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Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 1 CGC 2.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4314513015

New Sub-Mariner/FF story: "Sub-Mariner Versus the Human Race!" Script by Stan Lee; pencils by Jack Kirby; inks by Dick Ayers. New Spider-Man/FF story: "The Fabulous Fantastic Four Meet Spider-Man!" Script by Stan Lee; pencils by Kirby; inks by Steve Ditko. Fourteen pages new pin-ups and special features by Kirby/Sol Brodsky. Thirteen-page Fantastic Four origin reprinted from FF #1 76 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 2 CGC 4.0

Paper: Off white to white

Label #3770076007

2 new Doctor Doom stories, "Origin of Doctor Doom!" and "The Final Victory of Dr. Doom!" Scripts by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. Six pages of pin-ups by Kirby/Sol Brodsky. This issue also reprints "Prisoners of Doctor Doom" (from FF 5). Kirby/Stone cover. 76 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 2 GD+ 2.5

2" Spine split from bottom. Moisture.

2 new Doctor Doom stories, "Origin of Doctor Doom!" and "The Final Victory of Dr. Doom!" Scripts by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Chic Stone. Six pages of pin-ups by Kirby/Sol Brodsky. This issue also reprints "Prisoners of Doctor Doom" (from FF 5). Kirby/Stone cover. 76 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 3 FR 1.0

6" Cumulative spine split with cover tearing (interior taped).

Reed and Sue get married in a new story, "Bedlam at the Baxter Building!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Vince Colletta. Just about everyone in the Marvel Universe, both heroes and villains, appears in this story. Steve Ditko provided the art on Spider-Man in panel 4 of page 14. This issue also reprints "Captives of the Deadly Duo" (from FF 6), "A Visit with the Fantastic Four" (FF 11), and "The Impossible Man" (FF 11). Kirby/Chic Stone cover. 76 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 4 GD/VG 3.0

The Golden Age Human Torch guest stars (his first Silver Age appearance) in a new story, "The Torch That Was!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. This issue also reprints the first clash between The Hulk and Thing from Fantastic Four numbers 25 and 26 ("The Hulk vs. the Thing" and "The Avengers Take Over"). Kirby/Sinnott cover. 76 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 5 GD/VG 3.0

The Black Panther and the Inhumans help the FF battle Psycho-Man (his first appearaince) in "Divide and Conquer!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Frank Giacoia (not Joe Sinnott as credited). Silver Surfer back-up (first solo story), "The Peerless Power of the Silver Surfer!" by Lee/Kirby/Giacoia. This issue also has eight pages of pin-ups by Kirby/Giacoia and a short story, "This Is a Plot?" Script and pencils by Kirby, inks by Giacoia. Kirby/Giacoia cover. 68 pages, full color. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 6 CGC 9.2

Paper: Off white to white

Label #2056714001

1st appearance of Franklin Richards and 1st appearance of Annihilus - "Let There Be Life!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Kirby/Sinnott cover. Franklin Richards is born and Annihilus is introduced! 68 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 6 CGC 7.5

Paper: Off white to white

Label #4514428001

1st appearance of Franklin Richards and 1st appearance of Annihilus - "Let There Be Life!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Kirby/Sinnott cover. Franklin Richards is born and Annihilus is introduced! 68 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual 6 VG 4.0

1st appearance of Franklin Richards and 1st appearance of Annihilus - "Let There Be Life!" Script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Kirby/Sinnott cover. Franklin Richards is born and Annihilus is introduced! 68 pgs. Cover price $0.25.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) JC Penney Reprint 351 CGC 9.2

Paper: White

Second Printing.

Label #4182068005

1992 reprint available only through JC Penney Catalog. NOTE: Low print run. Can be identified by 30th Anniversary Spider-Man in UPC box. Cover price $1.00.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) UK Edition 50UK CGC 4.5

Paper: Off white

U.K. Price Variant.

