*Marvel: Well, Iron Man’s inaugural lead coloured armour didn’t last very long, only halfway through his second story, in fact, when Tony Stark figured that a golden look was more becoming and was thus the first of many armour changes The baddie in this historic issue is Gargantus, a big chap with a big club, who, if memory serves, didn’t go on to a distinguished career in Marveldom’s rogues’ gallery. This is a pence printed copy, with unmarked cover image and pretty good cover colour. The spine is intact with good staples firm at spine and centrefold. No significant creasing (there is a soft, shallow non-colour breaking crease at the right of the logo). Wear to top front and back covers, slight chipping to right edge and a small strip out bottom right cover (7 cm by 0.5 cm at worst). The inside covers are a little tanned at the edges, but not brittle; pages are a nice off-white to cream colour.
PICTURED: TALES OF SUSPENSE #40 GD p £285 SOLD