*Marvel: Let’s face it, Johnny Storm’s solo series in Strange Tales was mainly a home for naff super-villains… but a couple of them, eventually, did achieve some sort of rehabilitation in the greater Marvel Universe. One such was Paste-Pot Pete, whose super-sticky stuff was delivered by a squirt gun and hose which led into… an open bucket. I know, you’re all asking, ‘Why didn’t someone just kick his bucket?’ – and apparently Marvel execs thought the same, as a few years later he was ‘rebooted’ as the Trapster, master of multiple methods of entrapment and restraint, and has been a major component of the Frightful Four, as well as occasionally teaming with other villains. This Lee/Kirby story is the first appearance of a character who became a major villainous player, its FN/VF grade reflecting its lustrous cover colour and general excellent condition, with only a couple of tiny breaks in the spine colour at extreme edge.
PICTURED: STRANGE TALES #104 FN/VF p £150