focal ratio Comics , a relatively illustrious name among Golden Age comical volume titles , was start by a company named after a little AL township .
Brookwoodis a small town near Birmingham , Alabama . While it was officially incorporated in 1977 , comics industry pioneerFrank Z. Temersonconsidered it his hometown whenhe graduated from the Chattanooga College of Law in 1913 . Temerson must have had fond memories of the place , because he name the comic Koran publisher he formed withMaurice Rosenfieldand Maurice ’s fatherJ. A. RosenfieldBrookwood , after that small Alabama town . It ’s widely make love that comics publishing company Et - tocopherol - Go as a company name was inspired by shorthand for Temerson ’s sisters Etta , Esther , and Goldie , and lesser known that publisher Helnit is named after Temerson ’s niece , Helen and Anita , who were Goldie ’s daughters . Temerson had yet another imprint called Nita as well . Temerson ’s roots were apparently important to him , and while the historically important comic Word titleSpeed Comicsis commonly connect with Harvey Publications , the title really got its offset at Temerson ’s Brookwood . There areseveral issues of the former Golden AgeSpeed Comicstitlefrom publishing firm Brookwood up for auction in the2022 August 14 - 15 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction # 122233at Heritage Auctions .
upper Comicsstar Shock Gibson was a pretty typical superhero in the Superman mold . An experiment take chemistry and electricity move awry and transform a scientist into a superhuman . Shock Gibson had unbelievable speciality , but interestingly , he could not fly and seemed to have a limited point of invulnerability . The claim reportedly did not sell well on the already - competitive comic Koran grocery of the time , and Brookwood published 11 issues before selling it to Harvey Publications . All of these former issues have very modest CGC census numbers game , but there areseveral issues of the other Golden AgeSpeed Comicstitlefrom publisher Brookwood up for auction in the2022 August 14 - 15 Sunday & Monday Comic Books Select Auction # 122233at Heritage Auctions .
Speed Comics # 4 ( Harvey , 1940 ) CGC GD 2.0 slimly brittle varlet . Maurice Scott masking and nontextual matter . George Tuska , Bob Powell , and Dick Briefer taradiddle and prowess . Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 value = $ 148 . CGC census 8/22 : 3 in 2.0 , 9 higher .
focal ratio Comics # 6 ( Harvey , 1940 ) CGC Apparent GD- 1.8 Slight ( B-1 ) Cream to off - white pages . Shock Gibson plow . Dick Briefer , Bob Powell , and George Tuska art . CGC notes , " return include : small amount of colour touch on cover song . ( All three edges of top trimmed . ) tape recording on cover and interior cover . " Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 value = $ 138 .
Speed Comics # 7 ( Harvey , 1940 ) CGC FR 1.0 Cream to off - white page . Shock Gibson cover . CGC notes , " Spine of screening completely cleave and incubate detached . " Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 value = $ 138 . CGC census 8/22 : 1 in 1.0 , 8 high .
speeding Comics # 8 ( Harvey , 1940 ) CGC FR 1.0 Light tan to off - white pages . Bob Powell news report , traverse , and art . Klaus Nordling , Dick Briefer , and George Tuska fine art . CGC notes , " Spine completely split and back cover come away . " Overstreet 2022 GD 2.0 value = $ 138 . CGC census 8/22 : 2 in 1.0 , 9 higher .
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