American Comics Update: Return of the Big Panty Monsters! Pre-Hero Journey Into Mystery, Strange Tales & Tales To Astonish
*Marvel: ‘We’re always happy to see giant panty-wearing monsters’ is a phrase one seldom expects to hear, but it’s certainly true here at 30th Century, as the pre-hero Marvel anthologies – usually featuring at least one enormous critter in a giant gusset bent on world domination – are spiralling ever upward in popularity and collectability. We have new entries for Journey Into Mystery (#75 – Lo-Karr. Bringer Of Doom), Strange Tales (#90 – Orrgo the Unconquerable) and Tales To Astonish (#25 – The Creature From Krogarr). Art by Kirby and Ditko abounds.
PICTURED:
JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #75 GD/VG p £55 Reasonable pence printed copy with some spine wear and handling wear to right edge, with colour-breaking creases, particularly across the right bottom.
STRANGE TALES #90 VG £70 Solid, tight copy with firm staples and minor edge wear. Some cover creasing, mostly not breaking colour.
TALES TO ASTONISH #25 GD/VG p £50 A solid pence-printed copy with some spine wear; firm staples. Good colour but bookshop stamp centre cover, fairly hidden against monster’s body.