*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Category and have reached the Golden Amazon series by John Russell Fearn. Fearn was a very prolific British writer from the pulp age of science fiction and wrote under a variety of pseudonyms. The Golden Amazon was a super-powered space heroine who starred in some 27 books of pulp-style adventures. The publication history of these is complicated, with many, previously in magazines, not appearing in book form until the 1990s when, for my money, the most attractive versions are from the American publisher Gryphon Books, unusually published in paperback with dust jackets, and featuring the technicolour covers of veteran British sci-fi artist Ron Turner. These are hard to find; we understand that the print runs were limited to 500 of each, but a great goal for the collectors among you, and we can start you off with four of the Gryphon editions, including #1, plus an earlier edition from the UK publisher Zeon.
PICTURED: THE GOLDEN AMAZON BY JOHN RUSSELL FEARN
1 THE GOLDEN AMAZON Gryphon 1996 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM SOLD
4: THE AMAZON’S DIAMOND QUEST Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM
6: TWIN OF THE  AMAZON Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £20 With DJ NM
7: CONQUEST OF THE AMAZON Gryphon 1998 1st US PB thus NM £18 With DJ VF
8: LORD OF ATLANTIS Zeon 1991 1st UK PB thus VF £15 68 pages

*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Crime, Spies and Sleaze Category for the third part of our Hank Janson re-listing. This also features the famous cover artwork of Reginald Heade. The most famous name in the post-war boom in British gangster ‘pulps’ (curiously, mostly set in the both seedy and glamorous USA) was Hank Janson. Written by ‘Hank’ and telling his adventures as a journalist and later general adventurer, these were in reality written by Stephen D Frances. These racy, tough and often violent detective novels of the 40s and 50s, generally published on a monthly basis, filled the gap formed when American pulp fiction was banned from the UK, and were immensely popular. (In fact they were so racy that author, publishers and distributors were prosecuted for obscenity in 1954). The earliest Jansons were generally published by New Fiction, and were almost exclusively blessed with Heade covers. The 1950s Alexander Moring imprint, with red and yellow stripes across the top of the cover either featured art by Heade, or produced in his style. Interestingly, many Alexander Moring publications have Heade covers that have been modified, usually by the addition of just enough clothing on the young ladies to avoid another prosecution for obscenity. One book under the publisher name S D Frances with Heade cover plus four Morings in this update. One, Persian Pride, is actually part of Janson’s Arabian slave girl trilogy and not a crime story at all! Further information, including condition notes, in our catalogue. More Hank soon!
PICTURED: ALL BY HANK JANSON
HELLCAT Alexander Moring 1950s 1st UK PB thus VG £9
HONEY, TAKE MY GUN S D Frances 1949 1st UK PB FA/GD £15 Cover art by Heade
MISTRESS OF FEAR Alexander Moring 1958 1st UK PB thus VG £9
PERSIAN PRIDE Alexander Moring 1957 2nd UK PB VG/FN £10
SINISTER RAPTURE Alexander Moring 1957 1st UK PB thus VG/FN £10

*DC: One of the most well-received articles posted here during lockdown was the one I wrote on Adam Strange, the interplanetary adventurer, my favourite DC science-fiction hero. So, we’re delighted to present half a dozen of his adventures in Mystery In Space, between #77 and #83. The finest examples of this sort of thing ever produced, IMHO, and with the best creators. These are mostly lower graded reading copies (some of them are really grotty) , providing excellent budget entertainment.
IN THIS UPDATE: MYSTERY IN SPACE ALL SOLD
#77 VG+ p £15
#78 PR p £3 Cover stains
#79 FA p £5.50 Torn back cover
#81 PR p £2.25 Staining, water damage, restapled
#82 GD/VG p £11 Restapled
#83 FA/GD p £5.75 Restapled; book shop stamps

