American Update: Who Is… Him? Debut of the Man Who Would Be Warlock in Fantastic Four #66 & #67
*Marvel: As befits its status as the premier series of the Marvel Universe, the Fantastic Four has launched many secondary careers of the FF’s foes and friends who first appeared as guest-stars, then graduated to their own series. The Silver Surfer, the Inhumans, the Black Panther and many others have debuted this way, and in Fantastic Four #66, we were introduced to a mysterious cocooned figure who emerged the following issue as ‘Him’, a being of almost godlike power. Later, he would be named Warlock and would enjoy a chequered career of critical acclaim, but haphazard commercial success, coming into his own with Jim Starlin’s controversial series of the 1970s. These two issues see the first appearance of the character, though he was not fully revealed until the second half of the two-part story. Issue #66, the prelude as it were, is VG+ p at £32; the ‘big reveal’ comes in #67, a VG+ p copy with a striking white-background cover (only slight right-edge discolouration due to age) spotlighting all of our cavortin’ cast of characters. This debut issue is VG+ p £75. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD