Post your favorite Golden Age Classic Covers !!

[showcase4]

You gotta love those GA Classic Covers....even if your book is in Mylar or a CGC holder, there it is..staring right at 'ya ! I am a huge Classic Covers fan, and please help me prove that I am not alone ...post yours and let others see why they are called classics!

I would say what we are looking for in this thread would be all genres / Golden Age only / commonly recognized as Classic Covers by the OPG, CGC (appears on their labels ), Gerber Guide, and/or what most collectors think should be. That must total about 300+ ....maybe many more...I never thought about it until right now

 

To get things started, here is my all time GA favorite:

 

 

Black Cat Mystery #50

[Jayman]

I just love this cover! The stories are pretty good also!

 

[CentaurMan]

Keeping it esoteric, this is one of my secret favorites from 1940:

 

[october]

For me, this cover really sums up the best that books from the 50s had to offer.

 

Romance, horror and atomic bomb blasts. What more could you ask for?

 

[october]

Classic, classic Cole.

 

[nearmint]

This cover wins the "how many different ways can you inflict pain on a guy" award...

 

[Silver Surfer]

I have a few in mind but I don't want to be accussed of "over posting".

[october]

I have a few in mind but I don't want to be accussed of "over posting".

 

Cap 74 and Subby 32?

 

Just post them. I mean, can anyone really ever get sick of seeing those two? I know I can't.

[Norrin_Radd]

What classification are we using for "Classic Covers"?

 

 

Here's my favorite EC horror cover.

 

[CycloneComics]

Once my reader copy arrives from MCMiles I will be able to read it.

 

John

 

[showcase4]

What classification are we using for "Classic Covers"?

 

My bad.....I just beefed up my 1st post to clarify this

[thedude]

What classification are we using for "Classic Covers"?

 

I would say what we are looking for in this thread would be all genres / Golden Age only / commonly recognized as Classic Covers by the OPG, CGC (appears on their labels ), Gerber Guide, and most collectors. There should be about 100+ ....maybe many more...I never thought about it until right now

 

well I've got two books that have the CGC "classic cover" designation on the label..

 

 

 

 

 

[sacentaur]

Dude, those are two wonderful books - classic Supe covers and white pages to boot (I especially like the 24)!

 

 

STEVE (make mine Larson)

[thedude]

Dude, those are two wonderful books - classic Supe covers and white pages to boot (I especially like the 24)!

 

 

STEVE (make mine Larson)

 

thanks for the kind comments sacentaur !!

[Durden08]

I've said it before, but I'll say it again: Sweet books Alton. Hard to top your Supes 14 & 24, especially in such nice shape.

 

I just realized I dont think I have any books in my collection that Overstreet officially labels as "classic". I would say this book is the closest one I have to being recognized by many as classic:

 

[thedude]

well I don't know what Overstreet or CGC says about Supes #17, but without a doubt it's one of the all-time best classic covers ever,. that's a book that doesn't come up for sale too often,.. great addition to the thread Brian..

[nearmint]

[GreatEscape]

Great books, guys! If I had to pick one classic GA cover....

 

 

 

 

For me, this has everything I enjoy about GA comics: Timely's Big 3 in classic Schomburg WW2 Flag cover glory!!! The only thing missing is some good-girl art in the backseat.

 

GE

[KingOfRulers]

That All-Winners cover is great. I hadn't seen it before. Its great when you see covers that you probably should have seen but haven't, and then when you do see it, its a treat. Cap is holding a bomb! That's great. Imagine someone speeding towards you holding a bomb

[Theagenes]

Not sure if this an official "Classic Cover," but if it isn't it out to be.