Today in Comics History, June 2, 1951: Kids all over America cut out this check and cash it, driving Marvel Comics into bankruptcy

from "The Phantom Pen" in Astonishing #6 (Marvel/20th Century Comic Corp., October 1951); pencils, inks, and letters (and scropt?) by Bill Everett
How do I know it's 1951? Because that's the date on the checks on this story's splash page!

Quite Possibly the World's Greatest Interruption

Panel from the Marvel Boy story "The Screaming Tomb!" in Astonishing #4 (June 1951); script (?), pencils, inks, and letters by Bill Everett

Same Story, Different Cover: Fighting foreign ports / In his tiny shorts

L: Marvel Boy #1 (December 1950), cover art by Russ Heath
R: Marvel Super Action #4 (November 1977), reprinting Marvel Boy #1, cover art by Dave Cockrum and Joe Sinnott

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