The foundation of the Marvel Universe was laid way back in 1961, when Stan Lee and company created the Fantastic Four. It had been years since Marvel had published super-hero tales under the previous banners Timely, and Atlas. This quarrelsome, but loving family caught on in a big way with readers, and the popularity of the FF opened the door to a parade of iconic heroes that's still marching along merrily, more than sixty years later. Rarely will you come across a bundle such as this 1960s-1990s Marvel Fantastic Four comic book collection of (80) different issues, plus a bonus Golden Record Reprint #1. Heavy on 1960s Silver Age issues, this high-powered selection is, well, fantastic!
Condition ranges (69% FN to NM, 16% VG to VG-FN, 7.5% FR-GD to GD-VG, 7.5% INC to FR). Generally, the earliest issues show the most wear, the most recent are the nicest, and only 15% rate below VG.
Featured issue numbers are: #1 Golden Record Reprint of first appearance, with origin of the FF, #6 first Marvel super-villain team-up, with Sub-Mariner and Dr. Doom, no back cover, front cover detached, #12 FF vs. Hulk, coverless, #19 introduction of Rama-Tut (Kang), coverless, #20 origin/first appearance of Molecule Man, #22 Sue Storm gains more powers, #23 Dr. Doom cover, #25 Thing vs. Hulk in their first battle, #26 Thing vs. Hulk continued, #30 intro of Diablo, #32 Invincible Man, #33 first Attuma, coverless, #35 first Dragon Man, #36 first Madam Medusa and Frightful Four, coverless, #37, #38, #40, #41, #42, #43, #44, #45 first Inhumans, #46 first Black Bolt, #47, #49 second Silver Silver, and first cover, #50 Silver Surfer battles Galactus, #51 classic This Man, This Monster cover, #53 origin and second Black Panther, #54, #55 Thing battles Silver Surfer, #56, #57, #58, #59, #60, #61, #62, #64 first Kree Sentry, #65 first Ronan the Accuser, and first Kree Supreme Intelligence, #66 two-part origin of Him (Warlock) begins, #67 origin and first brief Him (Warlock), #68, #69, #70, #73, #74, #76, #77, #79, #82, #85, #86, #87, #88, #89, #98, #116, #125, #137, #174, #198, #369, #371, #381, #382, #383, #384, #385, #386, #387, #388, #389, #390, #391, #392, #393; and Annuals: #3 top-third of cover clipped off, #4, #5, #6, #27.
Opening Bid $400.