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Fantastic Four Collecting Thread!
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JohnH19

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4 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

and of course the classic off to college cover...

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“AT LAST!”
Well, it was what we were all waiting for, especially after the last few boring, nothing happening issues.

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25 minutes ago, JohnH19 said:

“AT LAST!”
Well, it was what we were all waiting for, especially after the last few boring, nothing happening issues.

 

5 hours ago, Straw-Man said:

and of course the classic off to college cover...

 

Hahahhhaaahaa!  I forgot.  Did Johnny ever attend a class?  How many issues was he a student?  Maybe 4?

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On 12/2/2020 at 11:00 AM, KirbyJack said:

I AM! I'm just saying that it's an average copy; lots are worse, lots are better.

I have a friend that was looking to buy an FF #2 at the San Diego Convention one year.

He'd narrowed it down to about 3 copies that he liked.
One book was an outstanding bargain for the price and grade. It's biggest flaw, however... someone had drawn/scribbled a moderately large swastika over the backside of the Skrull on the top left of the book. It took a minute to notice the drawing over that gray Skrull, but once you noticed what it was, you couldn't UNsee it!
This was a VF-minus range book, priced in the VG range.
The other books were priced in line with their respective grades.

It's kind of funny to think about that FF #2, and as collectors - what we like & don't like as flaws OR what we will put up with as a flaw when presented with a good price.

My friend went with a non-swastika copy. But he thought about it a lot longer than I thought he would!

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14 hours ago, HighVoltage said:

I have a friend that was looking to buy an FF #2 at the San Diego Convention one year.

He'd narrowed it down to about 3 copies that he liked.
One book was an outstanding bargain for the price and grade. It's biggest flaw, however... someone had drawn/scribbled a moderately large swastika over the backside of the Skrull on the top left of the book. It took a minute to notice the drawing over that gray Skrull, but once you noticed what it was, you couldn't UNsee it!
This was a VF-minus range book, priced in the VG range.
The other books were priced in line with their respective grades.

It's kind of funny to think about that FF #2, and as collectors - what we like & don't like as flaws OR what we will put up with as a flaw when presented with a good price.

My friend went with a non-swastika copy. But he thought about it a lot longer than I thought he would!

If it was a bargain based on that-- I might have pulled the trigger and then altered the swastika into a different shape by adding a line or two or four. Or if I were the dealer-- same thing (and raise the price to boot).  how to alter a swastika into a less ugly symbol

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Picked these up on the weekend. Issues 45, 55 and 65 are upgrades. 
I now have the classic Lee, Kirby, Sinnott run from issues 44 to 73. 

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I love, love, love the cover to #4.  And I don't think I've ever shared my copy on the Boards, so here you go!  (The most important thing for me was finding a mid-grade copy that had no wear and tear on Reed's arm where it hits the spine -- weird, huh...)

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Funny!

Here's my new #1 I picked up this fall (5.0 wp, with a real Stan sig even if no one from CGC was around in 1975 to verify it.) 

As some of you may remember, I sold my 6.5 wp copy on Comiclink earlier this year, and used the profit to buy this guy instead!  Win-win!  :headbang:

Dan

 

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40 minutes ago, Drummy said:

Funny!

Here's my new #1 I picked up this fall (5.0 wp, with a real Stan sig even if no one from CGC was around in 1975 to verify it.) 

As some of you may remember, I sold my 6.5 wp copy on Comiclink earlier this year, and used the profit to buy this guy instead!  Win-win!  :headbang:

Dan

 

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Great book.  Happy that you were able to obtain another.  Love the old school ballpoint pen sigs... lets the art show through much better.. imho

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