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Fantastic comics 3

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Straw-Man

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Wow, what a beauty and a 5.0 :headbang:

 

spine split at top, which is seen often in this book. 7.5-lookin' in a 5.0 holder. and thank goodness for it, as i'd have never been able to touch the book with a "7" on the front.

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comicjack

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I'm wracking my brains, but I don't believe I've ever even seen an actual Fantastic 3 in person. GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

 

You and me both only on here and pictures

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lou_fine

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Is the #3 scarcer than the #5, or just more desirable? I don't understand the price difference between those two issues. The #5 has a great cover too...maybe not as detailed as #3 and without a robot, but still a great cover... (shrug)

 

Interesting question, Brian.

 

My take is that they are both classic covers, but #3 is an all-time favorite. However, #5 is a bit scarcer, so there's that.

 

Both #3 and #5 should rank as extremely desirable, I would think... but the #3 is definitely worth more.

 

Never crossed my mind that #5 might be scarcer than issue #3. Especially when the HA archives indicates twice as many sales for issue #5 as compared to issue #3. Of course, this could be due to the fact that issue #3 has such a classic cover that collectors just hold onto them when they have it in their personal collection. (shrug)

 

If you are talking about scarcity, I thought issue #2 was supposed to be the hardest one of the early Fantastic's to find, especially in grade. Looks like the HA archives only have 4 sales of unrestored copies for this book, with the highest graded copy being only a G+ 4.5 copy. Gerber has a SI rating of 8 for this issue and I remember Michelle Nolan writing something somewhere about the scarcity of this particular issue. hm

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sacentaur

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Is the #3 scarcer than the #5, or just more desirable? I don't understand the price difference between those two issues. The #5 has a great cover too...maybe not as detailed as #3 and without a robot, but still a great cover... (shrug)

 

Interesting question, Brian.

 

My take is that they are both classic covers, but #3 is an all-time favorite. However, #5 is a bit scarcer, so there's that.

 

Both #3 and #5 should rank as extremely desirable, I would think... but the #3 is definitely worth more.

 

Never crossed my mind that #5 might be scarcer than issue #3. Especially when the HA archives indicates twice as many sales for issue #5 as compared to issue #3. Of course, this could be due to the fact that issue #3 has such a classic cover that collectors just hold onto them when they have it in their personal collection. (shrug)

 

If you are talking about scarcity, I thought issue #2 was supposed to be the hardest one of the early Fantastic's to find, especially in grade. Looks like the HA archives only have 4 sales of unrestored copies for this book, with the highest graded copy being only a G+ 4.5 copy. Gerber has a SI rating of 8 for this issue and I remember Michelle Nolan writing something somewhere about the scarcity of this particular issue. hm

 

In the case of Fantastic 3, I think the sales numbers are misleading because (as you say) collectors are holding onto them.

 

I've probably seen as many Fantastic 2's as I have Fantastic 5's.

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Electron

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I think that the first 8 issues of Fantastic are all similarly scarce with the exception of number one,which is easier to find than the rest. 5&7 are the two of that group I've seen the least of over the years, but again no single issue sticks out as much rarer than the others.Of course 3 is the toughest to acquire because no one wants to sell, but not because it's rare.

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