Superman 3D PHOTO PROOF ART 1953 ORIGIN PAGE #1 3-D Adler Pedigree B/W Stat DC

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Superman 3D PHOTO PROOF ART 1953 ORIGIN PAGE #1 3-D Adler Pedigree B/W Stat DC:
$59.95

The Jack Adler Collection Of DC Comics Art!

RAREPHOTOGRAPHIC PROOF,A SEMI-GLOSSY PIECE, ON \"PPP\" PROFESSIONAL PROOFING PAPER, WITH SOME NOTES ON REVERSE INCLUDING \"TRANSFER IN CAMERA\", THIS WORK BY MR. ADLER HELPED CREATE THE 3-D ILLUSION PROCESS USED ON COUNTLESS COMICS SINCE, AND THIS PAGE WAS USED IN THE PROCESS TO KICK-OFF THE NOW-LEGENDARYORIGIN OF SUPERMAN, AS SEEN IN ACTION COMICS #1, BUT THIS VERSION WAS TO REPRODUCE THAT VERSION FROM 1938, BUTIN A3D COMIC, \"THREE DIMENSION ADVENTURES SUPERMAN #1\" IN 1953.OVERALL SIZE IS7.5\" X 11\".IT INCLUDES THE INFANT CLARK KENT, DISPLAYING HIS SUPER-POWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, AND ALSO HAS THE SPLASH PANEL WITH THE ROCKET SHIP, SENT TO EARTH FROM KRYPTON WITH THE SUPER-BABY AS CARGO!

Thispiece ofsuperhero history was part of Jack Adler\'s legacy, opening the door for many more 3-D comics, as he developed a morecost-effective methodology for creating the visual effect.VERY FEW PRODUCTION PIECES OF THIS FORMAT WERE PRESENT IN THE ADLER HOARD.NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH SOMETHING USED TO MAKE A REPRINT OR A TRADE PAPERBACK OR GRAPHIC NOVEL OR ANY OTHER COMMON MODERN ITERATION, THIS RARE PIECE WAS USED TO PRODUCE THE ORIGINAL FIRST PRINTING, BACK IN THE EARLY FIFTIES. THIS PAGE WOULD HAVE KICKED OFF THE ICONICSTORY \"THE ORIGIN OF SUPERMAN\", ANDSAW PRINT IN THE \'THREE DIMENSION ADVENTURES SUPERMAN\' ONE-SHOT THAT CAME OUT IN 1953, BETTER KNOWN AS SUPERMAN 3D #1! THIS IS IMPRESSIVE, I INCLUDED A PICTURE WITH THIS LISTING SHOWING IT STANDING NEXT TO A CERTIFIED RANDOM COMIC FOR SCALE; NO COMICS ARE INCLUDED, THIS sale IS FOR THEUNIQUE PRODUCTION ART PIECE SHOWN AND DESCRIBED.

THIS IS ONE OF MANY RARE COLLECTIBLES FROM MR. ADLER\'S ASTONISHING COLLECTION WE\'RE LISTING THIS MONTH.

IT\'S DIFFICULT TO FIND INANY SHAPE, AS MOST OF THE PRODUCTION EPHEMERA OF THE ERA GOT DESTROYED AFTER THE RELATED BOOK OR MAGAZINEHITS THE STANDS.

SUPERMAN IS CREDITED WITH KICKING OFF THE WHOLESUPERHERO GENRE WHEN HE BURST ONTO THE SCENE IN ACTION COMICS #1 IN 1938. HE IS CONSIDERED THE MOST RECOGNIZED AND INFLUENTIAL ICON IN THE ENTIRE MEDIUM AND HIS FABLED DEBUT IS NOW THE MOST VALUABLE COMIC, WORTH MILLIONS IF IT\'SLOCATED IN BETTER THAN VERY FINE CONDITION. ORIGINAL ANTIQUE COMIC PRODUCTION ART LIKE THIS, WITH TIMELESS IMAGES OF THE MAN OF STEEL, CAN GO NO PLACE BUT \'UP, UP AND AWAY!\'

Many of you have read about this significant find in C.B.M. and/or C.B.G.
(Comic Book Marketplace #85 and Comics Buyer\'s Guide #\'s 1399, 1402, 1414, etc.)
We are secure packagers and prompt shippers so expect to be pleased.

