Comic Book Postal Auctions

Autumn2011 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Picture Show (1920-22) 79-144
Complete 66 issue run. Starring Charlie Chaplin, William S Hart, Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, Marie Duro, May Allison, Lillian Gish and Buck Jones
All with artplate supplement centrefolds
Creamy white pages, rusty staples [vg/fn] (66)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

2

Picture Show (1922-23)
51 issues between 160-243 including Xmas 1922 and 1923 and starring Buster Keaton, Jackie Coogan, Charlie Chaplin, Rudolf Valentino, Douglas Fairbanks and Pola Negri
Creamy white pages, rusty staples. A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

3

The Popular (1927-31)
78 issues between 440-626. Starring Bunter & Co at Greyfriars by Frank Richards, Tom Merry & Co at St Jim's by Martin Clifford, Ferrers Locke - Detective and Thrilling Western Yarns
Rusty disintegrated staples, worn spines (some taped) [fr], balance [gd/vg-] (78)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71

4

Air Stories (1935) George Newnes Ltd
1, 3-8 (1936) Vol 2: 2-5 With Fireside Ghost Stories (1936) World's Work Ltd. Including Charles Dickens short story, The Signalman. With Aldine War Stories (1929-31) 5-8, 10, 11, 13, 15, 17, 21, 25, Aldine Thrillers 23, Newnes Adventure Library 3 (1933), Buffalo Bill Novels 296 and Mellifont All Western Library No 1 (early 1960s) [vg-/vg] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

5

Boys' Friend/Champion/Dixon Hawke Library (1929-34)
Boys' Friend Library: 15 issues between 230-346; Champion Library: 1 coverless and 12 issues between 18-115; Dixon Hawke Library: 14 issues between 260-371
[gd/vg+] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

6

Boys' Friend Library (1938) 641-652 Oct-Dec
With Schoolboy's Own Library (1939) 358-366 Jan-Mar in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies with stories by Alfred Edgar and Edwy Searles Brooks [fn/vfn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75

7

Fun Book For Boys (1937) D C Thomson
Dudley Watkins cover and frontispiece illustrations. First of only two annuals
Scarce. Good boards with spine edge and corner wear. No dedication, light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

8

Golden Fun And Story Book 1939, 1940
with Film Pictorial Annual 1938
Bright boards, light tan/tan pages. Golden Fun Books [fn], Film Pictorial Annual [vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £57

9

Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1932, 1933
Bright boards with general edge wear, cream pages, a few light foxing spots to end papers [vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48

10

Laurel And Hardy original artwork by George Wakefield for Film Fun 9 Oct 1937
Olly's always accusing Stan of being a Nosey Parker but Stan ends up with the cash reward for nosily catching a burglar. That's the way to do it, chums
Full 14 panel story. Indian ink on card with blue crayon. Each panel approx 10 x 5 inches (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

11

George Formby original artwork by George Wakefield for Film Fun 22 Oct 1938
George becomes a (leaning on a lamp …) postman and although not a man of letters, he puts his stamp on letter thief, Reckless Rupert, who lands up in mail jail whilst George gets the girl (and she gets her male man)
Indian ink on card, highlighted with blue crayon. Full 14 panel story each 10 x 5 inches (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

12

Nelson Lee Library (1932) 102-154
Complete year in two bound volumes starring the world's greatest detective and his young sleuth, Nipper by Edwy Searles Brooks
[fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78

13

Nelson Lee Library (1933) 1-25
New series starring The World's Greatest Detective and schoolboy sleuth, Nipper. No 25 was the last issue as Nelson Lee Library was amalgamated with Gem on Aug 17 1933
[vg+/fn+] (25)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90

