Smash! (comics) strips alongside British humour and adventure strips. Thereafter, it featured only British strips. During 1967 and 1968 "Smash!" was part of Odhams' Power Comics line, absorbing its sister titles "Pow!" on 14th September 1968 (issue 137), and "Fantastic" on 2nd November 1968 (issue 144). As "Pow!" and "Fantastic" had themselves already merged with "Wham!" and "Terrific" respectively, "Smash!" became the last survivor of the "Power Comics" lineup. As with all the "Power Comics", "Smash!" included black-and-white reprints of superhero strips originally published in America by Marvel Comics and DC Comics. The last of these, the "Fantastic Four", ended with issue
Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team) #17. In #18, a third version of the Guardians' future was shown: this time led by Killraven against the Martians. Guardians of the Galaxy (1969 team) The original Guardians of the Galaxy are a superhero team appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The Guardians first appear in "Marvel Super-Heroes" #18 (Jan. 1969). Roy Thomas recounted, The team first appeared in the partial reprint title "Marvel Super-Heroes" with issue #18 (Jan. 1969), written by Arnold Drake and penciled by Gene Colan. Despite strong sales on this issue, the Guardians of the Galaxy would not appear again for over