Fantastic Four #1 (Marvel, 1961) is where the Marvel Universe begins: the origin and first appearance of the Fantastic Four — Mr. Fantastic, Invisible Girl, Human Torch, and the Thing — plus the first appearance of the Mole Man, by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. It launched the shared-universe storytelling model that every superhero publisher has followed since. This is a foundational Golden-grail-tier key whose demand is global and structural, independent of any movie cycle.
Slab details
Grade: CGC 3.5 (Very Good−)
CGC Certification #: 0992943002
Publisher: Marvel Comics, 1961
Creators: Stan Lee & Jack Kirby
Significance: Origin & first appearance of the Fantastic Four and the Mole Man; birth of the Marvel Universe
