Comic Book Postal Auctions

Summer 2010 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Comic Cuts (1890) 1-26
In bound volume. Publisher's file copies
No 1 is rare, there are only eight copies known to exist. Including Holiday and Bonfire numbers. No 1 cream/light tan pages. The highest grade ever offered at auction [vg+], 2-6 [fn-/fn], 7, 13-15, 24, 25 tan pages [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £660

2

Boys' Friend (1902) 37-81 with Jester And Wonder Coronation Number and 1902 Xmas issues of Comic Cuts, Funny Cuts, Chips, Halfpenny Comic, Coloured Comic, World's Comic, Comic Home Journal all in bound volume.
Some of these titles were just printed at Christmas time and are correspondingly rare [vg/fn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

3

The Cartoon No 1 (1915) London Illustrated Weekly
Propaganda war issue first edition with free gift fold out poster 'The Kaiser's Monster Carnival of Terror', 23 x 30 ins, by Harold Furniss
Rare. Cream pages, rusty staples [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

4

Cheerio (1919) 1-49 with Kinema Comic 1-36
In three bound volumes. Publisher's file copies.
Cheerio ran for 49 issues before becoming Kinema Comic. Kinema Comic No 1 with free gift Fatty Arbuckle photo plate was added later as the original from the bound volume was missing. Profiling weekly The Amazing Exploits of Houdini
Kinema 1 [gd+], balance [fn-/fn+] (85)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

5

Halfpenny Wonder (1914) 1-39
Complete run in bound volume
Starring Ragged Reggie and Victor his Valet. Propaganda war stories and advertisements including Easter, Whitsun, Holiday and Fireworks numbers
Halfpenny Wonder ran for 39 issues before becoming Funny Wonder at the end of 1914. Printed on salmon pink paper [fn/vfn] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

6

Nelson Lee Library (1916-1919)
56-82, 109-212
In five bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
starring The World's Greatest Detective and his sidekick, Nipper
Propaganda First World War issues [fn/vfn] (131)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £137

7

Penny Popular (1916-1918) 195-288
In four bound volumes including complete year for 1917 starring Sexton Blake (195-221), Harry Wharton, Tom Merry and Bunter
Worn cloth binding, contents [vg/fn+]) (94)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199

8

Bubbles (1921-23) 12-148
In five bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
starring The Bunty Boys, The Little Piccaninnies and Bubbles The Boy Clown
Full colour covers [fn/vfn] (137)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £330

9

Champion (1922) 1-52
In two bound volumes
No 1 cover has restored margins [gd-], 27 issues have back page competition cut-out 5 x 5 ins [vg-], balance [fn-/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

10

Film Fun (1920-21) 1, 2, 7, 8, 13-15, 25, 31, 32, 58, 60, 85, 92, 100 with original promotional flyer for Film Fun No 1
All retrieved from bound volume, trimmed. Tan pages with some foxing [gd] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

11

Film Fun (1921-29) 102 Xmas 1921, 154 Xmas 1922, 164, 176, 180, 193, 216, 259 Xmas 1924, 311 Xmas 1925, 356, 368, 376-378, 381-384, 391, 397, 407, 410, 413, 415 New Year 1927, 420, 421, 431, 435, 440, 447, 492, 499, 503, 513, 514
Low grade reading copies, 7 issues (not Xmas) retrieved from bound volumes, trimmed [gd], balance rusty disintegrated staples, tan pages [gd] (35)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

12

Nelson Lee Library (1925, 1927, 1930) 526-551 (Small series) 61-87 (1st Series) 24-49 (2nd Series)
In three bound volumes. Publisher's file copies with adventure stories of St Franks, The Night Hawk and arch-criminal, The Master of The World by Edwy Searles Brooks
61-87 [vg/fn], balance [fn/vfn] (79)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

13

Popular (1923-4) 233-258, 285-310
Jul-Dec 1923 and Jul-Dec 1924 in two bound volumes
Greyfriars, Rockwood and St Jim's stories, Billy Bunter's Weekly and Philip Ashton - Cavalier in the Spanish Main
Worn bindings, contents [vg/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

14

Rover (1926-33) 202, 205, 206, 208, 218, 225, 266, 268-270, 274, 275, 287, 295, 301, 302, 331, 335, 336, 343, 353, 580, 581, 585
[gd+/vg] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £68

15

Schoolgirls Own (1928) 361-386
Jan-June in half-year bound volume
The Rebel of Morcove School, Greta of the Mountains
[fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

16

Schoolgirl (1929) 1-22
Aug-Dec in bound volume. Starring Cinderella of the Circus, The Riviera Revellers and Barbara Redfern of Cliff House School
No 2: small cut out; No 5: quarter cover and half page interior cut-outs; No 6: half page cut out [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £33

17

Sexton Blake Library (1927) 89-100
April-Jun 1927 in bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Some cropping to covers in binding process
[fn-/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

18

Sexton Blake Library (1928) 161-172
Oct-Dec in bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Worn top spine cloth binding
Libraries
[fn/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

19

Sport And Adventure (1922) 1-26
Complete run in two bound volumes. With 3 Photo Cards ‘Famous Footballers’ free gifts. Publisher's file copies
Sport And Adventure ran for 26 issues before becoming Pluck in Oct 1922
[fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

20

Tiger Tim's Weekly (2nd Series 1922-40)
9, 46, 147, 170, 178, 186, 188, 221, 225, 235, 255, 257, 299, 306, 313, 387, 769, 771, 791, 938, 939, 949, 952, 953, 958, 959, 961, 964, 965, last issue
A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (29)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