Label #4620549020

UK edition. Identical to US edition but has 10d cover price. Cover pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott. Galactus battles the Silver Surfer in the conclusion of the Galactus Trilogy, The Startling Saga of the Silver Surfer!, script by Stan Lee, pencils by Jack Kirby, inks by Joe Sinnott; With the aid of the Silver Surfer, the Fantastic Four force Galactus to leave Earth; Johnny Storm begins to attend Metro College and meets Wyatt Wingfoot. Watcher and Inhumans appearances. First appearance of Wyatt Wingfoot. Letter to the editor from comics writer Gerry Conway. 10d. 32 pgs.

Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) WhatNot Reissue 1SIMONSON.B VF/NM 9.0

Signed by Walt Simonson. No autograph certification is included.

Whatnot Exclusive Reissue. Virgin Cover by Walt Simonson. Reprints Story and Art from Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) #1. Story by Stan Lee. Art by Jack Kirby. 36 pages. Full Color.

Fantastic Four (1996 2nd Series) 1BSIGNED VF 8.0 Booth Wizard Signed Variant

Wizard Signed Edition. Signed by artist/writer Jim Lee. Cover has the Authentic Wizard Sticker Seal and includes a certificate of authenticity from Wizard Press. Heroes Reborn. "Renaissance!" Story by Jim Lee and Brandon Choi. Art by Jim Lee and Scott Williams. Witness the rebirth of the World's Greatest Comic Magazine! The greatest heroes of the Marvel Universe (The Avengers and the Fantastic Four) perished in battle with the mutant menace known as Onslaught. However, their story goes on. Told in the tradition of Stan Lee and Jack Kirby by a modern comic's legend, Jim Lee (X-Men and WildC.A.T.s) re-imagines Marvel's first family for the new millennium. While on an experimental space flight, Doctor Reed Richards, pilot Ben Grimm, benefactor Susan Storm, and her brother Johnny Storm are bombarded by strange cosmic rays that endow them with amazing powers and abilities. Together they become the force for good known as the Fantastic Four. Includes a 6 pages feature called Time Slip. Learn what Iron Man, Doctor Doom, and Nick Fury would be like if Stan Lee invented them today. 56 pages. Cover price $2.95.

Fantastic Four (2014 5th Series) 6 CGC 9.4

Paper: White

Slab: Significant side/edge cracks 1" or more

Label #4641713024

Written by James Robinson. Art and Cover by Leonard Kirk. EVERYBODY HAS ONE...They were the best of friends since that fateful trip into the cosmic unknown. The day the Fantastic Four were born, they became a family. Cosmic explorers - forever united. Johnny Storm became the high-flying, hot-headed Human Torch. Ben Grimm, the hideous monster known as The Thing. Super-Scientist Reed Richards has tried time and again to reverse Grimm's condition. Each and every time was met with failure. But there was a time when he possessed a device that held the key to permanently curing The Thing - until Johnny inadvertently destroyed it! Reed has kept Johnny's secret for as long as he could - but now it's about to get out! What will Ben do when he discovers that one of his closest friends and steadfast ally condemned him to a life sentence as a monster? It won't be pretty. The fall of the first family continues as the Original Sin of the Fantastic Four is revealed! 28 pages, full color. Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four (2023 Marvel) 2E CGC 9.8 SS Ross Ross Variant

Paper: White

Signed by Alex Ross on 2/13/26. Ross Variant Cover. Includes COA.

Label #4709199038

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Written by Ryan North. Art by Iban Coello. Cover by Alex Ross. "WHATEVER HAPPENED TO THE FANTASTIC FOUR?" Reed and Sue are on the run from - well, a lot of things, actually! Things are not going great for the Fantastic Four. But they find themselves in even more trouble when they stop in a small town with a terrible secret! That terrible secret is revealed literally on the second page of this issue, and Reed and Sue spend the rest of the issue trying to survive it, but stop reading here if you don't want it spoiled... Yep, it's Reed and Sue versus a town full of killer Doombots. 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four (2023 Marvel) 5B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Variant Edition

