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[Drummy]

Thanks!  It's got nice color and centering as well, and for someone who read his first comic in 1975 the Stan Lee sig is just icing on the cake!

[Straw-Man]

soooo nice, dan.

[Frederic9494]

Not as impressive as Drummy's FF #1 above, but I finally pulled the trigger on a mini-grail of mine... the poor man's FF 4 & 5 !

 

 

[Drummy]

Great pickup.  I've always loved this cover.

[Math Teacher]

7 hours ago, KirbyJack said:

Had a yen for some silver age, apparently.

Don't quit your day job, @KirbyJack. 

[WernerVonDoom]

Upgrade of this classic issue. #51's population is very low compared with surrounding issues (along with #50).

[Gaard]

8 hours 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!  

Dan

 

Is it safe to assume that without Stan's signature this would've graded higher?

[G.A.tor]

Did folks really not know MCU was going to do a ff movie ? I’ve gotten a bunch of inquiries to buy ff1 this evening.  Crazy. 

Edited December 11, 2020 by G.A.tor

[Straw-Man]

only the books where they’re in costume are going to appreciate; you could keep a fleet in place with those anchors.

[KirbyJack]

I don’t know anyone who likes 10 cent FFs.

[bpc3qh]

3 hours ago, Werner_Von_Doom said:

Upgrade of this classic issue. #51's population is very low compared with surrounding issues (along with #50).

This is probably my favorite FF cover, and I'm always surprised it isn't a higher value book.

[WernerVonDoom]

1 minute ago, bpc3qh said:

This is probably my favorite FF cover, and I'm always surprised it isn't a higher value book.

If anyone is looking to buy this book, now is definitely the time to do so. Prices for this book probably won't be lower.

[HighVoltage]

26 minutes ago, Werner_Von_Doom said:

If anyone is looking to buy this book, now is definitely the time to do so. Prices for this book probably won't be lower.

Ok - now I'm wondering what was your undercopy!?

This book is such an oddball, considering the epic, multipart stories surrounding it. And yet... It's every bit as good as the Inhumans, Surfer/Galactus, Panther, and Doom/Surfer stories.

Such a cool cover. I'd love to have this as a 24 x 36 poster...

[WernerVonDoom]

36 minutes ago, HighVoltage said:

Ok - now I'm wondering what was your undercopy!?

This book is such an oddball, considering the epic, multipart stories surrounding it. And yet... It's every bit as good as the Inhumans, Surfer/Galactus, Panther, and Doom/Surfer stories.

Such a cool cover. I'd love to have this as a 24 x 36 poster...

My undercopy is a 9.2.  Prob put it up for sale beginning of next year. And yes, a poster of this would be cool!

[Gaard]

Curious...

I found this while looking thru Ebay listings...

I was wondering if anyone here (I'm looking at you Frisco Larson) knows why BP was made to appear Caucasion. Is there anything racial to it? Or simply human error?

 

[FoggyNelson]

8 minutes ago, Gaard said:

Curious...

I found this while looking thru Ebay listings...

I was wondering if anyone here (I'm looking at you Frisco Larson) knows why BP was made to appear Caucasion. Is there anything racial to it? Or simply human error?

 

That is cool👍👍😷

[namisgr]

On 12/10/2020 at 11:03 PM, bpc3qh said:

This is probably my favorite FF cover, and I'm always surprised it isn't a higher value book.

With no 9.8 copies on the CGC census, this isn't cheap in 9.6 condition.  My old copy sold 7 or 8 years ago for over $5000, and one can only imagine what the first and only 9.8 might go for:

[01TheDude]

I like my copy of FF 51 though it isn't quite that level of nosebleed you guys are sharing (thanks to @trmoore54 for the gift!)

 

 

[KirbyJack]

I got a neat little vf from HighGradeComics a few years ago. Still quite content with it.

[Gman65NJ]

Wow an entire thread devoted to the Fantastic Four! Where was this when I was a kid collecting FF? Oh wait the internet didn’t exist yet.
 

I got up to issue 250 before I stopped collecting (and ended up with 8-250 plus 3). I’m doing my semi-regular rebagging/boarding so will send out a few pix.