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Fantastic Four 51
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Fantastic Four 51 Universal
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Grade:
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9.6
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Page Quality:
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OFF-WHITE TO WHITE
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Pedigree:
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Rocky Mountain
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Certification #:
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0720665010
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
Issue #51 features the first appearance of the Negative Zone and the second appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot. Our 9.6 comes from the Rocky Mountain Collection and is one of seven 9.6s with no 9.8s in the census as of 3/2020. The Rocky Mountain Collection was assigned to a large Marvel and DC Silver Age collection originally auctioned by Comiclink in 2008. The Spider-Man, Fantastic Four and X-men runs were first auctioned without pedigree, but due to high collector interest the decision was made by CGC to classify the collection as a pedigree. Subsequently those three runs were retroactively given the Rocky Mountain notation. Hailing from Colorado, the collection numbered around 5,000 books, initially stored in a basement in similar conditions to the Mile High collection. None of the books exhibit identifying marks, but are easily traceable back to Comiclink.
Our book was also part of the Doug Schmell Collection auctioned off by Heritage in July 2012. We acquired it 3 years later in the August 27, 2015 Heritage Auction.
2020 Update: There are still no 9.8s, but now a whopping eight 9.6s of this issue.
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