14

Humour Magazines + Christmas Numbers (late 1930s propaganda war years)
The Red Poppy (Earl of Haig Fund, Glasgow) 1937-39, 1942, 1952, 1953, 1959
London Opinion Christmas Numbers for 1935-38 with New Year 1937; The Humorist 1935, 1937-39 Christmas Numbers with 3 Heath Robinson covers; Christmas Pie 1935, 1936, 1939 with stories by A J Cronin, G K Chesterton, Dorothy Sayers and A P Herbert; John O'London's Weekly, Christmas 1938; The Summer Annual 1935 Bruce Bairnsfather cover; Answers Summer Fun Book 1938, 1939; Summer Pie 1936-39 and Boy's Own Paper 1932
Some rusty staples [vg/vg+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

15

Land Of Terror original dustjacket by Edgar Rice Burroughs (1944)
Some interior strengthening to spine edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

16

Dandy Comic No 2 (Dec 11 1937)
Worn, grubby edged copy with narrow centrepiece missing from cover [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £330

17

Dandy 91 (1939) Cat Boxing Championships
Light tan cover, 1 ins margin tear, cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75

18

Dandy 92 (1939) Drink More Milk
Bright cover, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

19

Dandy 93 (1939) A sofa stuffed with cat hair!
Bright cover, some light foxing to R H margins [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

20

Dandy 94 (1939) Catchoo!
Bright cover, R H margin edge tears (one half inch to all pages) [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75

21

Dandy 95 (1939) Korky Football
Ads for Beano Book 1 and Dandy Monster Comic 2
Bright cover, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

22

Dandy 96 (1939) A Hammock is fenced!
Ads for Beano Book 1 and Dandy Monster Comic 2
Bright cover, light tan/cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

23

Dandy 97 (1939) Twisto The Acrobat twisted!
'Paper Shortage' margin header. Ad for Dandy Monster Comic 2
Bright cover, light tan/cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

24

Dandy 98 (1939) Korky is evacuated
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

25

Dandy (1941) 182-185
Propaganda war issues
[vg+/fn-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

26

Dandy (1941) 186-189
Propaganda war issues
[vg+/fn-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

27

Dandy (1941) 192-197
Propaganda war issues
195 first fortnightly issue due to paper shortages
196 no back cover
[fr], balance [vg/vg+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £140

28

Dandy (1941) 198-203
Propaganda war issues including Bumper 200th Number
202 coverless, 203 extensive front cover tears, no loss [gd], balance bright covers, cream/light tan pages [vg+/fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £114

29

Dandy 204 (1941) Xmas Number
Propaganda war issue
Bright cover with 3 x 1 inch margin tears. Cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

30

Addie And Hermy (1940) 2 original artworks by Sam Fair from The Dandy No 136 July 6 and No 138 July 20 1940
Addie and Hermy parachute into France to shoot der bully beef to take home. Then they fish for supper but find so many old boots it’s against der law - Jail!
Indian ink on card, 10 x 11 inches (each of 2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £236

31

Dandy Special Issues (1943-59)
238 Easter 1943 [gd-], 360 New Year 1948 [vg], 437 Easter [vg-] 1950, 647 Easter 1954 [vg+], 788 Xmas 1956 [vg], 789 New Year 1957 [vg+], 885 Fireworks 1958 [vg-] and 944 Xmas 1959 [vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £80

32

Dandy Monster Comic (1944) Goalkeeper Korky, Striker Desperate Dan
Bright boards with slightly faded spine. No dedication, cream pages with darker edges [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,106

33

Dandy (1946-47)
331 Fireworks, 334 Xmas, 335 New Year
[vg+/vg/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £151

34

Dandy (1949) 396-399, 401-406, 408, 410, 412, 414, 416, 417, 419, 421
419 one eighth back cover torn away [gd], 421 [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (18)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

35

Beano 247 Xmas 1944
Propaganda war issues. 'Save waste paper - and your Xmas wrappers from the 25th!'
Bright cover, with 2 mm RH edge trim and 2 small inside taped tears, light tan pages with darker lower edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90

36

Magic-Beano Book (1947) Big Eggo makes a meal of Hairy Dan
Bright boards with back board crease (not breaking colour). Erased pencil dedication. Cream pages with darker edges [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £605

