What If? #1 Signature Series: Stan Lee (Marvel, 1977) CGC NM/MT 9.8 White pages....
Auction amount: $4,800.00
Sold: Apr 25, 2022
What If? #1 Values
Publisher: Marvel, 1977
About What If? #1
"What if Spider-Man Joined the Fantastic Four?". Brief origins of Spider-Man and the Fantastic Four. John Romita Sr. cover.Why sell your comic books with Heritage Auctions?
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COVER DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man; Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]; Thing
Pencils: John Buscema ?; Keith Pollard ?; John Romita (see notes)
Inks: Joe Sinnott; John Romita (see notes)
Letters: Gaspar Saladino
Notes: Alterations on Spider-Man and Sue by John Romita. Info per Nick Caputo, October 2012.
STORY DETAILS
Characters: Spider-Man; Fantastic Four [Mr. Fantastic; Invisible Girl; Thing; Human Torch [Johnny Storm]]; Watcher; Aunt May Parker; J. Jonah Jameson; Sub-Mariner; Vulture; Red Ghost; Puppet Master; Killraven (cameo); Invaders [Captain America; Bucky; Namor; Human Torch; Toro] (cameo); Squadron Supreme [Hyperion; Golden Archer] (cameo); Avengers [Scarlet Witch; Vision; Iron Man; Beast] (cameo); Deathlok (cameo)
Synopsis: Spider-Man becomes a member of the Fantastic Four.
Pages: 33.000
Script: Roy Thomas
Pencils: Jim Craig
Inks: Pablo Marcos
Letters: John Costanza
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 |
Universal |
0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 23 | 28 | 50 | 64 | 106 | 121 | 149 | 230 | 235 | 265 | 359 | 410 | 249 | 0 | 0 | 2336 |
Qualified |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Signature Series |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 18 | 14 | 25 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 149 |
Restored |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 16 | 30 | 34 | 53 | 67 | 110 | 129 | 166 | 242 | 251 | 284 | 374 | 435 | 269 | 0 | 0 | 2494 |
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