Fifty years ago this month - May 1967.

Welcome to my Sunday. I can proudly boast that I've not been wasting it. As well as accidentally breaking my freezer door, I've just been watching Return of the Swamp Thing on the Horror Channel. It's the first time I've seen it in about thirty years. To be honest, it wasn't as good as I remembered and was an awful lot jokier but it was fun nonetheless and the monsters in it looked suitably monstrous.

But that's enough talk of thirty years ago. What of fifty years ago, and a bunch of characters who wouldn't be seen dead living in a swamp?

Is this the one where the Sub-Mariner has the Cosmic Cube and is too dim to make use of it?

Or am I thinking of another story?

Or does that story not exist and I've basically just imagined it?

Hooray! It's that one where Matt Murdock goes off to give a lecture on the legal repercussions of what would happen if aliens landed - and aliens promptly land!

And not only that but they're aliens with a plan to send everyone on the planet blind. Truly the power of coincidence is mighty in this tale.

I do have to say though that if your invasion can be thwarted by Daredevil showing up, then it probably isn't much of an invasion plan.

Hooray! Blastaar's still causing trouble!

While I'm a huge admirer of Blastaar and his works, I must admit I don't have a clue who the mystery figure on the left is. I know the Sandman's in this story but that certainly doesn't look like the Sandman to me.

I do like the way Reed Richards could never enter the Negative Zone without almost colliding with a planet. It's strange how Annihilus, Rick Jones and Captain Marvel never seemed to have that problem.

Unless I'm mistaken, the Vulture might be back but it's not the Vulture we all know and love. It's Blackie Drago who's taken his place and demonstrates that it's remarkably easy to become a super-villain in Marvelworld.

I don't have a clue who Zom is.

I'm sure though that Doctor Strange will soon dispense with him.

I've said it before but, bearing in mind that the Melter's beam couldn't hurt human flesh, I don't see why Tony Stark didn't just order all his security guards to descend on him, en masse and beat him up, rather than turning up on his own, dressed as Iron Man.

It's great news for all fans of talking reptilians, as the Abomination makes his senses-shattering debut.

When I was eight, "Abomination," was the fanciest word in my vocabulary, thanks to me having read his guest appearance in the Silver Surfer's mag. Because of this, the character will always have a special place in my heart.

It's a Kangtastic tale for Thor, as the Growing Man shows up.

I can't remember what his plan was. I have a feeling he didn't have one and was just rampaging around for no good reason.

Speaking of rampaging around, the Juggernaut's back and I don't have a clue what his plan is either. I suspect it's mostly to keep his hat on, as that'd be my main plan if I were him.