*Marvel: Given her peculiar origins, Dazzler’s longevity as a comics heroine has been remarkable. Conceived as a disco tie-in by Casablanca Records in the late 1970s, Marvel was to create a singing super-heroine and Casablanca was to recruit a live singer to ‘be’ Dazzler. Originally intended to resemble Grace Jones, the design was considerably altered to resemble then-hot actress Bo Derek. When the record company withdrew, leaving Marvel with an ‘orphaned’ character, she was introduced as a fully-fledged mutant in X-Men #130. Alison Blaire, with the ability to transmute sound into light, has been an unlikely mainstay of the Marvel Universe ever since, and we have a copy of her premiere appearance in X-Men #130. Also in this update, issue #131, with the first cover to feature the White Queen and #139, where Kitty Pryde joins the team.
IN THIS UPDATE: X-MEN
#130 FN £160 (PICTURED) Newstand edition. A glossy, fresh copy complete with Mark Jewelers insert. Slight corner blunting, tight, firm staples and nice white to off-white pages. There is a tiny white mark at the top centre which is not a tear or a crease, but looks like a printing quirk. A couple of pressure marks centre cover, a very soft, non colour-breaking crease just visible vertically down the top third of the cover and a very short diagonal crease above the MCG banner top edge which only just breaks colour. All in all presents very well.
#131 FN+ £30 Newstand edition.
#139 VG p £7.50