American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Fantastic Four #29-31
*Marvel: Three consecutive quality issues of the Fantastic Four from the Bute Collection this week. #29 features an adventure with the Watcher and the Red Ghost & his Super-Apes; #30 has the first appearance of Diablo; #31 is a return engagement with the Mole Man, introducing Sue and Johnny’s father.
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR
#29 FN- p £105 Nice glossy pence printed copy with strong cover colours, tight, firm staples and supple, near-white pages. Minor edge wear, very minor corner blunting and just a few spine ticks that break colour.
#30 VG/FN p £55 1st Diablo. Glossy unmarked cover with strong colours; pence printed. Tight, firm staples and supple, near-white pages. Minor edge and spine wear. Some soft creases extend horizontally from the spine for a few cms, but only break colour on the spine itself.
#31 FN/VF £150 Beautiful clean glossy copy with black background. Great colours. Tight, firm staples and supple, white to off-white pages. Very minor wear to top edge, with a very faint indentation over the logo. Tiny chips off top right corner margins of rear pages.