*Marvel: What’s Old is our feature where we highlight stuff from our catalogue that you may have missed. A personal favourite from the distant childhoods of the 30th Century team, these classic issues pit the Green Goliath against Marvel’s First Family in a long-promised but oft-deferred fight to the finish. When three of the Four rapidly succumb to the Hulk’s irresistible force, it falls to the Thing, outclassed despite his own formidable strength, to hold the line in an epic, desperate struggle to protect the city. And when the combined powers of the FF fail, who better to step up to help out than the Hulk’s former teammates, the ever-Assembling Avengers? Powerful and gripping, this remains, decades later, one of the best-remembered battles of the early Marvel Age! FF #25 is a solid VG pence printed copy with moderate spine and edge wear and corner blunting, but nice unmarred cover image with deep purple background, tight, firmly attached staples and creamy-white pages. FF #26 has a few creases, but also an unmarred cover image, spine wear and corner blunting; very slight looseness of the staples at cover, and a slight dinginess at cover edges on the white background; decent pages, also pence printed.
PICTURED: FANTASTIC FOUR
#25 VG p £135
#26 GD/VG p £70