*Marvel: We begin a special Warlock two week event right here. As befits its status as the premier series of the Marvel Universe, the Fantastic Four has launched many secondary careers of the FF’s foes and friends who first appeared as guest-stars, then graduated to their own series. The Silver Surfer, the Inhumans, the Black Panther and many others have debuted this way, and in Fantastic Four #66, we were introduced to a mysterious cocooned figure who emerged the following issue as ‘Him’, a being of almost godlike power. Later, he would be named Warlock and would enjoy a chequered career of critical acclaim, but haphazard commercial success, coming into his own with Jim Starlin’s controversial series of the 1970s. These two issues see the first appearance and origin of the character, though he was not fully revealed until the second half of the two-part story.
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR
#66 GD- p £35 A nice enough pence-printed copy with some edge wear which would grade higher but for a small corner off top right cover (see scan).
#67 FN £100 A sound copy with residual gloss, good colour and an unmarked cover. Excellent pages are off-white to white and staples are tight and firm. A handful of tiny creases at spine, only one of which breaks colour by about 1 mm.