*Marvel: In 1976, Chris Claremont, assigned the task of scripting that year’s Incredible Hulk Annual, hit on the idea of having Jade-Jaws take a rampage down memory lane and encounter a selection of the Big Panty Monsters who, before the advent of the Marvel Universe, used to rule the roost in Tales Of Suspense, Strange Tales, Tales To Astonish, and so on. Xemnu (Marvel’s previous ‘Hulk’), Goom, Taboo, Diablo, and the Blip were all participants in Greenskin’s ‘Big-Panty-Raid’, but most significant from a contemporary viewpoint is the guest-shot by Groot, fifteen years after his debut in 1960, and almost forty years before he became a pop-culture phenomenon with his role in the Guardians of the Galaxy cinematic blockbuster! This copy of Groot’s second ever appearance is an attractive FN+, with two small and discreet stamps by an American second-hand dealer, in the upper right and left cover corners, being the only defect to speak of. A cents copy – obviously, as this issue was never UK-distributed, enhancing its desirability – this is a rare opportunity to grab a nice-condition copy at an affordable price.