37

Oor Wullie original artwork by Dudley Watkins (1944) from The Sunday Post Fun Section 19 Nov 1944
Ma forbids it, but Oor Wullie goes raftin' wi' Fat Bob on the Pranny Pond. Naturally they fall in, Wullie comes home wi soakin’ claes - pits them through the wringer, dries them at the gas fire but Ma's awfy suspicious - it's been rainin' hard for the last hawf hour! Dry claes? nae tea - he's been found oot.
Indian ink on card. 17 x 14 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £665

38

Casey Court Whale Hunters original artwork (1949) by A T (Charlie) Pease from Chips 2864 1949
The boys go hunting but can't catch anything. England 0 - 1 Whales
Scarce. Indian ink on card. 17 x 8 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

39

A Classic In Pictures (1949)
1-8 with Classic Comics 1: Oliver Twist, 2: Ivanhoe, 3: Macbeth, 4: Westward Ho!, 5: Treasure Island, 6: Tale Of Two Cities, 7: Lorna Doone, 8: Three Musketeers and Les Miserables Australian reprint
Les Mis [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

40

Eb' and Flo' Annual (1941) Dean & Son
Drawn by Disney artist William Haughton
Medium wear to boards and spine, light tan pages with darker edges with a few pages neatly crayonned in. Scarce [gd/vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

41

Adventure 1148 Xmas 1945, 1176 Xmas 1946 with Radio Fun 219, 221 New Year 1943 and 223, Film Fun 1007 (1939) Mickey Mouse Weekly 251 (1940) and Jan 16 1943
[vg/fn-] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

42

Champion Annual For Boys 1940, 1941, 1942
1941 and 1942 with glacine wrapper
Rare in these grades [vfn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

43

Champion (1948) 1353-1404
Complete year. Starring Rockfist Rogan and Hurry Scurry The Demon Racer
Bright covers, cream pages. A few rusty staples. Rare in these grades. 1366 [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162

44

Film Fun ( 1945-46) 22 issues btw 1322-1400
Starring Laurel & Hardy, George Formby and Jack Ken 'Tec
Cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples. 1379 [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £62

45

Film Fun (1946) 1355-1406
Complete year in bound volume. With Film Fun Annual 1946 and Wonderful World of Film Fun 1985 [vfn+], dj [fn]
1946 Annual [vg], comics: a few [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (54)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

46

Film Fun (1947) 1407-1458
Complete year starring Laurel & Hardy, Max Miller and Old Mother Riley. Issues 1416/7/8 were printed as one comic, probably due to a printers' strike at the time
Cream/light tan pages, rusty staples [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £194

47

Film Fun (1948) 16 issues between 1459 New Year - 1476
6 issues [vg], 7 [fn-/fn], 3 [vfn] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £26

48

Film Fun (1949) 1537-1563
Jul-Dec in half year bound volume starring Laurel & Hardy, Abbott & Costello and The Three Musketeers MGM picture story
Cream/light tan pages [vg+/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

49

Knock-Out (1941) 97-122
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume
Propaganda war issues and publisher's files copies starring Deed-A-Day Danny and Sexton Blake On Secret Service 2 page picture series
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £310

50

Knockout (1944) 13 issues between 254-302
Starring Deed-A-Day Danny and Sexton Blake On Secret Service
Good cover colours, cream pages, rusty staples. 5 issues [vg], 8 issues [fn-/fn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

51

Knockout (1945) 17 issues between 325-356
Cream pages, rusty staples. 332: centre pages 7-11 missing [pr], 7 issues [fr/gd], 9 issues [vg/fn-] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

52

Knockout (1946) 358-409
Complete year in two bound volumes
Publisher's file copies starring Bunter, The Gremlins, Sexton Blake and Kidnapped by R L Stevenson [vg/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £608

53

Knockout (1947) 11 issues between 410-448
Cream pages, rusty staples. 448 [fr], balance [vg/fn-] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48

54

Knockout (1948) 462-513
Complete year in two bound volumes with Knockout Fun Book 1948. Publisher’s file copies starring Deed-A-Day Danny, Sexton Blake picture serial, Dick Turpin and The Gremlins
Annual [vg], 488 loose worn cover [gd], balance (a few margin editorial notations) [fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £330

55

Radio Fun (1943) 29 issues between 222-270
Propaganda war issues. Starring Big-Hearted Arthur, Flanagan & Allen, Over Enemy Lines
A few issues [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (29)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

56

Radio Fun (1944) 21 propaganda war issues between 273-313
Worn spines and page edges. 5 issues [pr/fr], balance [gd/gd+] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

57

Dandy Monster Comic (1950) Korky warms up the sea
Bright boards with medium wear, neat dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg]

Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

58

Hungry Horace original artwork (1950s) drawn and initialled by Allan Morley from The Dandy Book (1950s)
Horace is a fruit-cake!
Indian ink on card. 10 x 8 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71

59

Just Jimmy original artwork drawn by Hugh Morren for The Dandy (early 1950s)
Just Jimmy's reading the Dandy and pretends to be deaf to Dad's entreaties for firewood. Now he's slippered in a soundproof box …
Indian ink on card with red wash. 15 x 12 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £67

60

Keyhole Kate original artwork drawn and initialled by Allan Morley for The Dandy (early 1950s)
A rare appearance of Kate's dad - through the keyhole!
Indian ink on card highlighted with red crayon. 6.5 x 14 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

61

Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 1-26 In bound volume introducing Dan Dare, Pilot of The Future. Originally owned by comics historian, Denis Gifford, these were publisher's file copies bound by Hulton Press
Bright covers with cream pages and darker edges. Rare in these grades. No 15: 2ins top cover tear [fn] balance [vfn/vfn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £2,268

62

Eagle Annuals 1, 2 (1951, 1952)
Bright red boards with some edge wear, clean cream pages [fn-/fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £33

63

Dan Dare Interplanetary Stamp Folder (1953) Lever Bros/Lifebuoy Soap. Complete with all 32 stamps
With Good Companion Rocket Workshop Jig-Saw puzzle, boxed
Stamp folder [fn-], puzzle box [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £122

64

Eagle Vol 7 (1956) 1-52
Complete year in bound volume starring Dan Dare in Rogue Planet by Frank Hampson and Don Harley
Bright covers, cream pages. Rare in these grades [vfn/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

65

Eagle Vol 8 (1957) 1-52
Complete year in bound volume starring Dan Dare in Rogue Plant and Reign of the Robots. Winston S Churchill, The Happy Warrior starts by Frank Bellamy
Rare in these grades [vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

66

Girl (1951-54)
Vol. 1: 1-44 (44 only in Vol. 1); Vol. 2: 1-62; Vol. 3: 1-52 (missing 13 & 35); Vol. 4: 11 & 51; Vol. 7: 8
'The companion paper to Eagle' starring Kitty Hawke, Wendy & Jinx and Penny Wise - Private Detective
No 1 spine nearly worn through [gd], 2 [pr], 18 issues with ¾ centre pg picture cut out [fr], 3 issues coupon cut-out [fr/gd], balance, some worn spines [gd/vg+] (159)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £174

67

Girl (1951-58)
Vol. 1: 4, 8, 18, 26; Vol. 4: 1-7, 9, 11-30, 32-52; Vol. 5: 1-25, 27-52; Vol. 6: 1-8, 10-29, 31-51 and Vol. 7: 1-3, 6-8, 10 and 15
[gd/vg+] (161)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £177

68

Comet (1953-55) 260, 348, 356-359, 363
With free gift Comet Book of The Railways complete with all stickers. Sun (1952-55) 169-173, 175, 202 Xmas, 319, 327, 329, 330, 334 wfg Billy The Kid's Album Of Cowboys And Indians with all stickers and The Secret Agent's Notebook
With True 3D No. 1 with Magic Specs (Specs later issue)
True 3D loose spine [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £176

