My first complete Timely run!

[Socratic Wonder]

Congrats Vern! An awesome acomplishment

[kryptonitecomics]

Amazing accomplishment

[VintageComics]

Thanks Roy. Well, the chase never really ends. I would like to upgrade a number of the issues and I still need about 20 MM's, 30 Caps, 10 Torches, etc. Its an illness.

 

Vern

 

Hey, speaking of which, want a nice upgrade to the Subby #18?

 

[Silver Surfer]

Vern this is awesome, I know how long you have been searching for a nice copy of issue #9 which is very tough to find. Don't be shy, show off the #32. (thumbs u

[Blind Owl]

Congrats on a great accomplishment!!!

 

If you are taking requests, I'd like to see #28 & #29.

 

Also..if you don't mind sharing (we all have our opinions, and sometimes it's a case of being there at the right time)...but I'd like to know (in your opinion, since you have now finished the run), besides #9 which others were the toughest for you to aquire. Thanks!!!

[podboy66]

here's another part of the run

 

 

[Flash105]

Two things I love about these covers:

 

1. Bondage

2. Politically incorrect

 

Very cool run. Timely covers are the best.

[Straw-Man]

Vern.

 

 

How does it feel to complete something like that as that is quite an accomplishment...do you feel satisfied or will you miss the chase?

 

miss the chase? like me, he'll be after another [or multiple] timely run ASAP.

 

well done vern; i'm very proud for you. get a big group shot up when you can, please.

[comicdonna]

Very nice! Congratulations!

[The Troll King]

Awesome! I can only dream to have such an accomplishment!

[telerites]

I would normal post this in the Timely thread but felt compelled to start a new thread to celebrate the completion of my Subby run! My apologies in advance for clogging up the Golden Age forum.

 

In the summer of 1996, I purchased my first two Timely/Atlas superhero comics at my LCS, a VG Subby 35 and a beater Subby 27. I had been collecting comics since I was 11 years old and by this time had a 70% complete Silver Age/Bronze Age Marvel collection.

 

Growing up, I had dreamed of owning a complete run of silver and bronze age Marvels but I never dreamed about about owning any golden age Timely's. I had only seen maybe a handful of Timely's in my life at a number of LCS's. I had always been fascinated by reprints of the Bill Everett Subby stories in the Invanders, Marvel Superheroes and Fantasy Masterpieces. So over the last 12+ years, I worked on completing my Silver Age Marvel collection and I acquired the ocassional Timely on the way. But over the last few years, the lure of the Timely's took over and I gave up my quest for the Silver Age Marvels.

 

So, without any further blah, blah.

 

Subby 9 and my Subby run is complete!

 

 

This certainly deserves its own thread. That is sensational.

[podboy66]

Vern.

 

 

How does it feel to complete something like that as that is quite an accomplishment...do you feel satisfied or will you miss the chase?

 

miss the chase? like me, he'll be after another [or multiple] timely run ASAP.

 

well done vern; i'm very proud for you. get a big group shot up when you can, please.

 

Thanks Billy. That's high praise. I'll try to get a group shot together over the next week, need to get down to the bank. Here's a few more scans in the meantime.

 

 

[G.A.tor]

now you just have to finish your MMC run

[Silver Surfer]

Vern keep them coming!

[podboy66]

[Silver Surfer]

now you just have to finish your MMC run

 

A North Carolina dealer had a low grade but nice MMC#2 on GoAntiques site forever but I see that its now gone.

[143ksk]

Congrats Vern. That's a great accomplishment

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Congrats Vern. The Subby run was my favorite...I should've stuck with it...but having a minimum grade threshold of VF was counter-productive.

 

Nice job!

[adamstrange]

Congratulations!!!

 

So many great comics in this run!!! And the Everett subby art is

 

[podboy66]

Here are the last of the scan that I have handy. I'll post a group shot in the near future.