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FUNNYMAN #6 COMIC BOOK TITLE PAGE ORIGINAL ART BY JOE SHUSTER & DICK AYERS.

Artists: Dick Ayers (Penciller) , Joe Shuster (All)

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Title:	FUNNYMAN #6 COMIC BOOK TITLE PAGE ORIGINAL ART BY JOE SHUSTER & DICK AYERS.
Artist:	Dick Ayers (Penciller)
Artist:	Joe Shuster (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Title Page
For Sale Status:	AUCTION LIVE JULY 9TH, ENDS JULY 30-31ST!
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Added to Site:	7/1/2024
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14.25x21.75" art board contains original pencil and ink artwork. While Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster are w/o a doubt best known for creating Superman, he wasn't the only superhero they whipped up during the Golden Age of comics. Enter Funnyman, a clownish superhero w/a more comedic approach to superheroics. Unlike other characters they created, Siegel and Shuster were determined to retain the copyright to Funnyman. This was unacceptable to DC Comics, so they instead made a deal with Magazine Enterprises of Canada Ltd. The Funnyman series only lasted six issues, and a subsequent newspaper comic strip also fizzled. Funnyman proved to be the last professional collaboration of Siegel and Shuster, as Shuster's vision had deteriorated to the point he could no longer work. Offered here is pen and ink original art w/layouts for page 19 of the final issue, Funnyman #6 (August 1948) by Shuster and finished pencils by Dick Ayers (attributed) and inked by Siegel and Shuster Studio/Shuster Shop. Story page from Siegel's last storyline for Funnyman "The Super Snooper", features six panels, w/classic slapstick portrayals of practical jokes pulled by Funnyman, who appears in four panels. Title stat affixed to top margin. Margins have some scattered editorial pencil notes w/title and issue number inked at bottom margin. Artboard has some margin aging and shows lt. soiling. Artboard is VF overall and art could be matted and framed for nice display. Scarce art from a short-lived Golden Age title. Bill Byers Collection.

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