November 3rd, 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. ***All eyes, of late, have been on the elections in the United States and what they might mean for the safety of the world.However, as Colin Jones recently pointed out on this very site; 50 years ago, this week, all eyes were on another president when Jimmy Carter narrowly defeated Gerald Ford to become the Deep South's first candidate to attain the post since the Civil War.Only two weeks after we saw Spidey fight that French felon the Cyclone, the UK gets to see its very own hero tackling the Hurricane. Clearly, back then, there was a trend for super-villains to be blustery.And it all happens when the windbag chooses Thames University as his battleground, attracting the attention of its most super-powered student Brian Braddock.Following that, the FF's strip sees the Thing on a destructive rampage across New York.Clearly, the situation needs to be calmed down and Reed Richards…

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