When I started collecting in the 80s, I remember looking at Overstreet and seeing FF#1 was $1500. That seemed so untouchable to me back then! What I wouldn't give to pay 1500 for a NM FF #1!
Absolutely gorgeous, I thought I was crazy for spending $5,000 for Hulk 181 but man $15K is another level but worth it for a grail like this that might double or triple if the Fantastic Four appear and are done justice
Thank you Bry for all the hard work you put into this channel and the hobby. You continue to confirm the facts I’m aware of and inform me of the ones I’m not. You’ve made better collectors out of all of us. Looking forward to more great content, keep up the good work and take care.✌🏻
Definitely sharing in the joy!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Re watch around 3 min mark and listen again as to most of the stuff Bry does (if not all) he’s divulged to us for free in order to make this hobby pay for itself. Not only that but to allow you to obtain books you may think are out of your reach. Big thanks again Bry for all the info and advice. Huge congrats 🤛🤛🤛
Congratulations on the Fantastic Four #1 grail! Beautiful book. Thanks for the great information and thanks for the opportunity to see and read FF #1! (Keep as is. It looks great!)
Huge congrats Bry, I wouldn’t crack and press it honestly Bry, it isn’t worth the hassle or risk in my opinion lol. I think the best you could possibly get is a 3.0, but I seriously don’t think the press would change the grade. FF1 is an amazing book, and as you pointed out yours presents beautifully. It’s a really special feeling to hold a grail like that, the art, the history, the beginning of those characters wow. I know I feel that way when I hold my 2.0 af15. Really happy for you man I wish you continued success !
Wow! Congrats!!! I remember my dad telling me in the 90's about how he had the first 10-15 issues of FF when he was a kid (my grandmother threw them out when he went to college) and seeing his face when I showed him how much they were worth in Wizard back then. I feel like I need to send him this video and watch his reaction, LOL!
🔨 Nailed it! You did the research/statistical analysis, set your firm price, managed emotions, and got the grail. Way to go man! Before you crack that case, do the same amount of due diligence and learn what that missing piece on the cover knocks the grade to, strongly consider what the solvent will do when cleaning the spine, and then press that bad boy💥
It's awesome that you got a piece of history. I immediately subscribed after doing a serious internet search on CGC grading. Ihaven't bought any comic books in a very long time. I was more in trading cards for comics. I recently bought Spawn #1 in a shop through etsy shopping for vintage posters. The copy is REALLY good and I wanted to know the exact criteria for CGC grades. I learned so much from your negligible exceptions for 9.8 .
Huge CONGRATS! Easily a personal #1 grail, nothing else is even close. I would be absolutely petrified of even thinking cracking a book like that and attempting to do the clean and grade. What book!! Yes this is a great opportunity to do what you did for a video like this, providing some details on how and why you pulled the trigger.
CONGRATS Bry!! AWESOME!! What a super grail! Super analysis and nice story about the trials and tribulations it took. That's what I need is a bit more focus.. My investing is ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Since you may be limited in how much higher your grade can go, and if you don't think you could bump more than a full grade, I'd say leave it alone. Risk in further damaging the book, plus grading costs and the added stress in shipping, make for a hard decision to crack it open. Save the money and stress and make a trade plus cash (or straight multi-trade) upgrade whenever you feel comfortable. On a related note, it's really damn impressive how well that spider-man costume has stood the test of time compared to the others.
You get a huge honest congrats from me Bry! That's such an awesome book to own. I've been working on a lot of the early FF series, but there are a few that are out of my price range, including this one, lol. But that doesn't mean I begrudge someone else getting it. Great job and I love your content!
Huge pickup Bry! Good choice on picking up that FF1. It's one of the most important books in Marvel history and still has plenty of room to grow. Personally I would not crack it out because it would be taking a huge risk. Congrats my man!
Well done in this video Bry. The knowledge and presentation you shared was fantastic (pun intended). This is a book I'd love to own one day and I'm very happy for you for getting it for such a great price. I personally wouldn't risk cracking and pressing unless you are absolutely sure you can improve the grade and not damage the book from the moment it's cracked to the moment it is graded by CGC. Keep up the great content!
Great example of the difference of presentation regarding the two AF 15 (and FF 1) copies. Not all equal grades are...well...equal. :D Congratulations on the grail book, and I'm glad I recently discovered the channel!
Thanks for sharing your pick up, gave me something to think about when it comes to presenting well and color strike on grail books, plus I think your reasoning on going with the FF #1 is sound. If Marvel does a good job with bringing the First Family into the MCU I think you hit a home run, IMO
Wooooo weeeeee! Now that is a friggin book!! Awesome pick up man, if you hold that book it will only increase, that book will never drop, I am so happy for you man!
Like that FF1! I would keep it in the slab. Looks great. May be taking a chance with that small missing piece on the cover. Presents awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Duuuuuuuude!! Congrats! It’s an absolute beauty! You got a great deal on that!! Your book looked so much better than those other ones…just as nice as that 6.5 honestly…if it didn’t have that piece missing would’ve been a nice match. As for cracking it and all…man it’s a scary thought..whomever you go with better have a nice resume and a lot of insurance. I don’t know how good your skills are but if you decide…think you need to leave it in the hands of a super PRO. But damn am I happy for ya!!! Well I bought another slab off your site to help out lol. Again super happy for ya man! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
@@BrysComics oh yeahhhh I remember that one…definitely NOT that guy lol! Good luck if you do crack it….I’m sure it’ll work out … you won’t make the same mistake as before. 👊
I love the way it presents as is. In my opinion i would not risk it but im really new at collecting. Thank you for all your videos I have learned and enjoyed so much brother. God bless you!
Tough call on the slab cracking. I would be too afraid of something happening to the book but yet again a bump could add an extra K or two. Either way the value will go up on the book and you’ll definitely make money down the road. Enjoy brother! Top notch giveaway!
Congrats! Due to the chunk missing, I would NOT crack it. Love that book. One of my grails I will own!
When I started collecting in the 80s, I remember looking at Overstreet and seeing FF#1 was $1500. That seemed so untouchable to me back then! What I wouldn't give to pay 1500 for a NM FF #1!
Every time I go back and see my auction bids that I lost from a few years ago I kick myself!
@@BrysComics Hell, I look back at some of the auctions I lost 6 months ago and kick myself!
Absolutely gorgeous, I thought I was crazy for spending $5,000 for Hulk 181 but man $15K is another level but worth it for a grail like this that might double or triple if the Fantastic Four appear and are done justice
An amazing addition to your personal collection. That book easily skyrockets in value as soon as the FF is done properly in the MCU. Super exciting.
Dude I love your channel! One of the best if not the best comic channel on youtube. Hands down!!
Thank you Bry for all the hard work you put into this channel and the hobby. You continue to confirm the facts I’m aware of and inform me of the ones I’m not. You’ve made better collectors out of all of us. Looking forward to more great content, keep up the good work and take care.✌🏻
Thank you so much for the kind words!
No one can question the fact you are well researched in your decisions. Grats on the comic Bry, it's beautiful.
Definitely sharing in the joy!!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥. Re watch around 3 min mark and listen again as to most of the stuff Bry does (if not all) he’s divulged to us for free in order to make this hobby pay for itself. Not only that but to allow you to obtain books you may think are out of your reach. Big thanks again Bry for all the info and advice. Huge congrats 🤛🤛🤛
Congrats on the FF1, and props for displaying it so we could read the issue. Really enjoy the content you post.
Congrats !!! Keep grinding!!! Been working on complete FF run since 2018. Mostly needing low number issues but getting there. 😎
FF1, WOW!, looks really nice, nice pick up Bry. Been watching you for the past few months, great content. Keep it up.
Thank you!!
Congrats Bry, love to see it
Congratulations on the Fantastic Four #1 grail! Beautiful book. Thanks for the great information and thanks for the opportunity to see and read FF #1! (Keep as is. It looks great!)
Huge congrats Bry, I wouldn’t crack and press it honestly Bry, it isn’t worth the hassle or risk in my opinion lol. I think the best you could possibly get is a 3.0, but I seriously don’t think the press would change the grade. FF1 is an amazing book, and as you pointed out yours presents beautifully. It’s a really special feeling to hold a grail like that, the art, the history, the beginning of those characters wow. I know I feel that way when I hold my 2.0 af15. Really happy for you man I wish you continued success !
Thank you so much my friend!
@@BrysComics Agreed! Too nice of a book to risk a pressing.
It has the best cover of the few you showed! Looks cool!!
Congrats on the addition! Hats off to ya! You definitely practice what ya preach and I gotta respect the hustle!
Ordered the 1:50 lot for house of slaughter. Excited for that and thanks for the great prices
Congrats on getting FF #1! I love seeing the old books, the modern slabs are nice but this is gold.
Congratulations on finally hitting one of your big grails!!!
Glad to see your channel growing every day. Great book!
Congrats Bry! Glad you explained how you came to your max bid for this book. I’d be too afraid to crack it open.
One heck of a grail Bry, congrats!! Forget the noise, you do you!
