Besides some of the reprint runs from Alan Class, L. Miller, and the Marvel UK Weeklies, you could get the standard American comic in the United Kingdom. It is exactly the same with color interiors and all except for the price and any word like "color" on the cover had to be changed to "colour". The "d" after the price is the pre-decimalization abbreviation for the the English penny.
By 1971, the UK had switched to their new decimal system for money and the Pence (their Penny) was used. 100 pences equals a Pound. You can see below that this early 1970s issue of Cap sold for 6p or 6 Pence. I think this was a 20¢ issue in the U.S.A.
By 1976, UK comics are now 10 pence. This was a 25¢ issue in the U.S.A.
By 1980, UK comics are now 15 pence. This was 50¢ in the U.S.A.
The Pence issues lasted up to the mid-1980s when Marvel just put a smaller Canadian and United Kingdom price under the larger American price. Today's American comics no longer do that and I'm curious how the UK Comics are priced. Panini is the brand that handles many of Marvel's European markets but they tend to re-package the works, I think.
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