*Marvel: From the period before Captain America joined Tales Of Suspense, where Iron Man was virtually the solo star, we present four early issues featuring debuts and early appearances of famous villains. The long Iron Man stories were backed up by fantasy/science fiction shorts, including the Tales Of The Watcher series.
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#51 VG- p £60 1st Scarecrow. Pence printed. Nice unmarked cover image with good colour. Corner blunting, minor to moderate edge wear with some chipping to right edge. Faint dust shadow to upper right edge. Cream coloured pages with some edge tanning, as is the case with inside covers. Decent tight staples. 
#53 GD/VG p £60 2nd Black Widow, following Natasha’s debut in the previous issue. Also features the Origin of the Watcher. Pence printed. Nice unmarked cover image with good colour. Corner blunting with fairly minor edge wear, except that there are two small chunks off back cover, one in bottom right corner, and one at the top of the spine, resulting in an upper spine split of about 3 cm. Cream coloured pages with some minor edge tanning, as is the case with inside covers. Decent tight staples at centrefold; lower a little loose at spine. A couple of faint creases across top right cover which do not break colour.
#54 VG p £50 2nd Mandarin. Pence printed. Nice unmarked cover image with good colour. Very narrow dust shadow along right edge. Only very minor edge wear. Cover and centrefold off lower staple. Upper spine split of less than 2 cm. Cream coloured pages. Slight tanning at edges of inside covers. 
#55 VG+ p £60 3rd Mandarin. Contains extra 5 page feature ‘Inside Info About Iron Man’. Pence printed. Nice unmarked cover image with good colour. Very narrow dust shadow along right edge. Only very minor edge wear. Decent tight staples. Off-white to cream pages, minor to moderate tanning to inside covers.