Wow! Congrats!!! I remember my dad telling me in the 90's about how he had the first 10-15 issues of FF when he was a kid (my grandmother threw them out when he went to college) and seeing his face when I showed him how much they were worth in Wizard back then. I feel like I need to send him this video and watch his reaction, LOL!
That would be hilarious…but also kind of cruel lol
Well done & congrats! When the MCU releases their FF project, we'll look back on this video and "marvel" at the deal you got.
FF1 ftw! Honestly that seems like a steal with where the MCU is heading. Excellent video!
Congrats Bry, after all the free in depth analysis you give us it's nice to see you reap the rewards of the hobby 💯
Thank you!
🔨 Nailed it! You did the research/statistical analysis, set your firm price, managed emotions, and got the grail. Way to go man! Before you crack that case, do the same amount of due diligence and learn what that missing piece on the cover knocks the grade to, strongly consider what the solvent will do when cleaning the spine, and then press that bad boy💥
Nice grail. Im happy that you are achieving your goals through hard work. It makes comic book collecting more rewarding and satisfying.
Congrats on getting this grail. That's a lot of $ to invest in but you'll definitely make more when FF join the MCU.
Nice pickup! Good eye catching those pressable defects
Congratulations on purchasing this awesome grail.
Great buy plus hang on to it for your collection.
I'd be too terrified to crack it open and try and improve it. Love it as it is. It's not a .5
Beautiful!!! Congrats dude - and only set to explode in the near future.
Keep it like it is!!!
Congrats!
Gratz on the FF1 thats exciting
Dang!!!! Nice Grail!! Congratulations!! Blown away with this pick up! Truly happy for you.
It's awesome that you got a piece of history. I immediately subscribed after doing a serious internet search on CGC grading. Ihaven't bought any comic books in a very long time. I was more in trading cards for comics. I recently bought Spawn #1 in a shop through etsy shopping for vintage posters. The copy is REALLY good and I wanted to know the exact criteria for CGC grades. I learned so much from your negligible exceptions for 9.8 .
I’m so glad it was helpful!
Congratulations Bry on your BIG BOY BOOK! Great analysis and explanation of your grail hunt!
Awesome ff #1!!! I hope it keeps going up in value.
You own a piece of history, my friend! Money well spent.
To hell with what some people say. Pick up your grail and enjoy it! I dropped 3500 on a hulk 181 and it’s worth more now. I love it! Congrats bro.
That FF #1 is an amazing grail! Congrats Bry!
Huge CONGRATS! Easily a personal #1 grail, nothing else is even close. I would be absolutely petrified of even thinking cracking a book like that and attempting to do the clean and grade. What book!! Yes this is a great opportunity to do what you did for a video like this, providing some details on how and why you pulled the trigger.
Congrats on the FF#1, what an awesome addition to your collection. When the MCU does the Fantastic Four right, this purchase will feel like a steal.
Very awesome accomplishment! Congratulations on the very epic book!🔥✌
CONGRATS Bry!! AWESOME!! What a super grail! Super analysis and nice story about the trials and tribulations it took. That's what I need is a bit more focus.. My investing is ALL OVER THE PLACE!
Since you may be limited in how much higher your grade can go, and if you don't think you could bump more than a full grade, I'd say leave it alone. Risk in further damaging the book, plus grading costs and the added stress in shipping, make for a hard decision to crack it open. Save the money and stress and make a trade plus cash (or straight multi-trade) upgrade whenever you feel comfortable. On a related note, it's really damn impressive how well that spider-man costume has stood the test of time compared to the others.
Very good points! Thank you!
Congratulations brother!!!
Great purchase. Never have regrets when it comes to buying a comic that is on your dream list! 😀
Congratulations on a great purchase.
Awesome grail pick up!
That's awesome. Congrats on your FF1 pick up. I'm happy for you.
I woke up thinking about this video. It gave me a moment of clarity to sell off a lot of books to get a holy grail, as well.
- Congratz bro WOW!!! YOU OWN AN FF#1 NOW!!! 🤘😎💪👍🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Huge Congratz man!!!
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You get a huge honest congrats from me Bry! That's such an awesome book to own. I've been working on a lot of the early FF series, but there are a few that are out of my price range, including this one, lol. But that doesn't mean I begrudge someone else getting it. Great job and I love your content!
That shows you’re one of the good ones! Thanks for the kind words…
Huge pickup Bry! Good choice on picking up that FF1. It's one of the most important books in Marvel history and still has plenty of room to grow. Personally I would not crack it out because it would be taking a huge risk. Congrats my man!
I promise I won't tell anyone but a very nice pickup Bry. Nice holy grail book.
Congrats on the grail!!!
