*Marvel: Probably the most sought-after comic of the 1970’s, Hulk #181 featured the first full appearance of Wolverine, the Canadian super-hero who, outstripping everyone’s expectations, became the most popular Marvel character created since the dawn of the Marvel Age. Created by Len Wein and Herb Trimpe (from a John Romita design), Wolvy was revived by Wein when he put together the “New” X-Men who debuted in Giant-Size X-Men #1, and since then, Wolverine became the star of the lucrative X-Men franchise, and a multi-media darling in his own right. This issue, where it all really kicked off, is an apparent VG+, with good interior page quality, excellent cover colour and gloss, and one soft but long diagonal crease running from the top of the logo’s ‘K’ down almost to the bottom of the book, as may be seen on the accompanying illustration. The thing precluding an actual VG+ grade, however, is the removal of the Marvel Value Stamp, which has been neatly cut from an interior non-story page. Despite that, the overall condition of the book is very appealing, and given that this is routinely a £1,000+ item intact, we are confident of a rapid sale in pricing this copy at £350. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD