What are the true 'classic covers' of the Marvel SA?

[ComicConnoisseur]

This is Marvel of the silver age.

This is power!

 

[Killgrave]

I feel like I look for threads to use this scan...

 

But I think this cover is awesome and one of the "classic covers"!

 

 

As I wrote in the DD#1 thread, I think the cover actually lets down the book when compared to other keys.

 

I would have liked to have seen it less like a modern day gossip magazine with no cross overs along the side and more focus on DD himself.

 

Something like this;

 

 

Background courtesy of The Owl (issue 20)

 

[shenk4896]

ASM 3 has always been my favorite

[Bronty]

Love ASM 3

[HarveySwick]

As I wrote in the DD#1 thread, I think the cover actually lets down the book when compared to other keys.

 

I would have liked to have seen it less like a modern day gossip magazine with no cross overs along the side and more focus on DD himself.

I know a lot of people feel that way but I think that is the reason I DO like it! it stands out! It's different! It has the look of a really old-time book... "Come see thrills and chills and action!"

 

I like how they were boasting about Spider-man and Fantastic Four which were like the WD and Saga during that time! Fantastic Four " Gorgeous Karen Page"... "Fun-loving Foggy Nelson" ... just kind of takes you back to a bygone era! The way the gangsters are depicted dressed in suits - not XXXL white Tshirts! Karen Pages hair style and top! Sexy!

 

You just get the feel that you're looking at an old photograph or any old newspaper/magazine ad from those times... I think those are the reasons I do like it!

[*Bronze age fan*]

Who could've passed this one on the stands ? GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

 

Definitely in my Top 5! Maybe Top 4...

THX to a couple of vet boardie/collectors Billy and Jimbo to give this thread the bump it deserves!!

 

I've always loved the cover to ASM #4, as the bright red drew me in, and the four evenly-split images is pretty unique for a Spidey cover. I do sometimes wish Ditko's splash pages had been the covers though, as I think it would still have been a classic...

 

 

 

That cover blows the real #4 away!

[Bronty]

Honestly I prefer the published #4

[HarveySwick]

Honestly I prefer the published #4

+1 I like the sense of surprise turning to shock turning to horror as Spidey's being "buried" in sand in those four panels.

 

And he's all along so there's a sense of helplessness to it.

[jimbo_707]

One of my favorite SA covers! Unfortunately, I sold my copy years ago (all with most of my other SA, before SA took off).

[pmpknface]

That FF #39 is cool, but I always thought this one was cooler:

 

 

Oh, and I'd vote for the new splashy cover to ASM #4. I usually like panel covers, but that splash is just soooooooooooo much better!