*Marvel: The second great Galactus and the Silver Surfer epic in Fantastic Four sprawled a little between issues #72 & 77, as featured from the Bute Collection this week. Starting out with a prelude of sorts in #72, there was an intermission in #73 for a slam-bang slug-fest with Spider-Man, Thor and Daredevil. Back on track with the world devourer and his former herald with #74, from where the epic reaches a resounding climax with the Psycho-Man up to #77. Stan & Jack at their most cosmic, with several outstanding covers.
IN THIS UPDATE: FANTASTIC FOUR
#72 VF p £150 (PICTURED) Pence stamped. Great cover colour and reflectivity. Wear is restricted to a few very minor edge marks. Flat, tight staples, square corners and near white pages.
#73 VF+ £120 (PICTURED) A brilliant white cover background. No marks except for a small, faint pencil arrival date. Flat, tight staples, square corners and near white pages. An outstanding copy.
#74 VG/FN £55 (PICTURED) Nice glossy copy with great colour. Very slight wear along the spine. Small handling marks and a small felt tip ‘5’ towards top right (see scan). Tiny dink very top of spine. Flat, tight staples, and near white pages. A little corner blunting.
#75 VF- p £75 (PICTURED) Pence stamped. Iconic cover with great colour and good gloss. Very slight handling wear with tiny stress marks near staples; no colour breaks. Flat with tight staples and supple off-white to white pages. SOLD
#76 FN/VF £36
#77 FN/VF £45

*Marvel: Having appeared in Ghost Rider #1 & #2, Daimon Hellstrom made his first solo appearance as the title star in Marvel Spotlight #12, where his origin was also revealed. In the wake of other Marvel hits starring occult characters, and with the Exorcist movie taking big box-office, Stan Lee had originally proposed a series starring Satan himself, but Roy Thomas commuted it to Satan’s offspring, a demon/human hybrid who used his evil-spawned power for good, in rebellion against his father. Despite controversy from Christians and other religions – Satanists and Wiccans wrote in to complain about their faiths being portrayed as evil – Son of Satan proved a short-term hit, lasting an appropriate 13 issues in Marvel Spotlight before launching his own solo series – which fizzled after issue #8. Oops. Nevertheless Daimon remains a prominent character today in the Marvel Universe, though he doesn’t use the Son of Satan soubriquet any more, and his origins are usually politely redacted. This is a nice glossy pence printed copy with lurid colour, white to off-white pages and tight, firm staples. Just minor handling wear to edges, tiny stress marks at upper staple and slight corner blunting.
PICTURED: MARVEL SPOTLIGHT #12 FN+ p £50

*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: From 1949, Avon’s unique Slave Girl series lasted only two issues. Issue #1 was entitled Slave Girl Comics, and #2 Slave Girl Princess, which concerns us here. A beautiful fantasy/magical adventure following the trials of Malu, the Slave Girl in question and her paramour Garth with pirates, slavers, Mongols and the like. Three linked Slave Girl stories in #2, accompanied by two further accomplished stories in the same genre. Excellent art on the Malu tales by Howard Larsen. Although ending on a cliff-hanger, only one further Malu adventure was published in Strange Worlds #3, which did not follow from this. A nice copy, with only fairly minor edge and handling wear, good tight staples and little creasing or nicks; some corner blunting. The most significant drawback is some relatively minor graffiti on Garth’s face on the cover; unfortunately, some previous owner has made pin-prick holes in Garth’s eyes, which some may find off-putting. The lower grade awarded on this reflects this defect, for an otherwise much higher graded copy. 
PICTURED: SLAVE GIRL PRINCESS #2 GD+ £160 SOLD

*Humour Comics: Continuing our policy of providing more information for Beano and Dandy, we have a small batch of Beano in this week from 1968. Just one strip debut, the King Street Cowboys in #1345, but we have also added new copies of #1372-1375. We’ve now also marked which years of Beano and Dandy in our catalogue have been overhauled with new and enhanced information.

*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Category and the works of Ralph Milne Farley (the famous pulp era classic Venus Trilogy) plus one each from Philip Jose farmer and John Faucette.
PICTURED:
BY RALPH MILNE FARLEY
THE RADIO BEASTS Ace 1964 1st US PB thus VG/FN £6 2nd in series
THE RADIO BEASTS Ace 1976 US PB VG £5 2nd in series
THE RADIO MAN Fantasy Publishing Co 1948 1st US HC FN £10 With DJ (FN)
THE RADIO PLANET Ace c 1976 US PB VG £5 3tf in series
PHILIP JOSE FARMER: INSIDE OUTSIDE Corgi 1982 1st UK PB VG £4
JOHN FAUCETTE: THE WARRIORS OF TERRA Belmont 1970 1st US PB VG £3

