Knightsofold

I can’t help but feel it’s unethical for one company to use an often subjectiveness to assign such monetarily changing labels while at the same time offering the services to change said label.

What are your top 5 Timely Hitler covers?

If only real politics were as fun as this!

Four fantastic favorites.

All Select 01 All Select 02 All Select 11 All Winners 08 Cap 01 Cap 02 Cap 03 Cap 46 Daring Mystery 01 Human Torch 12 Marvel 01 Marvel 02 Marvel 04 Marvel 05 Marvel 09 Marvel 46 Marvel 82 Mystic 06 Red Raven 01 Sub Mariner 01 USA 07

My friend asked me about this, and I have no idea, but want to know! If anyone knows more or has seen these before, it has to be here. thanks!

Me too, but I’m guessing you just needed 4 different divisions and the grouping was based on the previous scores.

Tell me about these guys! The one on the left called it when he said invest in gold and silver comics.

A young Mr. Yee!

WTF, There’s actually something I agree with you on... 2 even in one post....

I think the first real “Marvel Universe” feel cover is: I think the first cover with a “Marvel Universe feel” is absent from most people’s list. No way it’s not a top 25 ga.

Fixed it, thanks! Clearly Pep 22 is the better book, but I think that in time the gap between the 2 will get smaller.

I’ll reflect on this annual favorite topic of mine a little differently this time. My list is heavily weighted by my opinions of: Historically significant Projected Pop culture and Cover art. In the last 5-10 years I’ve seen collecting trends, changes, in myself and many others. Achieving grails have changed my perception of value in ways I wouldn’t have predicted, but I feel wiser. I don’t collect to speculate on return of investment, I’ve always thought to myself that if I can get 1/2 of what I paid when/if the time comes for the real “keeper family heirloom type books” then it was worth the price of ownership. It’s fun to get the books that both you AND others will deem important over time, so it’s not all about me. The most enriching books to me are ones that inspire interest beyond the comic collecting crowd. The conversation pieces. This leads into some of the changes I’ve seen that affect my list the most. As we move further and further away from reading our comics (for many reasons, not just from slabbing), I find that unless the importance of the book isn’t self evident and represented and recognizable on the cover within seconds, the book will continue declining in value over time. 2nd, 3rd appearances of characters will slip out of relevance as more and more prefer the best of a genre or best classic cover over a substitute for a Tec 27 or Cap 1 etc. I also see books with important interiors, even 1st appearances like All star 8, more fun 73, strange tales 110 becoming passed by for a real instant dopamine rush book where the cover speaks for itself. A good example of this is All Star 8 vs a Wonder Woman 1. No one want to have to “sell” why an old piece of paper encased in plastic is cool. The very success of these books relied on the “Judge a book by it’s cover” motto. Blah blah, one last thing before my Tiers and list, I purposely devalued fmv, and that’s why many of the usual tops are gone. Unless a classic cover or significant importance, the books that are just placeholders for the real grail (action 1, tec 27) are gone. All books within a tier I consider equal, so I listed them alphabetically. Tier 1: Action 1 Tec 27 ————- Tier 2: Batman 1 Captain America 1 Marvel 1 Superman 1 Whiz 1 ————- Tier 3: All American 16 Tec 31 Flash 1 Sensation 1 Wonder Woman 1 ——— Tier 4: Adventure 40 All Star 3 All Star 8 Archie 1 Captain America 3 Tec 33 Tec 38 Marvel Mystery 9 More Fun 52 More Fun 73 Phantom lady 17 Suspense 3. #25 spot reserved for a book I forgot.

Besides Cap 1 and Marvel 1 my list would be:

Well done!! I never would’ve guessed wolvie 1 would have that many.

More early Timelys?

I didn’t see any bargains in the latest heritage auction especially if you consider many paid up to 10% additional from sales tax. IMO it did look like the start of a flipper purge due to multiple copies of lesser key silver and bronze “spec books”. For me I’ve slowed down in buying and completely stopped trading and upgrading ever since I had to pay the extra 10% sales tax. some heritage sales:

Grats on the upcoming arrival!

Yeah, you’d expect more vivid colors.

If the signatures were verified authentic by a reputable 3rd party the book would be quite valuable. A cap #3 with authenticated signatures from: Joe Simon Jack Kirby Alex Schomburg Stan Lee and Martin Goodman would be museum worthy.