UK Marvel Comic Tales

Recalling the UK Marvel Scene which began with The Mighty World of Marvel in Oct 1972....an issue by issue re-cap to re-learn & remember as we roll along!

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1st April 1967 #Pow #11 Issue by Issue - #Spiderman first encounter with the Lizard (ASM #6) and #NickFury "End of Hydra" from #StrangeTales #140....my best ever Easter Egg came around this time in a terrific Joe 90 mug!!

[Sixty Years On Comic Tales @sixty_on]

#FantasticFour #SixtyYearsOn - Issue by Issue #3 - March 1961 - #MarvelUniverse - #FF new uniforms (briefly for #TheThing) & the Fantasti-Car arrive against a Miracle Man back drop - Cover art by Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers

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19th May 1973
#MightyWorldofMarvel #33 definite shift of emphasis now "Starring" double featured #Hulk with #FantasticFour as back up & #Daredevil dropped
#SpiderManComicsWeekly #14 - as we were with #Spiderman vs The Scorpion & #Thor v Mad Merlin

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The FOOM call to arms in #SpiderManComicsWeekly #1 complete with Stan Lee's two penny's worth. 50p was the initial price for membership (10x the cover price of a UK #Marvel comic) I clearly remember cello taping my coin down to stop it shuffling about in the envelope!

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17th March 1973
#MightyWorldofMarvel #24 in house tussle between #Hulk & #FantasticFour whilst #Daredevil meets the Owl
#SpiderManComicsWeekly #5 reprinting Amazing Spiderman #13 (Mysterio) & Journey Into Mystery #87 #Thor a curse on these free gift clues keeping us up all night!

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The #Marvel 1972 UK annual which hit the shops running up to Xmas 72 was farmed out to Fleetway (more famous for Whizzer & Chips!) it sadly re-printed stuff already to be found in MWOM but strangely did include a #Conan tale (Barry Smith) for some reason "Zukala's Daughter"

[Silver Age Comic Tales @age_tales]

#TheAvengers Issue by Issue #29 - June 1966 - #Marvel #SilverAge problems getting a Doctor for #Goliath & up against #BlackWidow #Swordsman & #PowerMan - Cover art by Don Heck/Frank Giacoia

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25th March 1967 = #Pow #10 - #SpiderMan takes a turn on the cover against #DoctorDoom a reprint of ASM #5 with close use of the Steve Ditko cover art

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12th May 1973
#MightyWorldofMarvel #32 #Hulk faces Hercules #FantasticFour v #DoctorDoom - #HumanTorch + #Thing feature with #SubMariner - NO #Daredevil this week
#SpiderManComicsWeekly #13 #SpiderMan vs Sandman & Enforcers whilst #Thor has tricky duplication problems!

[Sixty Years On Comic Tales @sixty_on]

#FantasticFour #SixtyYearsOn Issue by Issue - #1 publish date November 1961 - the #MarvelUniverse truly begins with Four against the Mole Man - historic Cover art by Jack Kirby/Dick Ayers

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6th May 1967 - #Terrific #4 - #UKMarvel - #SubMariner 12 pages - Cover stars #Avengers 12 pages #DoctorStrange 9 pages - Back cover pin up the Lady Dorma (Gene Colan/Vince Colletta

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18th March 1967 - #Pow #9 - #UKMarvel - #Spiderman deputises for Doctor Strange in a re-jig of Jack Kirby's cover for Strange Tales #139 for that week's #NickFury reprint

[UK Marvel Comic Tales @uk_marvel]

5th May 1973
#MightyWorldofMarvel #31 - #Hulk #Daredevil vs Mr Fear #FantasticFour vs The Mad Thinker
#SpiderManComicsWeekly # 12 - #SpiderMan vs The Sandman & #Thor v #Loki

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29th April 1967 - #Terrific #3 - #UKMarvel - #SubMariner (Gene Colan) cover & 12 pages #Avengers 12 pages #DoctorStrange 5 pages + Jack Kirby #CaptainAmerica pin up on back cover AND a FREE Astro-Dart!? all for thrupence short of a shilling!

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11th March 1967 - #Pow #8 - Nick Fury takes on Hydra (from #StrangeTales #138) - also shown a sample "News from the Floor of 64" half page Power Comic house Promotion #Marvel

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28th April 1973
#MightyWorldofMarvel #30 - #Daredevil vs The Fellowship of Fear #Hulk v Executioner & #FantasticFour v The Mad Thinker
#SpiderManComicsWeekly #11 #Spidey v #GreenGoblin #HumanTorch guests + #Thor v Radioactive Man

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22nd April 1967 - #Terrific #2 - #SubMariner takes a Gene Colan cover & 12 pages inside plus #Avengers (18 pages vs Masters of Evil) #DoctorStrange 5 pages plus back cover pin-up - #IronMan Missile Launcher FREE inside!

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4th March 1967 - #Pow #7 features 8 pages of #SpiderMan vs #Sandman (ASM #4) & 4 pages of #NickFury from #StrangeTales #138 plus other non #Marvel strips..."Look no farther....This is it" for 7 old "d"

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21st April 1973 -a week on & same villains all round
#MightyWorldofMarvel #29 - #FF & #Namor v Puppet Master #DD v Masked Matador + #Hulk
#SpiderManComicsWeekly #10 #Spidey v Sinister Six & #Thor v #Loki
I was fortunate to have a "free" Chopper bike via the Co-op Stamps scheme!

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Going further back than #Pow #Fantastic & #Terrific we have the Alan Class magazines to consider at some point for eg "Creepy Worlds" which began life in August 1962 with a reprint of #Marvels #Mystic #59 art work by Bill Everitt