You lucky dog! :) So cool! Now all you need is an actually decent FF movie to come out and watch it double in value. Congrats!
Beautiful book.... You have official made FF #1 my new goal in collecting
Nice grail! The problem with “investing” in such a book is when will you ever sell it?
Retirement. These Marvel Silver Age keys are better than blue chip stocks. They are safe and have better growth prospects.
Congratulations on your book! Great market analysis too!
Congrats on the Holy Grail! Dude, you worked hard for it, enjoy it!
Glad to see all those years of hustling paid off. Congratulations
Congratulations on your grail! My hope is to one day own an ASM #1!
I'm really enjoying the BRZRKR series, keep up the awesome videos. I would love to own that FF book, congrats man.
Congrats! These were all grails for me too. I fortunately bought all of them last year before the crazy price hikes.
nice work mate, loving your videos!!!
Awesome book man . I'm looking for a FF5 right now.
Yeah buddy!! Congrats on the FF1!! Love it
Thanks bro!!
You have great content. Really well-analyzed.
Well done in this video Bry. The knowledge and presentation you shared was fantastic (pun intended). This is a book I'd love to own one day and I'm very happy for you for getting it for such a great price. I personally wouldn't risk cracking and pressing unless you are absolutely sure you can improve the grade and not damage the book from the moment it's cracked to the moment it is graded by CGC. Keep up the great content!
FF #1 is gonna reach for the stratosphere once FF joins the MCU, its insane for what it is currently even going for now
Awesome pickup.
Nice when the hard work one puts in pays off.
Congratulations, Bry! That is a huge accomplishment!!
Great example of the difference of presentation regarding the two AF 15 (and FF 1) copies. Not all equal grades are...well...equal. :D
Congratulations on the grail book, and I'm glad I recently discovered the channel!
Great choice and great presenting book for the grade. Congratulations!
I had a feeling it was going to be a FF 1 or an AF 15. Big book, great the ultimate Silver age Grail. Congrats
Great Job Bry!! I just began collecting back at the first of summer. One day my friend one day I may make that leap for a grail! Congrats!
Congrats on locking up this grail! Make sure to research the grade limiting defects before cracking.
Thanks for given us focus on a goal glad you picked it up.
Picking up the one that started it all! Congrats!
Thanks for sharing your pick up, gave me something to think about when it comes to presenting well and color strike on grail books, plus I think your reasoning on going with the FF #1 is sound. If Marvel does a good job with bringing the First Family into the MCU I think you hit a home run, IMO
Congrats Bry! nice to see people get their grails through the hustle of buying/selling/speccing.
Rustling to FF1! Loving it, Grats!
Congrats on the purchase!! Who was the August newsletter winner - I must have missed it...
Wooooo weeeeee! Now that is a friggin book!! Awesome pick up man, if you hold that book it will only increase, that book will never drop, I am so happy for you man!
Thank you so much!
Congrats on FF #1! Awesome! Thanks for your videos. 🥴
Like that FF1! I would keep it in the slab. Looks great. May be taking a chance with that small missing piece on the cover. Presents awesome. Thanks for sharing!
Duuuuuuuude!! Congrats! It’s an absolute beauty! You got a great deal on that!! Your book looked so much better than those other ones…just as nice as that 6.5 honestly…if it didn’t have that piece missing would’ve been a nice match. As for cracking it and all…man it’s a scary thought..whomever you go with better have a nice resume and a lot of insurance. I don’t know how good your skills are but if you decide…think you need to leave it in the hands of a super PRO. But damn am I happy for ya!!! Well I bought another slab off your site to help out lol. Again super happy for ya man! 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Yeah I would def send to a pro…although that didn’t work out too well for me last time lol…thanks for the support buddy!
@@BrysComics oh yeahhhh I remember that one…definitely NOT that guy lol! Good luck if you do crack it….I’m sure it’ll work out … you won’t make the same mistake as before. 👊
Wow. Serious congrats for such an amazing purchase.
Thank you!!
I love the way it presents as is. In my opinion i would not risk it but im really new at collecting.
Thank you for all your videos I have learned and enjoyed so much brother. God bless you!
Holy crap, man! Congrats!!
And just have to say, you never skimp on the give away prizes for your channel. Keep killing it, man!
Congratulations!
beautiful, beautiful grail. happy for you brother
Tough call on the slab cracking. I would be too afraid of something happening to the book but yet again a bump could add an extra K or two. Either way the value will go up on the book and you’ll definitely make money down the road. Enjoy brother! Top notch giveaway!
Thank you!
Great grail, you did what most of us hope to do.
Such an awesome grail!!!!
Wow another 🔥 giveaway!!! And congrats on the FF !