American Comics Update: Big Panty Monster Alert! Amazing Adventures with Dr Droom
*Marvel: ‘You are already too late, mortals! Nothing can stop me now!’ A typical word balloon from Marvel’s Big Panty Monster era at the dawn of their Silver Age, where the Earth was constantly threatened by alien monsters with a line in Big Panties to hide their modesty. Kirby and Ditko reigned supreme throughout. Amazing Adventures (1st series 1961) was a title rich in this sub-genre; interestingly it lasted just six issues under that title before being rebranded as Amazing Adult Fantasy for #7-14. They dropped the ‘Adult’ from the title for #15, the last in the series, and we think you probably know what happened after that. All six issues of Amazing Adventures also feature Dr Droom, the first Marvel Silver Age super-hero later called Dr Druid. Three issues new into stock.
PICTURED: AMAZING ADVENTURES ALL SOLD
#2 VG- £100 This is a decent copy with nice black background cover. Some residual gloss remains. Some spine wear (not too bad) and colour breaking creases across top and bottom corners at right of cover. Supple off-white pages; staples good but top off centrefold. A couple of faint and unobtrusive biro marks on cover.
#3 GD/VG £85 Moderate spine and edge wear with short, colour-breaking stress marks. Hard crease across extremity of bottom right corner breaks colour. Someone has named the BPM on the cover in pencil, where erasure has been attempted. Good firm staples and nice off-white to cream pages.
#4 GD/VG £85 Moderate spine and edge wear with short, colour-breaking stress marks. A hotel name (?) is faintly stamped across part of the cover background. Good firm staples and nice off-white pages.