69

Sun (1953) 205-225
Jan 10 - May 30. Starring Billy The Kid with Prisoner of Zenda and Robin Hood colour centrespreads, Wild Bill Hickock
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg+/fn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

70

Classics Illustrated Super Deluxe Classics No 40 (1952)
Mysteries by Edgar Allan Poe. Kiefer cover and story
Bright cover, white pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

71

Classics Illustrated (1952) One Shilling Series
15: Uncle Tom's Cabin, 18: Hunchback Of Notre Dame, 78: Joan Of Arc, 82: Master Of Ballantrae, 97: King Solomon's Mines, 104: Bring 'Em Back Alive, 107: King Of The Khyber Rifles, 108: Knights Of The Round Table, 111; The Talisman and Popular Classics Series (1951) 16: Gulliver's Travels
Bright, fresh covers, cream pages with darker edges. 16 [vg], 97 [vg+], balance [fn/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

72

Cowboy Comics (1954-56)
90, 93, 97, 101, 105, 111-114, 117-119, 141, 148, 149, 156, 159, 162, 163, 170, 173, 175, 180, 187, 219 starring Kit Carson, Buck Jones and Lucky Lannagan [vg/fn+] (25)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

73

Cowboy Picture Library (1957-62)
34 Buck Jones issues between 150-450
[vg/fn] (34)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £122

74

Cowboy Picture Library (1957-62)
35 Kit Carson issues between 205-465 [vg] (35)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

75

Cowboy Picture Library (1957-62)
25 Kansas Kid issues between 244-458. With 17 various Western titles [vg/fn-] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £211

76

Fans Star Library (1958-61)
1, 3, 5, 6, 11, 22, 33, 39, 44, 47, 51
Frankie Vaughan, Marlon Brando, Marty Wilde, Ty Hardin …
Bright covers. Some rust spots by spines [vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £50

77

Super-Detective Library 1, 2 (1953)
The Saint and The Armchair Detective
1: worn spine with 2 ins cover tear [vg-]; 2: worn spine with 4 ins horizontal tear to first four interior pages [gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84

78

Super-Detective Library (1953-54) 16, 17, 19, 21, 24-27, 28 The Saint, 29
Rust spots showing through covers. No.28: 3 x 3 ins. cover piece torn away [gd-], balance [vg/fn-] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

79

Super-Detective Library (1954) 30-34
Starring The Saint and Edgar Wallace's Three Just Men
Bright covers, cream pages with small cover spots from rusty staples [fn/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

80

Super-Detective Library (1955) 35-38, 40
38: The Saint Plays Joker
Bright covers. Cream pages, cover rust spots from staples [vg/vg+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £34

81

Super-Detective Library (1955)
39, 41, 42, 45, 47-49
Starring Lesley Shane and Rick Random - The Man Who Owned The Moon
Bright covers, cream pages. Small cover spots from rusty staples [fn/fn+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

82

Super-Detective Library (1955)
50-52, 54-56, 58
Panther's Moon by Victor Canning, Lost In The Underworld and The Riddle Of Table 13
Bright covers, cream pages with cover spots from rusty staples [vg+/fn+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

83

Super-Detective Library (1956)
72, 83, 103, 128, 131, 136, 147
128, 136: Rip Kirby stories, 72: Gordon Salamander by Victor Canning
83 [gd-], balance [gd/vg] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £39

84

Super-Detective Library (1957-60)
112, 149, 185 with Thriller Picture Library (1958-61) 16 issues between 213-385 (mainly Battler Britton) with 3 doubles and Lion Picture Library (1964-69) 36 issues between 8-128
[vg/fn] (55)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £117

85

Thriller Comics/Library (1951-52)
11, 33, 45, 46, 49-52, 54
Starring The Count Of Monte Cristo, Tom Brown's Schooldays, Guy Fawkes, Captain Blood, Hereward The Wake, Kenilworth and The Red Badge of Courage
11, 33 [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73

86

Thriller Comics Library (1952) 56-61, 63, 64
To Sweep The Spanish Main, Reign Of Terror, Scottish Chiefs, The Talisman, The Black Swan, St George For England
Bright covers, cream pages, staple rust spots [fn-/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

