Fantastic Four Collecting Thread! 32 32

[namisgr]

The time has come to display in one place my collection of silver age Fantastic Four comics from pedigree collections. There are 30 in all, amassed over a 20 year period. It's been a blast.

 

For many Marvel fans, the silver age ended when King Kirby left for DC. FF #102 was the final issue of an uninterrupted 9 year run of extraordinary creativity. Even though a few have 15 cent price tags, for this reason I still think of them as part of the silver age.

 

Fantastic Four #101

Twin Cities pedigree

 

It's bedlam in the Baxter Building.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #85

Don and Maggie Thompson pedigree

 

The covers without any word balloons are my favorites.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #84

Oakland pedigree

 

The FF vacation in Latveria.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #79

Curator pedigree

 

Hands down, the Curator collection has the best preserved paper I've seen for any silver age collection.

 

This cover uses an unusual color scheme for Marvel, plus a Ben Grimm cover appearance.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #71

Twin Cities pedigree

 

My scanner doesn't do justice to how nice some of the white cover comics look.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #63

Northland pedigree

 

Blastaar Bomb Burst.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #58

Massachusetts pedigree

 

From a superior, underappreciated collection with remarkable preservation of paper and cover inks. This ish is part of a titanic story arc with Doom, the Surfer, and some of the Inhumans all involved. Chrisco's favorite.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #57

Slobodian pedigree

 

Unrecognized by CGC, but sought after by pedigree collectors, the Calvin Slobodian collection was gorgeous. Another awesome Kirby cover, and the start of a memorable 4 issue story arc.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #56

Pacific Coast pedigree

 

The greatest of all silver age collections for its remarkable structural preservation, breadth, and preponderance of examples with high quality of production.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #55

Pacific Coast pedigree

 

Just a simple but classic Kirby cover. Comic acquired in the days before CGC from Robert Roter, who purchased it directly from the original owner. It's getting harder and harder to find high grade silver age comics that haven't been manipulated by pressing.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #53

Pacific Coast pedigree

 

The origin of the Black Panther, as Marvel finally put some diversity in its pantheon of heroes.

 

[namisgr]

Fantastic Four #51

Pacific Coast pedigree

 

Last one for today, and one of Marvel's very best single issue stories. First Negative Zone. Poignant cover unmarred by word balloons.

 

[29dukedog]

Some of the best superhero comics ever, hands down. I try to re-read the Lee and Kirby issues once every couple of years, and will probably never tire of doing so.

[Bfairb]

Awesome. Especially love the 51.

[chrisco37]

Awesome books Bob!

 

Thanks for the name drop!

[sundrycollect]

FF 75 in 9.8 http://ebay.to/1xgzjV4

 

I remember when I bought my copy of this. I was a new collector. The copy was pretty crisp and in really nice shape, or so I thought. I found out later that the lower staple was detached. This was about 25 years ago...lesson learned...always pull the book out of the bag!

 

This copy is amazing...a survivor in this grade.

[Bfairb]

Purity

 

[KirbyJack]

Just amazing books...

High grade, pedigree FFs of that era feel like museum pieces to me!

[chrisco37]

FF 75 in 9.8 http://ebay.to/1xgzjV4

 

I remember when I bought my copy of this. I was a new collector. The copy was pretty crisp and in really nice shape, or so I thought. I found out later that the lower staple was detached. This was about 25 years ago...lesson learned...always pull the book out of the bag!

 

This copy is amazing...a survivor in this grade.

 

FF#75 is another personal favorite. Love that book. I bought a nice raw one a year or so ago from a boardie. I really need to get a graded copy to pair with the rest of the awesome storyline.

[trmoore54]

FANTASTIC Bob! Just FANTASTIC!