Explorer Joe (1951) comic books
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Published Nov 1952 by Ziff Davis.$5.20
- INCOMPLETE. Centerfold missing, interrupts art and story. 1/2" cumulative spine split. Lateral spine tear. Water spotting.
Painted cover by Norman Saunders. Stories and art by Bernie Krigstein, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino and Art Peddy. "Explorer" Joe Thomas, with his sidekick Gadabout, travels the world in search of his missing father. Tracking Viking relics in the frozen north, Joe and Co. encounter Commie spies and a still-living Viking, in a story with art by EC legend Bernie Krigstein. Joe seeks a missing mountain climber in the Himalayas and gets mixed up in a murder mystery. Explorer Joe follows a rumor that his father has become a Buddhist monk in remote Tibet. Plus a story with early art by Marvel legend Gil Kane and DC legend Carmine Infantino. Painted cover by Norman Saunders has the feel of a classic Doc Savage pulp cover. Eric the Red; Murder in the Himalayas; The Challenge; Top-Secret Polar Mission; The Devil a Monk Would Be. Final issue of the series. 32 pages, Full Color. Cover price $0.10.


