Fifty years ago this month - June 1969.

Myriad have been the pivotal moments in human history.

But, surely, none can have been more pivotal than what happened on one evening in June 1969, because that was the month in which Patrick Troughton made his final regular appearance in Doctor Who, with the conclusion of The War Games. How we gasped as the Doctor found himself on trial by the omnipotent Time Lords. How we boggled as Jamie and Zoe were sent away, their memories wiped. And tremulous were we as we realised we'd now have to get used to a brand new Doctor.

But what would he be like?

And what effect would it have on the sales of bright yellow cars, velvet jackets and frilly shirts?

In that same month, more than half the UK population watched the TV documentary The Royal Family, when 30.6 million people tuned in, setting the all-time British viewing record for a non-current event programme.

Possibly not attracting quite as big an audience, but still memorable, was the game played that month, in which Boris Spassky defeated Tigran Petrosian to become the World Chess Champion.

Needless to say, the reason I know of Boris Spassky is because he was mentioned in that issue of The Avengers in which a chess player's killed by a poisoned chess piece and it all turns out to be part of a plot conceived by the Watcher to stop someone or other from doing something or other.

It's the third part of the Clint Barton Trilogy in which we've found out more about the man who was once Hawkeye and is now Goliath.

This time, we get a tale built upon his past association with the Swordsman, as the blade-swinging bounder sets out to settle scores with his former underling.

Having faked his own death, Cap returns from the fake grave to roam the streets of New York, contemplating his true role in life.

Amazingly, for once, he resists this perfect opportunity to retell his origin.

Not so amazingly, the Red Skull shows up to give him something better to worry about.

Cap may have resisted the urge to retell his origin but the nostalgia-baton's landed squarely in the hands of Daredevil, as Gene Colan gets to redraw the tale that was first presented to us by Bill Everett all those years ago.

The FF finally escape Dr Doom's Latverian death-trap when Doomie decides he doesn't want to risk his art collection getting damaged in a fight.

The Leader traps the Hulk in a rubber prison from which no living creature can possibly hope to escape.

Needless to say, the Hulk escapes.

But not in time to prevent the Leader taking over Thunderbolt Ross's base, with a giant rubber robot.

I have to say that's an absolutely beautiful cover by Johnny Craig, an artist whose run on the strip is easy to overlook but who always tackled the job with style.

If I remember right, Iron Man's investigating some crime or other on some island or other and it all ties in with Tony Stark's business operations.

As always with Iron Man's criminal investigations, the bad guy turns out to be exactly who you think he is.

Our hero gets into a scrap with Man-Mountain Marko while seeking to prevent that mysterious ancient tablet from falling into the hands of the Maggia.

Adam Warlock - still lumbered with the name Him - has his second adventure.

This time, he's back on Earth and decides to run off with Sif - whether she likes it or not.

Needless to say, this turns out not to be such a good idea and has major repercussions for the thunder god as well.

The Sentinels are back and it can only cause nothing but trouble.