*Marvel: Although no Silver Age Marvels can truthfully be called rare, the first run of the Hulk (cancelled after #6) certainly turn up less often than almost all others from the dawn of the Marvel Age. Like buses this week, two have turned up at once: #4 & #5. Both feature two Lee & Kirby thrillers in each issue, as the Hulk comes up against Mongu, the Gladiator From Space, Tyrannus and the Hordes of General Fang, as well as the constant man or monster struggle in the wake of the gamma radiation exposure. Obviously not popular enough at the time to sustain an ongoing series (!), these classics are now highly prized and both these copies present very well.
PICTURED: HULK
#4 VG p £440 ‘Pence’ stamped at 1 shilling (Ireland?). Lovely bright cover with glorious colour and gloss. Great structural integrity with white to off-white pages, tight staples with everything firmly attached. A little bit of Marvel chipping to the right edge, a couple of short crease-like white lines across the logo, a small amount of what looks like impact damage at the base of the spine and a 1 cm tear at the bottom edge (no loss) that runs into the early pages. A fresh, vibrant copy. SOLD
#5 GD/VG p £375 Pence printed, with some spine wear (but none anywhere else) and the bottom staple loose at front cover. Small brown stain on upper blurb box and a small ‘6’ in biro beneath the Comics Code Box. The cover has reasonable gloss and good colour for all that. Staples firm at centrefold and nice white to off-white pages. SOLD