The fact that Baker was a black man rumored to have been gay or bisexual lends a zesty bit of tang to his legacy. More recently, awareness of Baker's primacy among 'Good Girl' artists has spread to modern day fans, aided by Ken Quattro's excellent book 'Invisible Men: The Trailblazing Black Artists of Comic Books,' and Jim Amash & Eric Nolan-Weathington's 'Matt Baker: The Art of Glamour.' Old-school comics hounds relished the challenge of untangling artist attribution mysteries in the pre-Internet era, and the ability to spot Baker's beauteous figures in a sea of Iger-employed imitators (including Jack Kamen) was a point of pride separating fanboys from fan-men. Most of Baker's pencils were inked by other hands, further obscuring his artistic authorship. Sharp-eyed Baker fans honed their expertise by identifying his contributions to stories by other artists (Baker worked for the Iger Studio, a piecemeal comics mill, and he often added female figures to other artists' work to jazz it up).

According to, this mag is approaching five-figure status even for low-to-mid-grade copies a 4.5 fetched $9900 in 2019, a 3.5 reached $7800 in February 2021, and a 3.0 hit $5877 in June 2021.īaker was a favorite of savvy collectors of 'Good Girl' comics in the early days of fandom. Speculator site picked Seven Seas #4 to share the number one slot in a 2019 list of the five hottest Matt Baker covers (it shared the honor with South Seas #6), and prices for this book are zooming. This mag has gone white-hot with fans and investors in recent years. More recently, a 3.0 sold for $5877 in June 2021, and a 3.5 sold for $7800 in February 2021.Ĭlassic cover, featuring Matt Baker's tropical beauty, Alani the 'South Sea Girl,' fighting a great white shark. Matt Baker, Bob Webb, Frank Little, Bob Hebberd. Scripts: Ruth Roche (as Rod Roche), Manning Lee Stokes (as Thorne Stevenson), others. Crack the slab and re-submit? Cover: Matt Baker. NOTE: PBA examined this mag before submitting it to CGC, and we believe this book to be slightly undergraded.

CGC certified: Fine+ (6.5). Off-white pages.

Invisible Men by Ken Quattro