*Marvel: One of the early heroes of the Marvel Universe, and a founder of the Avengers, Hank Pym’s Ant-Man alter-ego nevertheless faltered when stacked up against the achievements (and the sales figures) of his contemporaries; although bolstered somewhat by the addition of the wonderful Wasp to the series, Hank’s circulation needed another boost, and got it in Astonish #49 when he ‘went large’, reversing the polarity of his Pym Particles to go from tiny to gigantic size, adopting the nom de guerre of Giant-Man and beginning the sequence of ‘reinventions’ that would come to characterise the hero’s later life. This copy of Astonish #49, with Hank and Jan up against the egregious Eraser (100% cooler than DC’s villain of the same name) is an attractive VG+ cents copy, clean and sound, tiny vestigial ‘Marvel chipping’ at cover’s right edge, on sale at £90. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD