Fantastic Four Collecting Thread!

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and a bonus, cuz it's one of my very faves...

Some nice color on those books!

The colors on the #8 are super bright. One of the nicest I've seen.

I picked this one up from Nik not too long ago..... one of my favorites. I'm probably going to put this in a Mylar and keep it I've loved this issue ever since I saw it on the cover of a Marvel Collector's Item Classics in the 60's. That title. in my opinion, had a lot of influence on early Fandom...... GOD BLESS...

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

Love the early FF's.

Beauties…

I just love Bill's #2 and #3 although I am sure the camera pictures don't do justice to many of the others. I wish I could have a better #2 but for now I have yet to deslab my nice "defective" CGC copy.

Great looking cool books, gents!

Superb copies, Straw! I never seem to see really great copies of #10 like yours. Bravo!

thanks everybody. i do love me my ff run.

I picked this one up from Nik not too long ago..... one of my favorites. I'm probably going to put this in a Mylar and keep it I've loved this issue ever since I saw it on the cover of a Marvel Collector's Item Classics in the 60's. That title. in my opinion, had a lot of influence on early Fandom...... GOD BLESS...

 

-jimbo(a friend of jesus)

 

 

A beautiful copy of my second favourite, early FF.

Congrats, Jim.

Without looking, name the first FF cover that shows Johnny Storm NOT ON FIRE.

Fantastic Four #8?

Not sure of it, but it’s one of my favorites among the early ones, and I recall it’s held with strings by the Puppet Master.

I checked: it’s only very slightly on fire, can I get to win? ::

If I looked like Johnny on that cover, I would say I was on fire. So no, it is not #8.

I think I'm being thrown off by a variant cover I've seen. I wanna say 2. I also wanna say 7. It would be easier to cheat and not look like a fool!

Veeery veery little on fire… ::

At least I was close…

@KJ: No, no, no, your memory betrayed you!

We can say #8 is the first which shows Johnny for the first time recognizable, and not entirely on fire.

The cover I had in mind when I made up the question was #97, the Creature from the Lost Lagoon, with the FF at the beach and the monster coming up out of the water behind them. But upon looking it up, Johnny's hand is on fire. I stumped myself!

We are looking for the first FF cover with Johnny not on fire AT ALL. And it does happen in the Silver Age. Twice actually.

We can say #8 is the first which shows Johnny for the first time recognizable, and not entirely on fire.

#8 is the first of the Torch's 'slightly burning from an accident in the kitchen' covers. There's a few in the earlyish FF's.

I think I'm being thrown off by a variant cover I've seen. I wanna say 2. I also wanna say 7. It would be easier to cheat and not look like a fool!

You wanna say #2? You should say #2.