November 16th, 1974 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.

Ramp up your retro rockets because, within the last few hours, some kind of probe has landed on some kind of comet, on some kind of mission.

As you can tell, I'm some kind of clued-up on it.

That may be thrilling but, let's be honest, when it comes to excitement, even that can't compare to the thrill of what was landing on our doormats exactly forty years ago this week.

I like how the Lizard always has a lab coat on, even in stories where Curt Connors is nowhere near a lab when he transforms into him.

Of course, in this story, he was near a lab, so he has an excuse.

This one would appear to contain that Ka-Zar/Daredevil story in which Ka-Zar ends up in England, on trial, in a court that bears no resemblance to any court that's ever been seen on the planet Earth.

Take that, street lamp!

Come to think of it, why does Shang-Chi react to being ambushed in the street by savagely attacking a street lamp?

There's a man who clearly has anger management issues.

Drac's back with a modified version of an old Neal Adams cover.

I'm sure all music lovers remember Randy Hanzlick's classic song I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of me than a Frontal Lobotomy.

Clearly Taylor would agree - though I've always thought it odd how the man with the lobotomy looks more like Charlton Heston than Taylor does on this cover.