The Cover Proof to an old Marvel Comic!

This Auction Includes:
MARVEL'S GREATEST COMICS #46 Featuring The Fantastic Four Battling Blastaar And The Sandman!  Original Untrimmed Cover Proof (AKA: Full Wrap Proof Art) Courtesy Of The Legendary Jack Kirby.

This Was For For MARVEL Comics In 1973 For Use As A Cover For A Cult-Classic Superhero Comic. 
  
GREAT 20-CENT COVER BY THE 'KING'!
 
ANY FAN OF THE F.F. OR JACK KIRBY WOULD THRILL TO OWN THIS PIECE OF COMICS HISTORY.
 
 Extremely bright colors and superb gloss. Truly Incredible Eye-appeal: Very High-Quality Paper Was Used. Snow-white whites and colors so brilliant you'll think they're still wet!  Any admirer of the cool comics from back in the nostalgic Silver-age and Bronze-age of comics, the sixties and seventies, would happily add this showpiece to his or her comic art collection. This is a must-have piece of pop culture history for any fan of vintage superhero material or of original cover production art, or just the serious Marvel fan who likes having true rarities but cannot afford to shell out four-figure$ for the black & white line art!
 
Many of you have dealt with us over the years via our ads in C.B.M. and/or C.B.G.
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 Back in the "good ole days", publishers normally burned or discarded such production art once the comic went to print.  Mr. Jack Adler, of DC fame, once painfully recounted to me the tale of himself and fellow DC artist Jerry Serpi cutting up thousands of pages of original comic line art and production art.  He said it broke his heart to destroy all that beautiful artwork;  But back over forty years ago, few foresaw the future value of such exclusive pieces of comic-book history.
 
This type of item allowed the editors to make sure the alignment and all the color registration was just right, even in the advertisements, for all of the front and the back, and on the cover interiors, for this comic. There are no holes in the spine area, of course, and it has a plain white border around all edges, and does include the entire back cover, and all the ads filling the interior portions.  They all have a vertical fold crease to the spine region.  This was the final step, and once the editorial and creative staff reviewed it and approved it for use, to make sure there were no glitches or misprints, the actual comic-book could hit the press. 
 
 For additional information, check out the lengthy color article on the comics printing process in the September 2001 issue of Comic Book Marketplace.  Additional cover art can now be found by checking the Key Comics ebay store (User ID: keycomics).
 
These items are brilliant and glossy, (obviously very well preserved), and they are larger than comic size; since they were part of the editorial process they can include tack-holes, indentations from a paper clip, staple-holes, chips, pencil notations, tape, and/or edge wear. This one is a great looking showpiece, which would be especially impressive framed, --all colors are rich and uniform, and extremely bold throughout.   
 
KEY COMICS is a long-term top rated eBay Seller and CGC Member Dealer that has specialized in Mail-Order Comics and Art for more than three decades.
 
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