*Marvel: From the Bute Collection this week, and from 1963, the first Fantastic Four Annual. We don’t see this one turn up too often, so are delighted to have a fresh copy new in. In the lead story, the Sub-Mariner and Atlantis invade New York in a 37 page epic. There’s also an expansion of the FF’s first meeting with Spidey and a reprint of their origin from their first issue, plus a rogues’ gallery and other features. A decent pence printed copy with spine and edge wear, a long colour-breaking reading crease at spine, a tiny chip out top right corner by Comics Code box, a colour-breaking crease of about 2 cm across bottom right corner, and one or two short colour breaking horizontal creases at spine. Staples are virtually okay if a little rusty; final page is coming loose from bottom staple. Faint pencil/narrow crayon line vertical across Namor’s bofy. The spine is intact except for the top 1.75 cm, where it is split; it looks like a patch has been placed just over the top spine area (not on the front or back cover), so we have considered this may be amateur restoration and given this an ‘Apparent’ grade. A reasonably attractive copy of this relative rarity.  
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL #1 App VG- p £175