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Fantastic Four 29
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COMIC DETAILS
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Comic Description:
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Fantastic Four 29 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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White Mountain
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Certification #:
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1024025002
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Owner:
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Mississippi Mudcats
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SET DETAILS
Owner's Description
It started on Yancy Street, as the Watcher peers down ominously. The Red Ghost also makes an appearance in Issue #29. There are no 9.8s in the census as of June 2020. Our highest graded copy comes from the White Mountain Collection, which collection came to prominence in the early '90s when a large portion of them sold through the first Sotheby's comic book auctions in 1991 and 1992, although the original owner had been selling books from it as early as 1984. Known for their whiteness and freshness, the collection covered much of the '50s and '60s, particularly horror and science fiction, and contained full runs of early Silver Age titles. It was one of the first major pedigrees to represent the Silver Age, laying the foundation for other prominent Silver Age pedigrees such as Pacific Coast, Curator, Western Penn, Northford and Mohawk Valley. Copies from the '50s contain a date stamp on the first page, while later issues exhibit a small two-digit year penned on the front cover. FWIW, this is the only White Mountain we own where I cannot find the two numbers, perhaps it’s the black cover.
This book was also part of the fabled Doug Schmell Collection auctioned off by Heritage in July 2012. In other words, it’s about as good a copy of this issue as you will ever see.
We acquired this book in a book trade in 2018 with another private collector.
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