Label #4273897022

Written by Ryan North. Art by Ivan Fiorelli. Cover by Alex Ross. The Fantastic Four are reunited and all is well...until their convoy is interrupted by NICK SCRATCH and SALEM'S SEVEN! It's an all-out magical BATTLE for SURVIVAL right there on the highway, and the Fantastic Four 100% fail to win it. That's right! This solicit isn't going the way you thought it would! As the truth of what happened is puzzled out, Reed, Sue, Ben, Johnny and Alicia all realize that something more sinister has taken place, and their only hope of undoing it is an impromptu voyage into the unknown... 28 pages, full color. Rated T+ Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four (2023 Marvel) 32D CGC 9.8 JSA Ross

Paper: White

Alex Ross Authenticated Autograph. Ross Variant Cover.

Label #4711962002

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Written by Ryan North. Art by Cory Smith. Cover by Alex Ross. LAST ONE STANDING! "If you found yourself stranded somewhere in the universe with no knowledge of where you were, how quickly could you determine an answer to that question?" It's a thought experiment Mr. Fantastic had often challenged his children with - but now it's happening for real - to Valeria Richards! Valeria finds herself lost in a world she was never made - where even the Fantastic Four have been taken from history! But how could a world without the FF have survived the myriad threats it must have faced? What does it mean that the only heroes left are Jean Grey and Namor, the Sub-Mariner? And what does her brother, Franklin, have to do with all of this? See Val make a shocking choice you won't want to miss...with consequences that will last for the rest of this run! 28 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four (2025 Marvel) 1D CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Ross Variant Cover.

Label #4617722005

Written by Ryan North. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by Alex Ross. A NEW ERA FOR MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY! The FANTASTIC FOUR return with a new issue #1, kicking off a whole new volume of their adventures through time, space, science and the human condition! When the Fantastic Four take on Doom, things go well until they suddenly go catastrophically wrong - and they're sent to four different eras in Earth's history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all have to fight to survive. Their only hope is to reach the Forever Stone: a mass of dense granite that happens to be one of the longest-lasting rocks on the planet, which - through a combination of obscurity and raw geological luck - has stayed both intact and accessible for most of Earth's history! Also featured in this extra-big, extra-special issue: Ben Grimm fights a dinosaur! No other comic DARES to feature the Thing battling several Mapusauruses, but that's just where WE get started! And it's all brought to life by the incredible new series artist Humberto Ramos! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Fantastic Four (2025 Marvel) 1K CGC 9.8

Paper: White

NetEase Variant Cover.

Label #4617738008

Note : Copies of this issue may contain a printing defect in the form of scuffing on cover

Written by Ryan North. Art by Humberto Ramos. Cover by Netease Games. A NEW ERA FOR MARVEL'S FIRST FAMILY! The FANTASTIC FOUR return with a new issue #1, kicking off a whole new volume of their adventures through time, space, science and the human condition! When the Fantastic Four take on Doom, things go well until they suddenly go catastrophically wrong - and they're sent to four different eras in Earth's history! Alone and isolated in wildly different time periods, Reed, Johnny, Ben and Sue all have to fight to survive. Their only hope is to reach the Forever Stone: a mass of dense granite that happens to be one of the longest-lasting rocks on the planet, which - through a combination of obscurity and raw geological luck - has stayed both intact and accessible for most of Earth's history! Also featured in this extra-big, extra-special issue: Ben Grimm fights a dinosaur! No other comic DARES to feature the Thing battling several Mapusauruses, but that's just where WE get started! And it's all brought to life by the incredible new series artist Humberto Ramos! 32 pages, full color. Rated T Cover price $4.99.

