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Heritage Auctions to debut in June a goldmine of golden age comics Phantom Lady #17 The Promise Collection Pedigree (Fox Features Syndicate, 1948) CGC NM+ 9.6 Pink pages. DALLAS, TX .- Beginning in June, Heritage Auctions will bring to market more than 5,000 high-grade Golden Age comic books that haven't seen the light of day since they were purchased off newsstands in the 1940s. The Promise Collection, as it's now called, was assembled by a young boy who grew up, went to war and never returned. For decades, the books were kept safe by the brother who vowed to keep watch over the comics shoul...
The "Sordid" True Crime Tales of Phantom Lady #19 Up for Auction The "Sordid" True Crime Tales of Phantom Lady #19 Up for Auction Posted on Issue for issue, Fox Features Syndicate's 1947-1949 run of the title Phantom Lady is one of the most sought-after titles in American vintage comics history. It's 12 issues of gorgeously delineated covers and art from Matt Baker, Jack Kamen, and others. Countless articles have been written about Baker and his talents — his sure-handed composition and inking skills, his ability as a storyteller, and of course his beautifully-drawn women. I'd...
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In Young Man with a Horn (1949), Kirk Douglas impersonated a jazz trumpeter whose running battle against the straitjacket of commercialised music was modelled on the life story of Bix Beiderbecke. When his mentor in jazz, an old-time Black musician, was finally claimed by tuberculosis, he was required to improvise a funeral elegy in appropriate tribute. The result was unbelievably vulgar. Since the secret was proudly proclaimed at the time that this solo was in fact dubbed by Harry James, the rigidly raucous James trumpet has justly had to shoulder the blame for adding one more to the film...