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Goldin Comic Book Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee:
Fantastic Four 1

Goldin Comic Book Hall of Fame 2023 Inductee: Fantastic Four 1

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Why Fantastic Four 1 is in the 2023 Goldin Comic Book Hall of Fame

Which Fantastic Four character do I remind you of? What do you mean, The Thing?!

Very few comic books can claim to have started an era.

Superman in Action Comics #1 invented the superhero genre. Showcase #4’s the Flash rebooted old favourites and began the Silver Age.

And in FF#1, Stan Lee started the Marvel Age of Comics, which would in turn lead to characters adored by billions, and ultimately Mickey Mouse owning The Avengers.

Four humans go into space. A dose of gamma radiation later, they come back to Earth as mutants who can stretch their body, turn invisible, burst into flame, and, well, hide their beer belly behind a rock wall…

While the world inside Marvel Comics would take a while to warm to the super-team, fans in the outside world clamoured for more.

The FF have changed radically over the years, sometimes in ways I’m sure Ben Grimm wouldn’t approve of... but their first appearance in 1961 is a nailed-on classic.

Fantastic Four #1 is the eighth inductee into the Goldin Comic Book Hall of Fame.

Guide to Fantastic Four 1 Comic Book Values

One of the more difficult of the Marvel mega-keys, this book turns up way less often than Avengers #1, Amazing Spider-Man #1 or X-Men #1.

It's about as tough as Journey into Mystery #83, Amazing Fantasy #15 and Incredible Hulk #1.

Prices went pandemic-crazy for two years before settling down, but with the "homecoming" reboot of the FF in the MCU slated for mid-decade, this book has a long way to go still value-wise.

The last few years have seen multiple records set on this book, even though recent sales have softened.

• 9.2 $1,500,000 April 2022
  
• 9.0 $234,000 November 2022
• 8.5 $228,000 August 2022
• 8.0 $120,000 November 2022
• 7.5 $88,550 September 2022
• 7.0 $81,000 June 2022
• 6.5 $45,600 November 2022
• 6.0 $31,200 December 2022
• 5.5 $32,400 January 2023
• 5.0 $25,200 December 2022
• 4.5 $18,600 January 2023
• 4.0 $19,500 January 2023
• 3.5 $17,500 January 2023
• 3.0 $12,750 February 2023
• 2.5 $13,750 February 2023
• 2.0 $13,000 January 2023
• 1.8 $8,250 December 2022
• 1.5 $10,100 August 2022
• 0.5 $4,500 January 2023
  

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