First ‘Fantastic Four’ Comic Sells For $1.5 Million

Topline

A well-preserved copy of the primary difficulty within the Marvel comedian sequence Incredible 4 from 1961 offered for $1.5 million at public sale Thursday, seven instances greater than a pre-sale valuation, in accordance with the public sale home.

Three males research a duplicate of ‘Incredible 4’ on the 1981 Australian Comedian Conference.

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Key Details

A web based purchaser snapped up the comedian for the best value but paid for the difficulty of The Incredible 4, in accordance with Heritage Auctions, and the second-highest for a title from the so-called Silver Age of comedian books, a interval roughly between 1956 and 1975 when their recognition started to rebound within the U.S., after a decline following World Conflict II.

The Licensed Warranty Co., which grades the standard of comedian books, rated the comedian a 9.2 out of 10, and in accordance with their 2022 census, solely 5 copies of the comedian have been rated increased.

The sale additionally far surpassed presale valuations, and fetched seven instances greater than the $210,000 price tag steered final yr for a 9.2 CGC score within the Overstreet Comedian E-book Value Information, the main comedian ebook value information.

Huge Quantity

$3.6 million. That’s the file public sale value for a comic book ebook, paid in September for Superb Fantasy No. 15, which was printed in 1962 and contains Spider-Man’s first look.

Key Background

The Incredible 4 sequence was the primary superhero group comedian created by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, and its success impressed the corporate to launch characters together with Spider-Man, the X-Males and The Unbelievable Hulk and to revive Captain America. Public sale costs of superhero comedian books have been rising, pushed by the recognition of superhero films on the field workplace and on streaming providers. On Thursday, a duplicate of the primary comedian to function Captain America offered for greater than $3 million.

Shocking Reality

Of the highest ten highest-grossing movies, 4 are superhero films launched by Marvel prior to now ten years, in accordance with figures from IMDb. These titles are Avengers: Endgame, Avengers: Infinity Conflict, Spider-Man: No Approach Residence and The Avengers.