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Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-12-37 (King Features Syndic

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Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-12-37 (King Features Syndic
<B>Floyd Gottfredson - Mickey Mouse Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-12-37 (King Features Syndicate, 1937).</B></I> This is the famous daily that tweaked Hitler... and got his goat! It's from the Floyd Gottfredson masterpiece "The Monarch of Medioka". This story was inspired by the 1937 swashbuckler movie "The Prisoner of Zenda" starring Ronald Coleman. Mickey helps defeat a rebel conspiracy by impersonating the kidnapped king. Thus, Gottfredson is able to draw two Mickeys per panel in this strip. In a detour from the film, Gottfredson turned the central plot of the story over to Mickey's democratic values, with Mickey proving throughout that the American Way had its good points. In pre-World War II Europe, the strip began to be banned, beginning in Yugoslavia. Hitler was behind the ban, and he insisted that other Axis countries follow suit. Mussolini was slow to comply, as the strip was his favorite, but he eventually went along with Hitler's demands. As a result of this censorship, the first youth rebellion against the Italian dictator rose up, and all because of a little American Mouse! Here's that world-famous Mouse in all his (double) glory, drawn by the man who handled his adventures for forty years! The image area measures approximately 25" x 6"; the art is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><B>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.