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Post by scottharris on Aug 14, 2008 17:04:02 GMT -5
I don't think we've done Cap yet. Cap really lends himself to great covers; he just has such an iconic look, when he's well drawn he pops off the page. I may not be able to restrict myself to five, to be honest. I am also including issues of Tales of Suspense. Whether or not to include #58 I'll leave up to you; his series didn't technically start until #59, but he guest starred in #58 and it has a tremendous cover. I'm only going for Marvel issues, not Golden Age ones. Here are my top Cap covers: #1  #2  #3  #4  #5  #6  #7  #8  #9  #10  And special mention for the 40th anniversary issue:  Which unless I'm crazy features a probably pretty rare combination of pencils by Frank Miller and inking by John Romita. |
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Post by sharkar on Aug 18, 2008 11:06:49 GMT -5
Scott already cited the great Steranko covers so I won't include them...though all of them (#111 and #113 in particular) have always been favorites of mine. So, excluding Steranko, here are my top 5 Cap covers: Just beautifully drawn.  I mentioned this one in another thread: great cover by Colan, who conveys the nightmare Cap is trapped is in. A beautifully rendered cover.  Iconic.  Nice take on the "Cap haunted by memories" theme.  Love all the villains (and Namor).  I will include this one as a 6th favorite, because I have always liked the perspective here, unusual for a Cap cover (back then).  |
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Post by sharkar on Aug 18, 2008 11:33:11 GMT -5
In going through the Cap covers, Cap #103 strongly reminded me of a Thor cover (it turned out to be #139). In terms of figure work, I know that Kirby- -like most artists- - had a catalogue of "stock poses", but it's especially evident here with Sif and Sharon Carter. Thor #139 (April 1967) Cap #103 (July 1968)   |
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Post by Dr. Hank Pym on Aug 18, 2008 15:05:55 GMT -5
This is one of my all-time favorite covers, and a part of my all time favorite Captain America story-arc: The long arc where he battles The Red Skull, leading to his foes death!  |
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Post by Tana Nile on Aug 18, 2008 21:46:22 GMT -5
Since most of the Steranko stuff is taken (beautiful artwork that), I'll throw out some later issues.  A sentimental favorite: my first issue of Cap. I do think this is a very dynamic and nicely composed cover by Romita.  Cap quits - again! Another Romita cover.  Ouch!  Cap becomes Cap...again!  Wow, I want to see this movie! |
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Post by dlw66 on Aug 19, 2008 11:40:04 GMT -5
Here are five that I like, in no particular order. I loved The Adventures of Captain America -- fun story, and great art by Kevin Maguire, whose style really lends itself to stories like these. Here's the cover to the second issue:  Yeah, I know Wolverine's so overblown these days. But when I saw this one on the racks as it came out -- WOW!! Adamantium on Adamantium, baby!! CA Annual #8:  Sharkar was doing some side-by-side comparisons -- how about this one for a similar style?   I like villains who crossover into other books:  This is one of the first CA comics I saw as a youngster. The ending is pretty good, especially for an Avengers fan; the Golden Archer would show up again shortly on the roster of the Squadron Supreme!!  |
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Post by starfoxxx on Aug 19, 2008 16:57:01 GMT -5
This is one of my all-time favorite covers, and a part of my all time favorite Captain America story-arc: The long arc where he battles The Red Skull, leading to his foes death! Yeah, doctorhankpym, that story-arc blew me away, the writing was exceptional, great,great covers..... the Red Skull really puts Cap and his friends through an emotional wringer (pretty disturbing stuff) and I loved seeing the Skull get what's comin-to-him! and as a young boy in Catholic school when these issues came out, The Sisters of Sin were pretty darn sexy (not the ugly one, though)  esp. compared to the nuns at my school!!! ;D |
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Post by Dr. Hank Pym on Aug 21, 2008 13:08:53 GMT -5
This is one of my all-time favorite covers, and a part of my all time favorite Captain America story-arc: The long arc where he battles The Red Skull, leading to his foes death! Yeah, doctorhankpym, that story-arc blew me away, the writing was exceptional, great,great covers..... the Red Skull really puts Cap and his friends through an emotional wringer (pretty disturbing stuff) and I loved seeing the Skull get what's comin-to-him! and as a young boy in Catholic school when these issues came out, The Sisters of Sin were pretty darn sexy (not the ugly one, though) esp. compared to the nuns at my school!!! ;D Wasn't it just disturbing when he "blew them up" at the end of 299? Such a great, great story-arc. And I personally believe issue 298 is required reading for comic book fans. The whole thing is dedicated to The Red Skull's life, and it's horribly disturbing. It also produced a great cover as well!  |
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Post by scottharris on Aug 21, 2008 13:38:43 GMT -5
I want to chime in and say that I agree, the storyline leading up to Cap #300 is one of the all-time best Cap stories. This was, in general, a really strong era for Cap; everything from the late 260's up through 300 is really good. Then Gru took over and he also was sharp for a long time. Unlike a lot of classic Marvels, the stuff from the 80's is actually a lot better than the stuff from the 60's and 70's in my opinion. There certainly was some good Cap stuff in the past, but the era from around 266-383 or so is about the best Cap going with the exception of the current Brubaker series. And of those issues, the Red Skull storyline that ended in #300 might be the best.
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Post by scottharris on Aug 21, 2008 13:44:11 GMT -5
Here's a site that mentions a lot of the covers we've discussed on this thread and others; it seems to be the results of some sort of poll about the best Silver Age covers. I think they missed out on some great covers, but these are all pretty sweet too: www.editions-deesse.com/results.html |
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Post by sharkar on Aug 25, 2008 15:59:40 GMT -5
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Post by spiderwasp on Aug 25, 2008 16:40:41 GMT -5
That's funny Sharkar. No wonder Cap beat himself up in Avengers for not having realized how much danger he was putting the kid in. There were clues.
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Post by scottharris on Aug 25, 2008 21:09:10 GMT -5
Speaking of pre-Silver Age Cap, I've always loved this cover. Some day I hope to get a copy of this comic:  This was during the brief (three issues) revival of Cap in 1954 that eventually led to the "Cap of the 1950's" storyline which is still being explored today by Brubaker. And note the signature on this great cover: John Romita. "Captain America... Commie Smasher" |
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Post by scottharris on Aug 25, 2008 21:13:32 GMT -5
Of special note are these two oddities. Just before the series was cancelled, Timely tried to turn it into a horror title and changes the title to "Captain America's Weird Tales". As far as I know, the final issue, #75, doesn't have Cap in it at all:   |
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Post by Tana Nile on Aug 25, 2008 21:27:28 GMT -5
And on none of those golden age covers is Cap carrying a gun.
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Post by Dr. Hank Pym on Aug 25, 2008 23:35:09 GMT -5
Those are some great Golden Age covers, though I agree that it's more than just a little weird that Bucky is almost always tied up! And he almost looks... annoyed in issue four! Maybe he was going "Awww, come on!" |
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