ELDER, Art

Blue Streak and Doctor Medusa [Whitman 2313]

Racine: Whitman Publishing Co., 1946. Francis Kirn. First Edition. Hardcover with Dust Jacket. 8vo. Pp. 248. Illustrated with ink drawings. Textured blue cloth, titles printed in orange on the cover and spine. Illustrated endpapers. Rear hinge starting; age-toned leaves of inferior paper; covers bright and square. In the color-illustrated jacket advertising the publisher's Classics Series and Mystery and Adventure titles. Wear to head and tail of spine; light stains to rear panel. Withal, a bright copy. Good+ / Very Good. Item #6364

Blue Streak is a superman in red tights, destroyer of criminal masterminds like the underground Doctor. The dust jacket illustration by Francis Kirn is a triumph of juvenile primary colors. Kim also illustrated children's books such as Mother Goose and produced the Uncle Wiggly comic strip. Dust jacket preserved in a clear, removable archival sleeve.

Price: $25.00