PROVENANCE: Jack Adler worked in comics from the golden-age to the copper-age and was DC Comics\' premiere colorist from the early \'50\'s through the mid \'80\'s, and was head of the art department for much of his tenure. He graduated from high school at the age of fifteen, and quickly got a degree in fine art. He became proficient at sculpting, pencilling, inking, painting, and photography. He pioneered the washtone/graytone effect which became so popular on the DC \"Big Five\" war titles.He took the photos that were used on most, if not all, of the DC \'photo cover\' comics in the sixties and seventies, and created a groundbreaking technique that allowed them to be used, along with line-drawn art, to create asingle imagecombining both types of artwork. Plus, he inked many \'50\'s, \'60\'s, and \'70\'s comic covers as well. Moreover, he developed the \"3-D\" process used on the Batman 3-D and Superman 3-D comics in 1953; --so we\'re talking about a major contributor to DC history. He also did illustration art, advertising, and colored some posters and some magazine ads, as well as work for the National Lampoon comics sections during the seventies.

During the summer of 2004, the reclusive legend himself, Jack Adler, (thought by some to have passed away years prior), at the urgings of his kind family, made his very first and only public appearance, at the San Diego Comic-Con. He was honored Thursday afternoon at the massive annual event with the Inkpot Award For Excellence for Outstanding Achievement In Comic Art, and a rousing standing ovation from the many onlookers at the panel of Golden-Age and Silver-Age Greats, hosted by Mark Evanier (of course!) Besides just Mr. Adler, other noteworthy members on the entertaining and informative panel were Tom Gill, Sid Jacobson, Gene Colan, Frank Springer, Harry Harrison, and Frank Bolle. On Friday at the Comic Con, there was a one-on-one panel, with just Mark Evanier and Jack Adler, titled \"Spotlight On Jack Adler\", and many questions were answered for the large crowd of audience member, who were kept entertained by the charismatic and respected living legend. It is amazing how many great names were hired on by him. I also found out that he invented the 3-D image technology popularly used in Viewmasters, but was unable to get the deserved patent, as the film itself had been patented, (but not in a similar 3D format, so he got burned, as viewmaster was able to capitalize freely.) Plus, the method that made integrating photo cover and line-drawn cover art easily into a single cover image was also pioneered by this influential innovator. (The technology was supposed to be kept a secret, but was leaked immediately by a DC exec.) Julius Shwartz had told him \"don\'t tell me about it, just do it\", and when it worked, it worked, and was immediately utilized, as the articulate and charming Adler related. As an accomplished photographer, he created covers using photographs he had taken of his own grandchildren, producing his own copies of Shazam #2 and #6, which were displayed on an overhead projector to the glee of many enthralled listeners. The picture of Captain Marvel, sitting reading to the innocent youths, was actually of Jack Adler reading to his grandkids. (These same grandkids were present at the panel, and turned out to be pleasant, gracious, and kind adults.) Moreover, he highly touted the art skills of good friends Neal Adams and Joe Kubert, (relating entertaining stories, of course!) He helped Kubert set up his now legendary School Of Comic Book Art. Once the school was set up, he was supposed to head the school, but had to back out, as he couldn\'t bring himself to move to New Jersey. You could write a book on the contributions Mr. Adler made to the medium many of us know and love.As with too many of the legends of our hobby, Mr. Adler passed away, inSeptember of2011, at the age of 93.

Back in the \"good ole days\", DC normally burned or discarded such production art once the comic went to print. Mr. Adler once painfully recalled for me times when himself and fellow DC artist Jerry Serpi literally cut 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 then, nobody foresaw the future value of such exclusive pieces of comic-book history. Fortunately, during the period of 1967 to 1974, this award-winning artist pulled aside many prime examples, representing each step of the comic-making process. Nevertheless, there\'s an extremely small amount of these that were saved, considering the volume that was produced in those days. It is estimated that out of 840,000 pieces created for the production process over that time period, only about 4,000 or so survived, thanks to Jack Adler; ~A miniscule pecentage of less than one half of one percent. A minute fraction of Adler\'s collection was of this particular format OR from this early period,assuring thatsimilar stuff willremain almost unseen in the marketplace.

This images are sharp andclean and impressive, and all depictions are clear, production quality. It appears there was an error in the photographic process, as the top part of the Superman logo is cropped out, so there is blank white border where there should be a bit more of the top splash panel, for an unknown reason. I betthis would look awesome if matted and displayed!

