British Update: First Quenchers! Battle, Jet, Super DC, Tarkan & Wildcat
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: We have a captivating quintet of premier issues in our First Quenchers event this week, in affordable mid to low grades: Battle #1 from 1975, home of D-Day Dawson and many others GD £15; Jet #1 from 1971, starring Von Hoffman’s Invasion, The Sludgemouth Sloggers, and Ken Reid’s Faceache, GD at £15; Super DC #1, 1969’s attempt to emulate Power Comics’ success with the Marvel heroes by reprinting Superman, Batman and Company – FA/GD, £8; Tarkan #1 from 1973, a translation of Sezgin Burak’s popular Turkish warrior VG £5 and Wildcat #1, a late-entry in the sci-fi sweepstakes from Fleetway/IPC, which eventually merged into Eagle Mk. II. This first issue is VF £15, and comes with the original free gift, an Alien Monster Poster!