*Vintage UK/Australian Reprints of US Material: Len Miller was the premier UK publisher of ‘faux’ American-sized British comics in the 1950s and early 1960s. He published a wide range of material, both original and US reprint, perhaps most famously Marvelman and Young Marvelman. Although succeeded by Alan Class, there was a period in the early 1960s where both publishers overlapped and some of Miller’s titles (Mystic, Spellbound, Voodoo and Zombie) closely resembled the type of content also being used by Alan Class, reprinting Atlas, pre-hero Marvel and other early horror, with occasional forays into the Marvel Super-Hero Universe. For some reason (possibly page count?), in reprinting Avengers #8 in Mystic #56, (debut of Kang), Miller chose not to use the original, more dynamic cover and instead substituted the splash page on the cover, giving this version a unique look. Kang, in all his various incarnations, has gone on to be an evil cornerstone of the MU. This is a gorgeous copy of this rarity, clean with vibrant colour cover, sharp, crisp white pages, no marks, squareish corners, with several horror and war back-ups in its 68 pages. These Miller Marvel reprints have become highly collectable in recent years.
PICTURED: MYSTIC #56 VF £350 SOLD