Fifty years ago this month - July 1969.

A wise man once claimed giant steps are what you take, walking on the moon. That man was Sting. To my knowledge, Sting has never been to the moon.

Two men who have been to the moon are Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin who, in July 1969, landed on that dusty globe and introduced its inhabitants to the game of golf.

Despite this, the moon has still never won a major golf tournament.

Back on Earth, that month, Prince Charles was made Prince of Wales in a ceremony at Caernarfon Castle.

The town of Swansea was granted city status.

Brian Jones of the Rolling Stones drowned in his swimming pool. Clearly undeterred by the bad news, mere days later, the band performed in Hyde Park, before an estimated crowd of 250,000 people.

BBC Two first broadcast Pot Black, that month, the mini-tournament which did so much to fuel the massive increase in snooker's popularity in Britain.

But it wasn't all good news on the sports front because football demonstrated its power to bring nations together... ...by starting a war. After Honduras lost a game to El Salvador, rioting broke out in Honduras, aimed at Salvadoran migrant workers, which prompted El Salvador to invade. Fortunately, the war didn't last long and, within days, everyone was friends again.

Meanwhile, as decimalisation drew ever  closer, the old halfpenny ceased to be legal tender in the UK.

Barry Smith leaps aboard, as the Avengers discover there's a traitor in their midst.

Yes, it's true. The Vision has turned against them! But why?

Because Ultron's back. That's why. And this time, he's indestructible.

I do feel Smith's pencils in this story are done few favours by Syd Shores' inking but the penciller's flair for layouts and story-telling is already apparent and signs of greater sophistication are already starting to show through when it comes to his drawing style.

Gasp! The Red Skull's got his hands on the Cosmic Cube again - and he's going to use it to kill Captain America on the spot!

Only kidding. Of course he isn't. Instead, he's going to toy with his foe for an interminable length of time, giving the star-spangled hero every possible chance to defeat him.

Is this the one where the Skull and Cap swap bodies?

From the cover, I'm assuming this is the moment Mike Murdock gets his just deserts.

The trouble is, I can't remember Mr Fear being involved.

I do, though, remember a factory blowing up and polishing off the non-existent sibling for good.

It'd be nice to say he'll be missed but I suspect there'll be celebrations wherever comics are read.

That's a very trippy cover for a very strange tale.

It's the one in which Sue picks a house to raise her and Reed's son in and, inevitably, chooses the worst possible house in existence, as it's filled with death traps and is part of the Mole Man's plan to send everyone in the world blind.

If I remember right, the Leader's got his hands on America's nuclear missiles and is planning to use them.

Only the Hulk can stop him

But can the Hulk get past the Leader's giant, rubber humanoid?

I've got a feeling this one involves the Mad Ghost recruiting the services of the Unicorn before that villain realises he's been conned and teams up with Iron Man to defeat the non-corporeal commie.

Spidey has to prevent Silvermane killing Curt Connors, as the ageing mobster tries to gain himself a bit of immortality.

Adam Warlock makes his second appearance, still under the moniker of, "Him," and tries to make off with Sif.

Needless to say, that doesn't go down well with Thor.

I've never read this one but, from the cover, I'm assuming it involves Havok getting his costume and becoming an official super-doer.

From what I read in other comics, as a child, Havok has considerable trouble controlling his powers in this tale and is an unwitting menace to mankind.