June 9th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 50 years ago this week.

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***June 9th, 1976, was the end of the world.Or it was if we believed BBC One.After all, that was the evening the channel showed Part One of legendary children's drama serial The Changes in which mankind goes insane, destroys all machinery and plunges itself into a brand new Dark Age.And not only that, on the same evening, the station showed an episode of The Survivors, that nightmare drama series in which a plague wipes out almost all mankind, plunging us into a brand new Dark Age.With all that calamity, it looks like we'll just have to take refuge in the comforting arms of the pop charts.And, that week, top spot on the UK Hit parade was seized by none other than the Wurzels with Combine Harvester, their parody of Melanie's Brand New Key.On the accompanying LP chart, there was no sign of regime change, with the roost still being ruled by ABBA and their Greatest Hits.With the best…