*Marvel: Leading off the Good Doctor selections this week, Avengers #98 to #100, featuring the artwork of Barry Smith. It is perhaps fair to say that Smith’s earliest efforts in the Marvel Universe bordered on rather crude Jack Kirby imitations, but by 1972, when he had developed his own style and already made his mark illustrating Conan the Barbarian, he drew three superb issues of the Avengers from #98-100, and his cover on #100 is a masterpiece melange. The Avengers face up to gods from both Greek and Norse pantheons, featuring just about everyone who’d ever been an Avenger in the first hundred issues.
IN THIS UPDATE: AVENGERS ALL SOLD
#98 VF+ p £31
#99 VF- p £19.75
#100 FN £50 (PICTURED)