Buying a Fantastic Four Comic Book Collection Without Seeing It

[@AnthonyOldhandGarcia]

At 10:02 Giant Size Fantastic Four #4 1975 first appearance of Jamie Madrox as the Multiple Man. Happy to have a raw copy of that issue in my personal collection. Also make sure in G.S. F.F. #4 the Incredible Hulk Marvel Value Stamp is in there untouched and not cut out for the comicbook to be completed. At 12:45 Fantastic Four #74 first appearance of a robot named the Punisher before the moniker name was given to Frank Castle as the Punisher in ASM #129 1974. At 13:13 Fantastic Four #64 the Thing holding up a huge machinery, the machinery can be seen in Thor Ragnarok behind Loki during the Thor and Hulk battle in the arena. Nice collection and very pricey too. Nice review.

[@Ollie-fr5ec]

All these shows like terrificon and king con even the local shows all seem great not much like that in Australia where I live but I’ll be visiting my partners family at the end of the year so if you had any recommendations for shows, events,stores or anything really in the general tri state/Philly area that would be great, big fan of the channel nice to see it have grown from the brown couch days keep up the hard work 👍

[@VeryGaryComics]

Thanks man. New York Comic-Con is mid-October

[@toeknee1505]

I can honestly say that this is the first time I have seen an almost complete run of a Marvel title! Wow!!! Great video!!!!

[@bernielockard1827]

My man didn’t pull out this man this monster to admire 😭😭

[@squirrellydog]

Pull out game lackin

[@Joeh1154]

That was a solid 19 minutes of Fantastic Four Silver age goodness! Many very good looking books there. For a collection bought sight unseen and the price paid, you scored Gary. Now of course, you'll invest by getting many of these cleaned, pressed and slabbed but the return on this rather large group of amazing books might be beyond double, IMO. Thanks for posting such a great group of books. Best to all.

[@2ndbestbob]

That was Fantastic (sorry 🙄) to watch. I'm a big Fantastic Four collector. My run doesn't start until #51, but is 3 long boxes after that. I'm also obsessed with #244. 6 copies so far, including the one I bought off the shelf in 1982. I just can't find a raw copy with no spine tics! Wish I could come to buy a few off you, but being in the UK makes it kind of expensive. Cheers Gary, this video really did make my day. 😊

[@scottharding9916]

Fantastic collection! (Sorry. Couldn't help myself.) This is my bread & butter, all this stuff. I only go back to #20, but still…a lifetime to collect (thus far). Congrats!

[@timdanner2596]

100% on organizing a box according to how humans count, though for this video, starting from the end of the run worked well with the reveal at the end. Looked a lot like my run of FF going back to around 150 back when I had a raw collection. This seller had a really great FF collection with what looks like a lot of them being in nice condition. He literally had all the keys minus those few huge ones.

[@fatdadcomics81]

You crushed it! John Byrne run is my favorite.

[@kevinmyers9860]

I’m in the middle of sorting out my ff run but it’s not as good as that , need a couple of them early John Byrne comics great video!!!!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@tbray1772]

I usually start at 1 in my collection and go back, but for this reveal, starting at the end and going in opposite direction was brilliant on sellers part.

[@GD1WICKED]

You can’t fault him for going backwards. How puts annuals in order he did

[@artisfu9]

Gary, I think you did pretty with that collection for 9k!!! You definitely made your money back and then some!

[@johndavis48076]

FF 166-171 run is what got me hooked on comics as a kid. Nice run!

[@DavidWilliams-yh2ml]

We count down top 10s or top 100s; working our way toward the thing we value the most - #1. Since older comics are more valuable/interesting than newer comics, it makes sense that in flipping through you go from the least interesting to the most. 'How we count' seems an odd way to frame it since your motivation isn't getting an exact tally (or using the comics as a refresher on how to count). When you go through the box aren't you sifting for treasure? Aren't the comics closer to #1 likely to be of more interest than the comics at #500?

[@adamkowalski9705]

Love that ff run...he may have ff 1, 2 & 5 slabbed as you said he has more...you never know very Gary 😂

[@csabaalmasi5297]

I put it between 10-12.5k , would have bought this instantly for 9k, I think you did really well, especially if you look at the condition of some of those single digit issues. Great pickup

[@geraldlee7055]

Sometimes, seeing is believing.😢 Can't wait for Whatnot Terrificon stream coming soon.😊

[@noyanhilmi1361]

Some of those major keys appear to be in great shape. I’m sure you’ll do well on it!

[@Indie2kNBA]

Hey Gary I would like to buy all ur fantastic four book,lmk asap thanks

[@silverageguy3344]

I'll be at Terrificon Saturday - hope some of those early ones are still available! See you then, Gary.

[@VeryGaryComics]

See ya there!!

[@jimwojton7369]

Holy crap!! What a nice run. 👍👍

[@leeniren3706]

Absolutely amazing. I think you did really well. I just don’t understand why you don’t go ahead and get the missing books and have the complete run and sell it that way through heritage auctions? I think you might do better than in person even with their fees

[@JimChurchSr-lu2pq]

That’s a hell of good collection - Nice score

[@timothylee3105]

Congrats G. Good going.

[@flipjunk1998]

I found the first appearance of black panther on the curb few months ago. Sold it on eBay in 10 days. Made about 11 hundred on the collection so far.

[@michaelswanson4641]

Killer Fantastic Four collection! You did just fine, those lower number issues go for big money. Cool video content as usual!

