Is THIS were the F.F. market is going?!?

[hammer-migration]

Sean (Zilla) has been temporarily rendered speechless by the combination of my stunning new Avatar and the auction price realized on the FF33, as he busily scours through his 5000 boxes of back issues for Attuma appearances with a look of intense desperation on his face!

[clobberintime]

Attuma so hot - who would have ever thunk it? Kind of neat cover with the photo background but not nearly $1200 worth. But what about that FF 12 9.2 ? Hard to find book but just don't see the market at $7000 on that one yet. Maybe if it started lower and you got mrahome and hth and Jgreen in a bidding war it would come close!

[PovertyRow]

my stunning new Avatar

 

Your avatar looks like the love child of Hitler and Fabbio, said child joining the Zuni nation and somewhere along the way, being bitten by a lycanthrope. Pretty interesting avatar.

[fantastic_four]

The seller of the FF 12 bought that copy about 9 months ago for $1700 less than their current opening price...I'll be quite shocked if it sells.

[clobberintime]

It was on ebay right - I thin k I remember it. I have bought a few nice books from this guy but i guess the Hulk hype is making him see $$$.

[NativeNewYorker]

James,

 

ASM #32, 33 & 35 are published by Non-Pareil. I agree with aman619 and povertyrow that the different publishers are used by Marvel for bookkeeping purposes.

 

Ted

[14 of spades]

good deal?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=32731&item=2170768154&rd=1

[awe4one]

I'd say no but love the cover.

 

 

Jim

[Crackandpresstoan11]

This is one of the most if not the most common FF in high grade.

[chrisco37]

Yeah, it's a great issue (part of my favorite story-line ever), but it is very easy to find in HG. You can find a couple great looking copies at any show you attend.

 

Chris

[12c_Comic]

Would you guys say that the first 100 issue of F.F. are best or are the one after just as good?

[fantastic_four]

The Byrne run in the early-to-mid 200s is just as good, if not better. I haven't read above 300 yet but I've heard Simonson did some good stories somewhere in the low 300s.

[awe4one]

I thought Simonson's run was sketchy at best but far superior to the period after Byrne left. His Doom story (#350 or so and since forgottened by Marvel) ranks as one of the best battle issues ever written between the FF and Doc in my opinion.

 

I'd also move the bar of good FF stories to about #160 or so. At least until the end of the Counter Earth storyline. More sporatic as a run than 1-100 but great stories throughout.

 

 

Jim

[chrisco37]

Personally, my favorite FF run would be from #48-100....Stan and Jack really hit their stride during that period. Great characters, great battles, great art. Followed close by Byrne's run, which is outstanding as well. Can't recall the issue #, but a particularyly great story involved the FF sans powers living in a town. For some reason, Reed just doesn't "feel right". Long story short, when he realizes that their lives are an "illusion", the FF rushes out of their home only to see a gigantic Dr. Doom looing over them. They were trapped in a miniature "snow globe" by Doom!

 

(Damn! Now I'm gonna have to go dig it out and read it!)

 

Chris

[THE_BEYONDER]

My favourite FF issues(aside from Byrne's run because I liked them all):

FF 91-93, 120-130, 140-141, 147-149. If I HAD to pick a favourite BYRNE issue, I would have to say FF #245(Childhood's End). I really liked the issue where Johnny was going to give up being the Torch because his number 1 fan "torched" himself("I wanted to be like you". I can't recall the exact number but......"SHOW ME A HERO AND I'LL WRITE YOU A TRAGEDY......IT HAD A HAPPY ENDING AFTER ALL."

[JiveTurkeyMoFo]

Favorite story would have to be F.F. Annual 2, the complete origin of the diabolical Dr. Doom. Close behind would be the classic F.F. # 51.

 

 

[uclapeterg]

The issue where Torch almost gave up being a hero was 285. The only time I cried reading a comic.

[blowout]

If we are talking Fantastic Four epics the I can't look past FF 48-50 as one of the greatest story arc ever written.

Not just one, but two incredible new characters introduced (Silver Surfer & Galactus) and a truly cosmic storyline that also had room for human emotion/feeling.

So big and so yet so small.

[chrisco37]

Favorite story would have to be F.F. Annual 2, the complete origin of the

diabolical Dr. Doom

JTMoFo-

That's a classic! I have to give props to my man Yertle for hooking me up w/ a copy of FF Annual #2 as he knew my penchant for Dr. Doom comics!

 

And Beyonder - Great Torch epic! It's fun to read some of the great lines that come from the pages of comics. Think that's why Doom is my favorite charcter. What charisma! What ego!

 

Chris