*Marvel: From the Good Doctor Collection this week: A lot was going on between Tales To Astonish #59 and #69. Giant-Man and the Wasp (then the regular lead feature) fought the Hulk in #59, leading to the Hulk sharing the title with them an issue later. The Hulk’s nemesis, the gamma ray-powered Leader made his first cameo appearance in #62 and first two full appearances in #63 & #64 (these three Leader issues seem particularly uncommon – we don’t see them often). There’s a new costume for Giant-Man in #65, but that didn’t help to revive the popularity of his strip, which was on the wane by this time and phased out after #69 (but Hank & Jan fans – including us – didn’t have long to wait until they turned up again in Avengers). That left the field clear for a certain monarch of Atlantis to take over with #70, but that’s a tale for another update. The most significant issues are pictured here; full details of all issues from #59 to #69 can as usual be found in our catalogue.
PICTURED: TALES TO ASTONISH ALL SOLD
#59 VG+ £120 Giant-Man Vs the Hulk. Nice clean copy with short non-colour breaking creases at base of spine; minor indentations to centre cover, barely visible. Firm, tight staples, nice supple off-white pages. 
#60 VG+ £65 Hulk series begins by Ditko. Unmarked cover with a couple of very faint diagonal creases bottom right, which barely break colour. Short reading crease at centre spine breaks colour; minor edge wear. Tight firm staples and decent off-white pages.
#62 FN+ £165 1st Leader cameo. Glossy cover with vivid lime green background. Unmarked but for tiny pencil arrival date on ‘H’ in logo. Tiny dink at base of spine, but no other wear. Tight, firm staples; supple off-white pages.
#63 FN £165 1st full Leader. Glossy cover with great colour. Minor handling wear; very slight redaing crease and small ticks at spine; tiny nick at top. Tight, firm staples; supple off-white pages. 
#64 FN £150 2nd full Leader. Shiny and glossy with deep black background. A couple of short handling creases towards the bottom of the spine do not break colour. Otherwise just minor edge wear. Tight, firm staples; supple off-white pages. 
#65 FN/VF £52 New Giant-Man costume. Great copy with rich colour and cover gloss. Tiny amounts of edge wear at op and top right edge. White to off-white pages; firm, tight staples.