Matt Baker

Fiction House Nov 1944

Jumbo Comics #69

Jumbo Comics #69
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First published interior art in the comic book industry by Matt Baker, the first known black artist in comics
Baker is credited as having illustrated the first graphic novel, It Rhymes With Lust
Baker's name is synonymous with the term 'Good Girl Art' which referred to stimulating illustrations of women
Baker defined the classic Phantom Lady imagery which caused him to be a target of Dr. Frederic Wertham, author of "Seduction of the Innocent"
Fox Mar 1948

Zoot Comics #14

Zoot Comics #14
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a girl nailed by the wrists to a tree with blood flowing from her wounds
Fox Apr 1948

Phantom Lady #17

Phantom Lady #17
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Cover art by Matt Baker
Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: Wertham writes of the cover art, 'sexual stimulation by combining headlights with the sadist's dream of tying up a woman' - headlights a reference to her breasts
💰Top Sale: 9.6 sold for $456,000 in 2021
St. John Oct 1948

Crime Reporter #2

Crime Reporter #2
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: a woman wearing a skirt has one leg fastened to a chair and the other, raised and tied to a box as a man approaches her with a hot poker
Reprint of Dynamic Comics #17
St. John Nov 1948

Authentic Police Cases #6

Authentic Police Cases #6
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Referenced in Seduction of the Innocent, led to establishing the Comics Code Authority
Reason: sexual innuendo of a woman speaking to a man saying, "ya ain't gonna shoot anybody with dat rod are ya?"

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