July 28th, 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. ***This week in 1976 gave the world a stark warning of the dangers of warm, undisturbed water in a large building when delegates attending an American Legion convention at the Bellevue-Stratford Hotel in Philadelphia began falling ill with a form of pneumonia.This would come to be identified as the first outbreak of Legionnaires' disease and caused the deaths of 29 people.In the UK, the Dangerous Wild Animals Act was passed and required the possession of a licence for those wishing to keep potentially perilous animals in captivity. This Act is, of course, often brought up as a potential explanation whenever people report spotting big black cats in the British countryside. The claim being that its introduction caused owners of such animals to release them into the wild in a bid to avoid the crackdown.It's excitement all round, as Marvel UK's flagship title hits the two-hundredth…