*DC: Half a dozen DC Debuts from two decades, beginning with the multiple award-winning Swamp Thing. Swamp Thing #1 introduced biologist Alec Holland, who, in a series of unfortunate events, became transmuted into the eponymous muck-monster. The Wein/Wrightson Swamp Things are acknowledged as among the finest comics of the era, tense, suspenseful and magnificently illustrated. This copy of Swamp Thing #1 is a respectable GD/VG, cents copy with minimal light wear at upper corner and cover edge, on sale at £50. In 1977, DC introduced their first black solo star, Black Lightning, who defended Metropolis’ Suicide Slum against crimes the high-flying heroes didn’t deign to touch. Now a streaming TV series, Black Lightning is firmly established as a major DC presence, and his first ever appearance is now on sale in FN+, cents copy, £30. The Silver Age revival of Hawkman featured Katar and Shayera Hol, married police officers from planet Thanagar sent to study Earth, resulting in derring-do all over Earth and on other worlds. Hawkman #1 is a pence copy, graded FA, with moderate wear at cover edges & corners, noticeable spine wear, one small diagonal cover tear at right edge (running almost parallel with the background pyramid under our hero’s right knee) but clean decent interiors, on sale at £25. The Metal Men were a surprise hit of the Sixties, the robot heroes’ appeal centring on the their personality quirks – irascible Mercury, humble Tin, lovesick Platinum – manifested, paradoxically, more humanity than the stoic super-heroes! Metal Men #1 is FA/GD p, off top staple but otherwise clean and attractive, at £25. The Joker gained his own short-lived series in 1976, and this copy of Batman’s arch-nemesis’ solo story is GD- p £5. Wrapping it up, we have Secret Origins, the reprint series that, well, does what it says on the tin! Issue #1 led with the heavy-hitters; origins of Superman, Batman and the Flash, as well as Golden Age villain the Gentleman Ghost, VG p £7. SORRY, ALL NOW SOLD EXCEPT HAWKMAN