June 30th, 1976 - Marvel UK, 40 years ago this week.

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***The longest day of the year has come and gone and, as the sun sinks lower in the sky, let us sink lower into the past and discover just what delights awaited us, within our local newsagents, this very week in 1976.Neal Adams arrives on the Avengers' strip, even as their comic approaches its twilight days. It seems that even the power of Nifty Neal won't be enough to save it.I do believe Conan's having an encounter with mystery minstrel Laza-Lanti who has problems with a demon from a place called Dark Valley.And it's bad news for the Avengers, even beyond the impending cancellation of their book, because populist politician H Warren Craddock has launched an anti-alien commission and demanded the team hand Captain Marvel over to it!Far more importantly than even that, I suspect, is that this is the issue in which we see the Vision wearing a casual sweater whilst playing a game of…