The Marvel Lucky Bag - March 1970.

In this month of 1970, the hangar doors parted and a momentous movie emerged to roll down the runway of Expectation before cruising to the upper levels of stratospheric success, with epic ramifications.

That film was Airport, the movie which launched what felt like a billion sequels and, without which, Airplane would never have existed.

But, over on the British LP chart, people were flying high in a far more serene manner because Simon and Garfunkel's Bridge Over Troubled Water spent the whole of that month at Number One, successfully seeing-off such challengers as the soundtracks of Easy Rider and Paint Your Wagon.

And it was also a battle between Simon and Garfunkel and Paint Your Wagon on the UK singles chart, as the month kicked off with Lee Marvin's Wand'rin' Star hogging the top spot before it was deposed by the single release of Bridge Over Troubled Water.

Amazingly, that Lee Marvin record kept the Beatles' final UK single Let it Be off the top spot, meaning that, in their time, the Beatles had been denied the British summit by both Lee Marvin and Engelbert Humperdinck. Oh, the indignity.

It's a rare appearance for Sgt Fury in this feature and I must confess the only reason I'm including him now is because the issue features him fighting the Red Baron.

Well, no, not really. As far as I can make out, it features Nick Fury's dad fighting the Red Baron.

If the cover's to be believed, Fury just knelt there, with his eyes closed, smoking a cigar, while the action was going on.

I wonder if the Red Baron ever tangled with the Phantom Eagle?

It's the question we've all asked; "Who'd win a fight between Spider-Man and the Silver Surfer?"

And I think we've all answered it instantly.

Obviously, the Silver Surfer would win. He'd bore Spidey to death, complaining about everything.

I have read this one but I can't recall how the pair come to be in conflict.

However, the internet tells me the duo battle it out while a young boy's life hangs in the balance.

I do believe it's the first-ever appearance of Orka the human killer whale.

And, by the looks of it, it could be the last-ever appearance by the Sub-Mariner.

Hooray! Sporr makes his tentacular debut!

I'm including this one because I had this issue.

And what an issue it is, with the Earth being threatened in three tales, which feature a giant amoeba, a fire monster and a mud monster.

Needless to say, despite their seeming invincibility, the trio are all quickly defeated by wily Earthmen.

Still, that didn't prevent Taboo the mud monster returning, years later, to battle the Hulk on behalf of Xemnu the Titan.

Sporr, of course, returned to fight Thor.

I have no knowledge of whether Dragoom the fire monster was ever seen again.

But, hold on. If Xemnu's a Titan, does that mean he's related to Thanos?