21

Tiger Tim's Annuals 1-6 (1922-27) with Tiger Tim's Playbox Painting Book (1934) [vg], and The Bruin Boys Wooden Toy Train Set consisting of Mrs Bruin, Tiger Tim, Jumbo The Elephant, Willie The Ostrich, Georgie The Giraffe, Jacko The Monkey, Bobby Bruin, Porky Pig and a luggage cart (1920s)
The train set is extremely rare with only a handful of sets known to exist. Porky Pig is missing one set of wooden wheels. Tiger Tim is 4 ins high. All annuals have bright boards and creamy white pages. 1922, 1923 [fn-], 1924, 1925 [vg+], 1926, 1927 [fn] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £264

22

Triumph (1924-5) 1-26
In bound volume
Bright covers with some margin foxing, cream/light tan pages [vg/fn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

23

Champion (1938) 857-883
Jul-Dec in half-year bound volume
Starring Rockfist Rogan and Fireworks Flynn
[vg/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

24

Bubbles (1934-35) 690-767
In three bound volumes conprising Jul-Dec 1934 and 1935 complete year.Publisher's file copies starring The Bunty Boys and Dick The Boy Inventor
Full colour covers [fn/vfn] (78)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £220

25

Bubbles (1939-40) 950-1000
In two bound volumes comprising Jul-Dec 1939, Jan-Jun 1940
Full colour covers starring the Bunty Boys and Famous Film Stars and their autographs
Publisher's file copies [fn/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £165

26

Butterfly (1934-36)
900-925, 952-977, 1004-1029
Jul-Dec of each year in three bound volumes
starring Smiler And Smudge, Live Wire Larry and Springheel Jack
Printed on aqua paper [fn/vfn] (78)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

27

Detective Weekly (1938) 254-306
Complete year in two bound volumes starring Sexton Blake in main stories including The Black Dagger Crimes by Edwy Searles Brooks and The Devil's Brood with Reginald Heade cover art
[fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £143

28

Film Fun (1931-38)
65 issues between 575-989 including Xmas 1933, 1934, 1936 and 1938 x 2
Low grade reading copies. 27 issues (not Xmas) retrieved from bound volumes, trimmed [gd], balance [fr/gd/vg] (65)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

29

Film Fun (1930) 554-571 Xmas
Aug-Dec in half year bound volume - Harold Lloyd, Jackie Coogan and Buster Keaton star
Light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

30

Football Post (1935-39) 146 issues
Near complete run from Aug 27 1935-Sep 2 1939 (missing Dec 10 1938)
The Football Post was printed each Saturday in Nottingham by T Bailey Forman and concentrated on Notts Forest and County during each 36 week football season
Cream/light tan pages, each issue in plastic cover. A few [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (146)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193

31

Topical Times (1939-40) D C Thomson
1041, 1043, 1049, 1055, 1056, 1066
The War - Revelations, Stories, Photos, Jokes. Issue 1041 has the Nazi heirarchy singing on the cover.
Rare [vg/vg+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

32

Topical Times Football Supplements 1 and 2 (1933)
Containing Who's Who of 2000 Football Stars, 8 full size 10" x 7" colour portraits including A Beasley (Arsenal), W Evans (Spurs), J Allen (A Villa), B Niewenhuys (Liverpool); 16 portrait size 10" x 4" colour photos including J Mercer (Everton) W Crayston (Arsenal), V Wordley (Chelsea), A Hastings (Sunderland); 16 b + w 10" x 4" photos including Stanley Matthews (Stoke), Tod Drake (Arsenal), Dick Spence (Chelsea), Gordon Hodgson (Liverpool) Frank Swift (Man. City) and Topical Times Football Stars Album 24 panel portraits including Tom Bamford (Man Utd), W Mitchell (Chelsea), Fred Howe (Liverpool) and Harry Ware (Newcastle)
All the above complete sets. Total 64 photos
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

33

Football Weekly (1936) 1-23
Complete run. No 1 with free gift Book of 650 Football Stars; No 2 free gift 100 Famous Football Clubs
No 1 [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

34

Adventure (1935) 688-711, 713-739
Near complete year, missing 712
12 issues [gd], balance [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £178

35

Adventure (1936) 740-791
Near complete year, missing 764, 782
774 [fr], a few [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162

36

Adventure (1937) 792-843
Complete year featuring several Dudley Watkins covers and interior art
12 issues with some brittle page overhang edges [fr/gd], balance [vg-/vg] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £173

37

Hotspur (1934) 19-70
Complete year in bound volume with free gifts 64 Car Cards (from issues 32-47) and 30 pg. C.I.D. Car Spotting Album with all 40 Highway Stamps complete (from issues 58-60)
Free gifts as new, comics [vfn/nm] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

38

Hotspur (1935) 71-122
Complete year in bound volume with free gifts 28 pg Big Sport Book and Wallet Album For Foreign Stamps
[vfn/nm] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £423

39

Hotspur (1939) 280-331
Complete year with free gifts The Big Book Of Strength and Self-Defence (D Watkins cover art) and Hotspur Handy Books 1, 3, 4 and 6
A few [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

40

Hotspur (1940) 332-383
Complete year. Propaganda war issues
356 [fr], 343 [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £220

41

Hotspur (1941) 384-427
Complete year, some printed fortnightly. Propaganda war issues
425 [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (44)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

42

Hotspur (1942) 428-453
Complete year. Propaganda war issues
428, 429 [gd], balance [vg-/fn-] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

43

Hotspur (1943) 454-479
Complete year. Propaganda war issues
[vg-/vg+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187

44

Hotspur (1944-45) 480-519
Complete year of 1944 to June 30 1945. Propaganda war issues
A few [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (40)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

45

Rover (1936) 730-735, 739-744, 746, 747 with 817 Xmas 1937, 1011 Hitler cover 1941 and 1047 Xmas 1942
A few [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £56

46

Nosey Parker original artwork (1936) by Allan Morley from The Rover of that year.
Nosey's cheated out of his new found diamond ring by a tired robber!
Indian ink on card. 9 x 7 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

47

Skipper (1936) 292, 293, 295-303, 305, 308, 316, 325 Xmas
With Skipper No 6 (1930) with its 3 free gifts Broadway Books of Limericks, Motor Cars, with rare black and white variant copy. And Skipper Book No 1 (1932) [vg+]
Comics 315, 316 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

48

Skipper (1937) 344, 350-354, 356, 357, 362, 363, 365, 367-377, 379-381
352, 357 trimmed edges [gd], balance some brittle edge overhangs [gd/vg] (25)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

49

Wizard (1931-36) 472, 473 (Xmas Number and Xmas Holiday Number 1931), 509, 511, 519, 521, 524 Xmas 1932, 525 Xmas Holiday 1932, 546, 548, 549, 552, 554, 562, 574 Xmas 1933, 625 Xmas 1934, 632, 636, 639, 647-649, 653, 654, 664, 668, 671-673, 679, 699, 700, 721 wfg 4 'World's Biggest' cards and 314 Xmas 1928 (trimmed) With Wizard Books 1 and 2 (1936, 1937)
Books [vg], Comics: 472 [gd], balance [vg-/fn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £149

50

Wizard (1938) 787-939
Complete year with Wizard Annual 1938 [fn]
Comics [vg/fn-] (54)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £192

51

Wizard Holiday Book for Boys (1938 and 1939) Rare softback covers illustrated by Chick Gordon
Bright covers and spines, cream/light tan pages. 1938 two small taped tears to inside front cover [fn-], 1939 [fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £444

52

1930s Free Gift Booklets
From The Rover: The Speed Book; Album Of Motor Cars, Railway Album, Pocket Handy Album, Album Of Ships, Wireless Album, Handy Album. From The Wizard: Harold Lloyd's Joke Book, Tricks And Catches, Conjuring Tricks no back cover [gd]. From The Triumph: Scottish League Photo Album
[vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £51

53

Magnet (1938, 1940)
1559-1585 Jan-Jul 1938, 1664-1683 (last issue) Jan-May 1940 with Souvenir reprint edition of No 1
In two bound volumes
A few [vg], balance [ fn/vfn] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

54

Meccano Magazine (1930-39) 10 Christmas issues in bound volume
1932 worn, torn back cover [gd], balance [fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

55

Modern Boy (1930) 100-151
Complete year. The Plane Smashers by W E Johns
Spine wear, rusty disintegrated staples. 107, 149 [fr], balance [gd/vg] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

56

Modern Boy (1935) 387-412
Jul-Dec half year in bound volume. Publisher's file copies starring Biggles in The Mountain of Light, Biggles Night Out and Biggles Flies East with Mickey Mouse comic strip back covers and five sets of free gift Picture Cards with Cococlub News Club Flyer
Cloth spine 2 inch top piece missing. Comics [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £231

57

Modern Boy (1938-9) 1-87 complete 2nd series in four bound volumes. With Biggles stories and serials Biggles On The Treasure Trail, - Flies North, - Rescue Flight, Wings Over Spain and Castle Sinister. With Modern Boy's Film Star Album giveaway and colour flyers for HP Sauce, Cadbury's Chocolate and free gift packet of Coloured Gummed Paper
[vg/fn/vfn] (87)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

58

Pilot (1936) 14-42
Jan-Jul half year in bound volume starring The White Knight, The Black Monk and Demon of The Deep
[vg/fn/vfn] (29)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

59

Popeye The Pirate Book (1938) Dean & Son. Either 1st or 2nd book.
Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [vg] with Popeye Pipe Toss Game (1935) Rosebud Art Co. USA. All complete with box enclosing Popeye figure, wooden pipe and 3 rings [vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

60

Rupert League Daily Express Enamel Badge (1930s) J R Gaunt, London
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

61

Schoolgirl (1939) 493-517
Jan-Jun in half year bound volume
With The Golden Annual For Girls 1925, 1931 (with glacine wrapper) and 1933. Publisher's file copies. Annuals [fn-/fn+], comics [fn/vfn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

62

Triumph (1938) 715-741
Jul-Dec in half year bound volume [vg/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

63

Triumph / Superman (1939) 771-773, 775-777, 782, 785-791, 814
14 issue run of Superman's first UK reprints with Issue 771 (Superman back cover illustration for forthcoming series)and issue 814 last Superman issue of 2nd series. Superman covers illustrated by Triumph artist John McCail with issue 788 re-working US Action Comics #1 cover of June 1938. Issue 787 gives scientific explanation of Superman's super strength
772 [vg+], balance [gd/vg+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £484

64

Triumph (1939-40) 762, 793-806
With Triumph Annual 1939 (vg+]
Comics: bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg/fn-] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £56

65

Beano Book 1 (1940)
Big Eggo takes the Beano Characters on a see-saw held up by Pansy Potter, the strong-man's dotter!
Bright boards and spine with minimal edge wear and half-inch scrape to lower front cover. Neatly crossed out dedication to inside front board. Clean cream/light tan pages. A tight- spined robust copy [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £4,265

This book is being auctioned on behalf of Cancer Research UK. See our Compal/Home Page letter for the story of this remarkable find. We are happy to donate our vendor’s commission to the charity.

66

Bonzo's Annual (1938) Dean & Son
Bonzo the clown skips with a happy frog. The last of four pre-war annuals
Bright boards with cream pages and light foxing spots. Light moisture stain to back cover edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

*This annual is also being auctioned on behalf of Cancer Research UK

67

Beano Comic 18 (1938)
Bright colours, professionally strengthened spine, 3 ins of invisible tape to interior cover edge. Extensive margin foxing [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

68

Beano Comic 20
Bright colours, invisible tape to inside cover tears, some page edges and interior spine. Top mitre corner replaced, darker stain to top margins [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90

69

Beano 27 (1939)
Big Eggo gets penned in at the zoo (no such thing as a free bun …)
Bright cover, cream/light tan pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £271

70

Beano (1939) 29, 43, 46
Worn, professionally restored reading copies, margin loss replaced, tan pages [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £217

71

Beano (1939) 48, 49, 50
Worn , professionally restored reading copies, margin loss replaced, edges taped where necessary. Tan pages [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £209

72

Beano 71
The Air Raid Wardens use Big Eggo's feathers for the black-out!
Propaganda war issue
Bright cover with invisible tape to cover interior edge tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

73

Beano 76 (1940)
Lord Snooty captures a U-Boat by impersonating that bloke with a wee moustache
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £200

74

Beano 77 (1940)
Big Eggo Swastika cover. Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199

75

Beano 78 (1940)
Frosty McNab captures a U-Boat. Wild Boy Of The Woods to be shot as a spy…
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages, small spine tear [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199

76

Beano 81 (1940)
Big Eggo's girls snowball the boys' school panto! Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £174

77

Beano 87 (1940)
Big Eggo rides a mule for a fiver, Wild Boy Of The Woods defeats the Nazis with a gorilla. Propaganda war issue
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

78

Beano 83, 89 (1940)
83 dullish cover [vg], 89 [vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £146

79

Beano 94 (1940)
Classic Lord Snooty propaganda story where Hitler commandeers ‘Der Beano Offices’ using the Luftwaffe
Top RH cover corner torn away slight loss to red header. Worn, torn spine - no loss. Light tan/tan pages [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

80

Beano 100 (1940)
Down with Lord Haw-Haw. Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh colours, creamy white pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £278

81

Beano 124 (1940), 148 (1941)
Propaganda war issues
Daddy Neptune's stick of rock gives the Nazi fleet a shock!
148: pg 9 professional invisible tape to vertical edge. Light tan pages [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £53

82

Beano (1941) 151, 152, 153
Propaganda war issues
Bright covers. Light/tan pages, some professionally taped small tears. 153 brittle cover edge, some loss [gd], balance [gd+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

83

Beano (1941) 154, 155, 156
156 Hitler and Goering blown up by Big Eggo!
156 top cover corner professionally replaced [gd+], 154, 155 some professional tape sealed tears [gd-/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

84

Beano (1941) 158, 160, 161
Propaganda war issues
Bright colours, light tan/tan pages with some brittleness and loss [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

85

Beano (1941) 162, 163, 164
Propaganda war issues
Bright colours, light tan/tan pages with some brittleness [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

86

Beano (1941) 166, 167, 168
Propaganda war issues
Bright colours, light tan/tan pages with some edge brittleness [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

87

Beano 169 Xmas 1941
'Saving Waste Paper - We're doing our bit for Britain - are you?’ Propaganda war issue
Light tan/tan pages [gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

88

Beano (1945) 254 Easter, 265, 270 Fireworks
265 taped spine, file hole [fr], 254, 270 [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £62

89

Beano 273 Xmas 1945
'Jinko' Beano game on back cover starring all your Beano pals!
Some cover margin grubbiness [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

90

Beano (1946) 277-279, 282 Easter, 286, 288, 290, 291
[gd/vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

91

Beano (1946) 292-294, 296-299
296 [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

92

Beano (1946) 293, 298
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn/fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

93

Dandy 204 Xmas 1941
Propaganda war issue [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

94

Dandy Monster Comic 3 (1941)
Korky's Marching Band!
Good boards professionally colour-touched and strengthened with original spine illustration laid on to new spine. Light tan pages with darker edges and some foxing spots. Robust professional restoration [Apparent vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £544

95

Dandy (1944) 257, 258, 260, 262-268 including April Fool, Easter
Propaganda war issues
268 [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

96

Dandy (1944) 269-272, 274-279 Fireworks, 281
Propaganda war issues
272 first Amazing Mr X - first British comic super-hero
281 [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

97

Dandy (1945) 288, 293, 294, 296-298, 303-307
297 [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £152

98

Desperate Dan original artwork (1945) by Dudley Watkins for The Dandy 10 Nov 1945
Dan enters a boxing contest to beat the champ for a fiver. He soon runs out of sparring partners including a steam shovel and a windmill's blades. During the fight the Champ's second gives Dan sneezing powder and he delivers a knockout blow(ing) everyone away - except the safe with the prize money. Yipee!
Indian ink on board. 20 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £632

99

Oor Wullie original artwork (1944) by Dudley Watkins from The Sunday Post Fun Section 9 June 1944
Wullie dinna hae a shullin' so he tries ta steal into the Dog Show for nuthin! The nasty man catches him n a leatherin is administered. Somehow a stinkin' fish gets attached to the nasty man's coat tail which attracts pussy who attracts the dogs who … we think ye ken whit happens next…
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 17 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £693

100

Dandy (1946) 311, 312, 321-324, 326-329
312, 321 [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

101

Dandy (1949) 386 New Year [fr], 387-389, 391, 393 Easter, 394-401 [vg/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

102

Dandy (1949) 402 re-spined [fr] 403-407, 409-415 Fireworks, 416-418
416: 2 ins spine tear all pages [gd], balance [vg/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104

103

Dandy (1949-50) 390-439
Feb 1949-Apr 1950 in bound volume starring Korky, Desperate Dan and Black Bob
Including 422 Bumper Xmas Number
390, 392-394, 396-398, 415, 418, 420 some tape repaired pages [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

104

Magic Comic No 1 Flyer (1939)
An 8 page mini comic in its own right [fn+]
With Hotspur 308 from which it comes and facsimile of Magic Comic No 1 (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £151

105

Magic Comic 2 (1939)
Starring Koko The Pup by E H Banger, Peter Piper by Dudley Watkins, The Tickler Twins In Wonderland and Sooty Snowball
Bright covers. Quarter inch invisible tape to inside front/back cover vertical edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

