What Are Your Three Favorite Timelys? 2 2

[PopKulture]

It's nearly impossible to pick your favorite three from all the classic Timely covers, but I think I finally settled on mine. Now, for this exercise you don't have to own the books, just covet them. And covet I do mightily!! 

In no particular order, and with apologies to Cap 1 and a dozen Marvel Mystery's, here are my three, courtesy of Atlas Tales:

There was NO way Cap wasn't going to make the cut, and he was going to be punching somebody on the cover:

This Schomburg masterpiece has fascinated me since my earliest days in the hobby - for those of you lucky enough to own a copy, do you ever tire of drooling over it?

And with all the classic battles between the Torch and Subby, I feel this rounds out my top three perfectly:

There you have it: my top three favorite Timely covers. Now, tell me what I got wrong!  

Edited April 19, 2020 by PopKulture

[Cat-Man_America]

How can you get it wrong?   

There are so many great covers that it's a tough call, but these'll do in a pinch (for me)...  

Liked the Death Ray cover so much I own two copies & Alex's gouache recreation of it... 

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Still, when it comes right down to it I can't settle on three.  Thirty maybe, ...but three? No way! 

 

 

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

1 hour ago, Cat-Man_America said:

How can you get it wrong?   

There are so many great covers that it's a tough call, but these'll do in a pinch (for me)...  

Liked the Death Ray cover so much I own two copies & Alex's gouache recreation of it... 

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Still, when it comes right down to it I can't settle on three.  Thirty maybe, ...but three? No way! 

 

 

I love the NYC death ray

[GreatCaesarsGhost]

3 hours ago, PopKulture said:

It's nearly impossible to pick your favorite three from all the classic Timely covers, but I think I finally settled on mine. Now, for this exercise you don't have to own the books, just covet them. And covet I do mightily!! 

In no particular order, and with apologies to Cap 1 and a dozen Marvel Mystery's, here are my three, courtesy of Atlas Tales:

There was NO way Cap wasn't going to make the cut, and he was going to be punching somebody on the cover:

This Schomburg masterpiece has fascinated me since my earliest days in the hobby - for those of you lucky enough to own a copy, do you ever tire of drooling over it?

And with all the classic battles between the Torch and Subby, I feel this rounds out my top three perfectly:

There you have it: my top three favorite Timely covers. Now, tell me what I got wrong!  

You got nuttin’ wrong

[KirbyJack]

Obviously, I covet Marvel Comics 1 and Captain America Comics 1 above all others. But here in the world, I’ll keep things more realistic. 
When I started taking an interest in GA, I wrote a list with a few attainable books. I’ve never owned any of them, but my jones for them persists!

Marvel Comics 8 (first hero fight!)

Marvel Comics 13 (first Vision by S&K)

All-Winners 1 (Only comic with Everett subby, Burgos Torch, S&K Cap, a Schomburg cover, and a quasi first appearance)

These were not pipe dreams in 1989!

Edited April 19, 2020 by KirbyJack

[PopKulture]

5 hours ago, Cat-Man_America said:

How can you get it wrong?   

There are so many great covers that it's a tough call, but these'll do in a pinch (for me)...  

Liked the Death Ray cover so much I own two copies & Alex's gouache recreation of it... 

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Still, when it comes right down to it I can't settle on three.  Thirty maybe, ...but three? No way! 

 

 

Yep, thirty would alleviate a lot of stress when narrowing it down! You picked two of my favorite Marvel Mysterys - I could've gone with 12, 29, 46, 51 on a given day as well. And I love the Human Torch 5 almost as much as 8, and I think classics like 12 and 23 would be worthy contenders. Such wonderful grist for the mill!  

[PopKulture]

3 minutes ago, KirbyJack said:

Obviously, I covet Marvel Comics 1 and Captain America Comics 1 above all others. But here in the world, I’ll keep things more realistic. 
When I started taking an interest in GA, I wrote a list with a few attainable books. I’ve never owned any of them, but my jones for them persists!

Marvel Comics 8 (first hero fight!)

Marvel Comics 13 (first Vision by S&K)

All-Winners 1 (Only comic with Everett subby, Burgos Torch, S&K Cap, a Schomburg cover, and a quasi first appearance)

These were not pipe dreams in 1989!

Solid choices and logic! You picked an Angel MMC book: Martin Goodman would be proud. I love All Winners 1 as well: it's like a Timely All-Star 3 of sorts.  

[Robot Man]

Wow, very tough choice...I decided to pick only ones I own and without looking through mine, these are the 3 that popped to mind right off. And, if I were to pull out the boxes, I'm sure these could change pretty easily.

[Robot Man]

OK, I couldn't pick just 3... Here are my 3 off the top of my head back up choices...

Alright, I'll quit now.

[PopKulture]

1 minute ago, Robot Man said:

Wow, very tough choice...I decided to pick only ones I own and without looking through mine, these are the 3 that popped to mind right off. And, if I were to pull out the boxes, I'm sure these could change pretty easily.

Solid choices all, RM!! Of course you're lucky to own your top three. I own - let's see - exactly none of my top three! 

p.s.  Zep cover...  

[Robot Man]

Just now, PopKulture said:

Solid choices all, RM!! Of course you're lucky to own your top three. I own - let's see - exactly none of my top three! 

p.s.  Zep cover...  

My criteria was to only pick ones I actually own. If not, my choices would be probably a little different. But the Zep cover MM would probably still be there.

[PopKulture]

5 minutes ago, Robot Man said:

My criteria was to only pick ones I actually own. If not, my choices would be probably a little different. But the Zep cover MM would probably still be there.

As I indicated, that's nice criteria to have. My top three would include a Silly Tunes or Millie if I had to own them!  

[Knightsofold]

Besides Cap 1 and Marvel 1 my list would be:

 

 

[PopKulture]

2 hours ago, Knightsofold said:

Besides Cap 1 and Marvel 1 my list would be:

Solid, solid choices for sure. I hate that nary a Marvel Mystery made my list. That USA 7 is such a fantastic cover, and I can think of two or three All Winners that would definitely vie if I wanted the headache of picking my top ten.  

[Primetime]

Three is tough. I need five  or ten 

My “3” could change at a moments notice but these are prime time for sure:

Marvel Comics 1

Marvel Mystery 9

All Select 2

And, no, I don’t get tired of looking at All Select 1 or any of the above 

[october]

Going to stick to the ones I own, but there are a few I don't have that might top them. I thing Red Raven is super underrated...I LOVE that cover. 

 

[PopKulture]

3 hours ago, october said:

Going to stick to the ones I own, but there are a few I don't have that might top them. I thing Red Raven is super underrated...I LOVE that cover. 

Great books! I agree that Red Raven is currently under-rated. I also love that cover. I think it got cold when Kirby gave way to some of the more recently favored crop of artists. It was once a top 20 book.  

[Cat-Man_America]

Of those discussed thus far here are some alternate Toppers from my collection.

Keeping to the guidelines I put these in spoilers (...and because I like to tease):

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This is why it's so tough choosing the best, but it's a good start to my Top 30, ...with the earlier three that makes 14!

I'm glad these great books have been mentioned or included in other's top drawer Timely lists. 

[telerites]

I have so few but out of what I have:

My first Timely purchas from the late 70s -

A fugly Red Raven -

And lastly -

[Robot Man]

20 hours ago, Knightsofold said:

Besides Cap 1 and Marvel 1 my list would be:

 

 

Out of everything you mention, I have to pick MM #9 hands down. I owned one at one time but sold it to buy my first house. It is an epic book with an unreal cover. About all I got now is a reprint...