Nature Boy (1956) comic books
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Issue #4
Published Aug 1956 by Charlton Comics Group.$20.99
View scan- 5" Cumulative spine split. Cover detached at one staple.
Cover by Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Stories and art by Joe Gill, Bob Powell, Sal Trapani and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Given nature-based powers by the gods, Nature Boy is one of the lesser-known superhero creations of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman. Environmental disasters cause Nature Boy to check in with the gods, who are angered by humanity's warlike ways and have decided to fight back. When the Cold War unexpectedly turns nuclear, Nature Boy gets the gods to help him avert a worldwide disaster. Nature Boy intervenes when greedy farmers turn lush pasture into a wasteland. Nature Boy was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes. Plus Pecos Bill lassos a tornado (a talking tornado, at that) in a story with art by Bob Powell. A World Gone Mad; Starvation Valley; Her Hero; Pecos Bill, The Rip-roarinest Cowpoke of Them All; Nature Boys Private War; Peaceful Island. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
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Issue #5
Published Feb 1957 by Charlton Comics Group.$69.00
View scans- Cover oxidation. Water spotting/damage.
$95.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Label #4698989010
- Consignment. 3% buyer's premium charged at checkout.
Cover by Dick Giordano and Vince Alascia. Stories and art by Jerry Siegel, John Buscema, Joe Gill, Ken Fitch, Sal Trapani and Rocco "Rocke" Mastroserio. Given nature-based powers by the gods, Nature Boy is one of the lesser-known superhero creations of Jerry Siegel, co-creator of Superman. The Mayor inadvertently sells the whole town to Ikzip, an alien from the planet Jupiter. Ikzip uses Hypnojive music to bring all the teens in town under his control, and only Nature Boy can save them. Not your typical superhero plot! Nature Girl, in her only appearance, sets out to rescue her pet elephant Bonga from a poacher. While baby-sitting Junior, Nature Boy invokes the gods to go all Home Alone on a pair of would-be burglars. Nature Boy was listed in Jon Morris's 2015 book The League of Regrettable Superheroes, as well as Craig Yoe's Super Weird Heroes. The Jiver from Jupiter; Desert Intrigue; Conqueror of the Jungle; Trapping the Trapper; Menace from the Hills; Bringing Up Junior; Arro the Caveman. Final issue under this title; series continues as Lil Rascal Twins (1957) #6. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.
