This is the rating and price for Thun'Da #2 * 4.0 * Racial Shenanigans * Lion Mauls Man'S Mug, 1952

Description : Heading: Author: Title: THUN'DA, KING OF THE CONGO No. 2 * Cosmic Aeroplane Pedigree Place Published: Publisher:Magazine Enterprises [Indicia: Magazine Enterprises] Date Published: 1952 Description: VG (4.0). Spine roll, subscription crease, two 3 creases to upper mid-section of mag, top spine bumped at back cover, one page dogeared, no chips or tears, no staple pull or staple rust. Cream to light tan pages. Clean and press to 5.0? COSMIC AEROPLANE PEDIGREE, with penciled x and check mark to cover, and penciled check marks scattered throughout (Note: If you send this mag to a clean-and-press guy, make sure he doesn't erase the pencil checks, or there goes the Cosmic Aeroplane pedigree). Cover: Bob Powell. Art: Bob Powell. GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. A 1.5 sold for $88 in August 2021, a 3.0 fetched a limp $46 in September 2020, a 6.0 sold for $133 in August 2021. Frank Frazetta had high hopes for his Thun'da gig, but a dispute with editor Ray Krank left Fritz so aggravated that he bailed out on Thun'da after a single issue. Bob Powell was brought in to pinch hit, and the title ran for five more issues, minus the wild energy and inventiveness that made the first ish such a smash. Frazetta handled the inevitable racial stereotyping prevalent in pre-Code jungle mags with a trickster's approach, playing it as an over-the-top burlesque of racism. Bob Powell's approach was blunter and more direct. Powell's cover depicts an African warrior with his spear poised over a captive white gal's privates, a startling image of implied sexual violence that anticipates Lee Elias's cover to Black Cat Mystery #43, published a year later, featuring an African seemingly about to ram his spear up a white gal's bum (see lot 28). According to one critic, this kind of imagery invoked racial fears of an uncontrollable black man ravishing a helpless white woman, while whitewashing historical realities: In the history of American race relations, especially during slavery, black women were victims of white rapes, a scenario that gets reversed in pre-Code jungle mags. (For more academic jimjam, see White Heroines and Hearts of Darkness: Race, Gender and Disguise in 1930s Jungle Films by Rhona J. Bernstein, Film History Vol. 6, No. 3, Autumn 1994, Indiana University Press, p. 320).Consignments welcome for PBA's Fall 2022 Comic Book sale. Pre-Code Horror, Golden Age and Silver Age comics, original art, vintage comic-related photos and ephemera sought. Send inquiries to ivan@pbagalleries.com.
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