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Silver Age (1956-1969):Superhero, Mystery in Space #75 (DC, 1962) CGC VF- 7.5 Off-white to whitepages.

<b>From 1941-1986, the superheroes appeared in their own comic book series, <i>World's Finest Comics</i>, and it was ridiculous.</b>

Featured Characters: ⏴ Sub-Mariner (Namor McKenzie) ⏵ Supporting Characters: Empire of Atlantis Unnamed Physician ⏴ Lady Dorma ⏵ Antagonists: ⏴ It, the Silent One Other Characters: United States Navy Numerous unnamed navy personnel Leonard McKenzie (Referenced) Neptune (Mentioned in narration) AEC (Mentioned) Fen (Mentioned in narration) Council of War (Mentioned) Races and Species: Mutant Atlantean-Human Hybrids Fish Androids (Mentioned) Robots (Mentioned) Humans Octopuses Atlanteans…

The Marvel covers did not start out all that different from the DC covers, although that soon changed. The early Fantastic Four covers featured the characters demonstrating their various powers: The characters are so iconic to us these days that it can be hard to remember that back in 1961, kids had no idea who the FF were, or what they could do, so it was important to give them an idea quickly. As I have mentioned in the past, this may be the real reason the early FF issues started out with…

Minor spoilers ahead, obviously, since we’re dealing with the solicitation text for a book not due in stores for three months. Fantastic Four Frightful Four Marvel Two-In-One In #86 of that series, the Thing basically convinces the Sandman to go straight. Yeah, that’s right! Sandman has just recovered from a previous altercation where he became combined […]

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Silver Age (1956-1969):Superhero, Strange Tales #114 (Marvel, 1963) CGC VF+ 8.5 White pages.... Image #1

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