Fantastic Four Comic Book

There have been many, many comics with the X-men in
them as you mention. X-men, Alpha Flight, New Mutants, and X-Factor all
feature multiple mutants. Spin-offs featuring one or two characters
include Wolverine, Dazzler, and Cable. Then there were many issues
where some or all of the X-men made guest appearances in other titles,
such as the old X-men in Fantastic Four 28, Captain America 172-175,
Angel in Tales of Suspense 49 (with cameos by the other X-men),
Avengers 53, the intro of Wolverine in Incredible Hulk 180-182, new
X-men in Marvel Team-Up 53, Annual 1, New Mutants in Annual 6.

This
list could go on and on I think. And that's not even counting the many
appearances of mutant villains of the X-men like Magneto who fought
non-mutant superheroes. Or how about the Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver,
mutants both who appeared as regulars for many issues of the Avengers?

Right
now the Surfer could not be any hotter due to his inclusion into the
new, Fantastic Four movie. History shows that a character that makes
it's way into the mainstream, a la movies or TV has an instant surge in
popularity which translates into a run on buying their books which
usually translate into big, inflated dollars for collectors and
vendors. If I understand your question, you want to know if these books
are worth anything, right?

Well, the obvious answer is, yes! Yes!
And Yes! I suspect you're really wanting to know: "What are they worth?
How can I sell them? The problem with selling/appraising an item that
fluctuates in value based on the wants of collectors is that it's only
worth what someone else is willing to pay for it. To get the flavors of
what your book is worth you should check out some price guides which
approximate their values based on a criteria of how your particular
book is selling in several parts of the country factored together with
the number of books available for sale, etc."

Wizard and
Overstreet both publish guides that will help you with this. You can
find these guides at a local Barnes and Noble. You can also check out a
more "real world" marketplace by plugging your book into some kind of
online auction or another auction sites and see what it's selling for
or if books like yours have sold. Next, you're going to want to
discover exactly what condition your books are in because the quality
of the book is the most important factor in determining what it's
worth. For this you can self grade or get a comic book store guy to do
it but be ready for a lot of slings and arrows from people that will
tell you that your grading skills stink and that your Near Mint is more
like a Very Fine, if you're lucky.

The industry has taken a turn
towards legitimizing its "grading with the establishment of
professional certification organizations that will professionally
certify your book for a fee. The book is graded by experts, sealed and
authenticated. I like this because it provides an unbiased 3rd party
evaluation and comes with the pedigree and paperwork that collectors
can trust when buying a book. The service is not new but it isn't
necessarily Lloyd's of London so it will take a while to eventually
become the industry standard but at some point it will. I liken it to
the idea of getting a complete history of a used car faxed to you from
a State Agency as opposed to just taking the word of the seller.

CGC
and PGX are two such book certification companies but I think you could
probably find a professional appraiser in any city. Again, you want the
appraiser to be an unbiased 3rd party who is making a living at this
and is willing to provide certification and pedigree. See some examples
of his previous work. There are several factors that have a direct
influence on the value of a book. Some of the ones I use are:
condition, print run, availability, scarcity, origin issue, major
storyline, new character, new developments, etc.

The Silver
Surfer is hot, hot, hot right now and it's probably the perfect time to
sell so it's up to you. As far as the cover being off the #1 issue you
can have it repaired by a restoration company but it must be identified
as repaired when listing the book for sale or having it appraised. A
lot of people out there would love to get there hands on this kind of
comic book make sure you keep a very close on the price range when you
have it up for sale.

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