Fifty years ago this month - September 1967.

This is the voice of the Mysterons.

Oh, alright, I admit it, it's not. But you could be forgiven for thinking it was - because this month in 1967 saw the debut of that battler of Martian sabotage Captain Scarlet. How we gasped as he drove his car backwards, hung around in his flying base and survived explosions that would reduce the rest of us to atoms.

Not only that but that month also saw the first appearance of The Prisoner.

This coincidence could explain why it is that, as a young child, I always had trouble distinguishing between the two shows. Granted, as one show starred real people and the other starred puppets, mixing them up took quite some doing but that's the kind of man I am.

Elsewhere in the world, Sweden switched from driving on the left-hand side of the road to driving on the right. While, in Britain, the BBC launched Radio One, Radio Two, Radio Three and Radio Four, meaning British broadcasting would never be the same again and that The Move's Flowers in the Rain would feature in every documentary about the history of British radio from that point on.

John Buscema gets to draw more people than he possibly could ever have wanted to, as the Avengers continue their battle with the Red Guardian and his friends.

It looks like a certain cosmic powered super-doer is about to burst out of his cocoon and startle the world.

I must confess I never found Baron Mordo overly interesting. He seemed very mundane indeed when compared to the likes of Dormammu, Nightmare and Eternity.

Titanium Man returns, thanks to a villain who seemed to be the Vietnamese equivalent of the Hulk's Gargoyle.

It's one of my favourite pre-Trimpe Hulk tales, as our hero finds himself stuck in a spaceship full of angry New Men.

I think this was the first time I ever encountered the High Evolutionary. What an enigmatic figure he cut, even if he never seemed to learn from his mistakes.

I must say, though, that the declaration of, "Go Go Go Hulk!" on the cover seems quite bizarre. Truly the 1960s were a law unto themselves.

I really don't have a clue what's going on here but, from the villain's name, I'm assuming that Meccano wasn't a thing in America.

I suspect that Daredevil may still be blind in this tale. I also suspect he won't be for much longer.

I think this may be the story in which Thor is battling two of the Enchanters Three while Odin tackles the third.

I recall the Living Talisman being involved as well but struggle to recall what he actually did.

Forget the deaths of Gwen and George Stacy. From what I can remember, this issue sees the first significant Spider-Man related death since Uncle Ben, as Fred Foswell meets his maker. He may have started out as a heel but he died a hero.