*Marvel UK: In 1976, Marvel UK’s first attempt to generate a British-based super-hero was placed into the hands of Chris Claremont and Herb Trimpe, whose comic-opera interpretation of the UK has become a source of hilarity for generations. But after a shaky start, CB became inextricably linked with the mainstream Marvel Universe, not least because of his psychic sister, Betsy, who – years later and after many, many changes – turned Japanese and became the X-Men’s scantily-clad ninja mind-warrior Psylocke. As you do. This is Betsy’s first appearance in Captain Britain Weekly #8, a copy in FN condition; the rather flimsy stock of the Marvel UK weeklies has endured well in this instance, with little wear and excellent staples; the puzzle page was completed by a previous owner in pencil and subsequently erased. There is a soft non-colour breaking vertical crease down the centre and a couple of tiny nicks to the right cover edge, with slight grubbiness to the back cover margins. A very decent copy.
PICTURED: CAPTAIN BRITAIN #8 FN £225