Interesting game: List Silver Age Keys from 1-100

[selegue]

1.

33. Amazing Spider-Man 33- Classic Ditko art

 

37.

 

57. Avengers 57- 1st Vision

 

99.

 

 

Space Adventures 33 First Captain Atom

Showcase 37 First Metal Men

The Brave and the Bold 57 First Metamorpho

Doom Patrol 99 First Beast Boy

 

JPS

 

[Sal]

whoa whoa whoa.

 

we're getting some confused assistants here.

 

the goal of the list is to find keys (or a reasonable facsimile thereof where no true keys are available) that correspond to a number from 1 to 100, not to list the top 100 keys of the SA.

 

which is why MGA 80 is in the 80 slot, not Showcase 80.

 

Showcase 4 trumps FF4, which is why it is in the #4 slot.

 

 

obviously, i am not refering to Selegue here, even though that's who i quick replied to

[ft88]

I'm of the mind to list the books that are important to comic history as well as its own specific title. So Amazing Spiderman 13 may be the most valuable book, I'd reckon that a Sgt Fury collector sees #13 second only to issue #1. With that said I replaced a couple and added a couple more.

 

1. Fantastic Four 1- This starts the Marvel Universe!

2. Incredible Hulk 2- Kirby & Ditko, first green Hulk!

3. Harvey Hits 3- First Richie Rich Comic

4. Showcase 4- Silver Age begins! / Avengers 4- 1st SA CPT America

5. Fantastic Four 5- Origin Doctor Doom

6. Showcase 6 Challengers

7. Daredevil 7- Wally Wood, first red costume

8. Avengers 8- First app Kang

9. Justice League 9- Origin issue

10. X-Men 10- 1st SA Ka-Zar

11. Aquaman 11 - 1st Mera

12. Marvel Super Heroes 12 1st Capt Marvel

13. Sgt Fury 13 - Cap Crossover

14. Amazing Spider-Man 14- 1st Green Goblin

15. Amazing Fantasy 15- 1st Spider-Man

16. Avengers 16- New Line Up

17. Showcase 17- 1st Adam Strange

18. Fantastic Four 18- 1st Super Skrull

19. X-Men 19- 1st Mimic

20. Amazing Spider-Man 20- 1st Scorpoion

21. Justice League of America #21 - 1st SA JSA

22. Showcase 22- 1st SA Green Lantern

23.

24. Mad 24 - first magazine format

25. Brave and the Bold 25 - 1st SUICIDE SQUAD

26.

27. Tales to Astonish 27- 1st Hank Pym

28. Brave and the Bold 28- 1st JLA

29. Justice League of America #29 - 1st SA Sandman

30. Showcase 30- Origin of SA Aquaman

31. Amazing Spider-Man 31- 1st Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn

32.

33. Space Adventures 33 First Captain Atom

34. Showcase 34- 1st Ray Palmer as Atom / B&B 34 1st Hawkman

35. Tales to Astonish 35- 1st Ant Man in costume

36. Uncle Scrooge 36 1st Magica deSpell

37. Showcase 37 First Metal Men

38.

39. Tales of Suspense- 1st Iron Man

40. Green Lantern 40 - Crisis II

41. Amazing Spider-Man 41- 1st Rhino / Archies Joke Book 41 - 1st Neal Adams

42. Amazing Spider-Man 42- MJ Watson first appearance (more than just a name drop)

43.

44. Tales to Astonish 44- 1st Wasp

45. Fantastic Four 45- 1st Black Bolt and the Inhumans

46.

47.

48. Fantastic Four 48- 1st Silver Surfer and 1st Galactus

49. Our Fighting Forces 49- 1st Pooch

50. Amazing Spider-Man 50- 1st Kingpin

51. Fantastic Four 51- “This Man, This Monster” story

52. Fantastic Four 52- 1st Black Panther

53. Mystery in Space 53

54. Brave and the Bold 54- 1st Teen Titans

55. Showcase 55- 1st Solomon Grundy

56. Richie Rich 56 - 1st Super Richie

57. Avengers 57- 1st Vision

58. X-Men 58- 1st Havok

59. Green Lantern 59 - 1st Guy Gardner

60. Showcase 60- 1st SA Spectre

61. House of Secrets 61- 1st Eclipso

62.

