*Marvel: A plethora of pulse-pounding premiere issues, from 1968 to 1985! Star of the selection is Ms. Marvel #1, in which Carol Danvers, long a supporting character in Captain Marvel’s series, broke out into her own superheroic identity. Now the current holder of the Captain Marvel title, and soon to be the star of a big-screen movie, Carol’s earlier appearances are spiralling upwards. This copy of Ms. Marvel 1 is FN+ p £50. Joining Ms. Marvel are a couple of other fabulous femmes: Shanna the She-Devil, from the early-1970s stab at a Women’s Comics line, made her debut in 1972 behind a rather spiffy Steranko cover, pictured here in VF at £27, and Jessica Drew, Spider-Woman, originally a copyright-saving action in Marvel Spotlight, proved an unexpected hit and got her own series. Her premier issue, cents copy (ND in UK) is VF £25. Other key first issues are Eternals #1, with the first appearance of Ikaris and the other elements of Kirby’s cosmic odyssey, rumoured to be in pre-production for the silver screen, VG p £17.50 and Howard the Duck #1, by Gerber and Brunner, launching the feathered iconoclast into his own ongoing title, FN+ p £20. But that’s not all! First issues also abound for the Black Panther, Captain Marvel, Nightcrawler, Not Brand Ecch, Nova, Rom, Sub-Mariner, Thing, and Wolverine’s first ongoing series, in varying grades.