*Marvel: Always in high profile due to being Iron Man’s arch-nemesis (his Dr. Doom, if you like), the Mandarin has risen now to even more to prominence due to the upcoming Master of Kung Fu film, where Mandy is the Big Bad. The Mandarin, a master of science, martial arts, and controller of an international network of operatives, whose ruthlessness is outmatched only by his ingenuity. And he’s got the bling, too! Famously, each of Mandy’s digits carries a ring (“More than Zsa Zsa Gabor”, as Ben Grimm once remarked) with its own unique powers, at their master’s deadly disposal. Our new copy of his debut in Tales Of Suspense #50 is pence printed, with nice colour, okay staples and pages and some corner blunting. Wear is restricted to the edges, where fine creases break colour, except for one long vertical crease down the centre which is quite faint and does not significantly break colour. There is the beginning of a small tear midway down the right cover edge. But it presents reasonably well and is an issue which is rising in price.
PICTURED: TALES OF SUSPENSE #50 VG- p £320