Lot # 1661: 1934 Street & Smith The Shadow #48 Pulp Magazine - CGC 3.0

Mysterious vigilante the Shadow has evil firmly in his grasp, on the front cover of this 1934 Street & Smith The Shadow #48 (volume 8, #6) pulp magazine. The cover art for this issue is straight to the point, in cohesion with the title "Gray Fist". It's clear the bare hand clutching the gloved hand on the front cover belongs to the Shadow, as his trademark girasol ring is prominently featured. Issues from the Shadow's first year of print in 1931, are quite scarce, and issues from 1932-1934 are cited as uncommon. Dated February 15, 1934. this issue falls in the uncommon date range. CGC has graded this early issue 3.0, Cream to Off-White pages. To date, CGC has graded just two examples of this ancient issue, suggesting it is fairly scarce. Label notes credit the creators as "Cover by George Rozen, Tom Lovell art, Walter B. Gibson story".