News reaches me of a recent sale of one of the rarest of British comics...Marvelman volume 1, number 25
This is the the first appearance of Marvelman
Issues 1-24 had (previously) been titled Captain Marvel but the title had to be re-named due to DC suing Fawcett.
Very successfully it ran for 370 issues, with the character relaunched as Alan Moore's Marvelman in Warrior no.1 in 1982, then Miracleman no.1 in 1985 and is now with Marvel.
Issues 1-24 had (previously) been titled Captain Marvel but the title had to be re-named due to DC suing Fawcett.
Very successfully it ran for 370 issues, with the character relaunched as Alan Moore's Marvelman in Warrior no.1 in 1982, then Miracleman no.1 in 1985 and is now with Marvel.
As you'll see this comic is not in great condition. The seller estimates that there are less than 10 known copies - and some of those are in worse condition than this.
Anyway, keep an eye out for this wherever you see comics because this sold (via a private sale) for $6,200 (£4,700) - a price topped only by the very rarest and earliest pre-war #1's of comic like the Beano.
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