Show me your Timely's and I'll show you mine. Have a Cigar... 30 30

[Dr_Neff]

My favorite Timely's

[PUNYHUMAN]

Boy,you don't see those books often,that's for sure!!!! Cool!!

[Dr_Neff]

I was very happy to get them for sure, that # 2 is just decimated, It's like it was in a fire or something (at a seamstress - it's cut all the way through at the bottom middle 2" or so) ~ complete though ~ I am going to can it encapsulated just to save it from going further downhill !

 

I can't remember if it was Vancouver Exchange Student or Lost Valley Girl pedigree that had one or both...anybody?

[Timely]

[nearmint]

Kids read comics?

[Paris_Fred]

Just received from the "San Diego Hanger" collection a sweet copy of Daring Mystery Comics # 8.

Did a search in "Show me your Timely's", nobody post it yet.

I really like those Kirby Timely covers.

Thanks to Steve for the fast shipping.

 

[Jeffreykli]

Just received from the "San Diego Hanger" collection a sweet copy of Daring Mystery Comics # 8.

Did a search in "Show me your Timely's", nobody post it yet.

I really like those Kirby Timely covers.

Thanks to Steve for the fast shipping.

 

 

Fred,

 

Nice book! Great pickup.

[Larryw7]

Just received from the "San Diego Hanger" collection a sweet copy of Daring Mystery Comics # 8.

Did a search in "Show me your Timely's", nobody post it yet.

I really like those Kirby Timely covers.

Thanks to Steve for the fast shipping.

 

 

Beautiful!

[rjpb]

Nice book! I love the "featuring your popular favorites" - I can't think of a more obscure line up featured on a GA book - Timely or otherwise.

[drbenway25]

Heres another one gotten by Paris_Fred.

The Successor to Daring Mystery 8 (scan in the raw )

 

 

 

Slabbed out at 7.0. Rare Timely!

 

 

See ya in San Diego Fred

[Timely]

Full text written by Stan Lee about Alex Schomburg:

 

I've always felt that Alex Schomburg was to comic books what Norman Rockwell was to The Saturday Evening Post. He was totally unique, with an amazing distinctive style. You could never mistake a Schomburg cover for any other artist's. When it came to illustrating covers, there was simply no one else in Alex's league.

 

Now then, lest it sound as though I'm a long-time fan of Alex Schomburg, this is the time to set the record straight. You can bet your entire comic book collection I am!

 

And I'm not the only one. I remember 'way back in the early '40s when Martin Goodman was the publisher of Timely Comics (which was destined to become world-famous Marvel Comics some twenty years later), I remember hearing Martin tell me time and again how great a cover illustrator Alex was, and how he wished we had more like him. And take it from me, O true believer, publishers have never been known for bestowing praise lightly.

 

Alex's artwork was so unique, so stylized, that I can remember it as clearly now as when I first saw it at the dawn of the Golden Age of Comics. Here's why...

 

He was the only artist I knew able to combine strong, dramatic layouts, and exciting superhero action with a simplistic, almost cartoony style of execution. One could never be sure if Alex was an illustrator who approached his work like a cartoonist, or a cartoonist who chose to render his artwork like an illustrator. But whatever the answer, the end results were nothing short of superb.

 

One other thing must be noted. In the world of comic books, deadlines are of paramount importance. If an artist doesn't deliver his pages on time, the magazine just won't be published. Well, despite the quantity of work we gave him, despite the care and effort that went into every Schomburg cover, I cannot remember Alex ever being late with any illustration. He was as reliable as he was talented.

 

At the bullpen itself, our whole staff of artists and writers was enthusiastic Schomburg fans. We used to wonder how he managed to get so much detail in every cover. No matter how difficult the scene, no matter how many people, Alex drew them clearly, accurately and excitingly. If he had to draw a bridge, you'd see every rivet, every girder in the structure. If he drew a crowd scene, you'd see everyone in the crowd doing something specific and interesting.

 

In short, Alex Schomburg never faked it. He gave both the comic book company and the reader their money in spades, and he did it with style, with humor, with talent and grace.

 

 

West

[PUNYHUMAN]

There will never be another one like him!! Generations later,he still leaves a impact!! I turned my son on to him ,& he loves his covers & art. Generations from now when we pass on from this Mortal Coil, Alex Schomburg will still be Collected & Loved,IMHO!! His art is that Timeless & Historical!!

[The Black Hand ®]

As great and prolific a cover artist that he was, I think his less cluttered covers were the best. Like Suspense 3, if you can call that less cluttered. You have a point of immediated focus and then secondary ponts of focus.I'm no expert by the way, there are just a lot of his covers that don't have that type of simple yet powerful impact.

[Timely]

Schomburg definately put detail into his work (some call it clutter). One of his more powerful yet less "cluttered" covers is All Winners #8, check your Gerbers!

 

West

[The Black Hand ®]

Now that's what I like!

[ft88]

Not the most common Timely, in fact I'm not even sure it is a Timely but Overstreet says it is so it must be true. Actually, any info on this publisher would be of help to me. Inside front cover says 1945 Euclid Publishing Company, 350 Fifth Avenue.

 

[Larryw7]

This just arrived today. If I can't have the first issue of MARVEL COMICS, then at least I can have the last issue.

 

[Timely]

MMC #92 is a cool book...origin of the Human Torch, cool Captain America story and the only appearance of the Witness in MMC.

 

West

[Apotheosis]

Are you reading comics at work again?

[Larryw7]

MMC #92 is a cool book...origin of the Human Torch, cool Captain America story and the only appearance of the Witness in MMC.

 

West

 

I paged through it yesterday. It is a really awesome book!