*DC: Along with Strange Adventures, Mystery In Space was DC’s premier science-fiction title founded in thr Atomic Age. Issue #1 dates from April/May 1951. Whitney Ellsworth was credited as editor, but, apparently, Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger were actual co-editors. The series really hit the ground running with the creative talent on display in the 52 pages of this first issue. Writers Bob Kanigher, Gardner Fox & John Broome, and artists Carmine Infantino, Frank Frazetta, Alex Toth and sci-fi pulp great Virgil Finlay – what a line-up! The regular feature Knights of the Galaxy – space commandos of the 30th Century – took the cover and lead feature and appeared subsequently in many early issues of the title. Many other recurring characters would appear in later issues of this long running title.
This inaugural issue has a wonderful Carime Infantino cover, with a black starfield background, the sort of cover that shows every mark. There is minimal wear along the top edge, slight stress at the staples and small nicks out at the right edge front cover, spine bottom and top edge back cover. A very tiny corner is off front cover bottom right (see scan). Cover colours are strong and vibrant and the staples are firm at spine and centrefold. Page quality is a very nice and supple off-white, with two small pieces of tape sealing short tears on 2 interior pages with no loss. There are a couple of faint reading creases vertically just in from the spine, but these do not break colour. There are various marks that are hard to notice in the black cover background which we think are pressure or handling marks; we don’t think these are professional colour touches, but since as extensive examination under dark light has proven inconclusive, we have tried to take these into account in the grading and pricing of this gem. Visually, this is a very appealing comic which presents very well. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: MYSTERY IN SPACE #1 VG- £600

*Marvel: In the wake of the Kung Fu craze which swept the mass media in the 1970s, Marvel, having already scored big with Shang-Chi, Master of Kung Fu, tried to repeat the success with Iron Fist, an orphaned Caucasian boy who learned mystical martial arts in the hidden land of K’Un Lun. Danny Rand had a successful run in Marvel Premiere, then graduated into his own title, co-starred with Power Man for years, and remains an active part of the Marvel Universe to this date. New in, we have Marvel Premiere #15, his first appearance, in which Roy Thomas and Gil Kane kicked off his career. This is an awesome copy, glossy, reflective, tight and flat with firm staples and square corners. Pages are a supple off-white to white. Only a very tiny mark of two that shows it’s been handled, but in reality, as good as it was on the newstand in 1974. Marvel Value Stamp intact, of course. This is an outstanding copy from an original owner collection, bought new in 1974 in New York, and carefully preserved ever since.
PICTURED: MARVEL PREMIERE #15 NM- £335

*Marvel: Several issues of the Avengers between #103 & #118 plus Annual #3 new in this week. Storylines include an encounter with Magneto and the X-Men and chapters of the Avengers/Defenders war.
IN THIS UPDATE: AVENGERS
#103 VG+ p £6.75 SOLD
#104 FN p £9
#106 VG+ p £6.75
#107 VF- p £17.50
#109 VF p £18.25
#111 VF p £31 Magneto & X-Men (PICTURED)
#113 VF p £17.50
#116 VF- p £23.50
#118 VF- p £23.50
Annual #3 FA p £2.50 SOLD

*Miscellaneous 1960 Onwards: Disregarding, if we may, a magazine movie adaptation in 1979, the comic career of Aliens commenced with the six-issue mini-series from Dark Horse in 1988, launching the highly successful sequence of the not-so-cuddly xenomorphs in sequential art adventures. Fresh in we have the first issue of that series (and thus the first appearance of Aliens in comics) from May 1988, a first printing. 
PICTURED: ALIENS #1 NM- £80 A brilliant copy, virtually fresh from the comic store, with just two or three tiny stress marks at the spine. Flat, tight and glossy with white pages and perfect staples. Hard to find as nice as this due to the black cover. SOLD

