*Marvel: A long-standing favourite of us 30th Century folks, we are delighted to have Tales to Astonish #44, the debut and origin of Janet Van Dyne, the wonderful Wasp, back in stock. Created in order to give Ant-Man someone to talk to on his adventures (other than the ants), Jan perked up the series no end, her and Hank’s on & off relationship generating genuine sparks among the romantically tepid Marvel Universe. This highly attractive cents copy superficially appears to be a VF, but we have graded it Fine+ at £400 because of two specific defects: a staple perforation at top of logo (staple not present) and mild historical impact damage to extreme lower right corner, which has resulted in a tiny 1/2″ tear continuing, diminishing in size, through the rear 8 pages, but not impacting on stories. Nevertheless, a sound, clean desirable copy with vivid colour and cover gloss.