American Comics Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: 3 early Iron Man issues of Tales Of Suspense, with debuts of Crimson Dynamo & Scarecrow, plus 1st X-Men Crossover
*Marvel: Three of the earlier Iron Man adventures from Tales Of Suspense, featuring villain debuts and the first crossover anywhere with the X-Men.
PICTURED: TALES OF SUSPENSE
#46 GD+ p £60 1st Crimson Dynamo; Iron Man still in solid golden armour. Pence printed. Decent copy with some soft cover creasing breaking colour. Staples and pages okay. Cover colour good, but small scuff mark centrally. Firm creasing to back cover. Corner blunting and small spine split at bottom 1 cm.
#49 PR/FA p £25 Angel & X-Men crossover (1st anywhere). Tales of the Watcher back-ups begin. Pence printed. Bit of a wreck, unfortunately. Cover detached and holes at staple area. Some spine roll. Much wear at spine with bottom split of 2+ cm. Handwritten and overprinted prices on cover image and logo; some graffiti. Tear along bottom edge and back cover. Pages are okay and staples firm at centrefold. Only really a reading copy.
#51 GD/VG p £40 1st Scarecrow. Pence printed. Not a bad copy. Strong cover image with good colour. Staples are firm and pages good; small corner off one ad page. Some spine and edge wear and corner blunting; crease and tear on back cover. SOLD