• When you click on links to various merchants on this site and make a purchase, this can result in this site earning a commission. Affiliate programs and affiliations include, but are not limited to, the eBay Partner Network.

Archived

This topic is now archived and is closed to further replies.

Greatest GOLDEN AGE Covers Poll, Round One

Started by Cat-Man_America,

189 posts in this topic

lou_fine

lou_fine

Posted
Posted
So now that the magazine is out, can we finally talk about the results?

 

IKR! Whats the big hairy deal. Just release it already. I gotta start buying the winners (shrug)

 

Yes, where is the Cat when we need him since he should be out of jail by now. lol

 

He's probably got the jump ahead of you since he's clearly an insider and will be releasing the article here once he's finished picking up all of the chart toppers. ;)

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cat-Man_America

Cat-Man_America

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Gonna have to wait until Cat gets out of the dog cat-house...

 

Fixed! :grin:

 

So now that the magazine is out, can we finally talk about the results?

 

IKR! Whats the big hairy deal. Just release it already. I gotta start buying the winners (shrug)

 

Yes, where is the Cat when we need him since he should be out of jail by now. lol

 

He's probably got the jump ahead of you since he's clearly an insider and will be releasing the article here once he's finished picking up all of the chart toppers. ;)

 

I haven't commented because I'm of two minds about the article and one of them would rather be in the bar. :insane:

 

Feel free to discuss the article, ...the rankings of GA covers, ...the flamboyant biff!-bam!-blewy! design layout, ...the quality of paper the publisher used, ...whatever you fancy.

 

For now, I'm withholding judgment. :sumo:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lou_fine

lou_fine

Posted
Posted

So now that the magazine is out, can we finally talk about the results?

 

I haven't commented because I'm of two minds about the article and one of them would rather be in the bar. :insane:

 

Feel free to discuss the article, ...the rankings of GA covers, ...the flamboyant biff!-bam!-blewy! design layout, ...the quality of paper the publisher used, ...whatever you fancy.

 

For now, I'm withholding judgment. :sumo:

 

Sounds as though you are not too happy about the way the article turned out. :(

 

Would it still be possible for you to post a link to this article so that we can take our own shots at it then. :wishluck:

 

Nothing to discuss if we don't have access to it in the first place. doh!

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Cat-Man_America

Cat-Man_America

Posted
  • Author
Posted
Does anyone have the results????

 

Dont ya know Hud 'ole bean? Its one big secret :gossip:

 

 

 

OK, here's the Top 20 comic covers from our poll as displayed in the Fall issue of Intelligent Collector...

 

1) Detective 31

2) Suspense 3

3) Fantastic 3

4) Punch 12

5) Phantom Lady 17

6) More Fun 54

7) Superman 14

8) Startling 49

9) Detective 29

10) All Select 1

11) Detective 35

12) Silver Streak 6

13) Captain America 3

14) Marvel Mystery 9

15) USA Comics 7

16) Batman 11

17) Captain America 37

18) Great Comics 3

19) Wonderworld 7

20) Detective 18

 

For full disclosure ...and as an added treat for rip-roaring discussions... here are the remaining twenty finalist's rankings:

 

21) Daring Mystery 1

22) Pep 34

23) All American 61

24) Mask 2

25) Captain America 74

26) Hit 5

27) Catman 31

28) Action 2

29) Mystic 7

30) Seven Seas 4

31) Detective 69

32) Dynamic 8

33) National 16

34) Suspense 8

35) Real Life 3

36) Captain America 2

37) Captain Marvel Jr 4

38) Amazing Mystery Funnies 25

39) Headline 8

40) Hit 18

 

None of the internal data is included, but I'm sure there's plenty of fodder for discussion.

 

So, on your mark, get set, here we go: :gossip::preach::slapfight:

Link to comment
Share on other sites
woowoo

woowoo

Posted
Posted
Gonna have to wait until Cat gets out of the dog cat-house...

