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FANTASTIC FOUR HG CENSUS UPDATE ISSUES 1-50
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FANTASTIC FOUR 1-52 HG CENSUS ANALYSIS

 

Finally getting around to posting this…

 

I just recently updated my HG Census analysis for ASM 1-50 which I posted in the ASM 11 thread.  Now let’s have a look at the Fantastic Four 1-50.  As for the ASM data, the last time I put this together was in August 2014 as well.  Let’s break it down…

 

As per the title, I am using the Census to examine the numbers.  As with all analyses and empirical data/evidence…there are factors of error to be considered…retired books resubmitted probably the foremost issue…but all-in-all the numbers appear to be consistent with the Jan 2014 analysis and my non-published analysis prior to that.  Also the fact that “key” and singular books will have more submissions than the other issues.

 

Additionally in the case of the FF issues, issues 44 and 48 are warehouse finds and thus significantly more issues have been submitted and graded for these 2 books with higher grades as would be expected.

 

Let’s start with some general statements of fact:

 

Of the 50 books, 14 issues have only added 8 or less copies to the Census in grades 9.0-10.0 or 28-per cent.  The most difficult of all, with only 3/4/5 added copies respectively are issues 1, 11 and 8.  Next up is Issue 12 with 6 copies and then Issues 3, 4, 5, 6 and 18 with 7 copies and rounding out Issues 7, 17 and and 19 with 8 copies.  Issues 16 and 20 have 10 copies added.

 

Issue 1 retains the top spot with 16 issues and only three 9.0s added.  Issue 3 is next with only 27 copies.  And then those 2 dark covers, Issues 11 (31) and 7 (34) followed by Issue 8 (36 copies) to round out the Top 5.  The order is the same as in 2014 except for 7 and 11 changing spots.

 

Issues 2, 18, 5, 13 and 6 round out the Top 10.

 

Twelve issues do not have a 9.8 adding 2 9.8s down from 14…Issues 9 and 49 each added one 9.8  There are a total of 29 9.8s added.  Of the issues without 9.8s, Issues 7 and 8 have only one 9.6!

 

Fifteen Issues now have 100 or more HG copies graded up from 10.  Issue 48’s total numbers have risen by a staggering 121 copies or an average of 24 per year.  There have  been no 9.8s or 9.6s added for Issues 1, 3, 11, 7, 8, 2, 18, 5, 13, 6 and 4 in their order in the rankings.

 

9.8!

Still only 145 copies in the entire run achieving the rarified 9.8 grade status (or 2.9-per cent)!  That represents a meager 32 issues added in the last 5 years of an average of just over 6 a year!

As previously mentioned, Issues 9 and 49 joined the list with 1 copy each.

 

9.6!

Only 73 9.6 copies added for an average of a little under 15/year. 

 

Summarily, there are only 5,013 CGC graded issues of FF 1-50 graded 9.0 or better…an overall increase of a 1,130 copies in the last 5 years…and average of 226/year. 

 

Side-by-side comparison

Grade   2014     2019

9.8       113       145       28.3-per cent increase

9.6       391       483       23.5-per cent increase

9.4       849       1066     25.5-per cent increase

9.2       955       1371     30.4-per cent increase

9.0       1443     1948     34.9-per cent increase

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