63. Tales of Suspense 63- 1st SA Origin of Captain America

64. Uncle Scrooge 64- Banned Viet Nam story

65. Richie Rich 65 - First Dollar Dog

66. Tales of Suspense 66- Origin of the Red Skull

67.

68. Superboy 68 - 1st Bizarro

69.

70. Lois Lane 70 - 1st SA Catwoman

71. Lois Lane 70 - SA Catwoman

72.

73.

74.

75.

76.

77.

78.

79. Tales of Suspense- Origin of the Cosmic Cube

80. My Greatest Adventure 80- 1st Doom Patrol

81. Our Army 81- 1st SGT Rock (prototype?)

82. All American Men of War 82- 1st Johnny Cloud

83. Journey into Mystery 83- 1st Thor / Our Army 83- 1st SGT Rock

84. Star Spangled War Stories 84- 1st M. Marie

85. Journey into Mystery 85 - 1st Loki

86. Journey into Mystery 86 - 1st full Odin & others

87. G.I. Combat 87- 1st Haunted Tank

88.

89. SUPERBOY #89 1st MON-EL / Strange tales 89 Fin Fang Foom

90. Amazing Spider-Man 90 - Death of Capt. Stacy

91.

92.

93. Amazing Spiderman 93 - 1st Prowler

94. Amazing Spiderman 94 - Origin retold

95.

96. Amazing Spider-Man 96- Drug Issue w/o Comic Code Seal

97. Strange Tales 97 Aunt May Uncle Ben Prototype

98. Amazing Spider-Man 98- Drug Issue w/o Comic Code Seal

99. Doom Patrol 99 First Beast Boy

100. Captain America 100 - 1st solo book.

 

[Mac Man]

 

1. Fantastic Four 1 This starts the Marvel Universe!

2. Incredible Hulk 2 First green Hulk!

3. Amazing Spider-Man 3 First Doctor Octopus

4. Showcase 4 This starts the entire Silver Age!

5. X-Men 1 First X-men

6. Avengers 4

7. Fantastic Four 5 Origin Doctor Doom

8. Showcase 6 Kirby’s Challengers!

9. Daredevil 7 First red costume

10. Avengers 8 First app Kang

11. Brave and Bold 28 1st Justice League

12. Justice League 9 Origin issue

13. X-Men 4

14. X-Men 12 First Juggernaut

15. Amazing Spider-Man 13 First Mysterio

16. Amazing Spider-Man 14 First Green Goblin

17. Amazing Fantasy 15 First Spider-Man

18. Showcase 22 1st Silver Age Green Lantern

19. Avengers 16 New Line-Up

20. Tales of Suspense 39 1st Iron Man

 

Amazing Spider-Man 20 First Scorpion

Fantastic Four 21 Racism Story 1st Hate-Monger

 

23

24

Fantastic Four 25 First Hulk vs. Thing Battle

26

Tales To Astonish 27 First Hank Pym

29

30

Amazing Spider-Man 31 First Gwen Stacy 1st Harry Osborn

32

Amazing Spider-Man 33 Great Spider-Man Story

Showcase 34 1st Ray Palmer as Atom

Tales To Astonish 35 1st Ant-Man in costume

Fantastic Four 1st Frightful Four

37

38

X-Men 10 First Silver Age Ka-Zar

Amazing Spider-Man 40 Spider-Man learns Green Goblin's Identity

Amazing Spider-Man 41 1st Rhino

Amazing Spider-Man 42 1st Mary-Jane's face

 

Here I fixed that for you.

 

BigD- I think you kind of missed the basis for numbering the issues. It's not so much a Top 100 list as it is simply listing keys in order by issue. I've highlighted a few that were out of place as an example. If you look at the original list Cap and I were working off of (and Catrick started), you'll see what I'm talking about. (thumbs u

[Mac Man]

I'm of the mind to list the books that are important to comic history as well as its own specific title. So Amazing Spiderman 13 may be the most valuable book, I'd reckon that a Sgt Fury collector sees #13 second only to issue #1. With that said I replaced a couple and added a couple more.

 

Nice stuff!

[Tatterdamillion]

1st Suicide Squad is #25 !!!!!!!

[Tatterdamillion]

Also I love Green Lantern as much as the next viking but I think the nod should go to Archies Madhouse #22 because we all like underage sorceresses'.

