Lot # 1678: 1941 Street & Smith Shadow Comics #8 - CGC 2.5

Multi-media star The Shadow makes an early comic book appearance, with this 1/41 Street & Smith Shadow Comics #8 issue. Making his debut in a 1930 radio program, this mysterious vigilante made the jump to print a year later, at the demand of listeners, as the headliner of the long-running pulp title "The Shadow Magazine". Feature films and movie serials would follow. In 1940, he took his mind-shrouding act to the comic book realm, and this #8 issue is a Volume 1 comic book edition. Fronted with a captivating cover featuring the sensational tout "The Shadow Subdues Charg, The Murder Monster, In His Most Thrilling Mystery Adventure", this issue is a visual delight. Though CGC has graded this Shadow comic 2.5, Cream to Off-White Pages, the scarcity of this early Golden Age issue makes it a prime target in any grade. To date CGC has graded just eight examples of this issue in Universal Grade holders. Label notes are "Walter Gibson and Saul Robbins stories, Saul Robbins art, Vernon Greene cover and art.".