TOM MIX WESTERN COMIC NO. 1 - FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS, CIRCA 1940S

A SCARCE EARLY ISSUE OF TOM MIX WESTERN COMIC, FEATURING THE LEGENDARY FILM COWBOY STAR TOM MIX IN DYNAMIC ACTION-PACKED ADVENTURE. THIS IS THE FIRST ISSUE IN THE SERIES, MARKED AS NO. 1 AND PRICED AT 6 PENCE, INDICATING AUSTRALIAN DISTRIBUTION DURING THE 1940S ERA OF COMIC BOOK POPULARITY.

OVERVIEW:
TOM MIX WAS NOT A FICTIONAL CHARACTER BUT A GENUINE FLESH-AND-BLOOD MOVIE STAR WHOSE CHARACTERISATION OF THE WESTERN COWBOY HAD NEVER BEEN EQUALLED. THIS LEGENDARY HERO OF THE SCREEN NOW COMES TO YOU IN A COMIC PACKED WITH DYNAMIC ACTION, STRAIGHT SHOOTING AND FAST THINKING. THE COVER FEATURES TOM MIX IN FULL COWBOY REGALIA WITH CHARACTERISTIC WHITE STETSON HAT AND ORANGE LEATHER CHAPS, POSED IN AN ACTION STANCE WITH ROPE AND REVOLVER, SET AGAINST A RURAL LANDSCAPE BACKGROUND.

SPECIFICATIONS:
- PUBLISHER: FAWCETT PUBLICATIONS
- ISSUE: NO. 1
- PRICE: 6 PENCE (INDICATING AUSTRALIAN MARKET)
- FORMAT: SADDLE-STITCHED COMIC BOOK
- INTERIOR: BLACK AND WHITE COMIC STRIP PANELS WITH DIALOGUE BALLOONS, TYPICAL OF 1940S PULP COMIC PRODUCTION
- PAGES: COMPLETE INTERIOR PAGES INTACT AND LEGIBLE
- BINDING: ORIGINAL STAPLE BINDING, SECURE

CONDITION NOTES:
THIS EXAMPLE EXHIBITS FAIR CONDITION CONSISTENT WITH AGE AND USE. THE COVER SHOWS CREASING, EDGE WEAR, AND MINOR CORNER LOSS TYPICAL OF A HANDLED AND STORED VINTAGE COMIC. THE SPINE IS CREASED FROM READING AND STORAGE. INTERIOR NEWSPRINT HAS AGED TO A WARM CREAM-YELLOW TONE WITH MINOR FOXING AND BROWNING, ALL CONSISTENT WITH THE ERA. NO MAJOR TEARS, LOSSES, OR WATER DAMAGE OBSERVED. THE STAPLE BINDING REMAINS FUNCTIONAL AND SECURE. ALL INTERIOR PAGES ARE PRESENT AND READABLE.

THE PUBLICATION REPRESENTS AN IMPORTANT PIECE OF AUSTRALIAN COMIC BOOK HISTORY FROM THE 1940S, WHEN AMERICAN AND REPRINTED WESTERN COMICS WERE HIGHLY POPULAR WITH AUSTRALIAN AUDIENCES. THE SURVIVAL OF EARLY ISSUE NO. 1 EXAMPLES IN ANY CONDITION IS INCREASINGLY UNCOMMON, AS THESE PUBLICATIONS WERE TREATED AS DISPOSABLE ENTERTAINMENT AND FEW WERE PRESERVED.

Item Size: Height: 20cm, Width: 18cm, Depth: 2cm, Weight: 0.3Kg

Condition: Fair

656544+18

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