*Marvel: Once again, a half dozen first issues, this time from the 1970s, as the Marvel Universe expanded. In Howard the Duck #1, the spin-out star of Man-Thing got his own series, by Gerber and Brunner. Marvel Spotlight #1 brought us Red Wolf & Lobo (not that Lobo!), previously seen in the Avengers, by Gardner Fox and Syd Shores. Roy Thomas’ lifelong love affair with all things Golden Age paid off, as he got to reunite the 1940s iterations of Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the Human Torch in a series of ‘untold tales’ set in World War II, commencing with the double-thick ‘pilot’ Giant-Size Invaders #1. Kull the Conqueror was 1971’s attempt to recreate the success of Conan, illustrated by the sensational Severin Siblings, John and Marie. Marvel Two-In-One was 1974’s answer to Marvel Team-Up, with Bashful Ben Grimm, the Fantastic Four’s Thing, as host, co-starring the Man-Thing in this debut issue. And finally, the short-lived, but well-executed, Hanna-Barbera TV line gave us the ‘Modern Stone Age Family’, the fabulous Flintstones! Full details, of course, in our catalogue listings.
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GIANT-SIZE INVADERS #1 FN+ £20 SOLD
MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #1 VF/NM £47