Lot # 1417: 1934-1944 Street & Smith The Shadow Pulp / Comic Magazine CGC Graded Trio

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".

1943 Street & Smith The Shadow #273 Pulp Magazine - CGC 4.5 - Only Graded Example

A spicy cover provides the enticement to claim this 1943 Street & Smith The Shadow #273 (volume 46, #3) pulp magazine. Seen on the front of this WWII era issue, is a blonde bombshell scantily clad in a dancer's costume. This fair beauty is being menaced by a scar-faced, one-eyed fiend with a gleam of bad intent is his one good eye, and a sharp dagger in his right hand. CGC has encapsulated this high heat pulp magazine with a favorable grade of 4.5, Cream to Off-White Pages. The cover date is November 1943, and the title of the lead story is "The Muggers". Label notes cite the creators as "Cover by Modest Stein, Walter B. Gibson story".

1944 Street & Smith Shadow Comics Vol. 4, #4 - CGC 4.0
The Shadow pulls out his big gun to rescue a couple of lovely ladies from the clutches of a weird green beast, on the front cover of this 7/44 Street & Smith Shadow Comics Vol. 4, #4 issue. The cover caption "The Shadow in another World" alludes to a journey into the fantasy realm for the Shadow, his iconic wide-brimmed black hat, and his really big Colt .45, which dominates the lower region of the spellbinding cover. CGC has seen fit to grade this new to the market comic book 4.0, Cream to Off-White Pages. The population of CGC graded examples in Universal Grade holders for this WWII era issue, stands at a scant total of eight, indicating the scarcity of this vintage comic. Label notes are "Walter Gibson story, Charles Coll, Al Bare, John Meditz, and Charles Wessell art. Doc Savage backup story.".