Skull the Slayer (1975) UK Edition comic books in grade VG or lower
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Issue #4UK
$4.60
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 9p cover price. Cover by Rich Buckler and Dan Adkins. Time Out of Mind!, script by Steve Englehart, art by Sal Buscema and Mike Esposito; Skull and his comrades learn the secret of the Tower of Time, constructed by the Scorpians in Earth's prehistory as a way of keeping their robots busy, but soon to be the staging post for Slitherogue's attempt to conquer time itself; Ann, Jeff and Corey seemingly die at the hands of Slitherogue's servants, but Skull falls through the Tower and ends up in what appears to be Camelot, where Merlin and the Black Knight decide to assist him, believing Slitherogue to be a demon. Spider-Man and the Cupcake Caper Hostess Cup Cakes ad, art by Mike Esposito. Marvel Value Stamp. 36 pgs., full color.
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Issue #6UK
$6.60
UK edition. Identical to US edition, but has 10p cover price. Cover by John Buscema and Mike Esposito. Swamp!, script by Bill Mantlo, art by Sal Buscema and Steve Ga; Having escaped the Time Tower, Scully and his friends including a wounded and delirious Corey have to negotiate the dangers of the swamp, and end up fighting a tribe of Incas; Meanwhile, the robotic Black Knight kills Slitherogue, not knowing that this action will destroy the Time Tower and himself with it since the Tower was tied to Slitherogue's life processes; Back in the present day, Scully's old nemesis Corporal Freddy Lancer, one of his escorts on the plane that went into the Bermuda Triangle, is rescued from the ocean by a ship carrying Jeff Turner's father, Senator Turner. Remember Those Old Funny animals...? article by Bill Mantlo. Eagle-Eye GI Joe Meets the Intruder Strongman from Another World toy ad. 36 pgs., full color.
