*Marvel: Our second new feature this week is called ‘Marvel #1’, quite simply a showcase for Marvel issues bearing the sought-after #1 on their cover. We’re going to cover the range of the MU in this feature, and sometimes outside it, as in our opening example. Here is the very first Star Wars comic from 1977. The 1970s Marvel Comics series of Star Wars isn’t commonplace in the UK, many of the issues having been completely non-distributed in Britain, and the rest having only low circulation here in the Old Country. Adapting the beginning of famous first movie courtesy of Roy Thomas and Howard Chaykin, the continuing popularity of the franchise has seen the prices soar on this issue in recent years. This gorgeous copy is flat and glossy with vibrant colour. Tight, secure staples and great white to off-white pages. Just the faintest of stress marks in the staple area, but no colour breaks. A lovely 30 cent copy of the first printing. From an original owner collection and new to the marketplace. Another ‘Marvel #1’ coming soon.
PICTURED: STAR WARS #1 VF/NM £265