*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, one of the nicest copies we’ve ever seen. The paper quality of this series doesn’t lend itself well to high grade, but this one is a beauty, with sharp corners and sharp colours, white pages, flat with tight, firm staples. The puzzle pages are completely untouched (not done in pencil and rubbed out, as is often the case). Were it not for one or two very minor grubby marks on the back cover margins, we would not have hesitated to call this NM.
PICTURED: CAPTAIN BRITAIN #8 VF+ £250

*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We’re continuing to introduce the new layout for our books categories, with an image for each book. This week, we return to our Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Category. Badger Books was an imprint of the publisher John Spencer in the 1950s and 60s and produced books in all popular genres, although we are concerned here with their SF (Science Fiction) and SN (Supernatural) series. Most (but not all) of their novels were written by Lionel Fanthorpe, under his own name and a bewildering number of pseudonyms such as the examples by Bron Fane in this update. Fanthorpe is a priest (now retired), entertainer, TV presenter, author and all-round eccentric. If you have a love of the schlocky and pulpy side of science fiction and horror, here’s your man. At the height of his productivity, Fanthorpe is said to have written a book every 12 days. This update includes books from both the SF & SN series, including the numbered Supernatural Stories #49, six eerie stories allegedly all by Fanthorpe. Badger Books have grown over the decades to have something of a cult following. Some are rare, and, with only one printing of each (as far as we know) it’s difficult to complete a set(t) of them, but you collectors out there like a challenge, eh?
PICTURED:
BY BRON FANE (R L FANTHORPE)
NEMESIS Badger 1964 1st UK PB GD £10 SOLD
SUSPENSION Badger 1964 1st UK PB GD £12
U.F.O. 517 Badger 1965 1st UK PB VG £15
UNKNOWN DESTINY Badger 1964 1st UK PB VG £15 SOLD
BY R L FANTHORPE
HYPER SPACE Badger 1959 1st UK PB FA/GD £10
SUPERNATURAL STORIES 49 Badger 1960s 1st UK PB GD/VG £15 SOLD
THE WATCHING WORLD Badger 1966 1st UK PB VG £5 SOLD

*Children’s Books: Six world famous books that need no introduction from me, all in attractive vintage paperback editions. More information, including condition notes, may as always be found in our catalogue.
PICTURED:
FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT: THE SECRET GARDEN Puffin 1967 UK PB GD £5
SUSAN M COOLIDGE: WHAT KATY DID Armada 1963 1st UK PB thus GD £4
RUDYARD KIPLING: THE JUNGLE BOOK Macmillan 1961 1st UK PB thus GD £3
HUGH LOFTING: THE STORY OF DOCTOR DOLITTLE Puffin 1968 4th UK PB GD/VG £6
E NESBIT: THE RAILWAY CHILDREN Puffin 1983 UK PB VG/FN £4
DODIE SMITH: THE ONE HUNDRED AND ONE DALMATIANS Puffin 1968 UK PB GD £4

*DC: We round off this week our batch of the Legion of Super-Heroes in their inaugural run in Adventure Comics in the 1960s. The series ended in Adventure Comics #380. These are the comics after which we were named, taking place of course in the 30th Century. And this is a real rich stream, with the debuts of many major characters plus many Neal Adams covers. Featuring the last Curt Swan drawn issues before the artistic reins passed to the capable Win Mortimer with #373. Outstanding grades on all of these; all cents copies. And as a bonus, we have the Giant issue #403, reprinting the entire saga of the death and rebirth of Lightning Lad from earlier times.
IN THIS UPDATE: ADVENTURE COMICS
#371 VF+ £49 (PICTURED) 1st Chemical King
#372 VF+ £49 (PICTURED)
#373 VF+ £38 1st Tornado Twins
#374 VF £28
#375 VF- £26 1st Wanderers
#376 VF £28
#377 VF £28
#378 VF+ £38
#379 VF+ £38
#380 VF+ £38
#403 VF £30 Giant

*Marvel: If you’re looking for really nice copies of Amazing Spider-Man for your collection, then look no further than the Totally Amazing Spider-Man Collection. All high grade; even the few that fall below VF (and most are above) are really good-looking copies – no duds here, and nearly all cents copies. One very successful latter-day addition to the Web-Head’s Rogue’s Gallery was the Hobgoblin, who made his debut in 1983’s Amazing Spider-Man #238. The path of destruction, and mysterious identity, of this suspiciously familiar evil-doer kept readers entertained for more than a year before the Big Reveal, with several red herrings and false ‘revelations’ along the way. This copy of ASM #238 is a glorious NM, a grade we very rarely award. We can’t find a thing wrong with it (I’ve seen brand new comics more worn that this!). Even the Lakeside ‘Tattooz’ are present, still securely bound in. Although prices have levelled off or come down for comics from this period in the last year or two, this pristine copy is still investment grade.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #238 NM £350

