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ALL NEGRO COMICS #1 (1947) Super Rare On Many Wishlists
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ALL NEGRO COMICS #1 (1947) I had hinted at a suprise or two, well is number one. Literally. All Negro Comics #1 is one of those super scarce comic books that turn up on the wishlists of many collectors. These survivors sell at above Overstreet Price Guide listed values, as they usually end up on the auction block rather than the internet. The print run for this item as far as I can discern, is unknown but one authoritative publication listed this title as probably having less than ten copies in existence. We now know that t are more than ten known to exist. However this is an item that you would not expect to find on ebay, (and I've been checking occasionally for months). Yet 2 grading companies have listed a total of 12 in their census. One grading company census has only one of this title (grade=1.5 fair-good). While the other has a grand total (including this one) of 11 with 3 being graded at 1.5 fair-good (and one of these was restored). With this item being included in these 2 census', that leaves 12 known. Now ofcourse this does not account for any others that were never graded or are laying in someones basement but hopefully you get the picture. THIS IS ONE OF THOSE TITLES THAT MANY COLLECTORS KNOW OF BUT HAVE NEVER SEEN AN ACTUAL COPY OF! SO WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL? Well, t are always those comic books that have a special story or history associated with them. All Negro Comics #1, is one of those comic books. For starters, it is a "one shot", meaning that only one issue was ever published. T was to be an All Negro Comics #2, but more on that in a bit. Let's start with the publisher. Orrin C Evans, was an African American, who's father was of a complexion that he could "pass". As in "pass for white". This allowed the senior Evans to have a job that might not be readilly available to many blacks. This also allowed the Evans family to live in a neighborhood w other blacks could not. This allowed for some interesting moments as it has been said, that when visitors called at the Evans home, Orrin's mother would don an apron and pretend to be the maid! Now, all married women are the Queen of their castle but when your husband is "passing", t are different rules that apply. At these times, (you know company at the door) it is said that young Orrin would have to hide until the cost was clear. You know, sort of the Anne Frank thing. Only this was in his own home! Well, Orrin took an interest in writing. This gave way to jobs with negro newspapers and finally landed Orrin a reporters job at a mainstream (white) (or non black if you prefer)newspaper. During his tenure t , he was once forced to leave a police station (he was t in his capacity as a reporter) at gun point by a white officer , who thought that blacks only belonged, "on the other side of the bars"! Another perhaps more ominous incident occured when Orrin was sent to cover a press conference concerning the " Lindburgh Baby " kidnapping . Charles Lindburgh (yes, the famous aviator and father of the kidnapped child) held up the press conference until Orrin was removed, allegedly because Lindburgh did not think that blacks should be reporters! Yet, when Orrin C Evans died in 1971, he referred to as the "Dean of Black Reporters", in his New York Times obituary ! The last bit of this comic books unique history is that, when the second edition was ready for publication, Orrin found that his vendor for the paper would no longer sell to him ! Try as he might to find a new paper vendor, Orrin found that no vendor would sell him the paper he needed ! AND THAT FOLKS, IS WHY T IS NO ALL NEGRO COMICS #2 !! Now, all of this unpleasantry may seem a bit sensational for an ebay listing however it is part of the unique history of the publisher and All Negro Comics #1 itself . These events may have helped to inspire the creation of a Comic Book, by negro writers and artists. Know what else is part of this comics history?...
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