The DEGREE of KEY (or books on your KEY list) 2 2

[vaillant]

There is NO love for the Defenders and Dr. Strange…

 

Hey Im impressed there's been one Dr Strange listed! When you are constrained to 5, it's tough.

 

Doctor Strange #183, Sub-Mariner #22 and Incredible Hulk #126 form a single story, that is why I listed them together. To me they are among the most important "key" of the late Silver Age, as important as Marvel Feature #1 but they preceed Bronze.

[vaillant]

Modern:

Walking Dead 1

Batman Adventures 12

Spider-Man 300

NM 98

Spider-Man 252

 

But except Walking Dead, Rip, all these are Copper…

[Reversed-migration]

(1) Cerebus 1

(2) Giant-Size X-Men 1

(3) Marvel Feature 1

(4) Conan 23

(5) Marvel Feature 15

 

Series ended at #12…

 

Special Marvel Edition #15?

[jsilverjanet]

(3) BB28 (Miraclemet is correct about this)

(4) SHOWCASE 4 (right again)

 

I like the cut of this guys jib.

 

 

 

(1) ASM121 (I don't care what anyone says about ASM122)

 

rescinded.

 

 

 

 

[ComicConnoisseur]

Golden

 

(1)Detective Comics 27

(2)Action Comics 1

(3)Batman 1(I always thought Joker and Catwoman were more popular than Cap)

(4)Captain America 1

(5)Superman 1

 

Silver

 

(1) Amazing Fantasy 15

(2)Tales of Suspense 39(Might end up the king of Silver Age)

(3) Incredible Hulk 1

(4) X-Men 1

(5)Fantastic Four 1

 

Bronze

 

(1) Incredible Hulk #181

(2) Star Wars 1 35 cent variant(rarer than Walking Dead 1)

(3) Giant Size X-Men 1

(4)Iron Man 55

(5)Cerebus 1

 

Copper

 

(1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

(2) Transformers #1(Marvel did influence this iconic creation)

(3) G I Joe #1(ditto)

(4) Dark Knight Returns #1

(5) Watchmen #1

 

Modern

 

(1) Walking Dead #1

(2) Batman Adventures #12

(3) Bone #1(rising in value)

(4) New Mutants 98

(5) Spawn 1

 

Edited October 5, 2013 by ComicConnoisseur

[DeliBebek]

(1) Cerebus 1

(2) Giant-Size X-Men 1

(3) Marvel Feature 1

(4) Conan 23

(5) Marvel Feature 15

 

(thumbs u

 

(1) Cerebus 1

(2) Giant-Size X-Men 1

(3) Marvel Feature 1

(4) Conan 23

(5) Marvel Feature 15

 

Series ended at #12…

I mean Marvel Premiere 15. Sorry. There were actually two Marvel Feature series, though. The second one was all Red Sonja, but still only 7 issues. The ironic thing is I accidentally typed Marvel Premiere on the first Marvel Feature but realized that was wrong.

 

 

[DeliBebek]

(5) Four Color 386

 

178

It's a tough call, the first appearance or the first feature story. I feel drawn to the latter.

[HarveySwick]

(1) Cerebus 1

(2) Giant-Size X-Men 1

(3) Marvel Feature 1

(4) Conan 23

(5) Marvel Feature 15

 

(thumbs u

 

(1) Cerebus 1

(2) Giant-Size X-Men 1

(3) Marvel Feature 1

(4) Conan 23

(5) Marvel Feature 15

 

Series ended at #12…

I mean Marvel Premiere 15. Sorry. There were actually two Marvel Feature series, though. The second one was all Red Sonja, but still only 7 issues. The ironic thing is I accidentally typed Marvel Premiere on the first Marvel Feature but realized that was wrong.

 

 

Iron Fist !!

[maloney414]

I think these are mine, but I feel I'm forgetting something...

 

Golden

 

(1) Captain America Comics 1

(2) Action 1

(3) Detective Comics 27

(4) Batman 1

(5) Detective Comics 38

 

I have none...

 

Silver

 

(1) Amazing Fantasy 15

(2) Hulk 1

(3) Fantastic Four 1

(4) X-Men 1

(5) Journey into Mystery 83

 

Only missing JIM 83.

 

Bronze

 

(1) Hulk 181

(2) Giant Size X-Men 1

(3) Iron Fist 14 (35 cent price variant)

(4) Cerebus 1

(5) Amazing Spider-Man 129

 

Only missing IF 14 price variant

 

Copper

 

(1) TMNT 1

(2) Thorn: Tales from the Lantern

(3) Gobbledygook 1

(4) Bone 1

(5) Raw 2 w/ Maus: A Survivor's Tale #1 insert

 

Missing Gobbledygook and Raw...