106

Magic Comic 3
Bright covers, some minor foxing spots and small margin tears. Cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205

107

Magic Comic 4
Bright covers, cream pages, some minor margin foxing spots [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205

108

Magic Comic 8
Bright colours, light tan pages. Quarter inch invisible tape to inside front/back covers and p.18 vertical edges, and some tears [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

109

Magic Comic 11
Invisible tape to inside vertical edge of front/back covers and some tears. Foxing to cover margin [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

110

Magic Comic 26 (1940)
Bright cover colours, some back cover margin foxing, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

111

Magic 48 (1940)
Light tan pages, slight grubbiness to back cover [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

112

Magic Comic 61
Gulliver begins by Dudley Watkins
Bright cover colours, worn copy with professionally reinforcement of spine, brittle edges and corner loss [fr]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £139

113

Adventure (1944) 1104-1123 April 8 - Dec 30
A Trap To Snap A Jap - Save Your Scrap! Propaganda war issues
1104 [fr], balance [vg-/vg+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

114

Adventure (1945) 1124-1149
Complete year
Bright covers, cream pages, some page overhang fraying [vg/fn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

115

Adventure (1946) 1150-1176
Complete year
1167 New title design. Starring Human Eagles and Solo Solomon
Bright covers, cream pages, some page overhang fraying [vg/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

116

Champion (1940) 936-961
Jan-Jun in half year bound volume starring Rockfist Rogan of the RAF
[vg-/fn-] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

117

Film Fun (1942) 1146-1171
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume. Laurel & Hardy, George Formby and Buck Jones star
Propaganda war stories
Light tan pages [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

118

Film Fun (1943) 1198-1223
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume
Light tan pages [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

119

George Formby original artwork (1940) by George Wakefield for Film Fun 21 Dec 1940
George is chatting up Rosie whilst naughty neighbour Percy puts caterpillars on his roses then sells him a boxed patent pest cure for five bob that turns out to be a mallet! George gets his own back and traps Percy into going to the dentist. 2.30? It certainly does …
Indian ink with blue crayon on card. 11 panels each measuring 10 x 5 ins (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

120

Knock-Out Fun Book 1943, 1944
Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter, Mickey's Pal The Wizard and Red Sword - Master Spy
Propaganda war stories
Professional colour touches and strengthening to (bright) board edges, cream pages [apparent fn/fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

121

Knock-Out Fun Book 1945, 1946, 1947
Bright boards, cream pages [vg/fn/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

122

Knockout (1945-46) 330-367
Jun 1945-Mar 1946 in bound volume starring
Deed-A-Day Danny, Sexton Blake and Treasure Island
Light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £532

123

Knockout (1946-47) 368-447
Mar 1946-Sept 1947 in two bound volumes (missing issue 397) starring Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter and The Gremlins
Light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn] (79)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £513

124

Radio Fun (1944-45) 294-355
May 1944 - July 1945 in bound volume (missing issue 302)
It's That Man Again - Tommy Handley, with Bob Hope, Flanagan And Allen and Big-Hearted Arthur
Cream/light tan pages with darker edges. 304, 327 lacking front covers, 303 [gd], balance [vg/fn+] (61)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £143

125

Martin Speed - Detective (1947) 1, 9, 10
Text stories. 36 pages
[vg/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22

126

War Comics 1-16 (1940-46) G Swan
In bound volume starring Flip The Frog by D Lovern West and Back From The Dead by William McCail
Only issues 12-16 have their front covers [gd/vg+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £112

127

Wonder (1946-47) 1538-1590
Two near complete years in bound volume (missing issue 1554)
Starring George The Jolly Gee-Gee, Roy Rogers and Hyam Happy
A few [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

128

Black Bob Annual 1 (1950)
The Dandy Wonder Dog by Jack Prout
Bright covers with medium general wear, no major defects, clean cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

129

Beano 604 (1954) 1st Bash Street Kids
(Titled 'When The Bell Rings') [gd]
With 2 original printer’s proofs (1960s) Little Plum, The Three Bears
[vg-/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £46

130

Beano Books (1954, 1955)
1954: Bright boards, lower spine wear, crossed out dedication [vg-]
1955: Bright boards and spine, neat dedication, cream pages [vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £35

131

Dandy (1950-51) 449-501
1st July 1950 - 30th June 1951
458 [gd], bright covers, some light foxing spots to margins [vg+/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £290

132

Dandy (1951)
476-481, 484, 486, 488 April Fool - 490, 493
[vg/fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £64

133

Dandy (1951)
497, 498, 506-508, 510, 511, 514-518
[vg/fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £52

134

Dandy Monster Comic (1951) Ringmaster Korky's Circus
Bright boards with medium spine wear, neat dedication, cream pages, small piece missing from p.7 margin [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

135

Dandy Monster Comic (1952)
Korky's Toyshop
Bright boards and spine, no dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £50

136

Dandy Book (1959)
Korky canoes down the river - in an umbrella!
Bright boards, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £29

137

Galloping Glory Boys two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (early 1950s)
The Hussars Sergeant blocks the route of the French Cavalry escort as a diversion whilst young Tim sends the prisoner wagon hurtling towards the river …
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 13 x 15 ins, 17 x 15 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £143

138

Young Drake two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (mid 1950s)
Young Drake catches a thief and stops the baron and his men from pursuing his new found forest friend
Indian ink highlighted with red crayon on cartridge paper. 18 x 15 ins, 14 x 15 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £170

139

Marvelman original front cover artwork (1957) by Mick Anglo* for Marvelman Vol 3: No 220 Nov 2 1957
Pearl Harbour war cover - The Japanese attack
Indian ink on card. 15 x 11 ins
£250-300 See illustration
*In 1954 Mick Anglo created Marvelman for Fawcett/L Miller as D C Comics had successfully sued the publisher for creating his caped predecessor, Captain Marvel. They said he looked too much like Superman.

Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £515

140

Comet (1954) 285-336
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Buffalo Bill, Claude Duval and Strongbow The Mohawk
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £303

141

Comet (1956-57) 437-449 including Xmas
With Sun (1956-57) 407-417 including Xmas
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [fn-] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

142

Cowboy Comics (1950) 7-16
In bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Starring Buck Jones, Tim Holt and Kit Carson [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £392

143

Cowboy Comics (1953) 79-102
In two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
Starring Buck Jones and Kit Carson
[fn/vfn] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

144

Cowboy Picture Library (1958) 269-316
In two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
starring Davy Crockett, Buck Jones, Kit Carson and The Kansas Kid
Worn cloth bindings, bright covers, cream/light tan pages with darker edges 273 [gd], balance [fn/vfn] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199

145

Eagle (1952-53) Vol 2: 39-52, Vol 3: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Dan Dare in Red Moon Mystery and Marooned On Mercury
Bright covers, cream light tan pages with darker edges [fn/vfn-] (66)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £399

146

Eagle (1953) Vol 4: 1-38
Complete year in bound volume starring Dan Dare in Operation Saturn
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/vfn-] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £271

147

Eagle (1954) Vol 5: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/vfn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

148

Eagle (1956) Vol 7: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume. Rogue Planet by Frank Hampson and Don Harley
Bright covers, cream pages with slightly darker edges [fn/vfn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275

149

Eagle (1957) Vol 8: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume starring Dan Dare in Reign Of The Robots
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages with slightly darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

150

Eagle (1958) Vol 9: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Reign Of The Robots, Phantom Fleet starring Dan Dare by Frank Hampson. Happy Warrior, Sir Winston Churchill by Frank Bellamy
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

151

Eagle (1959) Vol 10: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Safari In Space by Frank Hampson, Marco Polo by Frank Bellamy
Cream pages with darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

152

Eagle (1961) Vol 12: 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Dan Dare in The Solid Space Mystery, Fraser Of Africa by Frank Bellamy
Cream pages with darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

153

Dan Dare Spaceship Builder No 1 (1953) Construction Set by A & M Bartram Ltd
Complete and strung to original card backing board with illustrated instruction manual
Box is moisture warped with bright box cover illustration peeling away at corners. Original A & M Bartram sales sample, 12 x 16 ins
Rare
[vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275

154

Dan Dare Rocket Builder No. 0 (c 1953) Construction Set by A & M Bartram Ltd
Complete and strung to original card backing board with illustrated instruction manual
Box cover has moisture stain and two split corners. Original A & M Bartram sales sample, 9 x 14 ins. Rare [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £220

155

Girl Comic (1951)Vol 1: 1-52
In two bound volumes starring Kitty Hawke, Penny Wise - Private Detective and Wendy & Jinx
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges. No 1 [vg], balance [fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £217

156

Hurricane Hawk 150-153 (1950s)
Tip Top comics published by Southdown Press, Melbourne. 26 pg large format. With Tip Top 66 and 7 detached pages from Man Junior comic starring the Adventures Of Devil Doone
H Hawke [fn/vfn], balance [vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22

157

Mickey And The Beanstalk Card Game (1950s) Pepys
Boxed, 44 cards complete with instructions and fold-out beanstalk
[fn] (46)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £27

158

Radio Fun (1951) 639-690
Complete year in bound volume
Starring Jewell & Warriss, Petula Clark, The Falcon and Jane X
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

159

Radio Fun (1955) 847-872
Jan-June in half-year bound volume. Publisher’s file copies starring Norman Wisdom, Benny Hill and Jane X.
[fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

160

Radio Fun (1955-56) 895-918 including Xmas and New Year issues and one issue numbered '909/14' covering the March 1956 printers' strike
Bright covers, cream pages
[vfn-/vfn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

161

Radio Fun (1957) 952-1003
Complete year in bound volume starring Benny Hill, Norman Wisdom and The Falcon
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £338

162

TV Fun (1957) 173-224
Complete year in bound volume
Tommy Steele takes over front cover from Arthur Askey with issue 203, also starring The Undersea Pirates, Sally Anne Howes and Calling Z9
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £198

163

TV Fun (1958) 225-276
Complete year in bound volume
Starring A Texan in the City, Mary Read - Pirate! Frankie Vaughan in Treasure Madness and Calling Z9
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

164

School Friend (1955) 242-294
Complete in two bound volumes
With School Friend Annual 1955. Publisher's file copies starring The Silent Three, Terry Brent - Detective, Princess Anita and Jill Crusoe
Annual [fn-], Comics [fn/vfn] (54)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

165

School Friend (1958) 399-450
Complete year in two bound volumes
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

166

Wonder (1951-53)
1684-1724, 1757, 1759, 1760
Aug 4 1951-Dec 27 1952 (Complete year of 1952, half-year of 1951 with 4 from 1953)
In bound volume starring Roy Rogers, The Black Dagger and Dodge & Diddle (Two Dogs on the Fiddle)
[fn/vfn] (44)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

167

Andy Pandy Picture Cards Set (1960s) 1-50 complete. Primrose.
[vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

168

Batman 'B' Colour Card Set (1966) A & B C Gum 1-44 Complete Set
Card 43B owner biro name to back [gd], balance [vg/fn] (44)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

169

Beano Books (1961, 1962, 1963)
[vg/vg+/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £69

170

Beano No.1963 (1968)
First appearance of Gnasher - Dennis's best friend - but not man's!
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £32

171

Beezer (1963)
364-370, 372-374, 376-411, 413, 414
Starring Pop, Dick and Harry, The Banana Bunch, Numbskulls and The Spacewhacker
Bright covers, creamy white pages
[fn/vfn] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £267

