American Update: ‘Old’ & ‘New’ X-Men inc high grade #94 & #95
*Marvel: Substantial additions to our Silver/Bronze Age X-Men stocks between issues #10 & #100. From Kirby to Roth, from Heck to Smith, from Adams to Cockrum, the X-Men went through many artistic changes in their chequered history, and you can celebrate their highs and lows right here with us. After a classic beginning at the hands of Lee & Kirby, with the intro for the team, Magneto and the Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants, the Juggernaut, the Sentinels, the re-introduction of Ka-Zar etc, a very nice period by Roy Thomas and Werner Roth sustained the title for a number of years before it floundered a little in the late 1960’s with little sense of direction. Help came in the form of Neal Adams, who resuscitated the title from #56 onwards with his dynamic style; alas, that wasn’t enough to save the comic, which was condemned to reprint status with issue #67. However, like all good comic characters, the X-Men refused to die and with Giant-Sized X-Men #1 and #94 of the ongoing series, a new X-Men team was born, adding Wolverine, Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and others to form the nucleus of the team we know today as comics’ most successful group franchise. Dozens of issues new in, all cents copies, including (pictured below) #94 VF+ £450, #95 VF+ £125, #96 VF+ £70, #99 VF+ £65, #100 VF £50.