About 
The high grade Action Comics #1 CGC 8.5 Kansas City pedigree copy featuring the first Superman has set an all time comic book record at $6,000,000
Posted in: Comics, Heritage Sponsored, Vintage Paper | Tagged: Chesler, golden age
Lady Satan Saves Churchill & FDR in Bulls-Eye Comics #11, at Auction
After a brief pause, the Harry "A" Chesler comic book line returned to comics in 1944 with Bulls-Eye Comics #11 featuring Lady Satan.
Harry "A" Chesler's Dynamic Publications comic book publishing line would be paused in 1942 due to low sales (per War Production Board records). In 1943, Chesler would package digest-sized comic books for publisher Remington Morse, but by 1944, the comic book industry vet was ready to jump into the business on his own again (Historian Ken Quattro's account of this matter is a must-read). Bulls-Eye Comics #11 is one of the initial attempts of that 1944 re-entry. The only issue of the title, the reasoning behind the issue #11 designation is unknown, but the contents of this obscure Chesler issue are stand-out reprints from the earlier Chesler/Dynamic line-up, including artwork and cover by George Tuska. A tough and historically unusual Chesler from an interesting period in the publisher's history, there's a Bulls-Eye Comics #11 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1944) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages up for auction in the 2023 July 13 – 14 Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40227 at Heritage Auctions.
Lady Satan was initially a masked, costumed spy working against the Nazis who had first appeared in Dynamic Comics #2. The Bulls-Eye Comics #11 story is from Dynamic Comics #3, and has Lady Satan saving Churchill and FDR from a Nazi assassin. After World War II, she would return in 1946 in Red Seal Comics #17, 18, 20, 21 with a mastery of black magic and battling paranormal entities both real and hoaxed.
Although the Bulls-Eye Comics title would not go anywhere from here, Chesler's restart did take hold for 1944-1946, after which some titles were continued by Canadian publisher Superior (who may have also had inroads into the U.S. market). Bulls-Eye Comics represents an interesting turning point in Chesler's history, there and there's a Bulls-Eye Comics #11 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1944) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages up for auction in the 2023 July 13 – 14 Pre-Code Horror & Crime Comics Showcase Auction #40227 at Heritage Auctions. If you've never bid at Heritage Auctions before, you can get further information, you can check out their FAQ on the bidding process and related matters.
Bulls-Eye Comics #11 (Harry 'A' Chesler, 1944) CGC VG- 3.5 Off-white pages. George Tuska skull cover. This was the only issue of the title. Origin of K-9 and Green Knight's sidekick, Lance. Appearances by the Green Knight, Lady Satan, and Yankee Doodle Jones. Overstreet 2022 VG 4.0 value = $516. CGC census 7/23: 5 in 3.5, 5 higher.
Affiliates of Bleeding Cool buy from and/or consign to Heritage Auctions.
Enjoyed this? Please share on social media!
Stay up-to-date and support the site by following Bleeding Cool on Google News today!
