American Update: The Good Doctor Collection: Fantastic Four #20-24
*Marvel: Five classic consecutive issues of the Fantastic Four by Lee & Kirby from the Good Doctor Collection this week. #20 features the debut of the Molecule Man, #21 has the debut of the Hate-Monger (guest starring Nick Fury), in #22 the Mole Man returns (and Sue gains her force shield power), #23 has another battle with Dr. Doom, and in #24 the FF come up against ‘The Infant Terrible’. More details below:
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR
#20 VG+ p £225 Some chipping to right edge, but otherwise nice colour and cover gloss. Minor wear and creasing to top edge, but little other wear. Tight, firmly attached staples, decent page quality.
#21 VG/FN p £100 Tiny lower spine split, but no other defects other than corner blunting and minor wear to spine and edges; no creasing. Staples firmly attached, decent page quality. SOLD
#22 VG+ p £75 Nice mid-grade copy with good colour, off white pages and firmly attached staples. Corner blunting, wear along right edge and spine, very small creases at bottom right cover, breaking colour.
#23 GD/VG p £80 Faint and unusual 1 shilling stamp; edge and spine wear with small creases. Corner blunting, small rippled area (not obvious) at right of cover midway down (from water stain). Staples firm, pages nice. Tiny tear at bottom edge with no loss. SOLD
#24 VG- £40 Nice glossy cover with great colour. Nice off-white pages, firmly attached staples. Little wear or creasing. There is a 1.5 cm tear at the top left edge, which at some point has been taped; although the tape has long gone, it has left a small and faint brown cover stain. SOLD