Essential Harvey Kurtzman #2 - Trump Complete Collection HC Book Dark Horse NEW For Sale

Trump: The Complete Collection - The Groundbreaking Magazine by the Creator of MAD! Featuring the talents of Harvey Kurtzman, Will Elder, Al Jaffee, Jack Davis, Mel Brooks, Arnold Roth, Russ Heath, Wally Wood and a Hilarious Host of Others! - Denis Kitchen & John Lind, editors / Essays & Annotations by Denis Kitchen / Kitchen Sink Books (Dark Horse Comics) / First Edition, First Printing / 2016 / 190 pgs / Oversized Hardcover Format w/o Dust Jacket w/ printed covers (as issued) //This is not a remainder or library copy.// In new, unread condition // \"Harvey Kurtzman created the publishing sensation MAD and in 1956 could have played his strong hand into a lucrative equity deal with EC (Comics) publisher Bill Gaines. Instead he bolted from MAD to join another 1950s publishing sensation, Hugh Hefner and Playboy. Hefner provided the format and big budget that Kurtzman had dreamed of. The resulting new color satire magazineTrump was lavish, ambitious, and star-studded, featuring Mel Brooks, Will Elder, Jack Davis, Wally Wood, Arnold Roth, and Al Jaffee among others. Trump held enormous promise. But, for complex reasons, Hefner pulled the plug before the third issue was finished. For the first time in six decades the legendary magazine is finally collected, featuring much never-before-seen art, including the surviving contents of the long-lost Trump #3. For comics archaeologists, this is a print version of King Tut\'s tomb. With essays and annotations by Kurtzman expert Denis Kitchen that put the 1956-57publication in context, this long-overdue collection will be a revelation to fans of Kurtzman and his crew of madmen, satire, and popular American culture.\"