FANTASTIC FOUR #191

Graded at 8.0 (VF) on 2026-11-03, from new photos taken out of the sleeve: front, back and interior page. Lower right corner rounded. Thin pale line beside the spine from an off-center wrap. Faint wear at the top right corner. Bright, clean back. Cream to tan pages.

Fantastic Four #191 arrived during a transitional period for Marvel's flagship team title, with writer Len Wein steering the ongoing Agatha Harkness and Franklin Richards subplot while penciler George Pérez, early in his career-defining Marvel run, handled the art under Joe Sinnott's veteran inks. The issue folds in supporting cast regulars Frankie Raye and Parnival Plunder alongside the core FF lineup, continuing a serialized storyline rather than launching any new characters or concepts. There is no first appearance, origin, or landmark creative debut here; its interest rests on being a representative chapter of a well-regarded Wein/Pérez/Sinnott stretch on the title.

Market data reflects that status: a deep certified population (156 Universal copies of 170 graded) trades in a tight, unremarkable band through the mid grades, with values only beginning to separate meaningfully at 9.4 and above. High-grade demand is driven primarily by census scarcity and completist collecting of the Pérez FF run rather than any speculative key-issue premium, and the steep step-up to 9.8 pricing is typical of the grade-rarity curve for Bronze Age Marvel rather than any content-driven spike.

This is a bread-and-butter Bronze Age Fantastic Four issue: attractive to run collectors, Pérez completists, and dealers filling out full-series sets, but not a book pursued by key-issue investors. Low- and mid-grade copies move steadily as inexpensive reading or filler copies, while the 9.8 tier caters to a small pool of census-conscious high-grade buyers willing to pay a real premium for top-of-the-population examples.