Fantastic Four Collecting Thread!

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As with most ages, there is no unanimous definition of the official "end" of the Silver age, which someone extend of a few years, but I do agree that for the FF it was about over when Kirby left… the Buscema ones "feel" like Bronze, as much as the early Sub-Mariners, Iron Man, etc.

I’ll fix the post to have them all in a row…

73 has always been one of my favorite covers. Love that white background. Nice copy Vail!

It’s quite white in hand, so I am happy.

I just discovered in Italy it was published in a Daredevil issue (sorry for the bad picture quality):

73 has always been one of my favorite covers. Love that white background. Nice copy Vail!

.....first CGC book I ever bought was FF 73...... old label 8.0 back in '02..... it had "writing on 14th page" but was o/w a 9.0..... it got MY attention..... I found this place while researching them. Turned out the writing was Darryl Hannah's phone number.... I called it and she thought I was someone else, talked dirty to me for about 15 minutes until she caught on, "HEY!........You're not Armand !"..... and hung up GOD BLESS....

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

Darryl Hannah… Splash (and the launch of the Touchstone label) has been one of the worst things Disney have done… Just a "stream of consciousness", sorry…

73 has always been one of my favorite covers. Love that white background. Nice copy Vail!

 

.....first CGC book I ever bought was FF 73...... old label 8.0 back in '02..... it had "writing on 14th page" but was o/w a 9.0..... it got MY attention..... I found this place while researching them. Turned out the writing was Darryl Hannah's phone number.... I called it and she thought I was someone else, talked dirty to me for about 15 minutes until she caught on, "HEY!........You're not Armand !"..... and hung up GOD BLESS....

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

That has GOT to be one of the best comic book stories I've ever heard!

3 More books from the local con today thanks to Thehumantorch and Artboy99.

it appears i told a fib when i said i wasn't much interested in upgrading the ff run. oh, well. thanks boardie!

A pretty FF is prettier than a pretty issue of any other run.

That's a fact.

A pretty FF is prettier than a pretty issue of any other run.

 

That's a fact.

I would say it’s an axiom. And Reed would agree with me…

Well, at least before Bendis, Millar and Hickman messed with him.

A pretty FF is prettier than a pretty issue of any other run.

 

That's a fact.

 

I would say it’s an axiom. And Reed would agree with me…

 

Well, at least before Bendis, Millar and Hickman messed with him.

Reed Richards GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

You tell me…

And let’s not forget Reed smoked a pipe in the early issues. "Cool" writers which are encouraged by Marvel to mess with him should consider he’s not a hip youngster.

Did you see the FF 3 in the latest Clink auction......1200 for an 8.5 that only had cover cleaned and staple replacement ? That was a pretty book. GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus) (thumbs u

I do not follow Comiclink – besides, I am very happy with my #3, which I already showed "ad nauseam"…

Villains, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

This particular villain captured my heart a long time ago. That anguished iron mask, his annoying energy blasts, and an unexpected penchant for profane mystical arts struck me as so idiosyncratic and fascinating. I encountered Doom as a Byrnes-era reader, but the early Kirby renderings of him are so quirky that I was drawn to them.

I have a small collection of villains' first appearances. Now I just a mid-grade IM 55 to have my three villainous favorites: Galactus, Doom, and Thanos.

Villains, can't live with 'em, can't live without 'em.

 

This particular villain captured my heart a long time ago. That anguished iron mask, his annoying energy blasts, and an unexpected penchant for profane mystical arts struck me as so idiosyncratic and fascinating. I encountered Doom as a Byrnes-era reader, but the early Kirby renderings of him are so quirky that I was drawn to them.

 

I have a small collection of villains' first appearances. Now I just a mid-grade IM 55 to have my three villainous favorites: Galactus, Doom, and Thanos.

 

As I said already that is one sweet copy right in my grade range. (thumbs u

Thought I would post the ones that showed in the last week as well. Some more lower mid grade Raw the way I like it. (thumbs u Only 12 left for the silver run.

Very nice, sir. Molecule Man is totally OP!

Impossible Man is such a stooge. That character both fascinated and annoyed me.

Recent additions! Now to work on 1-11. I'm solid from #12-145!

Lovely… I have a good number in lowgrade from #1-10 but still missing the #12…