Dark Legend HC (1941 Duell, Sloan and Pearce) comic books 1955 or before
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Issue #0-1ST
Published 1941 by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
First edition, first printing, 1941 hardcover. Written by Fredric Wertham. Dust jacket is red type on black background. Written while Wertham was a psychiatrist at a hospital in New York City, this book recounts the murder by a teenage son of his mother. A policeman working the Lower East Side notices Gino, wearing no shoes, only socks, buying candy for his younger siblings so they will stop crying. The policeman goes back to the tenement apartment and finds they dying woman and the crying children. Wertham examines the bewildering case in detail and recounts Gino's story from in-depth interviews. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 270 pages, B&W text. Cover price $2.75.
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Issue #0N-1ST
Published 1941 by Duell, Sloan, and Pearce.This item is not in stock at MyComicShop. If you use the "Add to want list" tab to add this issue to your want list, we will email you when it becomes available.
First edition, first printing, 1941 hardcover. Written by Fredric Wertham. No dust jacket, title and publisher information on spine in purple. Written while Wertham was a psychiatrist at a hospital in New York City, this book recounts the murder by a teenage son of his mother. A policeman working the Lower East Side notices Gino, wearing no shoes, only socks, buying candy for his younger siblings so they will stop crying. The policeman goes back to the tenement apartment and finds they dying woman and the crying children. Wertham examines the bewildering case in detail and recounts Gino's story from in-depth interviews. 5 1/2-in. x 8 1/4-in., 270 pages, B&W text. Cover price $2.75.