[@TheHartViper]

One of your higher cost pickups but with FF on the horizon definitely one you should more than double the price. Silver age books alone should recoup your investment, even ungraded. Nice score Gary!

[@speccollector9740]

Holy crap!!! $9k?!!!? You're either losing your touch or these people are finally getting a price guide. I was expecting you to say $2k (old Very Gary negotiation price). $9k is very fair both ways.

[@ufounderground4042]

Plot twist... he hid #2 and #1 in the dollar book bag😂😂

[@jarredsmith9187]

That was an awesome collection of Fantastic Four,Very Gerry,I really think you should keep a few of those books cause what is the chance you will ever rub across a Fantastic Four collection like that again.I was hoping there was a FF#5 first Dr.Doom in there cause that is the biggest key besides issue #1 ,#48 and #49

[@metsrus]

depends condition of the FF#48, it could be a 9k book by itself.

[@halfdrawnpe]

There's some huge FF books in here. Another great pickup

[@robphoenix1182]

Looked like he filled the box as he got the books. Honestly I can understand that. 102 is one of my favorite issues.

[@GordonPyzik]

I02 for some reason might be my favorite. Finally got a CGC 9.4 and I'll buy another one if I can

[@ccculture9681]

Some people, myself included, put they're comics to the back of the box not the front as we get them. What's the big deal?

[@redsultimate5820]

Hay man Im new to the channel I'm starting to collect save and a few years later sell comic books and I love your channel I think your videos are a lot of fun and super cool very sweet comic books as well I love the fantastic 4 I think there comic books are so cool I'm picking up a few marvel comic books for my channel some of them are sighnd and graded I'm excited

[@runningfox8194]

Beautiful run!

[@CliffOnComics]

Such an impressive FF collection 👍🏼

[@timelkins3537]

I think you did pretty good. There’s definitely a good profit for you -just from the major keys alone. 👍

[@whompmaster]

My FF collection is a LOT like this one barring different grades and stuff. I once had a chance to get FF #1, 1987 or so, for $100.00 (not sure of the grade but probably a 3.0) but as a teen I simply wanted to take my money and get more books instead. I should have snagged it and gotten a 2nd job instead.

[@ericwilliams1845]

Finally I guessed the amount right! (Lately on your last few I felt you were greatly overpaying). At 9k that is a solid price for you and from the looks of a number of those, grading will maximize the return especially some of those earlier issues which look to be in the 6.0 to maybe even 7.0 range on a few

[@bongotezz]

Do you know why that one book was missing the title?

[@Brockness_Monster84]

When books were on the stand originally(or wherever they were sold) the owner of the stand could cut that portion of the book off if it didn't sell and send back to the distributor for some form of credit.

[@bongotezz]

@@Brockness_Monster84 exactly.

[@bongotezz]

@@Brockness_Monster84 That book was supposed to be thrown out.

[@Brockness_Monster84]

@@bongotezz Yep.

[@souldavidthompson4854]

For any FF fan, this was a fantastic video Gary! The harder to get keys were in great shape, and the run was very nearly complete. Good luck and have fun at TerrifiCon Gary 👍

[@jeffstanley6013]

My LCS has their back issues "counting backwards." Always irritated me too. 🙂

[@Indie2kNBA]

Amazing f.f collection how much did it cost u???

[@liger_style7761]

Also missed the 1st Watcher #13

[@jasonradtke5273]

I have seen one store that had their books just like this. I believe it was in northern Indiana. It was around 5-6 years ago so I can't remember the name. If it wasn't Indiana it was north west Ohio.

[@AnuoluwaAkinbode-kk4ug]

How much is it

[@DominicRocco-1975]

Do you know anyone who has wizard magazines for sale cheap?

[@VeryGaryComics]

I dont. Sorry

[@marcusmolyneux6422]

I guessed $10k. Did the seller keep 1,2,5 for themselves or just didn't have them?

[@VeryGaryComics]

He didn't have them

[@AnuoluwaAkinbode-kk4ug]

How much is it

[@henryhermelin1620]

Almost looks like my collection ended up in you hands..could use the number 8 if your interested in selling smite me a price

[@crullt]

That’s an impressive collection!

[@rayengstrom1905]

I'm with you! I always prefer the books to be slabbed. It takes the guesswork out of it, both as a seller and a buyer. I might say a raw book is Very Fine, someone else might say it's only Fine. A 3rd party grading company says it's VF-, so it's VF-.

[@dballard66]

I prefer raw but like you said, grading is all over the place so if I’m buying a key, it’s just safer with a slab.

[@robertcarbone7887]

Killer books wow Gary not bad at all

[@EduardoRamirez-jb1zl]

That's a come up 💯

[@mjmartinejohn]

pretty much a full run. damn. shame to break it up.

[@charliedogg7683]

One prices comics, one does not "price out" comics - the preposition 'out' is unnecessary and in fact obscures the meaning.

[@Goosefang]

Disagree on the counting. When collecting currently, 1 goes in the box first and goes in the back. Then 2 and so on.

[@rushdiehard8784]

once again for the 49th time.....the seller got ripped off....good job!! SMH

[@Jay-Jose]

Is your dad a collector, too?

[@VeryGaryComics]

Hes not

[@mikestukes801]

MAAAAAAN 🤓👊🏿😎

[@fiery_fred_furniss9569]

Yaaaaaàaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwnnnnnnn!!!!!

[@AnuoluwaAkinbode-kk4ug]

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[@Adrianstreet997]

You hit a home run.

[@manfrombeantown724]

Sent you a DM on instagram

[@AnuoluwaAkinbode-kk4ug]

How much is it