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For the past 30 years Russ Cochran has been collecting and publishing comic art.
Russ Cochran was born in West
Plains, Missouri. Without television in the 1940s, Russ
developed a passion for comic books.
In 1964 Russ earned his Ph.D. in
Physics and became the Chairman of the Drake University Physics
Department in Des Moines, Iowa.
As time passed, Russ felt the
desire to become a collector of the comic books he had always enjoyed
in his youth. The hobby brought him to his first comic book convention
in 1965. Russ pursued a collector connection with Bill Gaines,
publisher of EC Comics and MAD Magazine. Bill Gaines and Russ Cochran
shared a mutual enthusiasm which led to a great friendship. Their
relationship inspired Russ Cochran to republish the entire collection
of EC comics.
In 1975 Russ followed his dream by
moving back to West Plains, Missouri while devoting all of his energy
toward publishing. Today Russ Cochran Auction offers select comic
art for those collectors who share his appreciation and nostalgia. |
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