*Marvel: After a one-off black & white magazine in 1975, Legion of Monsters, used up a rag-bag of separate inventory stories starring Frankenstein’s Monster, Dracula, Manphibian and other horror heroes, someone at Marvel decided that the title was nifty enough to merit a further outing, and therefore the bizarre and otherwise inexplicable Marvel Premiere #28 came about. Unlike the Legion of Monsters one-shot, which featured unrelated stories, Marvel Premiere #28 brought Ghost Rider, Man-Thing, Werewolf By Night and Morbius the Living Vampire together as an actual team, albeit one even more mismatched than the Champions! From the team of Bill Mantlo and Frank Robbins, it’s… everything you might expect! For decades discarded in bargain boxes everywhere, this issue has acquired white-hot collector’s status in the last decade. Our latest copy is pence printed, glossy and mid-grade with some creasing at spine and edges breaking colour. There is a soft long diagonal crease across the logo that does not break colour and a short crease across the bottom right corner that does slightly break colour. Staples are tight and firm and page quality is a nice off-white.
PICTURED: MARVEL PREMIERE #28 VG+ p £50 SOLD

*Marvel: By the time Astonishing Tales had got to #15, Ka-Zar (with his pussycat Zabu) had taken over the title that he had previously shared with Dr Doom. This update we have four consecutive issues from #15-18, where the Lord Of The Hidden Jungle faces up against Lord Plunder, Gemini, Gog and an adventure in the concrete jungle.
IN THIS UPDATE: ASTONISHING TALES ALL SOLD
#15 VG+ p £3.50
#16 VG/FN p £2.75
#17 FN/VF £5.25
#18 FN p £4.75 (PICTURED)

*Horror 1940-1959:  ACG’s Adventures Into The Unknown, starting in 1948, was the first on-going continuous horror comic. Readers of my generation, raised perhaps on ACG’s Silver Age output of rather charming fantasy and whimsy, may not be familiar with just how hard-hitting and horrific their pre-code material was, as well as being well-crafted both in terms of story and art. All the traditionals are here: vampires, zombies, phantoms, skeletons, things from the swamp, monsters… and a heap of dinosaurs as well. Without the reputation of some of their more notorious competition, Adventures Into The Unknown remains quality at a relative bargain price. 
PICTURED: ADVENTURES INTO THE UNKNOWN
#13 GD £33 Pre-code. Starr, Whitney & others. Reasonable copy with spine roll and some cover creasing. Decent staples and page quality. SOLD
#14 VG+ £75 Pre-code. Whitney, Ely and others. Nice solid copy with only minimal wear, good staples and page quality. Narrow dust shadow along top edge front and top and left edge back cover.  

*TV & Film Related Comics: The first series of TV Century 21 is augmented this week with 18 new issues, mostly high grade, as early as #33 and as late as #228. Star features Captain Scarlet, Thunderbirds, Stingray and Fireball XL5 are joined by a host of other favourites in this ground-breaking tabloid format series with its newspaper-type covers and high production values. Full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: TV CENTURY 21 #228 FN/VF £12.50 SOLD

