*Marvel: Lee & Kirby’s Fantastic Four added to its many innovations in 1966’s FF #52, when they introduced the first black super-hero in comics. The Black Panther was the head of a highly sophisticated and technologically advanced African nation, Wakanda, and was in time to become not only one of the FF’s greatest allies, but a mainstay of their fellow heroes, the Avengers. Following his spectacular big-screen success, T’Challa’s earliest appearances have never been in higher demand, and we have a remarkable FN+ copy, cents, with no UK price stamp or overprint, new in stock. Tight at staples, sharp corners, with strong, largely unbroken black cover background, only a few very faint corner creases, very tricky to find in high grade; considerable gloss, but a very slight central ‘wave’ where the item has been subjected to some pressure in the past. This central vertical curve does not crease the book, nor break the cover colour, and might possibly be alleviated with time and pressure, if you’re one of the folks who does that sort of thing. As it stands, it’s by a large degree the nicest copy to pass through our hands in the last decade or so. This FN+ key debut is on sale at £450. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD