It's nearly impossible to pick your favorite three from all the classic Timely covers, but I think I finally settled on mine. Now, for this exercise you don't have to own the books, just covet them. And covet I do mightily!!
In no particular order, and with apologies to Cap 1 and a dozen Marvel Mystery's, here are my three, courtesy of Atlas Tales:
There was NO way Cap wasn't going to make the cut, and he was going to be punching somebody on the cover:
This Schomburg masterpiece has fascinated me since my earliest days in the hobby - for those of you lucky enough to own a copy, do you ever tire of drooling over it?
And with all the classic battles between the Torch and Subby, I feel this rounds out my top three perfectly:
There you have it: my top three favorite Timely covers. Now, tell me what I got wrong!