[Tatterdamillion]

I'm of the mind to list the books that are important to comic history as well as its own specific title. So Amazing Spiderman 13 may be the most valuable book, I'd reckon that a Sgt Fury collector sees #13 second only to issue #1. With that said I replaced a couple and added a couple more.

 

1. Fantastic Four 1- This starts the Marvel Universe!

2. Incredible Hulk 2- Kirby & Ditko, first green Hulk!

3. Harvey Hits 3- First Richie Rich Comic

4. Showcase 4- Silver Age begins! / Avengers 4- 1st SA CPT America

5. Fantastic Four 5- Origin Doctor Doom

6. Showcase 6 Challengers

7. Daredevil 7- Wally Wood, first red costume

8. Avengers 8- First app Kang

9. Justice League 9- Origin issue

10. X-Men 10- 1st SA Ka-Zar

11. Aquaman 11 - 1st Mera

12. Marvel Super Heroes 12 1st Capt Marvel

13. Sgt Fury 13 - Cap Crossover

14. Amazing Spider-Man 14- 1st Green Goblin

15. Amazing Fantasy 15- 1st Spider-Man

16. Avengers 16- New Line Up

17. Showcase 17- 1st Adam Strange

18. Fantastic Four 18- 1st Super Skrull

19. X-Men 19- 1st Mimic

20. Amazing Spider-Man 20- 1st Scorpoion

21. Justice League of America #21 - 1st SA JSA

22. Showcase 22- 1st SA Green Lantern

23.

24. Mad 24 - first magazine format

25. Brave and the Bold 25 - 1st SUICIDE SQUAD

26. Dell Giant 26 Carl Barks Draws himself on A wanted poster (HeeHee)

27. Tales to Astonish 27- 1st Hank Pym

28. Brave and the Bold 28- 1st JLA

29. Justice League of America #29 - 1st SA Sandman

30. Showcase 30- Origin of SA Aquaman

31. Amazing Spider-Man 31- 1st Gwen Stacy and Harry Osborn

32.

33. Space Adventures 33 First Captain Atom

34. Showcase 34- 1st Ray Palmer as Atom / B&B 34 1st Hawkman

35. Tales to Astonish 35- 1st Ant Man in costume

36. Uncle Scrooge 36 1st Magica deSpell

37. Showcase 37 First Metal Men

38.

39. Tales of Suspense- 1st Iron Man

40. Green Lantern 40 - Crisis II

41. Amazing Spider-Man 41- 1st Rhino / Archies Joke Book 41 - 1st Neal Adams

42. Amazing Spider-Man 42- MJ Watson first appearance (more than just a name drop)

43. Tales of the Unexpected 43 1st Space Ranger cover in title (dubious)

44. Tales to Astonish 44- 1st Wasp

45. Fantastic Four 45- 1st Black Bolt and the Inhumans

46.

47.

48. Fantastic Four 48- 1st Silver Surfer and 1st Galactus

49. Our Fighting Forces 49- 1st Pooch

50. Amazing Spider-Man 50- 1st Kingpin

51. Fantastic Four 51- “This Man, This Monster” story

52. Fantastic Four 52- 1st Black Panther

53. Mystery in Space 53

54. Brave and the Bold 54- 1st Teen Titans

55. Showcase 55- 1st Solomon Grundy

56. X-Men 56- Neal Adams run begins / Richie Rich 56 - 1st Super Richie

57. Avengers 57- 1st Vision

58. X-Men 58- 1st Havok

59. Green Lantern 59 - 1st Guy Gardner

60. Showcase 60- 1st SA Spectre

61. House of Secrets 61- 1st Eclipso

62. Brave & Bold 62 1st S.A. Wildcat

63. Tales of Suspense 63- 1st SA Origin of Captain America

64. Uncle Scrooge 64- Banned Viet Nam story

65. Richie Rich 65 - First Dollar Dog

66. Tales of Suspense 66- Origin of the Red Skull

67. All American Men of War 67 - 1st Gunner and Sarge

68. Superboy 68 - 1st Bizarro

69.

70. Lois Lane 70 - 1st SA Catwoman

71. Lois Lane 70 - SA Catwoman

72.

73.

74.

75. Archies Girls Betty & Veronica 75 Betty & Veronica sell souls to Devil

76.

77.

78.

