Two Incredible Hulk comics fetch £11k at auction

Two Marvel comic books have sold for a total of £11,440 at an auction house in Surrey.

A copy of the first edition of The Incredible Hulk, featuring the first appearance of the superhero, sold for £7,800 after going on auction at Ewbank's in Woking on Wednesday.

Another 1974 edition of the comic which features the first appearance of X-Men superhero Wolverine, also sold for £3,640.

The auction's big ticket item, a first edition of Amazing Spider-Man which featured the character's first appearance, failed to sell having been listed for between £10,000 and £15,000.

Tom Duma, head of comic books at Ewbank's, said of the Spider-Man sale: "This is widely regarded as one of the most important and enduring comics in Marvel history, with Spider-Man remaining a cornerstone of the Marvel Universe.

"This Silver-Age masterpiece is an amazing rarity because as well as showing Spider-Man for the first time, it also includes the Chameleon, and the first Fantastic Four crossover with Spider-Man."

Other items in the auction included a limited edition set of prints signed by late Marvel Comics author Stan Lee.

Released in 2018, the prints reproduce classic covers originally published between 1962 and 1990, selling for £3,120.

Lee, who died in 2018, is credited with creating some of the brand's most enduring superheroes alongside artists Jack Kirkby and Steve Ditko.

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