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Some considerations that are not only scarce in the marketplace but historically aren’t as easily available: Red Raven 1 Daring Mystery 1-4 Mystics 3,4,8-10 Marvel 1,5,9 (MPFW1 is technically a Funnies, Inc movie premium that was never distributed publicly; 8-9 surviving file copies do make it quite rare)

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Good question. I know he started working for Better (not doing comic covers yet) way before Timely. Goodman liked him as evidenced by hiring Schomburg to do many of his early covers (Daring Mystery 1-5, Marvel Mystery 3-11) over any pulp artist (Frank R. Paul) that he had easy access to. I believe Goodman paid him well, as Timely was the Wild West and Goodman liked high impact, bloody, anti Axis themed covers. Alex liked radios and mechanical objects and became a master at detailing tanks, bridges, planes, etc. Schomburg was also in his mid 30s when Pearl Harbor broke out, so he was too old to be drafted. Many other artists (Kirby, Simon) were still young enough to be drafted. Thus, Schomburg was left to do a lot of the covers - a major war effort contribution on his part.

Alex Schomburg is my vote (and I love Kirby). Since he was a commercial artist doing large advertising for companies like Sanka Coffee and film previews, he would do as many as 9 covers in a week. And, yes, Schomburg did do interiors (check Capt Daring story in USA 7) - just not often because he was hired by several publishers to primarily draw covers.

The 9 has always been a big ticket Timely - with a menacing face, Subby goes to town on an El train - the details of the nuts and bolts exploding off the steel girder is a classic mechanical detail that only Schomburg could pull off. It’s the best Subby cover of the golden age, scarce (like #5), and the first time two superheroes battle. The battle issues between Torch and Subby have always went for a premium, and are some of the most highly sought after of all the Timelys. The 9 does not come to public sale often. The clash starts to brew as early as issue 6, in the 7 it’s obvious they will clash as Subby starts to destroy NYC, the initial battle is somewhat brief in issue 8 and told in both perspectives (first Subby’s then the Torch’s), the 9 delivers the full blown goods of the battle story/cover, and the 10 (great Schomburg cover nonetheless) is sort of a dud ending the battle in a one page standstill.

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Very nice December 15 (12-15) arrival date in upper left corner of the cover. Cap 1 had an official release date of 12-20-40.

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Have to have one for me and you

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Nice, Vern 😉

Timelys are 🔥 Can barely acquire any complete low grade Timelys for under $1000-$1500 these days.

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I remember trading you a mid grade All Winners 9 for a 3.5 white USA 10 many moons ago

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Another great copy, Steve