Best War Covers...

[Apotheosis]

Ok, I'm sure there's been one of these threads at some point, but a search by title for "War Covers" turned up nothing so here we go.

 

I've always had a huge interest in WWII. Now that you fine folks have piqued my interest in GA comics I've discovered that I can combine the two. Since I'm still new to the GA world though I was hoping that you guys could post some of your favorite war covers.

 

My primary interest in WWII is all the wonderful airplanes so this series definitely grabbed me quickly...

 

 

The B-17 is my favorite

[rjpb]

The Golden Age Have a Cigar thread has alot of great war covers posted. If airplanes are your main interest than Wings is a great title to collect - and fairly cheap as well. L.B. Cole did some beautiful WW2 airplane covers for Contact, Captain Aero and Captain Flight.

[tth2]

I love WW II airplanes too, and that cover is a beauty!

[Timely]

My Favorite

 

Timely

 

 

[buttock]

A few of my faves, I'm partial to flamethrowers.

[buttock]

Here's a classic. Harley is selling this copy on Ebay right now. Mine's a little nicer, but still has the damage at the top. This book is oversized, and I've never seen a copy without the top 1/2 inch of the spine bent.

[buttock]

Classic WWII stuff...

[kryptonitecomics]

Is that his guts being blown out

 

 

If so that is just too cool

[kryptonitecomics]

Here is one of the few war covers I own. The great thing about this is I got it off Ebay for very little, and once it arrived I found out if had like 6 or 8 pages of Frazetta art inside

 

[buttock]

I love those old Heroics. That's one of the better covers I've seen. And they're dirt cheap.

[PedigreeMan]

 

[PedigreeMan]

 

[PedigreeMan]

 

[tth2]

Fantastic! Love those P-40s!

[Apotheosis]

That's an awesome plane cover. P-40's have a special place in my heart.

 

***mental note: write that comic down as a must buy***

[Apotheosis]

Alright PedigreeMan... I went in search of some of these Flying Aces comics and I could find even a single issue on any of the sites that I know of that sell GA stuff. Do you have any idea where I can look for them at? And do you have any more covers to show us?

[PedigreeMan]

I'm glad you guys like! I'm usually quite reticent to show books from my collection on such a public forum, but once I read you wanted to see WWII airplane covers I just couldn't resist posting that Flying Aces #1.... And then I realized the other two comics I posted were just too nice not to share, also! (I especially love the "wash effect" on the Navy Action.)

 

Apotheosis, I'm sorry but I don't know of any places you may be able to find copies of Flying Aces. War books aren't my speciality ... I just own a bunch of them because they were such a large part of my favorite pedigree!

 

As for more covers to show ...? I did a cursory look at my collection last night but couldn't find any other unique WWII airplane covers. There are a couple of cool Korean War era ones, though. Any interest?

 

Alan

[drbanner]

I'm usually quite reticent to show books from my collection on such a public forum, but once I read you wanted to see WWII airplane covers I just couldn't resist posting that Flying Aces #1....

 

Why's that? Sharing our hobby/collections with other collectors is one of the best aspects of the board!

[PedigreeMan]

I'm usually quite reticent to show books from my collection on such a public forum, but once I read you wanted to see WWII airplane covers I just couldn't resist posting that Flying Aces #1....

 

Why's that? Sharing our hobby/collections with other collectors is one of the best aspects of the board!

 

Why? Because I'm a card-carrying member of the Comic Mafia, and we just don't talk about "this thing of ours."

 

But seriously ... I'm just a fairly private person. And when I look and see over 2500 registered users here and lord-knows-how-many anonymous viewers on a day-to-day basis, it just sorta creeps me out that every one of them could potentially know what I own.

 

Weird? Probably ....

 

Alan

[nearmint]

I've posted this elsewhere, but maybe some of you missed it...