The Zenn-La Collection
Fantastic Four 77

COMIC DETAILS

Comic Description: Fantastic Four #77 Universal
Grade: 9.4
Page Quality: OFF-WHITE
Pedigree: Pacific Coast
Certification #: 0023563010
Owner: Crazy Canuck

SET DETAILS

Winning Set: The Zenn-La Collection
Date Added: 9/7/2010
Research: Currently not available

Owner's Description

Pedigree: Pacific Coast

*Pedigree Background*
Widely regarded as the pre-eminent Silver Age collection of comic books in the world, the Pacific Coast Collection was founded by Robert Roter of Pacific Comic Exchange Inc. in 1999, thus the pedigree’s name. The original owner began selling some of his Marvels piecemeal on Ebay before Mr. Roter bought his entire holding of more than seven thousand comic books.

The collection contains almost complete and full runs of many titles from marvel DC, Gold Key, ACG (Warren Magazines) and EC’s Mad Magazines. The collection spans the years 1962 through and including 1967, and has the highest percentage of ultra high grade issues (9.4 or better) than any other pedigree collection not named Mile High. The original owner carefully bought and then kept his priced treasures in meticulous fashion, piled neatly in six foot stacks, similar to how Edgar Church stored his famous books. The comic books all share that same look of freshness and uniformity, which comes from being picked off the same news stand each month.

Pacific Coast all have that same unread look, as over ninety-eight percent of the collection show no stress lines or any ware on the spine to indicate the books had ever been read, let alone opened. In addition, most Pacific Coast books have that light back cover transfer stain. (More in the form of the back page interior ad showing through the back cover), again a function of the books being pressed together in the stacks.

The average grade of a Pacific Coast comic book, graded by the Comics Guaranty Corporation, is a 9.5 (near mint/ near mint plus). Many of the early Marvel issues are the highest in existence, with many early runs averaging grades of 9.6. The page quality of the Pacific Coast average off white to white, with many of the 1970’s books, being on the top of the stacks, averaging off white.

Purchase History: From Ebay User Shroud444

Rank: 3rd

Story Title: "Shall Earth Endure"

*Synopsis*
In the Microverse, Reed, Ben and Johnny are captured by the Psycho-Man, when they think they're before the real Psycho-Man, Johnny's flame blast destroys what is really a robot. While on Earth, the Silver Surfer returns and after consoling Sue, he flies to meet Galactus and agrees to find him a world to consume in order to save the Earth. While back in the Microverse, Reed and the others battle another Psycho-Man robot, while in the Earth dimension, the Surfer succeeds in helping Galactus find a suitable planet to feed on. Having aided Galactus, the Surfer asks to be freed from his confines on Earth, however Galactus refuses, returning to the Surfer to his exile on Earth, so that he knows where to find the Surfer should he ever need him again.

While back in the Microverse, Reed, Ben and Johnny battle the real Psycho-Man, who is buried under tons of rubble in the fight. Pleading to be freed, he returns Reed and the others to Earth when they explain that they need to return to Earth to protected it from the potential threat of Galactus. Reading Reed's mind and learning the truth and that Earth's destruction also might mean the destruction of the Microverse, Psycho-Man returns them to their own universe.

 
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