June 16th, 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. ***Come! Let us fling ourselves into the thing they call Yesteryear!"Barbarism beyond belief!" claims the cover, clearly underestimating just how much barbarism I can believe in.But this is the last issue I ever owned of Marvel UK's Avengers - and not too far off being the last issue ever published, as Conan and the Sonj find themselves prisoners of a pair of pervy sorcerers who live in a tower and can't wait to get their oats. All depicted by John Buscema and the Crusty Bunkers.In a far colder clime, the Avengers find themselves confronting a Ronan the Accuser who's not only turned Hank Pym into a caveman but also managed to brainwash Goliath into helping the Kree Sentry battle the team.And it seems Shang-Chi is caught up in The Night of the Ninjas!This is it. The arrival of a tale mankind shall never forget!Or at least it'll never forget the title because it's the debut of the…