*Marvel: Before the Marvel Universe, the company sustained itself on mystery titles such as Journey Into Mystery, Tales to Astonish, and so on, which fell into an enjoyable formula: a huge monster threatening the Earth (clad, for the sake of decency, in mysteriously-obtained enormous knickers!) by Lee and Kirby, a sci-fi tale usually drawn by Don Heck, and a twist-ending tale by Lee & Ditko. These ‘Big Panty Monster’ comics, as we dubbed them, are very popular as ‘prequels’ to the Marvel Universe proper, and two fine examples are new to our lists this week Journey Into Mystery 69, VG+ p £58, with ‘Korilla’ and ‘The Iron Giant’, and Strange Tales #95, an extraordinarily bright & tight FN/VF p £75, starring the “Two-Headed Thing!” Grab your gargantuan underwear for fast-paced adventure in the nearly-Marvel manner!