87

Thriller Comics Library (1952-53) 64-71
Prisoner Of Zenda, Rogue's Moon (Blackbeard), Four Feathers, Bugles In The Afternoon (Custer's Last Stand), Hopalong Cassidy, The Three Musketeers
Bright Covers, cream pages, staple rust spots
71
[vg+], balance [fn-/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

88

Thriller Comics Library (1953) 71-77, 81
Musketeers, Robin Hood, Cowboys and The Civil War
Bright covers, cream pages, staple rust spots [fn-/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

89

Thriller Comics Library (1953) 81-89
D'Artagnan, Musketeers, Dick Turpin, Rob Roy, Apache Curse
Bright covers, cream pages, staple rust spots [fn-/fn+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

90

Thriller Comics Library (1953) 92-94, 97-102
Dick Turpin, Musketeers, Robin Hood, Iron Duke, Buffalo Bill
Bright covers, cream pages, staple rust spots [fn-/fn+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £69

91

Thriller Comics Library No 125 original cover artwork (1957) by Royal Academician, Septimus E Scott. Rob Roy And The Highland Feud
Gouache on board with removable laser colour copy titles. 16 x 20 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £345

92

Thriller Comics Library No 185 original cover artwork (1958) by Royal Academician, Septimus E Scott starring Dick Turpin
Gouache on board with removable laser colour copy titles. 16 x 20 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

93

Thriller Comics Library No 214 original cover artwork (1958) by Royal Academician, Septimus E Scott starring Robin Hood And The Wolf Boy
Gouache on board with removable laser colour copy titles. 16 x 20 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

94

War Picture Library (1958-64) 1-172 War stories in pictures from Dunkirk to the Pacific
1-28 [vg/fn], 29-172 some occasional rust spots [fn/vfn+] (172)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £306

95

War Picture Library (1959-60) 19, 21-23, 25, 26, 28-32, 34, 35 and Valiant Picture Library (1964-65) 40 issues between 16-59 [vg/fn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

96

Film Fun (1953) 1720-1745
Jan-Jun in half year bound volume starring Laurel & Hardy, George Formby, Alan Ladd in Desert Legion and Kirk Douglas in The Big Sky
Issue 1742 Grand Coronation Number
[fn/fn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

97

Hotspur (1953) 843-894
Complete year in two bound volumes starring Davy Jones School For Divers, The Scarlet Streak, and The Iron Road To Dixie and sci-fi serial Slaves To The Machines
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205

98

Hotspur (1954) 895-946
Complete year in two bound volumes
9 issues have quarter inch lower corner lost from binding process [fn-], balance [fn+/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187

99

Hotspur (1955) 947-999
Complete year in two bound volumes. Starring The Secret Of The Everglades, Crackerjack The Tank Killer and Britain's Modern Marvels
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187

100

Hotspur (1956) 1000-1051
Complete year in two bound volumes. Starring Captain Lash, The Sea Hawk and Invasion Target - Earth picture story, with ad for Beezer No 1
Cream/light tan pages with darker edges. A few with some doodles [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £170

101

D C Thomson Flyers with free gifts (1959-1960)
Wizard Flyer 26 Aug 1959 wfg Lightning Skimmer, Wizard Flyer Oct 6 1959 wfg 44 Football Stars cards complete set, Wizard Flyer Apr 26 1960 wfg My Own Log Book of Locomotives (36 of 48 photos attached), Adventure Flyer 23 Feb 1960 wfg 60 Motor Cars of 1960 all cards attached and Rover Flyer wfg 24 cards for Spotters Album of Aircraft
Some page edge tears [vg/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

102

Lower grade annuals
Beryl The Peril 1 (1959) half spine missing [vg], Beano Book 1960 no spine [gd-], Beezer Books 1966, 67, 69 [vg] and Topper 1967 [fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £11