Back in the late eighties, in Texas, Mr. Adler\'s grandson sold much of his collection, which represented the DC Archives Of Comic Cover Art for that halcyon Gold/Silver/Bronze era, in one fell swoop. Then, years later, it changed hands again, with the vast bulk of the load still untouched... Eventually, in 2000, after lengthy negotiations, a longtime friend and colleague and myself were able to acquire the whole load, less the horror genre, from the Southern California art collector who possessed this landmark find since 1997. The horror material took additional years of tenacious haggling, but they too arefinding their way into the hands of true fans, who will appreciate and preserve them the right way. For additional information, check out the lengthy color article on the Adler Collection in the September 2001 issue of Comic Book Marketplace (which is still available from us in our store) as well as Alter-Ego #56 (which includes interviews with Adler, and Neal Adams, Howard Stern, and Joe Kubert, whom were all greatlyinfluenced by him.) Also, IAMart magazine had a major article about Mr. Adler and his cutting-edge production techniques, inthe July, 1974 issue.Additional cover art can now be found by checking the other Key Comics items (User ID: keycomics). Contact us with any questions.

Buy aggressively, as such items areoften one-of-a-kind, andpre-code production pieces as a whole are notoriously rare.

A Certificate Of Authenticity is included, forever guaranteeing the provenance of eachlot from this major historic discovery. Supple condition (obviously very well preserved) and slightly 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, creases, pencil notations, tape, and/or edge wear. Somehow, these stayed in excellent shape, and remained together, they are very well preserved with a great presentation. Ithink thesewould be especially impressive framed.

As Usual: LOW ASKING PRICE, AND !

SEE OUR OTHER LISTINGS FOR MORE RAREVINTAGE PRODUCTION ITEMS!If you like oldSuperman comics or 3D collectiblesor vintagecomicartwork, ~it doesn\'t get much betterthan this!Eachlot is securely-packed, with plenty of protective packaging material.Thisincrediblelot WILL find a new home, as theBuy-It-Now price is LOW and there is !

ALWAYS OF INTEREST TO THE ADVANCED COLLECTOR, BUT INCREASINGLY RARE, SUCH OBSCURE COLLECTIBLES ARE ONLY GETTING HOTTER!

Thishistoriclot isa real find in any shape, as most were likely used to create the desired page and then weresadlydiscarded, decades ago. We are now offering othernice vintage production pieces including many Batman and Superman rarities, plus rarecomic line art; And we\'ll be offering hundreds of other collectable comics in the nextfew months. Check out our items regularly!A lot has happened withthe comics in the pastsix-decades plus since this type of item was utilized, adding more allure to thefabled vintageitems such as this; so I don\'t suggest waiting around until these obscure items have gone through the roof.... The exclusive production pieces from the pre-code era arealways in demand, butare seldom available in the market, especially from a renowned artist\'s personal collection like this!Great gloss and clear lines, whichmust be seen in person to be appreciated. If you are a discriminating3D ephemera collectoror aseriousSuperman fan, and prefer unrestored items from a bygone era, then NOW is your brief window of opportunity! There are no stains and no tack-holes or rips; --it is hard to believe it\'sover six decades decades old! *THE STORY OF SUPERMAN! * We are prompt shippers & secure packagers, expect to be pleased.BUY IT NOW PRICE ISLOW AND THERE IS ! This sale includes:PRODUCTION ART TO A GREAT ORIGIN PAGE, A MEMORABLE TITLE PAGE, USED TO HELP CREATE A FAMOUS PAGE TO THE EPIC ORIGIN TALE IN SUPERMAN 3-D NN.

INCLUDES C.O.A. FROM THE JACK ADLER COLLECTION.

SUPERMAN MASTERPIECE BY THE RENOWNED JOE SHUSTER.RAREANTIQUE ORIGINAL PRODUCTIONPIECES, NOT SOME MODERN VERSION USED FOR A GN, REPRINT, COMPILATION,TPB, HARDCOVER BOOK,OR ARCHIVES VOLUME.

A MUST-HAVEGROUP FOR ANY TRUE 3-D BUFF.

SUPERMANIS SENT TO EARTH, AND FROM A VERY YOUNG AGE, DISPLAYS REMARKABLE ABILITIES!

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