Mego Superhero Prototypes discovered (and for sale!)

[The Super Collector]

Heritage Auction Strikes again with more from the collection of sculptor Gene Salamacha, who it turns out sculpted the original line of Mego’s World’s Greatest Superheroes. This latest offering may be the strongest pieces of Mego history every put up on auction as the offering contains clay and hard copies for Robin, Superman, Aquaman and Tarzan. As well as a considerable amount of early attempts of certain characters.

http://www.megomuseum.com/mego-superhero-prototypes-discovered-and-for-sale/

[Tom L]

That is just incredible!!!!!

[The Super Collector]

Ladies and gentlemen, what Robin almost looked like.
early-robin.jpg

[hedrap]

wow....what would rotos of those look like now?

[pmwasson]

Wow! What an amazing opportunity.

[Earth 2 Chris]

I was always weirded out bey Robin's double curl hair. I recognized it from the animated opening, but the TV show and all my comics showed him with parted hair. Years later I learned that was the original comic hairdo.

But now we know Mego was initially going to give us a more Burt Ward-like Robin!!!

This may be the biggest Mego news of the decade. Fantastic stuff!!!

Chris

[Earth 2 Chris]

Is the head in the lower left corner an early Captain Marvel/Shazam sculpt?

Chris

[clemso]

This is just the most astonishing find in Mego history ... ever!

[MIB41]

What an incredible piece of history!!! WOW!

[samurainoir]

what are we looking at here? Alfred E Newman? This would have been amazing if so.

http://dyn2.heritagestatic.com/lf?set=path%5B1%2F4%2F1%2F6%2F6%2F14166571%5D%2Csizedata%5B612x500%5D&call=url%5Bfile%3Aproduct.chain%5D

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[clemso]

And who is this suppose to be? Heritage Auctions are suggesting Captain Marvel Jr.

[libby 1957dog]

looking how it resembles one of the unused superman type sculpts
superboy maybe ?

[cjefferys]

Whoa, what an incredible find!

[PNGwynne]

Wonderful find.

[vulcan2074]

This is unbelievably cool.
Sammy