103

Lion 1 (1952) with free gift Sports Stars Album
Captain Condor, Lone Commandos and Jungle Robot (Robot Archie) begin
Bright cover, cream/light tan pages, rusty staples [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

104

Lion 2 wfg Speed Marvels of 1952
Bright cover, clean cream pages, rusty staples [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

105

Lion (1952) 3-7
Bright covers, clean cream pages, rusty staples [vg+/fn-] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

106

Lion (1952) 9-30, 45
Bright covers, clean cream pages, rusty staples [vg+/fn] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

107

Lion (1953-57) 62, 63, 67-69, 167, 170-172, 174-177, 179-182, 224, 302 wfgs Air Wonders Of Today, Speed Marvels of 1954, Scientific Wonders, Daring Deeds of World War II and Wonders Of Space Travel
Bright covers, cream pages [vg/fn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £92

108

Gene Autry 1-19 (1953)
Dell 1/- UK reprints
[vg/fn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £76

109

John Wayne Adventures (WDL 1950s)
1, 3, 4, 6, 10, 49 with Little Sheriff 12, 14, 15, 17-20, 22, 23; Vol 2: 1, Vol 3: 4, Vol 4: 1, 6, 7 and Pecos Bill 7, 10-19, Vol 2: 1, Vol 3: 2, 11, 12, Vol 4: 1, 2, 6, 7, 9 with rusty staples [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £172

110

Roy Rogers (WDL 1950s) 9-18, 20-31, 33-35, 37-47, 50, 52, 53, 56, 58, 63
63 [vg], a few with small biro numbers to cover [vg/vg+], balance [fn/fn-] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £117

111

L Miller/Fawcett 6d Cowboys + (1950s)
Casey Ruggles (D.F. Peters) 10, 14-17, 18, 31, 34, 35, 37, 39; Hopalong Cassidy 73, 77, 78, 82; Lone Star 17, 32, 33, Vol 2: No 1; Six-Gun Heroes 56, 79, 82, 85, 93. A few [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £161

112

Football Comic 1, 5, 6 (1953) L Miller/Sports Cartoons Ltd
Containing b+w football adventure strips and team photos of Arsenal, Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United, this title only lasted for a few issues and is not listed in the major reference books [fn/fn+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

113

Roy Of The Rovers Annual 1 (1958)
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

114

UK Reprints Mix (1950s-60s)
Action Double Double 4; Jungle 1 (Streamline); Boy 6; Captain Midnight 2, 4, 5, 10, 11; Captain Miracle 4; Captain Video 1, 2; Detective 1, 2, 7 (L Miller); Planet Stores 1, 4, 5, 7, 8; Red Comet 3, 5-7, 9; Wings King Size 2; Target 6; Police n.n. (L B Cole cover) and 17 assorted titles including Marvelman, Battle Squadron and Wild Bill Hickock
Mainly shop stamp, remaindered issues [gd/vg] (44)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

115

UK Reprint Albums Mix (1950s-60s)
Batman Album 2; Super Summer Holiday Annual 1; Crime Comic Album [vfn]; Family Favourites Comic Annual; Mysteries Of The Unexplored; Adventure Album (Buffalo Bill by Denis McLoughlin, The Clock Strikes); Spellbound Album (Kirby 'Krang' cover from Tales To Astonish #14); In Orbit torn damaged cover [fr] and All Worlds Album
Mainly remaindered, shop stamp issues [gd/vg] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

116

Mickey Mouse Weekly (1950-57) 16 issues between Nov 11 1950 - Feb 9 1957 (Mickey's 21st Birthday Number)
Mainly worn spines [gd/vg] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £26

117

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Mickey Mouse Weekly) (1958)
19 issues between Aug 2 - Dec 20
[vg/fn-] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

118

Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (Mickey Mouse Weekly) (1958)
Near complete year missing Jan 4, 11; Mar 8, 15; May 24, 31; Aug 30; Oct 4 & Dec 27 with Easter 1960 and 1961
Dec 20 [gd], balance [fn-/fn+] (44)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £117

