{"id":6207,"date":"2011-12-23T12:52:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-23T16:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=6207"},"modified":"2023-03-03T00:03:11","modified_gmt":"2023-03-03T05:03:11","slug":"top-50-marvel-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/?p=6207","title":{"rendered":"Top 50 Marvel Covers from the Marvel Age"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/stallonezone.com\/zone\/2011\/z122311marvel_covers.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"475\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.comicbookresources.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>CBR.com<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/span> recently posted the <strong>results<\/strong> of a <strong>poll of fans<\/strong> to determine the <strong>Top 50 Most Memorable Comic Covers of the Marvel Age<\/strong>.\u00a0<strong>Congratulations<\/strong> to my buddies, <strong>Mike Zeck<\/strong> and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">John Beatty<\/span><\/strong><\/span> for placing <strong>three covers<\/strong> in the <strong>top 50<\/strong>.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"aligncenter\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Using<strong> just the covers from the poll<\/strong> here is <strong>my top ten<\/strong>:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>10. <em>Marvel Super Heroes: Secret Wars #1\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>9.\u00a0 <em>Amazing Spider-Man #33\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Steve Ditko)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>8.\u00a0 <em>Daredevil #181\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Frank Miller and Klaus Janson)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>7.\u00a0 <em>Amazing Spider-Man #39<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (Art by John Romita)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>6.\u00a0 <em>Wolverine (mini-series) #1<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (Art by Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>5.\u00a0 <em>Captain America Annual #8<\/em><\/strong>\u00a0 (Art by Mike Zeck and John Beatty)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>4.\u00a0 <em>The Incredible Hulk Special #1\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Jim Steranko with a little help from Marie Severin)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>3.\u00a0 <em>Silver Surfer #4\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by John Buscema and perhaps Sal Buscema)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>2.\u00a0 <em>Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #4\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Jim Steranko)<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>1.\u00a0<em> Nick Fury, Agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. #1\u00a0<\/em><\/strong> (Art by Jim Steranko)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">While I don&#8217;t think that anyone would argue that they weren&#8217;t great covers selected but what about&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Paul Gulacy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;sa=N&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=675&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=gDnW1fhZ-xBUpM:&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/File:Master_of_Kung_Fu_Vol_1_64.jpg&amp;docid=8YPqS9mMdq216M&amp;imgurl=http:\/\/images3.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20070319131245\/marveldatabase\/images\/3\/33\/Master_of_Kung_Fu_Vol_1_64.jpg&amp;w=400&amp;h=615&amp;ei=AM_0TtbRJJHrtgfcnqXRBg&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=281&amp;vpy=122&amp;dur=2792&amp;hovh=278&amp;hovw=181&amp;tx=100&amp;ty=129&amp;sig=115972260795899810856&amp;page=1&amp;tbnh=163&amp;tbnw=108&amp;start=0&amp;ndsp=16&amp;ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em>Master of Kung Fu<\/em> # 64<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><span style=\"font-family: arial;\">Paul Gulacy&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;sa=N&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=675&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=4TwuU50opTT2cM:&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/File:Rawhide_Kid_Vol_1_147.jpg&amp;docid=FmyCcIUzVo1GoM&amp;itg=1&amp;imgurl=http:\/\/images2.wikia.nocookie.net\/__cb20100505205751\/marveldatabase\/images\/0\/0d\/Rawhide_Kid_Vol_1_147.jpg&amp;w=400&amp;h=610&amp;ei=Ms_0TpfvKpO2twe3rMjGAw&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=100&amp;vpy=114&amp;dur=1969&amp;hovh=277&amp;hovw=182&amp;tx=76&amp;ty=164&amp;sig=115972260795899810856&amp;page=1&amp;tbnh=147&amp;tbnw=96&amp;start=0&amp;ndsp=20&amp;ved=1t:429,r:0,s:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rawhide Kid # 147<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Paul Gulacy&#8217;s<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/Peter_Parker,_The_Spectacular_Spider-Man_Vol_1_8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>Peter Parker # 8<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>John Byrne and Terry Austin&#8217;s<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/X-Men_Vol_1_133\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">X-Men # 133<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Frank Miller and Joe Rubinstein&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.google.com\/imgres?um=1&amp;hl=en&amp;safe=off&amp;client=firefox-a&amp;sa=N&amp;rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&amp;biw=1024&amp;bih=675&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbnid=QBgXnZDINxzxUM:&amp;imgrefurl=http:\/\/pencilink.blogspot.com\/2007\/12\/wolverine-4-frank-miller-art-cover.html&amp;docid=GNfaLdfaoly2fM&amp;imgurl=http:\/\/3.bp.blogspot.com\/-vE7MteKntVU\/TXfLz3ticVI\/AAAAAAAAEnw\/lC0DBuCtLa0\/s1600\/wolverine_1-4-00.jpg&amp;w=900&amp;h=1403&amp;ei=bdD0TsmAKsrbtgf63ZDPBg&amp;zoom=1&amp;iact=hc&amp;vpx=583&amp;vpy=282&amp;dur=3924&amp;hovh=280&amp;hovw=180&amp;tx=101&amp;ty=123&amp;sig=115972260795899810856&amp;page=1&amp;tbnh=144&amp;tbnw=100&amp;start=0&amp;ndsp=20&amp;ved=1t:429,r:17,s:0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Wolverine # 4 [Mini-series]<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Mike Zeck and Gene Day&#8217;s<\/strong> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/marvel.wikia.com\/index.php?title=Master_of_Kung_Fu_Vol_1&amp;image=Master_of_Kung_Fu_Vol_1_80-jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Master of Kung Fu # 80<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><strong>Mike Zeck and Gee Day&#8217;s<\/strong> <strong>Master of Kung Fu # 83<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: arial;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Those covers just came to me quickly as I was putting together this post.\u00a0 What other classic Marvel Age covers did we miss?<\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CBR.com recently posted the results of a poll of fans to determine the Top 50 Most Memorable Comic Covers of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":912,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[58,56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art","category-comics","comments-off"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/912"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6207"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32195,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6207\/revisions\/32195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/craigzablo.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}