American Update: Six of the Best! Premiere Issues from the Bombastic Bronze Age: Cat, Devil Dinosaur, Kull, Marvel Two-In-One, Silver Surfer, Spectacular Spidey
*Marvel: Another startling sextet of #1 issues from (mostly) the 1970s, opening with 1972’s Claws of the Cat, as written by Linda Fite and sumptuously drawn by Marie Severin and Wally Wood; although Greer Nelson’s costumed alter-ego didn’t succeed the first time round, she came back as Tigra the Were-Woman for a longer innings. Devil Dinosaur (and his human chum Moon Boy) came to us in 1978 from the mind of Jack Kirby – ‘Nuff Said! 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. 1987’s Silver Surfer #1 is an exception to our Bronze Age brand this update, as Englehart and Rogers teamed up to give Norrin Radd his first commercially successful series,and we round it out with Spectacular Spider-Man #1, the 1976 title which was Peter Parker’s second ongoing spotlight. Depicted: Cat #1 VG/FN £30, Marvel Two-In-One #1 VG/FN £25 and Peter Parker, Spectacular Spider-Man #1 VF/NM £45. For details on the others… you know where to go.