HotmailFirst African-American comic book on auction
‘All-Negro Comics’ was 1947 brainchild of black journalist Orrin C. Evans
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updated 9:21 a.m. ET March 10, 2009
NEW YORK - The comic book that's billed as the first ever created by African-Americans for a black audience is up for auction.
A copy of All-Negro Comics No. 1, as it was called, is up for sale by comics entrepreneur Stephen Fishler. He says the comic is very rare — lasting one issue in 1947.
All-Negro Comics sold for 15 cents and was the brainchild of a black Philadelphia journalist, Orrin C. Evans.
The comic book, featuring such characters as detective Ace Harlem and Hep Chicks on Parade, is for sale as part of the online ComicConnect Event Auction. It began Feb. 27 and continues March 13, 14 and 15.
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