Fantastic Four #1 CGC x 2...Just the Tip of the Iceberg

[@VaryingViewpoint]

One of my favourite videos! All those great GA covers. Makes me wish I didn't stop collecting comic books.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, VV. I thought you would like this one :-)

[@marcloev2072]

You guys are three of my favs- glad to see you together. So much knowledge on this video…

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks so much, Marc. Always fun to work with these gentlemen.

[@chrisfrost5646]

Great video and books. Very informative. Thanks Keston

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Chris!

[@hazeldan1216]

Great video!! We thought that was your Daring Mysteries. It has such a great color strike. Tough book to give up, but we also know what you're getting is worth it.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hazeldan! Thank you, my friends. It was tough to give up but like you said...I think it's worth it. It may be a month or two or three before I get the book in hand.

[@roywatson7916]

Content always interesting. Very informative about Golden Age books.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks Roy! Definitely some cool, obscure golden age books that Vincent pulled.

[@RedRockShane]

Very excited for this auction. I'm watching 30 books.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Shane. One of the "problems" with doing these videos is I see SOOO many books I need to have. There are about three, which will remain nameless, that I will go after aggressively :-). I hope you end up with a few you are going after!

[@RedRockShane]

@@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 7/30 are watched out of curiosity. Around 15 are books I'd buy at the right price. 5+ are books I'd pay close to FMV for. Only a couple I'd say I'll go after aggressively. Good luck on your books. Hopefully they aren't the same as mine haha

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Haha. No doubt. The Ruben Blades collection is amazing. You know me, I'm a rarity freak and a cover freak. And, Ruben has both in spades :-)

[@dahur]

I wonder how many millions of dollars are sitting right there..?

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

More than 1, that’s for sure.

[@rocketfighter8]

Captain America fun facts: Writer and creator Joe Simon initially named him Super American but decided there were too many supers around and no captains. He named Bucky after Bucky Pierson, his friend on his high school basketball team. MLJ Comics complained about Cap's triangular shield because it resembled the chest symbol on their Shield character so it was changed to a round shield in issue #2.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi, Rocket! NIce trivial pulls, there. I'm glad Joe Simon went the Capt America route! Hadn't heard about Bucky Pierson. That's awesome.

[@MetalBum]

Thanks for the quality comic videos Keston does not disappoint.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, MB. Glad you liked the video. Vincent definitely brought the firepower.

[@jesseramirez1283]

Enjoy the conversation and stories about the books you show. Wolud love to have a Punch 12

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, Jesse. Truly one of the best comics in the hobby.

[@JSSBrooklyn]

Great video - good books

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, JSS. Appreciate the love :-)

[@MetalBum]

Waiting 🫡 🔥. Love that FF1

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Thanks, MB. The golden age selection is even sweeter!

[@reprintranch]

There’s a pretty good argument to be made that Marvel’s Black Panther was inspired/informed by the character Lion Man in All-Negro Comics issue 1. Grab a genuine or reprint copy of Fantastic Four 53 with the Panther origin story, pull up a copy of ANC issue 1 on a public domain comic website and consider… Lion Man is a college-educated African who guards a sacred mountain made of uranium, which is sought by treasure-hunters. One of the villains in the Lion Man story, Brosser the Beachcomber, looks exactly like Klaw in FF 53 - lean face, hawk nose, chin-strap beard, pith helmet. There’s a panel in the Lion Man story that shows kid sidekick Bubba operating a tripod-mounted machine gun. In FF 53 there’s a panel with similar composition that shows the young T’challa operating Klaw’s sound gun. To the best of my knowledge, no one in the mainstream comics media has ever explored this topic. Pity.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

That is fascinating! I’ll have to look into that story!

[@reprintranch]

Thanks, glad to see I’ve piqued your interest. For years I’ve been planning to put together a quasi-scholarly essay with all the specific page and panel numbers and so forth, but haven’t gotten around to it yet.

[@Kid-Comics]

Man, wish I could afford that Flash comics #1! Such an underrated book!

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Appreciate it, Kid. Perhaps even more underrated is Flash #2. It's the first full cover appearance of Hawkman. I think of it like Sensation Comics 1, but it's far rarer!

[@GreatLegendShow]

John 3:16

[@anthonypidone4453]

Nice books. But I want to see what the Heritage Fantastic Four 1 9.6 goes for on Sept 15 2024

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

Hi Anthony. FF 1 9.6 is the biggest book this fall for sure. As you might know, ff1 is tough in grade. Only 2 9.6s, none higher.

[@anthonypidone4453]

@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842 oh yes I know. I have been in the game a long time. The first FF 1 I purchased was back in 1979 for 150 bucks. The latest one I purchased was a coverless for 2400. A lot has changed in 45 years.

[@kestonsoldschoolcomicbooks6842]

@@anthonypidone4453 Awesome. Yeah, different times. I've been talking to a few folks who started collecting comics in the '50s, '60s, and '70s. A few zeroes have been added to the prices since then. HAHA!