*Marvel: From The Good Doctor Collection this week: With Jolly Jack Kirby leaving the art chores of the X-Men after issue #11 (although he did provide layouts for Alex Toth’s pencils on #12 and for Jay Gavin’s [Werner Roth] on #13, Stan Lee realised he had to crank up the excitement to keep readers’ attention, and he certainly achieved it with this dynamic two-parter which introduced one of the X-Men’s (and the broader Marvel Universe’s) most powerful opponents, the Juggernaut! Cain Marko, the hitherto unsuspected step-brother of the X-Men’s mentor Professor Xavier, dabbled with arcane forces and was transformed into the embodiment of an irresistible force – giving him the power to crush his hated step-sibling, and his super-powered students! This two-parter reveals the origins of Professor X and the Juggernaut, and reveals some of the reasons why Xavier set about training the new generation of mutants. #12 is a bright cents copy with rich cover colours, staples firm at spine and centrefold and supple white to off-white pages. Minimal edge wear, mostly at the spine around the staples and a tiny crease in the upper right cover corner, just breaking colour. A little corner blunting. Pictured below. #13 is pence printed and also stamped in another currency; it has vibrant colour, firm staples and nice off-white to white pages. There is a reading crease breaking colour along the spine, some spine ticks and minor edge wear. Pictured to the left. High resolution images of #12 are available on request.
PICTURED: X-MEN
#12 FN- £650
#13 VG/FN p £160