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Title: CAVALIER COMICS No. 2 [1st Issue]
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Publisher:A.W. Nugent Publishing Co. [Indicia: Sture Ashberg]
Date Published: [1945]
Description: Good (2.0). Spine stress, 2" split to bottom spine, small split to mid-spine, color mottling to spine and top edge of cover, bottom right corner of front cover creased and chipped. Cream pages, light tan edges.

GPAnalysis: No reported sales in this grade. Lowest reported grade is a 6.5 that sold for $79 in 10/20..

Overstreet: "Early DC reprints. Speed Saunders, Fang Gow." CGC Census: 7 graded copies (7 Universal, none Restored). Gerber's Photo-Journal Guide Scarcity Index: 5 ("Less common than average: 200-1000 copies").

Credits: Cover: Uncredited. Art: Leo O'Mealia, Sven Elven, Creig Flessel.Cavalier of Clay: The cover boy, a Prince Valiant wannabe, is nowhere to be seen inside the pages. Instead, there's a bunch of stories reprinted from DC's More Fun, New Comics, and Detective Comics, with one original story mixed in. This enigmatic ragbag of trademark-trampling swipes and apparently unauthorized reprints is one of a handful of mystifying DC clones from this era. See also: Atomic Comics, Federal Men Comics, Bingo Comics, Warrior Comics.****************************************
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