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Fantastic Four 1 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 1 Signature |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1181908001
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Owner Comments
Signature Series Grade 1.0
OFF WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, November, 1961
SIGNED BY STAN LEE ON 3/28/15
(coupon cut out of last page, does not effect story.) INCOMPLETE
Origin & 1st appearance of the Fantastic Four (Marvels 1st super-hero team) & the Mole Man.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby cover & art
New Custom Label
FEATURING:
"THE THING!"
"MR. FANTASTIC!"
"HUMAN TORCH!"
"INVISIBLE GIRL!"
TOGETHER FOR THE FIRST TIME IN ONE MIGHTY MAGAZINE!
Title: The Fantastic Four
Chapter 1
A shadowy figure fires a flare out of a window. The flare forms the words "The Fantastic Four!"
Susan Storm is having tea with a friend. When she sees the flare, she turns invisible, gets into a cab, and offers the surprised driver a banknote when she reaches her destination.
Ben Grimm is trying to find a coat that fits him. A clerk in the haberdashery sees the flare. Grimm bursts out of the too-small door, rips a manhole out of the street, follows the sewers, and bursts out when he thinks he has reached his destination.
Johnny Storm is working on his latest hot rod in a service station. The mechanic sees the flare, which turns into the number 4. Johnny bursts into flame and flies away, destroying his car. The authorities treat him as an enemy attack, so he reluctantly melts the jets that come after him. A nuclear heat-seeking missile locks onto him, and just as Johnny's flame starts to fade, an impossibly long pair of arms grabs the missile and throws it out to sea.
Johnny's saviour is the same man who fired the flare. He greets Susan, Ben, and Johnny with the words, "There is a task that awaits us ... a fearful task!" But how did these four people become so fantastic?
To beat the Communists into space, scientist Reed Richards, sister and brother Sue and Johnny Storm, and pilot Ben Grimm sneak off into space in a rocket. In space, the four are bombarded by cosmic rays. The auto-pilot lands the ship back on Earth, where they find themselves physically transformed and possessing remarkable new abilities. Sue can turn invisible. Ben has transformed into an orange, muscular "thing." Reed's body became highly malleable, allowing him to stretch into any shape. Johnny's body bursts into flame, and he can fly. They decide to use their abilities to become the super-team known as the Fantastic Four. They give themselves the individual names Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, and the Thing.
(Chapter 2) The Fantastic Four Meet the Mole Man!
Monster Isle 001
Monster Isle
Atomic plants in the Soviet Union, Australia, and South America have been mysteriously attacked by cave-ins. Another attack occurs in Africa, where a huge monster burrows out of the ground but is recalled by a human figure. The Fantastic Four travel aboard their private jet to Monster Isle, which Reed has deduced is the same distance from each attack. There, they are attacked by a giant three-headed monster. Reed stops the monster, but a cave-in separates Reed and Johnny from Ben and Sue. Beneath the island Reed and Johnny land in the Valley of Diamonds, which temporarily blinds them. The Mole Man appears, revealing he is responsible for the attacks.
(Chapter 3) The Mole Man's Secret!
The Mole Man explains his origin. Having been ridiculed by humanity, he went off alone in search of the legendary land at the centre of the earth. Eventually he washed ashore on Monster Isle. Making his way through a cavern, he was caught in an avalanche and rendered almost blind. However, due to his other heightened senses taking over, he mastered the subterranean creatures and built himself an underground empire.
Meanwhile, on the surface, Ben wrestles a rock monster. Ben and Sue find their teammates listening to the Mole Man's plan to invade the surface world. He sends his monster army against the Fantastic Four. Whilst Johnny distracts the biggest one, the team flees through a tunnel, which Johnny seals shut behind them. After the Fantastic Four escape in their jet, Mole Man destroys the island so the surface world cannot trouble him again.
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 2 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 2 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1199161002
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.0
OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, January, 1962
First appearance of the Skrulls.
Second appearance of the Fantastic Four.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby cover and art
New Custom Label
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Fantastic Four 3 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 3 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0914198001
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.0
CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, March, 1962
Fantastic Four don customes and establish headquarters. Origin retold. 1st appearance of the Miracle Man
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky cover and art
New Custom Label
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Fantastic Four 6 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 6 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
0161723003
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.5
WHITE Pages
Published, September, 1962
1rst Marvel villian team-up.
2nd appearance of Doctor Doom and the Silver Age Sub Marimer
Stan Lee story Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art
Title: "Captives of the Deadly Duo!"
After scouting for Dr. Doom, the Human Torch returns to the Fantastic Four's Baxter Building headquarters to report in his lack of success in finding Doom. He arrives just as his teammates are reading fan mail. When Reed gets a letter from a fan who is presently staying at a nearby hospital, Reed stretches out his body to pay the boy a personal visit. Ben meanwhile gets a mocking letter from the Yancy Street Gang, challenging him to a fight. Ben responds by rolling up a titanium steel tile and telling Johnny to mail it out for him. Although Ben laments over not being able to face a worthy foe like Dr. Doom or the Sub-Mariner.
Prophetic words these turn out to be as at that very moment Dr. Doom is seeking out the Sub-Mariner and tracks him down in his aerosub and confronts Namor over the ocean. Doom managed to talk truce and convince Namor that they should work together to destroy the Fantastic Four and then rule the world.
Part 2: When Super-Menaces Unite
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[1]. 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 into 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 of words to explain her infatuation with the Sub-Mariner. Suddenly, Namor makes his presence known to them.
Part 3: When Friends Fall Out!
