British Update: Long Hot Summer – Smash! Pow! It’s Fantastic Summer Special 1968
*Power Comics: There was only one Summer Special for the Power Comics series Fantastic, and its rather clunky full title, as seen in the header, indicates that by this time it had already devoured two of its weaker weekly siblings, in the hatch-match-and-despatch trope beloved of traditional British weeklies. This is ‘A Treasure-Store of Power Style Super-Hero Action and Laughs containing the best of FANTASTIC, SMASH and POW weekly!’, as it says on the packet. Not common in any condition, dating from Power Comics’ final days, it’s exceedingly hard to find in high grade, as most known copies tend to have very rusty staples. This one has only moderately rusty staples, and the cover is off the lower staple, but in every other aspect this copy would be an outstanding VF, the best copy we’ve seen. Because of the specific defect, however, we have erred on the side of caution and graded it as FN+, yours for £50. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD