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Fantastic Four #40 — Marvel Comics (July 1965) — \"The Battle of the Baxter Building!\"
Grade: CGC 8.5 | Grader: Certified Guaranty Company (CGC) | Era: Silver Age | Format: Single issue, cover price $0.12
Why collectors want this issue
- Early Daredevil crossover — he fights alongside the FF against Doctor Doom, barely a year after his own debut.
- Classic Doctor Doom story: Doom has taken the Baxter Building, and the team has to win it back.
- Famous sequence in which the Thing returns to his monstrous form to face Doom — one of the most quoted Ben Grimm moments of the Lee/Kirby run.
- Script by Stan Lee, art by Jack Kirby with inks by Vince Colletta.
- Key issue from the peak stretch of the Lee/Kirby Fantastic Stan Lee
- Pencils: Jack Kirby
- Inks: Vince Colletta
- Letters: Artie Simek
Story synopsis
Doctor Doom holds the Baxter Building, and the Fantastic Four — with Daredevil\'s help — have to take their home back.
Condition and certification
- Professionally graded and encapsulated by CGC at 8.5 Very Fine+.
- The photos show the actual slab being sold, including the certification label.
- Grade, page quality and any notations are exactly as printed on the label.
What you receive
- The exact graded book pictured, in its sealed holder.
- Shipped double-boxed and padded for protection.
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