While the male members of the team try to attack Namor, Sue comes to his aid. The others find that Namor is prepared for their attacks and Reed suddenly realizes that Namor must have planted some kind of trap and he and Johnny go to search for it. When they fail to find it Namor gloats when suddenly the Baxter Building is pulled out of its foundation and is drawn into space.
Part 4: Trapped!
The Fantastic Four and Namor quickly put on breathing helmets. When Johnny fails to escape in the vacuum of space, Reed tries to grab Doom's ship that is pulling them closer to the sun, but Doom had prepared a defensive rocket that burns Reeds hands. With the void of space being close to that of Earth's oceans, Namor -- realizing he had been betrayed by Doom -- agrees to stop him. He then exits the Baxter Building and "swims" toward Doom's ship.
Part 5: The End...Or the Beginning?
There he breaks through the hull into the ship but finds a locked and electrified door blocking his way into the control room. The Sub-Mariner then uses his ability to mimic the electricity generating abilities of electric eels to begin shocking Doom through the door, forcing him to retreat. In the void of space, Doom is suddenly struck by a passing meteor and is carried away. Namor then takes control of the ship and reverses its course, returning the Baxter Building to its original foundation. The Fantastic Four then find Doom's grabber device stashed away in the basement, but they cannot remove it. Suddenly it flies away and rendezvous with Namor over the ocean. The Sub-Mariner then crashes the ship and the grabber device into the waters below so they cannot be used again and then returns to the ocean himself.
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 7 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 7 Universal |
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CGC |
| Cert #: |
1970166009
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 8.5
CREAM TO OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, October, 1962
1st appearance of Kurrgo.
Flying saucer cover
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers art
Jack Kirby cover
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Fantastic Four 8 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 8 |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1125723007
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.5
OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, November, 1962
1st appearance of the Puppet Master (Phillip Masters) and Alicia Masters
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art
New Custom Label
"PRISONERS OF THE PUPPET MASTER!"
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Fantastic Four 9 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 9 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4139867002
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.5
OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, December, 1962
3rd Silver Age Sub-Mariner appearance.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art
New Custom Label
"The END of THE FANTASTIC FOUR!"
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 10 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 10 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4139867003
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.5
OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, January, 1963
Stan Lee and Jack Kirby appear in story.
Doctor Doom appearance.
Invisable Girl pin-up.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art
New Custom Label
HOLD YOUT BREATH!! HERE IS...
"The RETURN OF DOCTOR DOOM!"
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 13 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 13 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1107841002
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 7.0
CREAM TO OFF-WHITE
Published, April,1963 Pages 1st appearance of the RedGhost and the Watcher. Full-page ad for Tales of Suspense #39 and Amazing Spider-Man #1 Stan Lee story Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko art Jack Kirby cover
MYSTERY ON THE MOON!!!
Title: "The Fantastic Four Versus the Red Ghost and His Indescribable Super-Apes!"
After an experiment on a strange meteor fragment, Reed Richards wants to take a rocket to the Blue Area of the Moon where it came from. While they are blasting off over in the Soviet Union, the Red Ghost and his trained apes fly into space as well, in a ship that will allow them to be exposed to even more Cosmic Rays than the Fantastic Four during their maiden flight into space.
Arriving on the moon at the same time, the Red Ghost attacks the Fantastic Four with his Super-Apes, drawing the attention of Uatu the Watcher. The Watcher explains that his race has been charged with watching and recording the history of the universe. Growing wear of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the Watcher has the FF and the Red Ghost battle to determine which nation is more superior.
The Fantastic Four easily defeat the Red Ghost, who is then left on the moon at the mercy of his Super-Apes who turn on him for his previous cruelty towards them.
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 15 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 15 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4701661002
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 8.5
Published, June, 1963
OFF-WHITE Pages
1st appearance of the Mad Thinker and Awesome Android (later Awesome Andy)
Fantastic Four pin-up.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers cover and art
featuring....
"THE MAD THINKER and his AWESOME ANDROID1'
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 19 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 19 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4580720020
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 8.0
OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, October, 1963
1st appearance of Rama-Tut.
Letter from Steve Gerber.
Full page ad for X-men #1.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and Dick Ayers art
Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman cover
"AT THE MERCY OF RAMA-TUT"
The Pharaoh from the future!
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 21 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 21 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
4251807001
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 9.4
OFF-WHITE TO WHITE Pages
Published, December, 1963
1st appearance of the Hate Monger.
1st Sgt. Fury crossover.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and George Roussos art
Jack Kirby and Paul Reinman cover
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 22 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 22 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
0276618007
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 8.5
OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, January, 1964
Sue Storm gains more powers.
Second appearance of the Mole Man.
Letters from Dave Cockrum & Roy Thomas
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby & George Roussos art
Jack Kirby & Dick Ayers cover
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 24 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 24 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1295231011
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 9.6
OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, March, 1964
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby &George Roussos
cover & art
"THE INFANT TERRIBLE!"
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| Slot: |
Fantastic Four 26 |
| Item: |
Fantastic Four 26 Universal |
| Grade: |
CGC |
| Cert #: |
1202588005
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Owner Comments
Universal Grade 9.2
OFF-WHITE Pages
Published, May,1964
Thing vs Hulk conclusion.
Avengers (Thor, Giant-Man, Iron Man, Wasp and Captain America) appearance.
Stan Lee story
Jack Kirby and George Roussos art
Jack Kirby and Sol Brodsky cover
“The AVENGERS TAKE OVER!
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