79. Tales of Suspense- Origin of the Cosmic Cube

80. My Greatest Adventure 80- 1st Doom Patrol

81. Our Army 81- 1st SGT Rock (prototype?)

82. All American Men of War 82- 1st Johnny Cloud

83. Journey into Mystery 83- 1st Thor / Our Army 83- 1st SGT Rock

84. Star Spangled War Stories 84- 1st M. Marie

85. Journey into Mystery 85 - 1st Loki

86. Journey into Mystery 86 - 1st full Odin & others

87. G.I. Combat 87- 1st Haunted Tank

88.

89. SUPERBOY #89 1st MON-EL

90. Amazing Spider-Man 90 - Death of Capt. Stacy

91.

92.

93. Amazing Spiderman 93 - 1st Prowler

94. Amazing Spiderman 94 - Origin retold

95.

96. Amazing Spider-Man 96- Drug Issue w/o Comic Code Seal

97. Strange Tales 97 Aunt May Uncle Ben Prototype

98. Amazing Spider-Man 98- Drug Issue w/o Comic Code Seal

99. Doom Patrol 99 First Beast Boy

100. Captain America 100 - 1st solo book.

 

I added a couple in there.

[MutantKeys]

I'm of the mind to list the books that are important to comic history as well as its own specific title. So Amazing Spiderman 13 may be the most valuable book, I'd reckon that a Sgt Fury collector sees #13 second only to issue #1. With that said I replaced a couple and added a couple more.

 

 

12. Marvel Super Heroes 12 1st Capt Marvel

13. Sgt Fury 13 - Cap Crossover

 

Its not even all about value but importance. X-Men 12 and FF 12 are more important than MSH 12 by light years, and ASM 13 is much more important than Sgt Fury 13

[ft88]

A first appearance of a key character IMO trumps a good villain and a good crossover. Capt marvel (while not in the same costume I'll grant) was every bit as key a character as Daredevil, especially in the 70's. Think of all the cosmic storylines and great Stalin run as well as the impact with Death of..

 

Issue 13, I just think with Fury having so few keys and Spidey so many you have to throw him a bone. Plus Mysterio, c'mon. Quick - name is 2nd and 3rd appearance. Who else did he fight besides Spidey? See. Not that important a character. (still a sweet book by itself)

[ft88]

And I can't believe the best issue 8 is 1st Kang, it trumps showcase 8 but isn't there another one?

[Sal]

Green Lantern 8 has the first appearance of the World Wrestling Gila Monster Federation, and a sweet washtone cover, but i can't think of any other potential contenders right now

[Aces]

And I can't believe the best issue 8 is 1st Kang, it trumps showcase 8 but isn't there another one?

 

Your right.

Showcase 8 should trump Avengers 8, since it's worth about 50 times as much.

 

And what's all those BA issues doing up there guys?

Unless 15 and 20 centers are SA now?

[thecollectron]

How about Brave & the Bold 23? 1st all-Viking Prince issue, origin, and a nice washtone cover.

[comicdonna]

Action #252 should be on the list. Origin and first App. of Supergirl.

[Mac Man]

A first appearance of a key character IMO trumps a good villain and a good crossover. Capt marvel (while not in the same costume I'll grant) was every bit as key a character as Daredevil, especially in the 70's. Think of all the cosmic storylines and great Stalin run as well as the impact with Death of..

 

Issue 13, I just think with Fury having so few keys and Spidey so many you have to throw him a bone. Plus Mysterio, c'mon. Quick - name is 2nd and 3rd appearance. Who else did he fight besides Spidey? See. Not that important a character. (still a sweet book by itself)

 

2nd appearance ASM Ann 1 and 3rd appearance... I think was ASM 24 but not in costume. Just shooting off the hip here

[Tatterdamillion]

I like the Xmen 12 and FF 12 better but Captain Marvel Is Super Key as it gave Marvel comics the rights to the name giving DC " the big up yours" .and relegating a certain Fawcett Character to an ignoble name.

Sgt Fury 13 should get the spot over Spiderman even though Mysterio is my favorite Spidey Villain.

[Tatterdamillion]

And Comicdonna, you should start compiling a Silver Age 101-300 tops list. Boing.

[Tatterdamillion]

I put the MGA 80 there but Showcase 80 is good as well though the Phantom Stranger already existed, he was just in mothballs. I am posting a lot here, I must like this section.

[comicdonna]

And Comicdonna, you should start compiling a Silver Age 101-300 tops list. Boing.