What's your top 2 ASM covers (2-20)?

[s14roller]

Happy Friday!!

 

What are your top early ASM covers, not counting ASM1, because well, ASM1

 

Mine are ASM3 and ASM13.

 

Now you

[MR SigS]

If it has to be 2-20 I'll go with 2 and 17.

 

IMHO the best Ditko covers started from 21 on.

[Jordysnordy]

[vaillant]

ASM #4 and ASM #13.

[jimjum12]

For me, this is virtually impossible. My choices will change from year to year. Right now I will say 9 and 19...... but just barely. GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

[Dark Knight]

ASM 3 and 4 for me

[Unca Ben]

ASM 15 & 6. Or 15 & 2, I can't decide.

 

ASM 17 & 9 are pretty cool, too.

...and 3 & 20.

I always liked 19 & 8 as well.

 

 

 

 

God, I can't take me anywhere.

 

[Harry Lime]

I haven't got any of 'em but I've always been partial to #3 & #18.

[Primetime]

3 and 13. But 2,4,6 are right up there too.

[Ghost Town]

3 and 6.

[makeminemego]

3 and 20

[KirbyJack]

13 and 18.

 

I'm going to guess that 10 gets no votes!

[thunsicker]

I'd have to say #4 and #14. I'd like #14 even more if it weren't so busy with the Hulk insert and the huge text boxes.

[jjonahjameson1]

For the folks that listed #4, can you please shed some light on you decision to go with that cover? I've always been lured to the large, single image covers and #4 is the complete opposite. To me, it is the absolute worst of the lot.

[vaillant]

For the folks that listed #4, can you please shed some light on you decision to go with that cover? I've always been lured to the large, single image covers and #4 is the complete opposite. To me, it is the absolute worst of the lot.

Well, it should never be just a question of "impact" – to me it’s the overall value of the composition: in this case, the unusualness of the Sandman's power, and thus the sense of mystery, the progressive narration, and hinting at multi-panel solutions of previous decades which gives an "eerie" sense of wonder.

 

#13 is objectively a great cover, one should admit it even if he does not "like" it.

[vaillant]

I'd have to say #4 and #14. I'd like #14 even more if it weren't so busy with the Hulk insert and the huge text boxes.

 

#14 is very cool but to me the introductory story of the Goblin isn’t so stellar…

[s14roller]

ASM 15 & 6. Or 15 & 2, I can't decide.

 

ASM 17 & 9 are pretty cool, too.

...and 3 & 20.

I always liked 19 & 8 as well.

 

 

 

 

God, I can't take me anywhere.

 

[Chillax23]

#3 and #6 for me - for some reason I love #6!

 

I also cannot understand people liking #4 - arguably the worst of the first 20 issues IMO, outside of #10 (maybe)

[makeminemego]

#3 and #6 for me - for some reason I love #6!

 

I also cannot understand people liking #4 - arguably the worst of the first 20 issues IMO, outside of #10 (maybe)

 

I don't get the love for #4 either. Then again, I actually like #1, so take that with a grain of salt.

[trmoore54]

Being the Spidey collector that I am I have opinions...as we know...opinions can hover between beliefs and facts...so here goes...

 

And let me preface my picks by saying I am interpreting "top" to be "favorite" in my voting...

 

My first tier considerations are...

3/4/9/12/13/14

 

My second tier considerations are...

1/2/11/15/16/17/18

 

Covers that would never be considered for my top 2...

5/10/19/20 (5 and 10 being the worst of the bunch)

 

So I've casted out 12 because it is a great cover for me but 3rd Doc Ock cover...so we're down to 3/4/13/14

 

For me 9 and 14 are a tie so I'll cast them out...down to 3/4/13...

 

Gonna go with...

3 1st Doc Ock

4 1st Sandman

 

As for the consternation surrounding issue 4 I have the following comments:

Just love the following:

The story-telling of the cover

The uniqueness of the cover being the only 4-panel

The word balloons

The campiness and humor

The art

The trippiness of the Sandman's body changing...especially Panel 2

'nuff said