172

Giggle (1967) 1 (29 April) - 13 Jan 1968
34 issues in bound volume
Publisher's file copies starring The Space Travellers, Herlock Sholmes and Captain Swoop (He's half-man, half-bird, half-wit)
Bright covers, light tan/tan pages
[vg/fn/fn+] (34)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

173

Girl Comic (1961) Vol 10: 1-52
In two bound volumes
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges
[fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £80

174

Jag (1968) 1 (4 May) - 28 Dec
The first 35 issues in bound volume. Publisher's file copies starring The Football Family Robinson, Boy Bandit, Thunder Bill and The Indestructible Man
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [fn/vfn] (35)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £234

175

Lion (1964) 4 Jul - 26 Dec Xmas 26 consecutive issues starring Paddy Payne, Robot Archie, Britain In Chains, Quest Of The Long Ships
Cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples
[vg] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £41

176

The Broons original artwork (1964) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins for The Sunday Post Fun Section 22 Nov 1964
Paw owes gran'paw a fill o'baccy and hides in the pram - which runs oot o'control down the hill and bumps into gran'paw breakin his guid clay pipe - the tobacconist's in for some new business …
Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £495

177

Oor Wullie original artwork (1968) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins for The Beezer 6 Oct 1968
Wullie's been fightin' agin an' he canna show a tooth missin'. Not even his pals' jokes or his favourite cartoons on TV or The Beezer can make him smile until his pet mouse, Jeemy, does the trick - now he's in trouble …
Indian ink on card. 17 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £751

178

Buster No 1 promotional flyer (1960)
Double sided colour. 10 x 7 ins
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

179

Buster original artworks (1980s) by Reg Parlett
Colour cover artwork Buster gets fit and Mum gets in a fit, from Buster Comic Lib. No 3 with Buster original artwork full page comic strip signed by Reg Parlett where he defeats the wasps and the irate farmer to bring home Mum's apples. Cor.
Poster colour on board 10 x 13 ins. Indian Ink on card 12 x 14 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

180

Frankie Stein original artwork (1966) by Ken Reid for WHAM! 109
Frankie leaves Macabre Manor for home but Professor Cube (Daddy) is stargazing on the roof when he spots the 'oribble 'orror in his telescope. But Frankie brings a prezzie home for the prof 'The Ram-Bam Surprise' - suddenly the pantry door is hanging open - with Dad hanging from it...
Indian ink on card. 16 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £522

181

Ranger (1965-66) 1-39
Starring Don Lawrence's Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire. Oct 23, Nov 13, Dec 4 issues with cover art by Don Lawrence. Ranger ran for 40 issues before amalgamation with
Look And Learn(1966) 232, 235-241, 246, 247
Some worn covers and torn pages. Ranger 1 and a few others [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (49)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

182

Rover And Wizard (1968)
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume starring Braddock Flew By Night
Comics untrimmed, light tan pages
[vg/vg+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187

183

Schoolgirl's Picture Library (1962-64)
172-267 and 292-315 (1965)
In five bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
[fn/vfn] (119)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £225

184

Sgt Bilko Annuals 1960, 1961
(Annuals 1 and 2)
No dedications. Prices unclipped. 1960 [fn], 1961 [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48

185

Solo 1 (1967) City Magazines
Laugh With Bilko, Thrills With U.N.C.L.E., Adventure with Seaspray, Scarecrow and Mary Poppins
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

186

Solo 2-12
[vg+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £225

187

Solo 16, 18-21, 23-30
Issue 19 started The Mark Of The Mysterons by Don Harley, Project Sword
16 [vg-], balance [vg+/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £247

188

TV Express Weekly (1961) 338-344
Col. Pinto by Ron Embleton, Biggles, S.A.S.
[vg/vg+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £20

189

TV 2000 (1967-68)
16 Dec 1967, 18 May, 27 July 1968
Dutch version of TV 21 printed in Holland starring 'Lady P met de Thunderbirds'
[vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £11

190

TV 21 (1968) 192, 194, 196, 197, 199, 201, 204-210, (205 x 2)
[vg+/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £63

191

TV 21 & Joe 90 (1969)
1-3, 8, 10-12, 14, 16, 22-25, 38, 40, 46 x 2, 47, 48, 55, 58, 61-64, 66, 68-70, 72
3 [vg-], 1, 2, 8 [vg/vg+], balance [fn-/vfn-] (30)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

192

Victor 1 (1961)
Light tan pages with general edge wear. '30' in felt tip pen to top front cover [gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £29

193

Valiant Picture Library (1964-69)
15-50, 63-144 (last issue)
In ten bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
Starring Maddern's Marauders, The Assault Squadron, Nick Martin - Space Detective. Mainly war picture stories
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn/fn+] (118)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £385

194

Valiant (1966)
40 issues between 8 Jan - 20 July with Victor (1963-66) 23 issues and 6 assorted titles
A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (69)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

195

Valiant (1967)
Complete year starring Captain Hurricane, Kelly's Eye, The Steel Claw and Jack Justice
Bright covers, light tan pages. 14 Jan [gd], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

196

Valiant (1968)
Near complete year missing 1 issue: 20 July '68
Bright covers, light tan pages
[fn-/fn+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

197

Valiant (1969)
Near complete year missing 1 issue: 22 Feb '69
Starring Sexton Blake, Steel Claw, House of Dollman
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn-/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

198

Valiant (1970-71)
48 issues from 1970 (missing from 21 Nov to end Dec) with 47 issues from 1971 (missing 5 issues from Dec)
[fn-/vfn] (95)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162

199

Valiant (1972)
Complete year starring Captain Hurricane, Janus Stark, Star Trek, Swots And The Blots and The Return Of The Claw
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

200

Valiant (1973)
Complete year
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

