COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Fantastic Four 6 Qualified
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE
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Pedigree:
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MARRIED COVER
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Certification #:
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1009825001
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
As Issue #6 opens, Doom is seeking out the Sub-Mariner and tracks him down in his aerosub, confronting Namor over the ocean. Doom manages to convince Namor that they should work together to destroy the Fantastic Four and take over the world.
Namor invites Doom back to Atlantis, where Doom notes his infatuation with Sue Storm. Doom, however, stirs the Sub-Mariner's anger by reminding him how his kingdom was annihilated by atomic weapons tests. Namor agrees to destroy the Fantastic Four but refuses to harm Sue Storm. Doom agrees to let Sue live and then shows off his latest invention, which he wishes to use against the Fantastic Four: a magnetically powered "grabber" device that can pull any object no matter how heavy. Namor then goes to the surface world to confront the Fantastic Four as part of their plan.
Meanwhile, at the Baxter Building, Johnny finds a picture of Namor hidden behind a bookshelf and confronts his sister Sue about it. When she tells Johnny that he has no right to go snooping on her property, Johnny alerts the others about Sue's little secret before burning the picture with his flame powers. When Reed asks for an explanation from Sue, she is at a loss for words to explain her infatuation with the Sub-Mariner. Suddenly, Namor makes his presence known to them.
With the help of Doom’s grabber device, Namor initially defeats the FF, but when he realizes Sue will also be killed, he changes sides and helps defeat Doom.
This copy is one of the three top graded copies, although CGC has designated this book as Qualified because of a married cover. I must admit, I think the market unfairly penalizes such books, after all, all parts of the books are original. And what we are really buying when we buy an encased book is the cover, which is unrestored and original.
At any rate, I am happy to own this book, it is original and beautiful, the cover just started out with a different interior, but there has been no restoration. Admittedly, I would prefer one of the two blue label 9.6s, but I would choose this book over any 9.4. I would certainly buy more married cover copies of rare books like this if I could find them. And CGC treats such books far more favorably than it does restored books bearing the same grade.
2023 Update: There is now a 9.8 in the Census, all I can say is wow.
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