Original Batman And Superman Ink Illustration Comic Artwork By George Tuska.

$

575

For sale is an original pen and ink comic illustration artwork by George Tuska. 

This piece came from the Gilbert Jonas collection. Gilbert Jonas was an renown American businessman and Civil Rights pioneer. He was an avid collector of Art Deco and illustration artwork. This piece came from the sale of his estate. 

This piece was in his private collection. It is ungraded as far as we can see. There is a signature on the bottom of George Tuska. 

It is pen and ink with some white highlighting including over the signature in red. It has not been removed from its frame by us for further inspection. It appears to be in excellent condition. 

The illustration is of Batman in an action comic scene. There is a number 9 in the bottom right corner.  We have included pictures of all the scenes. All of the captions are pictured in order to read the scenes.

This piece is gallery framed and matted under glass.

It measures:

Framed: 19 1/4" x 13 1/2" 

Image - 15 1/4" x 10 1/4"

George Tuska studied art at the National Academy of Design. He began working on a variety of strips for comic books in the late 1930s at the Eisner and Eiger studio. In the 1940s Tuska drew stories for Fawcett Publications (Captain Marvel). Tuska later worked for Lev Gleason on "Crime Does Not Pay", a popular series that featured some of Tuska's best work. Tuska also worked on Newspaper strips, including Scorchy Smith and Buck Rogers. 

In the 1960s Tuska began a long association with Stan Lee and Marvel Comics on their Super-Hero line, including Iron-Man, Captain America, Sub-Mariner and Luke Cage. Tuska worked for many other companies over the years, including DC (Bat-Man, Superman), Gold Key (Man from UNCLE) and Tower Comics (Thunder Agents). 

Tuska is a pioneer comics artist - a strong storyteller who has worked in every genre. He has a strong cinematic eye and continues to do commision work into his 80's.