The Zenn-La Collection
Fantastic Four 59

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Fantastic Four #59 Universal
Grade: 9.6
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
Pedigree: White Mountain
Certification #: 0037178006
Owner: Crazy Canuck

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The Zenn-La Collection
Date Added: 11/24/2009
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

Pedigree: White Mountain

*Pedigree Background*
For years, the White Mountain collection of comic books, originating out of the White Mountains of New Hampshire, was widely considered the greatest of all the Silver Age pedigrees. It was the earliest of the Silver Age collections to appear (in 1984) and included many diverse publishers and titles, many from the Atom Age (1950’s). The original owner of the books loved science fiction titles, so most publishers’ sci-fi comic books graced this collection of approximately 5,000 books, which spanned the years 1948 into the early 1970’s. Incredibly, the White Mountains consisted of almost complete runs of the EC titles (the first books offered to Jerry Weist of the Million Year Picnic in Cambridge, Mass. in 1984), Atlas, Avon, Ziff-Davis and Marvel; approximately one-half of the Fawcett and Harvey titles and most of the DC science fiction books. It was only with the more recent emergence of the Pacific Coast and Curator collections in the late 1990’s that the White Mountains have taken a back seat.

Purchase History: From Ebay User Shroud444

Rank: 2nd

Story Title: "Doomsday"

*Synopsis*
With their defeat at the hands of a cosmic powered Dr. Doom, Reed Richards warns the military not to attack Doom as it could spark a war which only Doom can win. Meanwhile, Doom flies around the Earth causing chaos wherever he goes, making one part of the world eclipsed in total dark, a tropical region frozen, and turning apes into super-monsters to terrorize humanity. Meanwhile in the Hidden City, Black Bolt finally decides to use his super-powerful voice to destroy the Negative Zone barrier that keeps the Inhumans sealed in the Hidden Land. Although his voice causes untold damage to the city, he manages to destroy the barrier. While Reed and the other prepare to tackle Dr. Doom one more time, the Inhuman Council decrees that the royal family must leave the Hidden Land until it is rebuilt. After their departure, Maximus tries to cease the opportunity to take over and amass an army, however, the other Inhumans ignore him. Elsewhere Dr. Doom continues to terrorize the Earth in his bid to become the planet's master.
Nevertheless, the unbelievable quality of the early White Mountain Marvel comic books, characterized by amazing paper quality and cover gloss (the result of the books having been stored in metal storage boxes and never read by the original owner), coupled with the consistent high grades given these books (especially key and first appearance issues) by the Comics Guaranty Corporation, is a fact that can not go unnoticed and is worthy of further inspection
  
Image #1
Enlarge  

To follow or send a message to this user,
please log in