Fantastic Four (2025 Marvel) 8A CGC 9.8 Ramos

Paper: White

Label #4719444012

(W) Ryan North (A) Humberto Ramos (CA) Humberto Ramos THE INVINCIBLE WOMAN, PART THREE! It's back before everything changed, and I'm still in grad school - just a kid, really. My name is Susan Storm, and I've just become the Invisible Girl. Our first encounter was with the Mole Man - he was the first time we found it necessary to use our powers, to truly become the Fantastic Four. Reed prayed it would be the last. But his prayers weren't the kind that got answered. What happened next wasn't what I thought would happen - it wasn't what any of us thought would happen. I want you to know that I tried. I really did. I didn't mean for things to end up the way they turned out. But there are some mistakes you can't take back. And there are some wounds that don't kill you, even though they should... 28 pages, rated T, Full color Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four (2025 Marvel) 8F CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Lolli Variant Cover.

Label #4719444014

Foil Cover. (W) Ryan North (A) Humberto Ramos (CA) Matteo Lolli THE INVINCIBLE WOMAN, PART THREE! It's back before everything changed, and I'm still in grad school - just a kid, really. My name is Susan Storm, and I've just become the Invisible Girl. Our first encounter was with the Mole Man - he was the first time we found it necessary to use our powers, to truly become the Fantastic Four. Reed prayed it would be the last. But his prayers weren't the kind that got answered. What happened next wasn't what I thought would happen - it wasn't what any of us thought would happen. I want you to know that I tried. I really did. I didn't mean for things to end up the way they turned out. But there are some mistakes you can't take back. And there are some wounds that don't kill you, even though they should... 28 pages, rated T, full color Cover price $3.99.

Fantastic Four Annual Lot of 10

Issues 4, 5, 10, 12, 16, 17, 18N, 21, 22, and 27 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Annual. Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #4, #5, and #10 grading GD.

Fantastic Four Antithesis (2020 Marvel) 2COMICSELITE.A CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Comics Elite Edition

Label #3735870016

Comics Elite variant cover by Patrick Zircher. Written by Mark Waid. Art by Neal Adams and Mark Farmer. The Silver Surfer leads the Fantastic Four in a mad race to find the missing Galactus. Only he has the power to defeat Antithesis - the Negative Zone version of Galactus himself! 32 pages, full color. Rated T

Fantastic Four Antithesis (2020 Marvel) 2COMICSELITE.B CGC 9.8

Paper: White

Comics Elite "Virgin" Edition

Label #3745437004

Comics Elite virgin variant cover by Patrick Zircher. Written by Mark Waid. Art by Neal Adams and Mark Farmer. The Silver Surfer leads the Fantastic Four in a mad race to find the missing Galactus. Only he has the power to defeat Antithesis - the Negative Zone version of Galactus himself! 32 pages, full color. Rated T

Fantastic Four Battle of the Behemoths TPB (2021 Marvel) Epic Collection 1-1ST VG/FN 5.0

1st printing. Collects Fantastic Four (196-1996 1st Series) #105-125.

Written by Stan Lee and Archie Goodwin. Art by John Romita, Sr., John Buscema, Jack Kirby, John Verpoorten, Joe Sinnott, Frank Giacoia, and Joe Mooney. Cover by John Buscema and Frank Giacoia. Back Cover by John Buscema and Joe Sinnott.

Only an artist as immortal as John Buscema could fill Jack "King" Kirby's Galactus-sized shoes on FANTASTIC FOUR!

"Big John" joins Stan the Man on a timeless run in this collection of FF from the early '70s. Johnny Storm and Crystal develop their romance, Ben Grimm learns to change into Thing at will, Reed Richards takes on Annihilus and Janus in the Negative Zone and none other than Doctor Doom teams up with the FF to face the awesome threat of the Over-Mind!

Then, Gabriel the Air-Walker debuts as Galactus' new herald, and he's arrived on Earth to force the Silver Surfer to submit to the Big G's will - or the planet dies! All this, plus the return of the Monster from the Lost Lagoon!

Softcover, 472 pages, full color. Rated T

NOTE: Book 7 of the Fantastic Four Epic Collection - Years Covered: 1970-1971.