 

Modern

 

(1) Walking Dead 1

(2) Invincible 1

(3) Mouse Guard 1 (Comixpress version)

(4) Dead@17 Fiasco ashcan

(5) Goon 1

 

Missing MG Comixpress and Dead@17 ashcan

 

[Ryan.]

(5) Four Color 386

 

178

It's a tough call, the first appearance or the first feature story. I feel drawn to the latter.

 

The market seems to agree with you. I'm just a sucker for Christmas covers.

[Old Fashion PB and J]

 

 

So, what are the TOP FIVE keys from each era YOU would want in YOUR collection?

 

Golden

 

(1) Detective 27

(2) Batman 1

(3) All American 62

(4) Detective 168

(5) All Star Comics 3

 

Silver

 

(1) Hulk 1

(2) Fantastic Four 1

(3) Brave and Bold 28

(4) Journey Into Mystery 83

(5) AF 15

 

Bronze

 

(1) Hulk 181

(2) ASM 129

(3) House of Secrets 92

(4) Detective 359

(5) Batman 227

 

Copper

 

(1) New Mutants 98

(2) ASM 300

(3) ASM 194

(4) Teen Titans 2

(5) Iron Man 128

 

Modern

 

(1) Batman Adventures 12

(2) Killing Joke

(3) Walking Dead 1

(4) Y The Last Man 1

(5) Batman 608 RRP

 

 

[Psithyrus]

I'll end up changing this list about 40 times when more pop into my head.

 

That's the interesting thing about this thread. Preferences will evolve over time. Come back in five years and lets see if you would list the same books.

 

I'm already wanting to change them. Just debating internally. . .

[Marvel Zombie]

 

GA

 

(i) Tec 27

(ii) Action 1

(iii) Bat 1

(iv) Tec 29

(v) Tec 31

 

SA

(i) AF15

(ii) X-men 1

(iii) FF 1

(iv) DD 1

(v) ASM 1

[vaillant]

A Marvel Zombie with five DC GA keys is not a believable Marvel zombie…

[Kevin.J]

Golden

 

(1) Action Comics #1

(2) Detective #27

(3) Superman #1

(4) Batman #1

(5) Marvel Comics #1

 

Got 0/5

 

Silver

 

(1) Amazing Fantasy #15

(2) Amazing Spiderman #1

(3) Fantastic Four #1

(4) Hulk #1

(5) Avengers #1

 

Got 5/5

 

Bronze

 

(1)Hulk #181

(2)Amazing Spiderman #129

(3)X-Men #94

(4)Giant Size X-Men #1

(5)Green Lantern #76

 

Got 5/5

 

The rest in no order

 

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles #1

Dark Knight Returns #1

Bone #1

Amazing Spider-Man #300

Cerebus # 1

Walking Dead #1

New Mutants 98

Batman Adventures #12

Chew #1

Y the Last Man #1

 

Got 8/10

 

[Marvel Zombie]

A Marvel Zombie with five DC GA keys is not a believable Marvel zombie…

 

My namesake goes for SA. So there it is. I AM believable

[newshane]

 

Here are my favorites. I already own some of them, so this isn't my "want list" or anything. These are just my must-haves.

 

Golden

 

(1) Detective Comics 27

(2) Captain America Comics 1

(3) Startling Comics 49

(4) Suspense Comics 3

(5) All-Negro 1

 

Silver

 

(1) Amazing Fantasy 15

(2) Tales of Suspense 39

(3) Incredible Hulk 1

(4) Uncanny X-Men 1

(5) Fantastic Four 1

 

Bronze

 

(1) Incredible Hulk 181

(2) Giant-Size X-men 1

(3) House of Secrets 92

(4) Amazing Spider-man 129

(5) Cerebus 1

 

Copper

 

(1) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 1

(2) Amazing Spider-man 300

(3) New Mutants 98

(4) Amazing Spider-man 252

(5) Sandman 1

 

Modern

 

(1) Walking Dead 1

(2) Spawn 1

(3) Batman 487

(4) Superman: The Man of Steel 18

(5) Iron Man 282

[vaillant]

A Marvel Zombie with five DC GA keys is not a believable Marvel zombie…

 

My namesake goes for SA. So there it is. I AM believable

 

I was kidding of course, but it is curious: although I would not be willing to spend on them, I would love me some Timelys…

[Marvel Zombie]

 

I guess this thread all comes down to the question of what is the biggest book of each era. For instance GA:

 

Tec 27 is the coolest book

Action 1 is the most expensive

Bat 1 most epic in terms of grandeur

Cap 1 best Nazi cover (i.e. patriotic feel, etc.)

Supes 1 best reprint book / 1st full superhero.

etc. ....

 

But still: which one is - all things considered - the biggest. I am not sure ...

 

Rince and repeat for: SA, BA, CA ... (thumbs u

[RedL]

Still a noob so just enjoying your lists for now, however, am I wrong in saying more Marvels are making the lists? Would you guys say Marvel is overall the most collected comics?