Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays 1944-1949
by Mills, Tarpe; Edited by Trina Robbins
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very good +/very good
- ISBN 10
- 1600109055
- ISBN 13
- 9781600109058
- Seller
-
Salt Lake City, Utah, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
San Diego: IDW Publishing; The Library of American Comics, 2011. First edition. Hardcover. Very good +/very good. 229pp. Quarto [31 cm] Black cloth over boards, with a silver lace design on the front board. Bold patterned endpapers. Silk ribbon page marker. The spine has a slight lean. There is a shallow 3" creased indentation along the top edge of the front panel. May require extra postage due to weight. From the dust jacket-
"The First Female Superhero Created and Drawn by a Woman Cartoonist."
"In the first half of the 20th century, women cartoonists could be found in America's newspapers, but Tarpé Mills was one of the few who drew adventure comics and the only one who drew a costumed superheroine. The MISS FURY Sunday newspaper strip ran from 1941 until 1952 and had millions of readers, among them GIs who painted the beautiful action heroine on the nosecones of their bombers.
"The First Female Superhero Created and Drawn by a Woman Cartoonist."
"In the first half of the 20th century, women cartoonists could be found in America's newspapers, but Tarpé Mills was one of the few who drew adventure comics and the only one who drew a costumed superheroine. The MISS FURY Sunday newspaper strip ran from 1941 until 1952 and had millions of readers, among them GIs who painted the beautiful action heroine on the nosecones of their bombers.
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Details
- Seller
- Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 62570
- Title
- Miss Fury: Sensational Sundays 1944-1949
- Author
- Mills, Tarpe; Edited by Trina Robbins
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good +
- Jacket Condition
- very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 1600109055
- ISBN 13
- 9781600109058
- Publisher
- IDW Publishing; The Library of American Comics
- Place of Publication
- San Diego
- Date Published
- 2011
- Keywords
- superheroines; comics; Miss Fury; superheroes; Library of American Comics
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About the Seller
Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2006
Salt Lake City, Utah
About Ken Sanders Rare Books, ABAA
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