Cover price $39.99.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 213N, 219N, 220-225, 227, and 228 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the FN/VF to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 213, 216, 238, 242, 246-248, 251, 252A, and 253 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VF range with a few grading FN.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 116, 117, 123, 128, 130, 133, 138, 142, 143, and 144 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #143, and #144 grading FR/GD and #142 grading PR (full length spine split.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 151, 153, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG/FN to FN/VF range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 187, 188, 190, 191, and 192 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 208D, 213N, 214, 215N, 216, 217N, 218N, 219, 220D, and 221 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 165, 168, 169, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, and 180 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 181, 182, 183, 184, 186, 188, 191, 192, 193, and 195 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #186 grading GD/VG and #195 grading VF.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 148, 150, 162, 163, 169, 174, 175, 176, 178, and 179 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD to VG range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 148, 150, 162, 174, 180, 182, 183, 184, 188, and 191 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #174 grading GD/VG.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 182, 193, 201, 202, 208D, 214, 216, 217N, 218N, and 219N of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 148, 183, 188, 208D, 214, 216, 217D, 219N, and 221 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) and issue 182 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series) Whitman Variants. Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #148, and #182 grading GD.

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 183, 188, 192, 193, 208D, 214, 216, 217D, 218N, and 221 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #183 grading GD-

Fantastic Four Lot of 10

Issues 162, 163, 165, 167-169, 190, 202, 208N, and 209N of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the FN range with a couple grading VF.

Fantastic Four Lot of 12

Issues 200, 205, 210N, 226, 228, 235N, 237, 239N, 240N, 241N, 252B, 255 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG/FN to FN/VF range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 3

Issues 16, 19, and 20 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). All will grade PR (#16-page missing does not affect story or art; #19 and #20 are missing the centerfold, affects story and art).

Fantastic Four Lot of 6

Issues 85, 90, 95, 96, 98, and 99 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD to VG range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 6

Issues 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, and 93 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD to VG range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 6

Issues 90-92, 98, 99, and 111 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to GD range with #111 grading PR (page missing, affects story and art).

Fantastic Four Lot of 7

Issues 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 101, and 102 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the GD to VG range with #96 grading FR/GD.

Fantastic Four Lot of 7

Issues 103, 105, 111, 114, 115, 123, and 128A of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range with #114, and #128A grading GD/VG.

Fantastic Four Lot of 8

Issues 139, 148, 155, 170, 171, 216, 219, and 239 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VF to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 9

Issues 148, 149, 150, 151, 154, 160, 161, 162, and 163 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the VG to FN range.

Fantastic Four Lot of 9

Issues 133, 141, 145, 147-149, 151, 160, and 161 of Fantastic Four (1961 1st Series). Most will grade in the FN to VG range.

Fantastic Tales (1958 I.W. Reprint) 1 FN 6.0

Cover oxidation.

Reprints "City of the Living Dead" 1 (Avon, 1952). Cover art by Carl Burgos. "City of the Living Dead!", art by A. C. Hollingsworth; Yucatan, Mexico. A group of explorers discovers mystic Quetana, fabled "City of the Living Dead"; Centuries ago, murderous pirates were banned there by Quetzal, Aztec god of justice, destined to live in agony forever. "The Glistening Death," pencils by Norman Nodel, inks by Vince Alascia; A man hides out at his uncle's swampland mansion and discovers he is a slave to a glistening meat-eating alien creature that takes the form of a beautiful woman. "Terror of the Skeleton Men" text story. "The Witches Come at Midnight!", pencils by Norman Nodel, inks by Vince Alascia; Witches, along with their master Satan himself, converge every night at midnight at the old Rainey farm terrorizing the family; One night when young Joel is attacked by the monsters, his pet rooster "Peter" arrives and scares off the creatures who think he's Chanticleer, the fabled rooster. "Death Has Many Tongues," art by Harry Lazarus; Slave trader Captain Death is captured by the native tribe he uses to prey on; The witch doctor curses him with the heads of the slain growing out of his body; Death tries to cut them off, but the pain drives him insane. 36 pgs., full color. Cover price $0.10.