Rick's Top Twenty Five Silver Age Covers...

[Silver Surfer]

All great choices but I think this book makes my top 25 list.

 

[Timely]

I really like Strange Stales #116, it's the only Marvel Grey tone cover!

 

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[RickHigh]

I love that FF Annual #1 comic. No one drew Sub-Mariner like Jack Kirby!!!

 

A Sub-Mariner trivia question...Fantastic Four #27 and FF Annual #1 were two of the three times that Subby wore that red swimsuit. What was the third? (This is in the EASY category)

Anybody got a scan of the third book?

[Silver Surfer]

I love that FF Annual #1 comic. No one drew Sub-Mariner like Jack Kirby!!!

 

A Sub-Mariner trivia question...Fantastic Four #27 and FF Annual #1 were two of the three times that Subby wore that red swimsuit. What was the third? (This is in the EASY category)

Anybody got a scan of the third book?

 

Not to start an arguement here, I love Kirby's work but I felt that no one captured the essence of how the Sub-Mariner should look like big John B. I'm sure Burnt Boy (or at least I think its Burnt's? ) won't mind if I use a scan of his Sub-Mariner #1 to illustrate. This cover says it all, I'm bad, I'm cool and don't mess with me.

 

[Forbush-Man]

I love that FF Annual #1 comic. No one drew Sub-Mariner like Jack Kirby!!!

 

A Sub-Mariner trivia question...Fantastic Four #27 and FF Annual #1 were two of the three times that Subby wore that red swimsuit. What was the third? (This is in the EASY category)

Anybody got a scan of the third book?

 

Not to start an arguement here, I love Kirby's work but I felt that no one captured the essence of how the Sub-Mariner should look like big John B. I'm sure Burnt Boy (or at least I think its Burnt's? ) won't mind if I use a scan of his Sub-Mariner #1 to illustrate. This cover says it all, I'm bad, I'm cool and don't mess with me.

 

 

Or it says; I'm Namor, I'm wearing a swim-suit & I've got a great-big fork: "Let's Eat!"

 

I will say this for John B: He made the Surfer look really good! And his work on the Avengers was top notch!!!

[RickHigh]

No argument from me. I think John Buscema did a great job on Subby and Silver Surfer. I liked Kirby's stuff better, but I still looked forward to JB's stuff every month back in the day. I DID NOT like Gene Colan's, or, believe it or not, Bill Everett's "Tales To Astonish" Sub-Mariner.

[mr_highgrade]

[mr_highgrade]

[Jeffreykli]

Here's the cover to Flash 123, definitely one of the best of the Silver Age...

 

[Aman619]

I never noticed before, but there must have been some construction boom in Central City back then! I guess Flash appearing was a big boost for the local economy!!

[*paull*]

What do you expect? One Flash could finish a building in about two minutes. Just imagine what you could do with two of them!

[RickHigh]

Oh my gosh!!!!!

 

Would anyone like to go in on half this book? You can keep it for 6 months and then I'll keep it for six??!!!

 

FANTASTIC FOUR #27

 

This is one of my most favorite silver age covers (and books, for that matter!!)

[burntboy]

yup, as i stated earlier, that cover won the Alley award (presented by Alter Ego Fanzine and named after alley oop) for best cover of 1961. it kicks ......

 

and all these years, i never noticed all the buildings going up in the background as Aman points out - looks like they're building a whole new city.........

[tth2]

showoff!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

man those books of yours kick ...............

 

Actually, none of those books are mine except for the B&B 34 (Western Penn CGC 9.4). I DO have 9.4 copies of Showcase 34 and JLA 21, but not the copies that I posted, which I took from Heritage's site out of laziness because I don't have scans of my copies.

[Bonds25]

No list is complete without this cover:

 

[Norrin_Radd]

Another great TOS cover...

 

[mar-vell]

my top 10 is:

1) fantastic four #5

2) fantastic four #12

3) amazing spider-man #3

4) amazing spider-man #20

5) incredible hulk #1

6) incredible hulk #2

7) amazing spider-man #1

8) tales of suspense #39

9) nick fury agent of shield #1

10) avengers #4

[RickHigh]

Hey, Mar-vell. Your top 10 covers are all Marvels?!?

[mar-vell]

yeah when it comes to silver age i am a marvel fanatic! i did these off the top of my head because i thought i already had a top 10 but i realized while compiling the list that i really only had a concrete top 9 so after some thought i put avengers 4 in the tenth spot - after some more thought i have decided when i vote silver surfer #4 will get the 10th spot instead!

[mar-vell]

Hey, Mar-vell. Your top 10 covers are all Marvels?!?

 

i did vote for 2 DC's in the bronze contest! As far as silver it's mostly because of kirby, his early covers especially on many keys are just masterpieces! Ditko isn't bad either!