*Marvel: We conclude our Steranko A Go-Go feature this week, which has showcased the Silver Age Marvel super-hero work of Jim Steranko, one of our favourite artists and one of the most innovative. His storytelling, both words and pictures, sums up the spirit of the late 1960s, and his all too brief body of work has always left his fans clamouring for more. Steranko depicted the Hulk on two covers (here and Captain America #110) and, in my opinion, defined the character with those two illustrations. 1968 saw first-ever Hulk Annual, a 50 page extravaganza by Gary Friedrich and the talented Marie Severin in which our favourite not-so-jolly green giant travelled to Attilan and fell out with Black Bolt, leader of the reclusive race of super-beings known as the Inhumans. Needless to say – spoiler alert – wannabe usurper Maximus is behind the hostilities, and has assembled his own band of rebel Inhumans to further bedevil our hero. This superior cents copy has vibrant colour and gloss, totally unmarked, a solid squarebound spine, firm staples and nice off-white pages. Wear is minimal at edges, with minor corner blunting and virtually no creasing. The back cover has a tiny nick centre right edge.
PICTURED: HULK ANNUAL #1 FN+ £285 SOLD