*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: The Golden Age of Detective Fiction was surely between the 1920s and the 1950s, and in this period several women dominated the genre. We refer to them collectively as the Queens of Crime, but of them all, Agatha Christie is surely the High Queen. The most read author in the English language, her works continue to populate our media, whether on TV, in films and theatre and, of course, books. I wouldn’t be surprised if there were more books by her in circulation than anyone else. A diverse range of offerings from Ms Christie this week: one Miss Marple novel (The Body In The Library), and a book of short stories featuring Miss Marple (The Thirteen Problems), two Poirot book-length mysteries (Evil Under The Sun & Three Act Tragedy), and the distinctive The Hound Of Death, twelve mostly eerie stories of the supernatural, but with the famous story Witness For The Prosecution tucked in the middle.
PICTURED: ALL BY AGANTHA CHRITIE ALL SOLD
THE BODY IN THE LIBRARY Great Pan 1960 4th UK PB GD/VG £5 Miss Marple
EVIL UNDER THE SUN Pan 1963 1st UK PB thus GD/VG £5 Poirot
THE HOUND OF DEATH Great Pan 1960 1st UK PB thus VG £6
THE THIRTEEN PROBLEMS Pan 1963 3rd UK PB GD/VG £5 Miss Marple short stories
THREE ACT TRAGEDY Pan 1964 1st UK PB thus GD £5 Poirot

*Clearance Corner: Very occasionally, a lot comes our way which either does not justify its place in our catalogue (but is too good to discard), or is superfluous to our requirements. These lots are offered here on our What’s New page, but are no longer listed in our catalogue. Lots listed under Clearance Corner will be available for a short time only, and are offered post free to UK buyers only. They are not bagged and boarded as our normal stock, but will be securely packaged for transit. If you order a Clearance Corner lot, it may not be combined with another order in the same package. This time we have six of those fondly-remembered Marvel giant reprint series that started in the mid-1960s and reprinted the earliest of Marvel’s Silver Age Adventures, such as The Fantastic Four, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Thor, Iron Man, Dr Strange, Hulk, Daredevil, Human Torch and more, as well as selected Golden Age reprints with Captain America, the Sub-Mariner and the original Human Torch. These are all low-grade reading copies, but what reading! Included: Fantasy Masterpieces #8, Marvel Collectors’ Item Classics #1 (pictured) & #17, Marvel Super-Heroes #26 and Marvel Tales #7 & #8. £25 for the batch including free p&p (UK only). SOLD

*DC: A rare treat this week with a classic from DC from 1943 extracted from the Bute Collection: an early squarebound issue of the omnibus title Comic Cavalcade (which ran from 1942 to 1954). The cover stars, Wonder Woman, Flash & Green Lantern are the big names in solo stories, but there are many other strips as well, including Hop Harrigan and Sargon the Sorceror, 12 stories in all. This is a really nice copy with the squarebound spine intact except for a tiny nick at the top. The cover colours are bright and reflective. Slight corner blunting with only minor edge wear; there are a couple of small colour-breaking creases across the bottom right corner (1-2 cm each). The letter ‘L’ is in wax crayon or pencil to the left of the upper logo, and the name ‘Ray’ in the same execution above the Flash’s head. The stiff card covers are tanned on the interiors, but the pages are secured by the original single staple, and the supple off-white to cream pages are firmly held at the spine by the original glue. 
PICTURED: COMIC CAVALCADE #3 VG/FN £400

*Marvel: In the distant days of 1975, the X-Men, once mainstays of the Marvel Universe, were a spent force. Reduced to a bi-monthly reprint comic and occasional guest-appearances, the merry mutants were without a home to call their own. Then two of Marvel’s young turks of the time, Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, changed all that. In Giant-Size X-Men #1, the original X-Men were captured, and Professor X assembled a team of international mutants, some known to the readers (Sunfire, Banshee, and Wein’s own creation, Wolverine, who had made his debut in Hulk #181) and some brand new (Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Thunderbird), and sent them out to rescue their mutant brethren. The ‘New’ X-Men were an instant hit: the team was restored to all-new adventures, and on their way to becoming the multi-media stars they are today! We are delighted to have the first appearance of the ‘New’ X-Men back in stock – the Giant-Size issues never being distributed in the UK, GSXM #1’s already cult collector status is heightened by its scarcity on this side of the pond. This is an outstanding copy from an original owner collection, bought new in 1975 in New York, and carefully preserved ever since. Vibrant cover colour and gloss, square corners, totally intact squarebound spine, tight staples and off-white to cream pages. There is a soft 2 cm crease towards the lower spine that is difficult to see and does not break colour. If you run a finger along the front cover adjacent to the spine, you will feel an uneveness where the staples are below, a common aspect of the Marvel Giant-Size issues of the mid 1970s, where the pages were stapled and the spine glued. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 VF £2,250