So, this is such a great era of heroes and costume designs that is woefully under utilized and under represented.
My list doesn't bring much new to the table:
Blazing Skull
Original Human Torch
Toro
Whizzer
Miss America
Kid Colt
Rawhide Kid
Black Marvel
The Destroyer
The Vision
1st Honorable Mention: Gorilla Man (Kenneth Hale) - he 1st appeared in 1954, but the imprint had already changed from Timely/Atlas to Marvel by then, so he doesn't technically qualify for this list. But if he did, he'd be on it. I grew to love him in Agents of Atlas, but he dates back 70 years, so...
Ironically, the villain who also used the name Gorilla Man - Arthur Nagan - a member of the evil group the Headmen - also first appeared in 1954, though 8 months after the Ken Hale version. I would take a figure of him too, along with his teammate Ruby Tuesday - but that's another list.
Other Honorable Mentions: Sun Girl, Red Raven, the Angel, Thin Man, Blue Diamond, Blonde Phantom
The one on my list no one else mentioned wasn't the most major of Timely's Golden Age Heroes:
But, the Black Marvel holds a special place in my heart because he was resurrected in the comics as being the mentor for the Slingers. And the Slingers is a set of figures I also desperately want in Marvel Legends. Given that the costumes started as Spider-Man alternate identities I'm surprised Hasbro hasn't tapped that vein already.
Anyway - if we're getting Golden Age heroes, Black Marvel is one I would like to have... but so are the rest of that list, and the honorable mentions... and others that might have been added retroactively like 3-D Man and Spitfire.
Let the record show that despite what I wrote on my own list, I’d be more than happy with any of the characters anyone has listed thus far.
9 Fwooshers voted:
8 Votes
Human Torch (Jim Hammond)
7 Votes
Miss America
Toro
Whizzer
6 Votes
The Angel
Vision/Aarkus
5 Votes
Blazing Skull
Blonde Phantom
4 Votes
Bucky
The Mighty Destroyer
3 Votes
Black Widow (Claire Voyant)
Kid Colt
Namora
Rawhide Kid
Venus
2 Votes
Blue Diamond
Gorilla Man (Hale)
Marvel Boy
Subbie the Sea-Going Lad
1 Vote
3-D Man
Armless Tiger Man
Black Marvel
Blackstone the Magician
Challenger
Electro
Eternal Brain
Fin
Flexo, the Rubber Man
Gorilla Man (Nagan)
M-11
Miss Fury
Patriot
Red Raven
Sun Girl
The Falcon
Thin Man
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