July 7th, 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. ***What was occurring in this week of exactly fifty years ago?This was occurring.The UK's legendary heat wave peaked with a temperature of 35.9 °C (96.6 °F) in Cheltenham.Possibly not connected with that was that, suddenly, you couldn't move for punk bands. Not only did the Clash play their first gig, opening for the Sex Pistols in Sheffield, but the Damned played their first gig too, opening for the Sex Pistols in London.Elsewhere, but perhaps not as anarchically, David Steel was elected leader of the UK's Liberal Party.And, on the UK singles chart, the Real Thing held onto their Number One spot, thanks to You to Me Are Everything.While the accompanying album chart saw a brand new Number One, thanks to Rod Stewart's A Night on the Town.Just two issues of The Avengers to go before the book's cancellation but there's still no rest for Conan the Barbarian, as he encounters yet…