Fifty years ago this month - May 1969.

Have you ever felt an urge to travel very slowly from Southampton to New York?

If so, you'd have loved May of 1969 because it was in that month that the QE2 left Southampton, on its maiden voyage to that very metropolis.

Travelling somewhat faster was the crew of Apollo 10's lunar module which separated from the lunar orbiter to make mankind's closest approach yet to the Moon, coming within 10 miles of that globe's surface.

It was also the month in which The Who released their album Tommy.

But all those things paled into insignificance when placed beside one particular event.

And that was the release of Carry On Camping, which went on to become the year's most successful film at the UK box office. That's a genuinely astonishing stat. Much as I love a good Carry On, I'd never realised they were quite that popular.

Isn't this the one where Egghead, the Thinker and Puppet Master team up on a satellite, in order to fire laser beams at various cities, before Hawkeye's gangster brother sacrifices himself to save the day?

If so, I think that means this is the issue in which we finally get to learn Hawkeye's real name, after all those years of him appearing in Marvel comics.

Jim Steranko's back, and all sorts of trouble breaks out at Cap's funeral, thanks to Hydra deciding it's the perfect opportunity to attack both Nick Fury and the Avengers.

Happily, Rick Jones is on hand to save the day.

And so is Cap!

The Black Panther helps DD rescue Karen Page from Starr Saxon.

Although I recall reading this story, I don't remember very much at all, in terms of details.

For that matter, I don't even remember who Starr Saxon was or why he was after Daredevil.

The FF are still taking their time when it comes to escaping the clutches of Dr Doom and his quaint but sinister kingdom.

Doesn't Thunderbolt Ross enlist the services of the Leader to help him capture the Hulk?

I can't think of what could possibly go wrong with a plan that sensible.

The QE2 may be slowly chugging its way towards New York but the Controller prefers a faster means of transit.

Therefore, he steals a train in order to reach that city - not to make it big in showbiz but to enslave everyone who lives there, before seizing control of the entire world.

What's that? Keep taking the tablets?

The Shocker certainly does because it's the story famously reprinted in Origins of Marvel Comics, where the quilted wrongdoer steals the slab containing the secret of eternal youth, on behalf of the Maggia, and Spidey has to try and get it back from him.

Thor's still up against Pluto in a story that leads to the awesome return of Him!

I've a feeling this may be Neal Adams' first X-Men story, when the Living Pharaoh becomes the Living Monolith and causes no end of trouble.

I remember reading this tale in an Alan Class comic and, therefore, wonder if it was the first X-Men story I ever read.

And, just for extras, this issue, we also get the conclusion of the Angel's origin.