Innocent, that infamous book by Dr. Fredric Wertham responsible for frightening a nation full of teachers, law enforcement offices, and parents about the dangers of comic books. According to Overstreet, SOTI features an illustration on page 181 taken from this issue, with the added caption "Outside the forbidden pages of de Sade, you find draining a girl's blood only in children's comics." Whew -- pretty strong stuff! This "forbidden" comic is one of only two currently graded by CGC, and by far the better copy, with the runner-up managing a mere 3.5. 
 

 

 

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So maybe subtle from a visual standpoint but probably a bit more if you think about the action in a very early kids comics from a much more innocent era...

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3 hours ago, N e r V said:

 

 

 That’s a great book. I actually think the cute dog on the cover makes it worth owning on that point alone. :cloud9: Heritage sold a HG copy and this was their write up:

Red Seal Comics #16 Big Apple pedigree (Chesler, 1946) CGC NM 9.4 White pages. This may look on the surface to be a harmless humor comic, but one story inside was the inspiration for one of the most famous quotes to come from Seduction of the Innocent, that infamous book by Dr. Fredric Wertham responsible for frightening a nation full of teachers, law enforcement offices, and parents about the dangers of comic books. According to Overstreet, SOTI features an illustration on page 181 taken from this issue, with the added caption "Outside the forbidden pages of de Sade, you find draining a girl's blood only in children's comics." Whew -- pretty strong stuff! This "forbidden" comic is one of only two currently graded by CGC, and by far the better copy, with the runner-up managing a mere 3.5. 
 

 

 

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So maybe subtle from a visual standpoint but probably a bit more if you think about the action in a very early kids comics from a much more innocent era...

There was never enough blood draining in the comics!

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