Between the Covers

Unbound. Original comic strip artwork. Measuring 25.5" x 5.75". Pen and ink on artists board with shading in blue pencil throughout as is typical for this strip. Very good with light wear, tiny chip affecting the inscription, and creasing at the corners with one reinforced with tape on the rear. Inscribed below the final panel: "Very Best wishes to my pal, Jay Trackman, Sinc[erly] Ver[non], Nov 21, 1941." This short-lived strip ran from 1938-1942 at the height of The Shadow's popularity. Scripted by Shadow writer William Gibson, the art was drawn by Vernon Greene, best know as the successor to George McManus on the comic strip *Bringing Up Father*. This strip shows an imprisoned Shadow narrowly cheating death from an assassin's dagger while drawing his twin .45s and plotting his escape. A wonderful daily with a rare personal inscription.

Item #410615