British Update: First Quenchers Plus: Pow #1-4 in high grade
*Power Comics: ‘The Brand New Comic for the New Breed of Comic Fans’ proclaimed Pow! #1 across its masthead. In 1967, Odhams Press, after successes with the Beano-esque Wham! and Smash!, hit upon its highly successful formula of Marvel reprints combined with original British humour and adventure strips. Nowhere was this more notable than in Pow!, their third launch, which featured Spider-Man reprints virtually from the beginning, backed up by Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos, as well as well-remembered original strips ‘Georgie’s Germs’, ‘The Dolls of St. Dominic’s’, and ‘The Cloak’. Odhams Press proudly basked in the glory of the emerging Marvel Age of Comics and copied its style of blurb. The first four issues are now in stock, all in superior FN+ grade (#4 FN); we seldom grade UK comics better than FN. but these are flat, creamy white with vibrant colour and virtually no wear. We doubt they looked any better than this when they were in the newsagents. No Free Gifts, alas, but probably the best-looking copies we’ve ever seen. #1 FN+ £100, #2 FN+ £50, #3 FN+ £50 (all illustrated below) and #4 FN £20. SORRY, THESE HAVE NOW SOLD