
Venus
#10 · 1950
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Graded and raw Timely Comics books from 0–1975, spanning the Unknown, Golden Age, Silver Age, Bronze Age. Every slab is cert-verified before listing and every raw copy is graded in-house with its defects disclosed.

Venus
#10 · 1950

Slim Morgan Brings Justice to Mesa City Promo Comic Timely 1950
nn · 1950
Timely Comics · Golden Age
Raw · Not graded

Cindy Smith
#40 · 1950

Mystic Comics
#5 · 1951

Mystic Comics
#25 · 1953

Mystic Comics
#31 · 1954

Mystic Comics
#33 · 1954

Love Romances
#64 · 1957

The Human Torch
#1 · 1974

The Human Torch
#3 · 1975

The Human Torch
#6 · 1975

The Human Torch
#5 · 1975

The Human Torch
#7 · 1975
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History
Timely Comics was Martin Goodman's comics line from Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939) through the 1940s — the Golden Age incarnation of Marvel. Its big three were the Human Torch, the Sub-Mariner and Captain America, and its keys — Marvel Comics #1, Captain America Comics #1, Marvel Mystery Comics, Human Torch #2 (#1), All Winners Comics — are among the most valuable Golden Age books. A CGC 9.4 Marvel Comics #1 sold for 2.4 million dollars in March 2022.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
History
Marvel began in 1939 as Timely Comics, publisher Martin Goodman's comics line, whose first issue, Marvel Comics #1 (October 1939), introduced the Human Torch and the Sub-Mariner. Through the 1950s the company published as Atlas, mostly genre comics. It became Marvel Comics with the superhero revival led by Stan Lee, Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko from Fantastic Four #1 (November 1961). Marvel was bought by The Walt Disney Company in a deal completed on 31 December 2009.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
Characters
Captain America first appeared in Captain America Comics #1, cover-dated March 1941 and on sale in December 1940, created by Joe Simon and Jack Kirby for Timely Comics, the company that became Marvel. The issue is famous for its cover of Cap punching Adolf Hitler, published a year before the United States entered the Second World War, and it also introduced Bucky and the Red Skull. A CGC 9.4 copy sold for 3.12 million dollars at Heritage Auctions in April 2022.
Updated Oct 11, 2026
Key issues
Sub-Mariner #1 (May 1968), by Roy Thomas and John Buscema, launched Namor's first solo title of the Silver Age after his feature in Tales to Astonish ended. It is one of the 1968 Marvel expansion #1s — with Captain America #100, Iron Man #1, Silver Surfer #1 and Nick Fury #1 — and a solid Silver Age key with a Buscema origin retelling. Namor himself dates from Marvel Comics #1 (1939) by Bill Everett.
Updated Oct 11, 2026