Fantastic Four #48 Signature Series: Stan Lee (Marvel, 1966) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $144,000
Sold: Sep 12, 2021
Fantastic Four #48 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1966
About Fantastic Four #48
First appearances of the Silver Surfer and Galactus, both of whom appear in the recent The Fantastic Four: First Steps movie. The Inhumans and the Watcher appear. Jack Kirby and Joe Sinnott cover and art. Currently tied for #47 on Overstreet's list of Top 50 Silver Age Comics.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: The Watcher; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing]
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Colors: Stan Goldberg
Letters: Artie Simek
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic [Reed Richards]; Invisible Girl [Sue Storm Richards]; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; The Thing [Ben Grimm]]; Inhumans [Black Bolt; Karnak; Gorgon; Medusa; Crystal]; Maximus; Seeker; The Silver Surfer (introduction); Skrulls; The Watcher; Galactus (introduction)
Synopsis: Black Bolt and the Fantastic Four put an end to Maximus's plan to destroy all the humans. Once the Fantastic Four return to New York the Watcher tells them of the coming danger of Galactus.
Pages: 20.000
Script: Stan Lee; Jack Kirby (co-plotter)
Pencils: Jack Kirby
Inks: Joe Sinnott
Letters: Artie Simek
Reprints: Marvel Treasury Edition (Marvel, 1974 series) #2 (December 1974), | Marvel's Greatest Comics (Marvel, 1969 series) #35 (June 1972)
Notes: Kirby's co-plotting credit is acknowledged by Lee and Kirby in many interviews. Actual credits read "Stan Lee, writer without peer Jack Kirby penciller of the year." This is the first issue of the three-part story which introduces Galactus and the Silver Surfer.
Data Courtesy of Grand Comics Database under Creative Commons license
GoCollect Price Guide Report for this comic
CGC Census Report*
| Grade | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 5.5 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.0 | 7.5 | 8.0 | 8.5 | 9.0 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 10.0 | Total |
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Universal |
138 | 77 | 80 | 144 | 194 | 338 | 583 | 684 | 858 | 871 | 793 | 665 | 652 | 621 | 560 | 485 | 388 | 297 | 237 | 171 | 135 | 103 | 46 | 0 | 0 | 9120 |
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Qualified |
2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 16 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 157 |
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Signature Series |
14 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 25 | 44 | 53 | 50 | 55 | 67 | 48 | 62 | 46 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 22 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 675 |
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Restored |
22 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | 35 | 30 | 42 | 46 | 57 | 37 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 26 | 39 | 33 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 626 |
| Total | 176 | 86 | 92 | 160 | 224 | 381 | 666 | 796 | 977 | 988 | 939 | 767 | 774 | 729 | 664 | 551 | 461 | 356 | 278 | 203 | 155 | 118 | 53 | 0 | 0 | 10594 |
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