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[Cat-Man_America]

On 4/7/2024 at 7:56 AM, Ameri said:

Cap definitely looks like Shores in the ad, but I was looking at this Cap 4 panel and the pose seems similar to the Bucky pose in the 1944 ad. Could the Bucky paper drive panels been prepared just before S&K left Timely? I'm not acquainted with the timeline of this ad or when it first appeared. I've seen the early Cap ads but I don't remember the paper drive panels.   

Maybe the Cap 4 panel is the rare Cyrillic interpretation. 

For instance, in this revised twist of a Shore's cover, a right backhand becomes a left forehand, ...a difficult maneuver even in tennis! 

S&K left Timely in late '41 ...in rather unceremonious fashion... so it's doubtful any of their art was reworked. Also, paper drive campaigns weren't even on the U.S. radar till mid-'42 or later (we didn't officially enter the war until the month after S&K were fired by Martin Goodman). Nevertheless, it's probably worth noting Shores worked on the first 10 issues of Cap under S&K as an inker along with Reed Crandall, Al Avison and perhaps a few others, so there's definitely a connection. That said, to me the Bucky pose doesn't look anything at all like a swipe or a leftover. 

Edited April 8 by Cat-Man_America
Added a bit more (it's now 2 bit's worth of verbiage -lol)

[Ameri]

I agree that the Bucky panels might indeed be Shores. Shores was there from the beginning and he could mirror Kirby's style quite well. Just so odd that CGC would list art by S&K in a 1944 Timely. Bedrock theorized that perhaps Kirby lettered the ad but would CGC call lettering "art by S&K"? 

[Ameri]

On 4/4/2024 at 9:55 PM, Badger said:

This came in today. Now I've finished my USA 6-17 run. 

 

Beautiful colors! Here's mine. I have to find a 13 and 16 at some point. 

Edited April 8 by Ameri

[Badger]

Nice!

 

On 4/8/2024 at 6:22 AM, Ameri said:

Beautiful colors! Here's mine. I have to find a 13 and 16 at some point. 

Nice! I have a couple of 16s but only (1) 13.

 

13 is tough to find in my experience.

 

[Ameri]

[adamstrange]

On 4/12/2024 at 4:07 PM, Bronty said:

 I thought the whole run was with the Verzyl's. 

Verzyl was down to missing a single digit number of the Timely superhero issues. He did not own any of the funny animal comics.

 

[podboy66]

Haven’t posted here in a while, these are from the later half of 2023 and so far this year

Edited April 14 by podboy66

[podboy66]

[podboy66]

[batman_fan]

On 4/4/2024 at 7:55 PM, Badger said:

This came in today. Now I've finished my USA 6-17 run. 

 

[sartrexpress]

random group shot.

[Silver Surfer]

Hard to even grasp that there are this many 9.6 copies of these early Timley’s, crazy stuff. 

[Cat-Man_America]

On 4/14/2024 at 9:09 PM, sartrexpress said:

random group shot.

Love the books and random 9.6 grades with understated photography.   ...Truly awesome!

[Straw-Man]

and nice ped representation to boot!   wunnerful stuff.

[mwotka]

I've always wanted a Destroyer Timely but the pricing has gotten so crazy on these.  However in the last six months I've managed to score two!  First off, I was fortunate to marry up a cover and interior on the 8 (hat tip to a couple boardies on that interior), and then I just scored the 9 at Windy City.  Both have their problems but these covers are so cool I don't even care. 

And on those 9.6 Timelys just posted, whew!! That is just insane.  What an epic collection.

[BuscemasAvengers]

On 3/30/2024 at 9:12 PM, Ameri said:

Picked this up today. 1944 and with Simon and Kirby on the CGC label(?!). I found an interior and it has to be the Cap ad. The Bucky panels look like S&K work. Here are some splashes.

Do some of the early Timely funny animal books have ads for Timely superhero books (rather than war effort themes)?

[Badger]

On 4/14/2024 at 9:09 PM, sartrexpress said:

random group shot.

Wow, although, what, no 9.8s?

Just kidding! Between you, Bedrock, and Cat, outsiders looking at this thread probably think that High grade Timelys are common.

So awesome. 

[Silver Surfer]

On 4/8/2024 at 4:22 AM, Ameri said:

Beautiful colors! Here's mine. I have to find a 13 and 16 at some point. 

One of my top 5 Cap covers. 

[BuscemasAvengers]

My first ever Terry (17), and it's a double-whammy: 1st book to have the Atlas logo on its cover, and a Penn Ped to boot.