Fantastic Four #1 - # 600 My run is done!

[comicdonna]

Awesome Tim!

[slym2none]

Very nice, DR.X!

 

 

 

 

-slym

[1950's war comics]

this is a great thread, nothing beats finishing off a run, I only dare tackle small runs and even they are gratifying, I love seeing guys at shows with want list checklists filling up holes in sets, its hard to stay patient and focused

way to go !!!!

[gsolol]

Congratulations !!! I'm sure you must of had a lot of fun and enjoyment over the years hunting down each book you needed for your collection. There's no better feeling as collector then when you add a book to your collection and get closer to completing it. (thumbs u

[romanheart]

Congratulations. I hope to finish one of my sets one day.

[EC ed]

Bravo!

 

And "they" say that the age of the completist collector is over...I call wildly_fanciful_statement on that. (thumbs u

[piper]

Awesome achievement!

[Dick Pontoon]

Congrats! Anybody who still builds runs is A-OK in my book.

 

I'm not as ambitious - only working on the first 300. But only 8 issues left to go!

[Artboy99]

congrats!

[Azkaban]

Bravo Dr. Bravo

[ComicConnoisseur]

Congrats.

(thumbs u

[Darth Corgi]

Such a great run. Classic books. Stan Lee spinning yarns with pictures by the King Kirby.... No one drew comics like he did. I was explaining to my seven year old son about who Kirby was. I showed him these books and explained that he drew the strongest punches, biggest crashes, heaviest kicks and the most dynamite explosions. He also knew a few things about pathos and conveying strength even in drawing a character just standing still.... Alright, Kirby praise fest over. Congrats on putting together a classic run!

[ttfitz]

I have also upgraded about 20 issues under #100 to CGC - 9.0 or better so far. I will be having an under copy sale when I have the time. I'd like to try and upgrade most of the lower run if possible.

 

Congrats! I'll have to watch out for that sale, I'm missing 6 issues myself, and "under copy" is where I live.

[Waylander]

 

Just put the final books away to complete this run with the March 2015 issue. I have them all ( #1 - #642 ) up to current, minus all the B.S. variants.

 

I do need some of the Annuals though, so that's next. Mr. Bedrock helped me with a bunch of the later numbers and Lone Star Comics filled in a few of the other holes.

 

This book has been rebooted and renumbered so many times I lost count, but with the newest issue I picked up yesterday, its back to the original numbering with #642.

 

My comic shop guy tells me there's another Secret Wars series coming later in the year, and all of the titles are going to start again.

 

I know they say F.F. is being canceled soon, but when will another #1 hit the stands. I'm numb.

 

 

 

 

Very cool run - congrats

[1950's war comics]

It was tough collecting FF as a kid, I started buying them when they first went to 20 cents but the stories were always continued and you know how kids are with their allowance so I usually bought other comics so I could have a complete story within one issue , afterwards I read the entire 1-102 run with Marvels greatest comics and other reprints and always loved the Lee/Kirby FF run !! some of and maybe THE best comic book stories in history,

I still use one of Mr Fantastics sayings to this day ,....whenever someone is telling about the odds of a game or this or that happening I always mention that there is one other piece of input ... the X factor ...the unknown ( an early issue foe forgot about the X factor against the FF, can't remember who)

[vader318-migration]

And the finale from C2E2 this year. I was actually in the market more for something in the 3.0 range but all of the books I inspected at the con just did not appeal to me.

 

I saw one of the worst 3.0's with a mutilated spine and tape that should have been lucky to get a 2.0 but what do I know.

 

I stopped by Metro's booth to see what they had. Two 4.5's. One raw, and one slabbed. For the price dif between the 3.0's I saw at the con and the slabbed 4.5, I figured it was time to break open the wallet.

 

I talked for some time with Vinny about the book and finally convinced myself, this was it. Next thing I knew I was packing it in my case. Whew, what a relief.

 

 

what do the notes read? is there tape on the book?

[vaillant]

Very nice – felicitations, Doc! (thumbs u

 

I would not have the courage to keep most of the recent issues aligned with the rest, but in the end I am not SO far from completing #1-535 myself…

 

I just received (as a gift) the Mark Millar arc (I stopped by choice right before Civil War with #535), I have to choose which ones I want for documentation from the recent ones, and then the tough bone will be #1.

[vaillant]

what do the notes read? is there tape on the book?

 

Honestly, I would not care in the least.

[Ditch Fahrenheit]

 

Just put the final books away to complete this run with the March 2015 issue. I have them all ( #1 - #642 ) up to current, minus all the B.S. variants.

 

I do need some of the Annuals though, so that's next. Mr. Bedrock helped me with a bunch of the later numbers and Lone Star Comics filled in a few of the other holes.

 

This book has been rebooted and renumbered so many times I lost count, but with the newest issue I picked up yesterday, its back to the original numbering with #642.

 

My comic shop guy tells me there's another Secret Wars series coming later in the year, and all of the titles are going to start again.

 

I know they say F.F. is being canceled soon, but when will another #1 hit the stands. I'm numb.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Awesome collection!

 

Thanks for sharing Tim.

[OrangeNemesis]

congrats on completing your run!