American Update: The Good Doctor Collection: Fantastic Four #30-34 inc. Mighty Marvel Firsts
*Marvel: We start this week’s listings from the Good Doctor Collection with a classic run of five consecutive issues of the Fantastic Four from #30-34, with Stan and Jack really in their stride on ‘The World’s Greatest Comic Magazine’. #30 features the debut of Diablo, #31 the return of the Mole Man and #32 the tragic/heroic story of Sue and Johnny’s father. #33 has the fabulous photo-montage cover featuring Sub-Mariner and Attuma (whose debut is in this issue) and #34 the malevolent menace of Gideon in his first appearance. Full details of all (including #31 & #32) may be found as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR
#30 GD p £55 Pence printed, long vertical colour-breaking crease and several smaller creases, fingernail-size chip missing at bottom of spine, with resulting small tear throughout most of comic. Small tear in masthead area with no loss, goes throughout comic. Spine and edge wear with a couple of small tears. A little tired but okay SOLD
#33 VF- £215 Lovely cents copy, tight and flat with mostly sharp corners, unmarked glossy cover, tight firm staples and great off-white pages. Very little wear. SOLD
#34 FN+ £80 A superior cents copy, with minor edge wear and corner blunting, flat, tight staples and nice off-white pages. Tiny creases at spine and right edge barely break colour. Glossy and appealing. SOLD