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comix750	Best of Marvel 1930s/1940s	Lead	[-]
Posts: 984 (11/01/08 3:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Tags : golden age, jack kirby, stan lee, captain america, sub-mariner, timely, human torc, bill everett, carl burgos, joe simon, ka-zar, angel, whizzer, mystic comics, destroyer If I could create a TPB/HC of Marvel's cream of the crop in these first few years, this is what I'd include: Ka-Zar #1, Oct. 1936 "King of Claw and Fang" by Bob Byrd Appx 21 pages (text) + cover Marvel's first hero, regardless that it's text Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, April 1939 "The Sub-Mariner" by Bill Everett Appx 8 pages First Sub-Mariner story, preceding Marvel Comics #1 Marvel Comics #1, Nov 1939 "The Human Torch" by Carl Burgos Appx 16 pages + cover Origin of the Human Torch, Marvel's flagship 40s hero Marvel Mystery Comics #8, June 1940 "The Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner Meet" by Bill Everett Appx 10 pages Part one of the 1st crossover EVER "The Search for the Sub-Mariner" by Carl Burgos Appx 12 pages Part two Marvel Mystery Comics #9, July 1940 "The Human Torch Vs. The Sub-Mariner" by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos Appx 22 pages + cover Part three Marvel Mystery Comics #1, Aug 1940 "The Result of the Most Famous Battle in Comics Magazines" by Bill Everett and Carl Burgos Appx 1 page conclusion Red Raven Comics #1, Aug 1940 "The Origin of the Red Raven" by Joe Simon and Louis Cazeneuve Appx 17 pages + cover Natch. Captain America Comics #1, March 1941 "Case No. 1: Meet Captain America" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Appx 8 pages + cover only the first story, to cut down on page count USA Comics #1, Aug 1941 "Origin of the Whizzer" by Al Avison Appx 6 pages I always liked this story Mystic Comics #6, Oct 1941 "Meet the Destroyer" by Stan Lee and Jack Binder Appx 15 pages + cover Stan Lee's first superhero creation! Millie the Model #1, Winter 1945 "Title?" by Ruth Atkinson Appx ? pages + cover This needs to be in this type of collection. please help w/ title and page count So far we have 142 pages + the Millie one. So I'll say 150-155 + extras = 160 pages. Decent sized TPB, maybe $14.99 price. I'll do Atlas, Marvel, and Bronze Ages next Last Edited By: comix750 11/02/08 7:44 PM. Edited 2 times.
comix750	Volume 2	#1	[-]
Posts: 985 (11/01/08 4:06 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	Marvel Comics #1, Nov 1939 "The Angel" by Paul Gustavson Appx 8 pages (Extra 4 pages of Sub-Mariner story from MPFW) "Adventures of Ka-Zar the Great" by Ben Thompson Appx 12 pages Mystic Comics #1, March 1940 "Introducing Flexo, the Rubber Man" by Ill Harr and Jack Binder Appx 8 pages "The Origin of the Blue Blaze" by Harry Ramsey and others Appx 10 pages + cover Throw in some obscure oldies for the second volume Captain America Comics #1, March 1941 "Case No. 2" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Appx 7 pages "Captain America and the Soldier's Soup" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Appx 2 pages "Captain America and the Chess-Board of Death" by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby Appx 16 pages "The Riddle of the Red Skull" by Ed Herron and Jack Kirby Appx 16 pages The rest of the Cap stories from Cap #1 USA Comics #1, Aug 1941 "The Hideous Dame Kackle" by Al Avison and Charles Nicholas Appx 18 pages + forward and cover The Defender! one of the most underrated Golden Age Heroes Miss America Comics #1, 1944 "Mystery of the Monster Man" by Ken Bald Appx 15 pages + cover Miss America #2, November 1944 "Introducing Patsy Walker" by Appx 7 pages Had Millie in the last volume, now time for Patsy! Two-Gun Kid #1, March 1948 "Introducing the Two-Gun Kid" by Syd Shores Appx 10 pages + cover need a Western in here Namora #1, Aug 1948 "The Lost City of Yucatan" by Bill Everett Appx 10 pages + cover Venus #1, Aug 1948 "Venus Comes to Earth" by Ken Bald Appx 10 pages + cover Extras: Cover to Motion Picture Funnies Weekly #1, Marvel Mystery Comics #8, Miss America #2 This volume is 160 pages + 3 extra covers + more extras. 170ish pages, $14.99 still, lovely TPB
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Posts: 3365 (11/01/08 10:13 AM) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	No Vision by S & K ?
ReviveTheRedRaven	Golden Age Vision question	#3	[-]
Posts: 5451 (11/02/08 4:11 AM) Registered Member Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite	No Vision by S & K ? Oh, that's for volume three. I'd pick the eight page Vision story from Kid Komics #3 which is either an aberration (all but one Vision story were only seven pages or less) OR it's a reprint of the first Vision story from Marvel Mystery #13, that one eight page story I mentioned. Anyone know?

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