*DC: One of my all-time favourite comics, now elevated to a comic prized by many due to the strong rumours of a Zatanna movie. While all early issues of Hawkman are superb, with high-flying sci-fi stories by Gardner Fox and luminous Murphy Anderson artwork (not that we’re prejudiced witnesses or anything…), the most sought-after in recent years is issue #4, featuring the debut of the Princess of Prestidigitation – Zatanna! Zee (as she’s familiarly known), a personal favourite here at 30th Century, is the daughter of DC’s Golden Age magician Zatara, and took her quest for her missing father through the pages of Green Lantern, Atom, Detective Comics and the Justice League of America in one of DC’s earliest ‘story arcs’, but this is where her illustrious career – which has branched out into both animated and live-action TV – began. (And yes, they did miss a bet by not having her featured on the cover – foolish mortals!). This copy is lowish grade, with a loose centrefold with slightly ragged centrefold page edges as a result. There is a small 1 cm split at top of spine, corner blunting and edge wear that isn’t too bad. The pence stamped cover is clean and unmarked, with  a colour-breaking crease across the bottom right corner. This comic really wants to be in your collection!
PICTURED: HAWKMAN #4 FA/GD p £90 SOLD