May 15th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 50 years ago this week.

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It's been a tumultuous week in politics for Britain and may well be followed by another one.

But things were fairly tumultuous, this week in 1976, with Jeremy Thorpe being forced to resign as leader of the Liberal Party, over allegations of his possible involvement in a plot to murder his former boyfriend.

And Keir Starmer thinks he has problems.

But what's this?

A, "Special bombastic action issue!"?

And also an ordeal?

I suppose that means I have to make this post a special bombastic action post.

And an ordeal.

I feel I can achieve one of those things better than the other.

Speaking of which, Conan's having trouble with deadly plants, especially one that creates a perfect replica of his current girlfriend.

Needless to say, that plant's not going to live for long.

Elsewhere, the Black Panther finishes telling the Avengers his origin tale. One in which AIM is trying to steal Wakanda's precious - and potentially dangerous - vibranium!

Then, Shang-Chi and friends set out to stymie the plans of top assassin Mordillo. An endeavour that necessitates the defusing of a bomb at Tower Bridge!

This is it! The big one! The one in which the Green Goblin abducts the lovely Gwendolyne and shocks the world by causing her demise!

Iron Man's strip's clearly never going to match that for epoch-making melodrama but it does, at least, set us up for a meeting between Shellhead and the Controller.

Next, Thor finally gets his own body back from Loki by tricking the villain into changing into Don Blake. An act that breaks his body-swap spell.

Then, the Thing and Black Widow must join forces to tackle a terrorist group led by a man called Agamemnon but only succeed in getting captured by them.

And Clea tries to get her father to help her and Dr Strange thwart Dormammu's plan to rudely burst out of the Earth's core.

Larking Bob Larkin gives us a cover of appeal when Marvel's Planet of the Apes strip gives us its take on the Captain Nemo legend, as an orangutan uses his submarine to sink other people's ships. I don't know about you but, to me, this sounds like a job for Alaric and Graymalkin.

Erik Killmonger may have bitten the dust but there's still the matter of his girlfriend who wants to avenge her lover's death, by bumping off the Black Panther!

And Ka-Zar continues to oppose the interminable schemes of Maa-Gor and El Tigre and now has to face a gang of resurrected ape-men!

Not content with this week's Avengers being a, Special Bombastic Action Issue, Marvel UK has decided to make this week's MWOM a Special All-Action Issue. Now I'm starting to wonder whether I should have made this a Bombastic Action post or just an All-Action post.

I do believe the Hulk is still on Counter-Earth and still fighting the minions of the Man-Beast - and that the Recorder's showed up in a bid to liberate Warlock from the clutches of President Man-Beast!

On the real Earth, Daredevil has a new threat to deal with, as the man called Crime-Wave is bringing fear and consternation to the streets of New York.

And it is, I'm sure, the highlight of all our childhoods, as the X-Men find themselves up against the unparalleled menace of Frankenstein's Monster!

I do believe the Fantastic Four have reached the end of their stay in Latveria, as Dr Doom refuses to fight them, in case it damages his precious ornaments.

Shock piles upon shock, as, alarmed by the sight of the villain trapping Manhattan in a big bubble, Captain America agrees to serve the Red Skull!

And we encounter yet more of the origin of the Sub-Mariner when we reach the part in which the Human Torch discovers him in a homeless shelter and restores his memory by dumping him in the ocean.

Elsewhere, AIM break into SHIELD's HQ, looking to steal an LMD while Nick Fury is under scrutiny from his superiors over his ability to do the job.

And Captain Marvel defeats the Super-Skrull before visiting the Avengers Mansion, in search of reinforcements for his upcoming struggle with Thanos.

It can't be a good sign for Dracula that he's reduced to secondary-feature status on the front of his own comic. Some might take it as a sign that his book's days are numbered.

Still, he's getting plenty to do inside the thing, as he recovers from his recent weakness, agrees to give an interview to Harold H Harold and then pays a visit to Dr Sun who's out to steal his powers.

In the Ghost Rider's strip, Daimon Hellstrom shows up, looking to perform an exorcism on the Satan-possessed Linda Littletrees.

And the Man-Thing, Howard the Duck, Korrek, Dakimh and Jennifer Kale are up to something in a tale whose plot probably defies description.