*Marvel: A trio of first issues here, two landmarks, and one oddity that wouldn’t exist at all if not for a scheduling conflict. In 1968, distribution restrictions on Marvel’s titles were lifted, and the double-feature titles such as Tales to Astonish spun off each character into their own title. But Iron Man, from Tales of Suspense, and Sub-Mariner, from Tales to Astonish, were left with ‘orphaned’ serial chapters when their stablemates, Captain America and the Hulk, took over the numberings of TOS and TTA respectively, so Marvel decided to produce a one-shot, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner, to wrap up the serials and enable Shell-Head and Subby’s own series to start ‘clean’ with new book-lengthers. Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 (and only) was cover-dated April ’68, and followed in May by the first issues of Iron Man and Sub-Mariner’s ongoing solos. We have all three new in stock: Iron Man & Sub-Mariner #1 is VG p £30, Iron Man #1 is FN- p £180 and Sub-Mariner #1 is VG p £50. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD