"Unofficial" Silver Age Classic Covers 0

[bronze johnny]

"Unofficial" Silver Age Classic Covers

There are SA issues that have designated classic covers by Overstreet and CGC. Then there are those "unofficial" classic covers that are not but should be. Please feel free to post a cover that you believe is a classic. Here's one that doesn't have the classic cover demarcation but should (not my copy):

This book needs no introduction and has the single greatest FF SA story by Stan & Jack. Perhaps the historical and literary  view of this book along with Kirby's incredible artwork inside the covers has kept the focus off just how fantastic the front cover is? Does anyone believe this is not a classic SA cover? Btw, a statue of this cover was done by the sculptor known as "Digger" if my memory serves me correctly and it captures the essence of the Thing in this cover. "The Man...This Monster...This Classic Cover"

Thanks for any insight!

john

Edited June 1, 2017 by bronze johnny

[chrisco37]

Are any of the Steranko Fury covers designated as "classic"?   Maybe #4 has it?   I'd say #1 and #6 (and maybe 7, my favorite) should be.   

[namisgr]

There were scarce covers published in 1962 as cool as this one:

Edited June 1, 2017 by namisgr

[bronze johnny]

6 hours ago, namisgr said:

There were scarce covers published in 1962 as cool as this one:

That's a classic cover!

[rjpb]

10 hours ago, chrisco37 said:

Are any of the Steranko Fury covers designated as "classic"?   Maybe #4 has it?   I'd say #1 and #6 (and maybe 7, my favorite) should be.   

All of the Steranko Fury/Cap covers are classics for me.

[bronze johnny]

6 hours ago, rjpb said:

All of the Steranko Fury/Cap covers are classics for me.

They are...ST 167 and Cap 111 are officially designated classic covers. Are there any SA Cap covers that are not designated but should be? I'll add an easy one- Avengers 16 (not my book):

 

Edited June 2, 2017 by bronze johnny

[entalmighty1]

It's not designated classic cover, but I certainly consider it one of the classics.

 

[rjpb]

1 hour ago, entalmighty1 said:

It's not designated classic cover, but I certainly consider it one of the classics.

 

I'm not up on what OSPG and CGC consider "classic" SA covers, but this has been considered a classic cover by fandom for decades.

[comicparadox]

Worthless without pix, but Avengers 25. Classic Doom. Decent Cap. 

Edited June 2, 2017 by comicparadox
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[namisgr]

[Krydel4]

3 hours ago, comicparadox said:

Worthless without pix, but Avengers 25. Classic Doom. Decent Cap. 

Agreed. Classic Doom covers are always great.

[Von Cichlid]

Spoiler

Spoiler due to image being huge.  There are so many early awesome Kirby and Ditko covers that it would be easier for me to post in a thread about covers I don't like as there wouldn't be as many to choose from.  I have to go with Thor 126.  One look at this one and you know what you are getting.  The story does not disappoint either.  It is not as wordy as many Silver Age stories and the action and layouts are so good that even the Colleta inks don't bother me.  

[bronze johnny]

On 6/2/2017 at 1:55 PM, rjpb said:

I'm not up on what OSPG and CGC consider "classic" SA covers, but this has been considered a classic cover by fandom for decades.

Mind boggling how this is not an officially designated classic cover by Overstreet nor CGC.

[Ryanfromottawa]

I've always enjoyed this one

[spideyfan68]

On 6/2/2017 at 10:57 AM, entalmighty1 said:

It's not designated classic cover, but I certainly consider it one of the classics.

 

The greatest Silver Age Cover of all?  It would definitely get my vote.

[porcupine48]

TTA 48 

[bronze johnny]

18 minutes ago, spideyfan68 said:

The greatest Silver Age Cover of all?  It would definitely get my vote.

It would definitely be a contender for top SA battle cover.

[Von Cichlid]

I just got that TTA 48 off ebay about a month ago.  Ant-Man has to be the least intimidating super hero ever.  In that issue he almost drowns in a kitchen sink.  In the 39 I have he is confined to a water fountain in some park (That is an excellent Kirby cover btw).  It seems that in each case he would have been better off just being regular old Hank Pym.

[KirbyJack]

Of the covers not usually championed in threads like these, I've always been quite taken with this one...

[burntboy]

23 hours ago, porcupine48 said:

TTA 48 

Please tell Me this is tongue-in-cheek...