American Update: The Good Doctor Collection: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Three Early Fantastic Fours: #11, #13, #14
*Marvel: Also from the Good Doctor this week, three highly collectable issues of Marvel’s flagship title, the Fantastic Four. In #11, a two story issue, there’s ‘A Day In The Life’ story plus the FF meet the Impossible Man in his first appearance. #13 features not only the debut of the Red Ghost and his Super-Apes, but also the first appearance of the Watcher. In #14, the FF come up against the Sub-Mariner one more time, also featuring the Puppet Master.
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR ALL SOLD
#11 GD+ £140 Vivid and rich colour cover, staples a little loose at spine but firmly attached at centre, nice off-white pages. Moderate spine wear, minimal edge wear. 2 cm tear at right edge below issue number. Faint mug ring centre cover.
#13 FA/GD p £140 Pence printed. Book shop stamps, some cover staining. Off both staples.
#14 GD/VG p £100 Pence printed. Nice unspoilt cover image with some corner blunting; a little tired. Reasonable staples, pretty well attached. Pages are off-whitish, with margin chip out of splash page.