American Comics Update: The Bute Collection/Hulkinued: Fantastic Four #25 & #26 – Definitive Hulk/Thing Clash, Guest-Starring the Avengers
*Marvel: From the Bute Collection this week, these classic issues pit the Green Goliath against Marvel’s First Family in a long-promised but oft-deferred fight to the finish. When three of the Four rapidly succumb to the Hulk’s irresistible force, it falls to the Thing, outclassed despite his own formidable strength, to hold the line in an epic, desperate struggle to protect the city. And when the combined powers of the FF fail, who better to step up to help out than the Hulk’s former teammates, the ever-Assemblin’ Avengers? Powerful and gripping, this remains, decades later, one of the best-remembered battles of the early Marvel Age! To Be Hulkinued…
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR BOTH SOLD
#25 FN p £370 Gorgeous pence printed copy with rich purple background and residual gloss. A little corner blunting and minor edge and handling wear, but no marks or creases. Tight, firm staples and beautifully supple white to off-white pages.
#26 FN p £170 Lovely pence printed copy with good colour and residual gloss. Very minor corner blunting and handling wear. Supple off-white pages and tight, firm staples.