*Marvel: Stan Lee created the Fantastic Four as a response to DC’s success with the Justice League of America, but it was the later Avengers concept that more properly copies the JLA format, with all Marvel’s nascent super-heroes banding together to fight common threats. The nature of the Avengers ever-changing roster was there almost from the start, since the Hulk left the team in this second issue, which also featured the menace of the Space Phantom in his debut appearance, and reflected the recent change of Ant-Man into Giant-Man. It was all happening in this issue! This is a lovely pence printed copy, with great colour and reflective gloss and a totally unmarked cover. Staples are firmly attached at spine and centrefold and the supple pages are a vivid off-white to white; corners are sharp. There is minor non-colour breaking creasing at top edge above the logo, a couple of tiny stress marks at spine and a couple of short creases on the back cover in the spine area. But all-in-all a conservatively graded, nice copy. High resolution images are available on request. 
PICTURED: AVENGERS #2 FN- p £575 SOLD