Lot # 1806: 1965-1968 Marvel Fantastic Four Semi-Key Issues (8) with #36, #47, #53 & #67

Credit the Fantastic Four for opening the door to Marvel Comics great Silver Age boom. Credit yourself for a nice win, when you capture this selection of (8) 1965-1968 Marvel Fantastic Four semi-key issues.

After WWII ended, the super-hero genre went into a decline. Superman and Batman kept the flame lit over at DC, while Timely Comics rebranded as Atlas Comics and abandoned the genre after a half-hearted attempt at rekindling interest in the "Big Three" from 1953-1955. With the introduction of the Fantastic Four in 1961 under the rebranded Marvel Comics banner, Stan Lee and company begat a super-hero renaissance, that gave rise to an incredible array of new and recycled heroes. Six decades later, super-heroes maintain a dominant presence in the realms of print, movies, television streaming, gaming, and merchandising, with the Fantastic Four fitting in as a key building block for Marvel's vast entertainment empire.

Pulled from the original Fantastic Four run, the offered selection of semi-key issues stacks up as a crowd pleaser. Featured are:

#36 first appearance of Madam Medusa and the Frightful Four Vg+;

#47 third Inhumans Vg-;

#53 origin of Black Panther, second appearance Fn;

#65 first Ronan the Accuser, first Kree Supreme Intelligence Fn+;

#66 begins two-part origin of Him (Warlock) Fn-Vf;

#67 first brief Him Fn+ details with deference to subscription fold crease;

#73 Spider-Man, Thor and Daredevil crossover Fn+;

Annual #5 first Livewire, first Shellshock, first Psycho-Man. first Silver Surfer solo story Vg-Fn.