American Update: Inhumans Among Us! Fantastic Four #45 and Amazing Adventures #1
*Marvel: A double dose of Inhumans this update, with their very first appearance in Fantastic Four #45, and the start of their solo series in Amazing Adventures #1! Lee & Kirby introduced the enigmatic Inhumans as supporting cast for the FF, but their popularity grew through repeat appearances, a background series in Thor, and finally their own contemporary feature. True, both Gorgon and Medusa had appeared as villains prior to FF #45, but this was the first time the term was used, and the first time we saw the entire Royal Family of Attilan – Karnak, Crystal, Triton, Lockjaw and Black Bolt. In 1970, when Marvel attempted to revive its old split-book format, a la Tales to Astonish and Strange Tales, the Inhumans, by Lee and Kirby, were one of the features chosen to lead Amazing Adventures, paired with the Black Widow’s first solo following her re-invention in Spider-Man #86. Our copy of Fantastic Four #45 is VG+ at £50, and Amazing Adventures #1 is an astonishing VF/NM, bright, white and tight, also at £50.