1st Marvel 25-cent Giant?

[Samruby]

Good points:)

 

Also possibly the most over-looked one (IMO) in ASM Annual #5 - First mention/ flashback appearance of Richard and Mary Parker.

 

Also, the ASM Annual 6 is worth the new Romita cover alone, even though it is a reprint.

 

Eric

[aardvark88]

Overstreet's description is wrong. The reprinted stories in Capt America b/w annual & Marvel Mystery b/w are NOT the same. I used to think they were the same except the bks were flopped 1/2 way through. Meaning the Capt America reprint was lead story for Capt b/w annual, but the Marvel Mystery reprint was lead story for Marvel Mystery annual. Since VERY few hi-end collectors will have BOTH Timely's in stock at SAME time, it is very difficult to refute Overstreet.

[Guest]

So, which one reprints marvel mystery 33 and cap 18? and what does the other one reprint?

[aardvark88]

I can't tell the difference. Xela art is Xela art to me. I don't have a run of Timely's to compare the reprint to. The issue # of the reprint is NOT noted on pg 1 of the annuals. U may be able to estimate the matching reprint issues by comparing 1942 to 1944.

[Mister_Comics]

Forgive me I'm old. After reading what some of you posted about the annuals with new stories in them; your right Marvel was doing that back in the 60's. I must of been thinking of DC's annuals which reprinted older stories. But really, thats how the first annuals were that I can remember reading. The ealry ones only had reprints. I believe Marvel was first to start putting new stories in the annuals.

 

Hope that makes more sense of my last post.

 

Oh BTW; Overstreet's GUIDE does state that Strange Tales Annual #1 (1st Marvel Annual ?) I guess Overstreet isn't sure either.

[Crowzilla]

I used to have a copy of the Marvel Mystery Annual (but it had no back cover).

I made copies of the splash pages from the the stories inside, so I could double-check the issues later on.

I never bothered to actually do it, but could probably dig up the copies if someone thinks they could ID them (and to compare to the Cap Annual).

 

Sean

 

[Larryw7]

I'm salivating over these Timely annuals, condition be damned. They have to be some of the most elusive books of the golden age, and I bet prices skyrocket on them in the near future.

[aardvark88]

Sean, I think I know the collector outside of San Fran, CA u may have bought the Marvel Mystery b/w from.

Yes, I do expect the Timely b/w annual prices to spike UP once cgc starts slabbing mag size again. U could have the panache of saying highest graded & only 1 on the census. Charge comiclink clients a fortune & set a WORLD record price.

[aardvark88]

Everyone agrees Nic Cage has/had 1 of the best comic collections of all time. Yet I don't see any Timely b/w annuals up for sale unless Heritage is saving more Nic bks for 02Dec. auction. Nic's UNsigned run of Strawberry Shortcake for 40x guide, fanboy?

[aardvark88]

Overstreet currently states LESS than 5 known copies of Marvel Mystery b/w. No current population estimated for Capt America b/w, but Overstreet prev. estimated about 9-12 copies for the latter in late 70s Overstreet Pr Gd.