201

Valiant (1974-76) 44 issues from 1974 (missing 19 Jan-3 Mar and all July) with 49 issues from 1975 (missing 19, 31 May and 7 June) and 41 issues from 1976 (missing 3 July) including 16 Oct 1976 last issue. Plus Battle And Valiant (1976) 7 issues between 23 Oct - 11 Dec plus a few odd copies
[fn/vfn] (141)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £170

202

Wembley Cup-Tie Board Game (1966-67 Season) Ariel
All complete with instructions, game cards, counters, dice, Wembley money and board
Box with two worn corners, contents as new
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

203

Beano (1971) 1485-1536
Complete year in bound volume
Starring Biffo, Dennis, Bash Street Kids, McTickles, Roger The Dodger and The Nibblers
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

204

Beano (1972) 1537-1589
Dennis, Biffo, Bash Street Kids, and introducing Baby-Face Finlayson by Ron Spencer
[fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

205

Beano (1973) 1590-1641
Complete year in bound volume
A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

206

Beano (1974) 1677, 1678
Featuring the last Biffo front cover with the first Dennis And Gnasher front cover
[fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £52

207

Beano (1975) 1694-1745
Complete year in bound volume
1694-1724 have recipient name 'Vaughan' in marker pen to top front covers [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

208

Beano (1977) 1798-1850
Complete year in bound volume
[fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

209

Battlestar Galactica original colour artwork (1979) drawn and signed by Martin Asbury for Look-in No 45
During a furious battle the Cyclons board Freighter Eighteen taking serious losses in the process - but why didn't they just destroy it …?
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

210

Battlestar Galactica original colour artwork (1980) drawn and signed by Martin Asbury for Look-in No 8
Whilst on Thar, Captain Apollo comes upon their peoples' leader, Sarany, her strange hypnotic quality puts Apollo at ease but his crewmen can't even see her …
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

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Bionic Woman original colour artwork (1977) by John Burns* for Look-in No 11
The Bionic Woman, Jaime Sommers, joins the Russian circus as a weight-lifter - a cover to foil an assassination plot on the Russian president …
Poster colour on board. 16 x 21 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275
*John M Burns started out in the 1960s as an illustrator for Junior Express and School Friend, later working on TV Century 21, Countdown and Space Family Robinson in Lady Penelope. He drew the daily newspaper strips Jane and Modesty Blaise reaching the height of his fame with Judge Dredd for 2000AD to which he still contributes today.

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Bionic Woman original colour artwork (1977) drawn and signed by John Burns for Look-in No 46 page 28
Jaime uses her Bionic hearing to trail the kidnappers of Joe Eagle one of her pupils at Ventura airbase school ...
Poster colour on board. 16 x 21 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £220

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Oh, Wicked Wanda original colour artwork (c. 1976) by Ron Embleton for Penthouse
Here's Wanda's best friend, Candyfloss, surrounded by politicians, heads of state and a Noo Yoik detective (Can you name them all?)
Poster colour on board. 21 x 17 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £418

214

Roger's Rangers: The Massacre. Original colour artwork (1970) by Ron Embleton for Look And Learn No 424 Feb 28 1970
In 1759 during the French And Indian War Roger's Rangers Militia fought for the British, raiding across the New York State border deep into French occupied Quebec
Poster colour on board. 22 x 19 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

215

Rupert And The Popweed original colour artwork (1971) attributed to Alfred Bestall. From the 1971 Rupert Annual page 54 'Rupert Drifts In The Boat' with acetate overlay and 1971 Annual [vg]
Poster colour on board. 10 x 10 ins
NB Alfred Bestall prepared his signed outline drawings in indian ink which were then photographed on to acetate overlays prior to the normal printing process.

Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104

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Rupert's Odd Party original colour artwork (1978) attributed to Alfred Bestall. From the 1978 Rupert Annual page 112 'Rupert Overtakes His Friend' with acetate overlay and 1978 Annual [gd]
Poster colour on board. 10 x 10 ins
NB Alfred Bestall prepared his signed outline drawings in indian ink which were then photographed on to acetate overlays prior to the normal printing process.

Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187

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World Wide Weirdies original artwork (mid 70s) by Ken Reid for Whoopee!
'The Moanument'
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 12 x 12 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104

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World Wide Weirdies original artwork (mid 70s) by Ken Reid for Whoopee!
'The Coloscream'
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 12 x 12 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104

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1970s No 1s
Tornado
wfg Turbo Flyer. Cheeky wfg Red Jet Rattler, Emma wfg Initial Brooch, Penny wfg Fun Cheese Pendant, Photo-Love wfg Perfume Pendant (may be a bit off by now), Bonnie, Debbie, Jinty, Lucky Charm and Whoopee!
[vg/fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

220

June And Schoolfriend (1971, 1972)
Jan-Jun 1971 and Jan-Jun 1972 in two half year bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
starring Syndy Doll, Bessie Bunter, Robina Head and Wild Girl Of The Hills
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £67

221

Faceache original artwork (1981) drawn and signed by Ken Reid for Buster May 9 1981
Our lad finds some old stair rods and sells them in the village as magic wands, scrunging himself monstrously to prove they work. One Dad isn’t impressed and uses a stair rod to give his son a good thrashing - now he's after Faceache...
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 20 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

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Frankie Stein Holiday Special original front cover artwork (early 1980s) drawn and signed by Robert Nixon
Frankie's practising his diving but 'Dad' has other ideas …
Bright poster colour on board. 17 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £284

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Beano 1980s free gifts
The Beano Gnasher Snapper (1984), Dennis/Gnasher flat plastic Glove Puppet (two - one for each hand) and Dennis The Menace Sticker Set (two - one for you, one for your dog) [fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £13

224

Dennis The Menace And Gnasher (1995) Royal Doulton Character Jug
Mint and boxed. 8 ins tall
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49


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