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December 28th, 1974 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.

We're in that strange limbo between Christmas and New Year - but so mighty was Marvel UK forty years ago that even a limbo couldn't prevent them from giving us a fistful of super-hero action in this week of 1974.

And here's where we find out just what it was they were giving us.

Spider-Man Comics Weekly #98, The Prowler

Much as I love the Prowler, I'm not totally sure he deserves the cover's claim that he's, "The most dangerous super-villain Spidey has ever faced!" To be honest, I think that even Nazi Bee Man, or whatever he was called, was more dangerous.
Marvel UK, The Avengers #67, Shang-Chi

Ooh! I sort of remember this one. I believe there were  crocodiles involved.

Admittedly, that's not that difficult to remember, considering they're on the cover but I do vaguely recall an inside panel of them swimming towards something or other, leaving a gentle wake behind them as they did so.
Marvel UK, Planet of the Apes #10

For some reason, I'm getting some kind of flashback that either this issue had a cut out and mount diorama on the back cover or that the front cover itself was later turned into one in a future issue.
Marvel UK, Dracula Lives #10

Hooray! I had the original American version of this tale. And I just happen to have a review of it, right here.
Mighty World of Marvel #117, the Hulk

I'm assuming this is the first part of that story where the Hulk takes on a bunch of aliens who also happen to be Egyptian gods. It was one of my favourite Hulk stories when I was a kid. To be honest, when I was a kid, anything with an Erich von Däniken vibe was guaranteed to grab me.

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