American Update: Enter – the Defenders
*Marvel: Not one, but two, first issues for the World’s Greatest Non-Team! In Marvel Feature (1st Series) #1, Roy Thomas, Ross Andru and Bill Everett brought us the first appearance of the Defenders, an unlikely alliance of Marvel’s greatest loners – Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner and the Hulk, a seemingly mismatched concept which caught on for decades. In addition to the Defenders’ debut, Marvel Feature #1 has another new tale of how & why Dr. Strange ditched his temporary ‘super-hero’ persona. Ballast ink at the top and spine is the only thing precluding a higher grade on this very tempting FN- squarebound. Not content with that, we also have the first issue of the Defenders’ ongoing series, in a glorious NM-, with vivid cover colour and gloss and excellent interior page quality, the issue which kicked off a run of more than 150 numbers, and which still influences the Marvel Universe today.