*Marvel: After a long run as the co-star of Tales of Suspense, Iron Man was given his own title in 1968, when the ‘Berlin Wall’ of Marvel’s distribution came down, and they were allowed to expand their range of titles. New in this week, a copy of Iron Man’s first solo issue, with Gene Colan’s hyperkinetic art driving the drama onward as Shell-Head comes up against the forces of A.I.M.; plus there’s a brief re-telling of Iron Man’s origin. This is a low grade copy with chipping at the lower cover edge, edge wear, corner blunting, off-white pages, good staples. Given Iron Man’s pivotal status in the Marvel Universe, both Comic and Cinematic, this is a very affordable key issue.
PICTURED: IRON MAN #1 FA/GD p £100 SOLD