Forty years ago today - November 1986.

Thanks to Charlie Horse 47 and Killdumpster for their sponsorship of this post, via the magic of Patreon. ***Excitement mounts as Marvel celebrates its 25th birthday!And a thrilling, action-packed cover tells us that Iron Man's on board with it.And he's not the only one present, because this issue sees Simon Steel inflict an updated version of the Iron Monger upon no lesser target than Dominic Fortune.However, as you might expect, Shellhead gets in the villain's way.But not in time to save Fortune!Spidey's clearly determined to not be outdone by Iron Man when it comes to boring covers.But what of his innards?His innards currently contain the aftermath of Flash Thompson's escape from jail. A feat that sees the whole city trying to track him down.Jonah, though, still has his mind on the wall-crawler and even recruits X-Factor in a bid to defeat our hero!And even Conan can't escape The Curse of the Boring Cover.But, inside, I have no doubt things are far more thrilling when the barbarian…

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