 

 

 

Little less drinking when you post dont want to see you gone a 2nd time. :popcorn:

 

OK here you go you can have few of mine anytime :headbang: Glad your back.

 

little%20sum_zpsryxbphkb.jpg

Link to comment
Share on other sites
lou_fine

lou_fine

Posted
Posted

OK, here's the Top 20 comic covers from our poll as displayed in the Fall issue of Intelligent Collector...

 

1) Detective 31

2) Suspense 3

3) Fantastic 3

4) Punch 12

5) Phantom Lady 17

6) More Fun 54

7) Superman 14

8) Startling 49

9) Detective 29

10) All Select 1

11) Detective 35

12) Silver Streak 6

13) Captain America 3

14) Marvel Mystery 9

15) USA Comics 7

16) Batman 11

17) Captain America 37

18) Great Comics 3

19) Wonderworld 7

20) Detective 18

 

 

Wow, fast forward 20+ years to 2016 and how things have changed as both Detective 31 and Punch 12 have come out of nowhere to finished near the top of the charts, as per a post I had made a couple of months ago:

 

I am willing to place a bet that both 'Tec 31 and Punch 12 will end up being relatively high in the final results of the poll here. Certainly a far cry from the mid 90's when CBM ran an article asking readers to slect their Top 5 GA covers. They received a total of 35 submissions for a grand total of 175 possible selections from some prominent collectors at the time, and nobody except for one obviously unintelligent fool (i.e. namely yours truly) had picked either one of these books as one of their Top 5 covers. :o:flamed:

 

Interesting to note Batman's current popularity as evident by how the Detective books have risen, since the only other one to receive a vote back in '95 was 'Tec 35 which received only 1 vote, similar to my one vote for 'Tec 31.

 

Also interesting to note that Cap 3 is now apparently the greatest GA Cap cover when it didn't receive a single vote back in '95. Back then, it was all about Cap's 1, 7, and 74.

 

Wonder if there would be any "new" books rising to the top of the charts if we redo this survey 20 years from now, similar to 'Tec 31 and Punch 12 on this particular go round. hm

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Vision75

Vision75

Posted
Posted

 

Hi everyone. To provide a little more context, here's the data ( n = 130).

The means reflect the average rankings (the lower the better).

Regarding the voting, Tec 31 was the clear winner. Suspense 3 was clearly the silver medalist. Fantastic 3 edged out Punch 12 for third. Fifth through twentieth was a tight race. We also provide the average ranking for the funny books that finished 21-40.

 

 

1) Detective 31, 8.09

2) Suspense 03, 10.66

3) Fantastic 3, 14.28

4) Punch 12, 14.9

5) Phantom Lady 17, 16.22

6) More Fun 54, 16.62

7) Superman 14, 16.71

8) Startling 49, 17.74

9) Detective 29, 17.94

10) All Select 1, 18.51

11) Detective 35, 19.24

12) Silver Streak 6, 19.47

13) Captain America 3, 19.65

14) Marvel Mystery 9, 19.74

15) USA Comics 7, 19.79

16) Batman 11, 19.81

17) Captain America 37, 20.09

18) Great Comics 3, 20.46

19) Wonderworld 7, 20.55

20) Detective 18, 20.62

21) Daring Mystery 1, 21.14

22) Pep 34, 21.72

23) All American 61, 21.84

24) Mask 2, 21.93

25) Captain America 74, 22.28

26) Hit 5, 22.3

27) Catman 31, 22.33

28) Action 2, 22.93

29) Mystic 7, 22.98

30) Seven Seas, 4 23.16

31) Detective 69, 23.46

32) Dynamic 8, 23.73

33) National 16, 23.76

34) Suspense 08, 23.95

35) Real Life 3, 24.12

36) Captain America 2, 24.28

37) Captain Marvel Jr 4, 24.35

38) Amazing Mystery Funnies 25, 24.72

39) Headline 08, 25.02

40) Hit 18, 28.86

Link to comment
Share on other sites
Go to topic listing