119

Mickey's Wonder Book (1951), Donald Duck's Wonder Book (1954) and Walt Disney's Wonder Book (1950) Collins/Sunshine Press
Bright boards with worn edges [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £26

120

Tiger 73, 74 (1956) wfg Every Boys’ Cup-Tie Album
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg/vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £2

121

Tiger (1956-57) 96-147
Jul 1956-Jun 1957 in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Roy Of the Rovers, Rockfist Rogan and Spike And Dusty - Frog-Men Daredevils
96 worn cover [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £367

122

TV Fun (1956) 121-171
Near complete year missing 172 (29 Dec) and starring Arthur Askey, Sally Ann Howes, Calling Z9, Undersea Pirates
130-135’ numbered on one comic due to a printers' strike from 10 Mar - 14 April. 155 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (46)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £240

123

TV Fun Annual 1, 2 (1957, 1958) with TV Mirror Annual 1956 [vg] and Radio Fun Annual 1958 Benny Hill cover [fn/fn+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22

124

Beano Special issues (1961-64)
1000, 1014 Xmas 1961, 1171 Xmas 1964
[vg+/fn/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

125

Beano Book 1966
Biffo 'plays' the drum!
Bright fresh boards with 2 small laminate breaks and light bump to top spine [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

126

Broons original artwork (early 1960s) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from The Sunday Post Fun Section
Gran'paw's upset because the family make fun 'o' him, but there's more than one meanin' to cartwheelin'.
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £423

127

Oor Wullie original artwork (1967) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from The Sunday Post 9 April 1967
Fat Bob's got a budgie and Wullie wants one … 'but Ma - I could teach it to speak an' you could send it tae dae yer messages (No!) It wid be company for ye when Pa's at the Bowlin' (No !!)'. As a last resort he plants budgie seed in Pa's garden - 'Puir wee soul, thinkin' he could grow a budgie! Next day: 'Parents are awfy daft, Sparky, I kent fine they'd fall for it!
Indian ink on card. 18 x 13 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £605

128

Boys' World (1963) 1-12
No 1 with free gift Pathfinder Wristlet Compass in original envelope. Wrath Of The Gods begins by Ron Embleton
No 5: competition cut-out lower half of p. 13 (Wrath story) [vg-], balance [vg+/fn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

129

Dandy (1961, 1964) 1041, 1198 both Fireworks issues [vg+/vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

130

Dandy Book (1962) Korky cooks his breakfast by lamplight!
Bright boards, cream pages, neat small inscription [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

131

Doctor Who And The Daleks Jigsaw (1965)
Daleks Attack
187 piece jigsaw complete with box
Puzzle as new 17 x 11 ins. Bright box with slight crush and one under flap missing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

132

Buster (1969)
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Buster, Mervyn's Monsters, Charlie Peace and Fishboy. With Whizzer And Chips: 3 double page flyers for Nos 1 and 2. Shoot: 3 double page flyers for No 1 and Buster Compliments Slip
[fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £271

133

Commando 1 (1961) Walk - Or Die!
War Stories In Pictures
Bright cover with slight scrape beneath title, tight spine, light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £522

134

Commando 3 (1961) A Guy Needs Guts
Bright cover, 1 inch lower spine split (no loss), light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £122

135

Commando 4 (1961) Mercy For None!
Bright cover, light moisture stain to back cover, light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

136

Commando 5 (1961) Hellfire Landing
General medium wear, detached back cover (no loss), light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £91

137

Commando (1961) 6-9
6: Detatched front cover [vg], 7: three-quarters spine worn away, 1 inch tape to top spine [gd], 8: half-inch spine cut, small ink name to back cover [vg], 9: clear taped spine [gd] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £111

138

Commando 10 (1961) Hun Bait
Bright cover, crease by spine with top spine wear, light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78

139

Commando 11 (1962) Closer Than Brothers
Bright cover, half inch lower spine wear, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

140

Commando 12, 18 (1962) The Desperate Days, Lone Hero
12: cover creases, 2 ins tear (no loss) [gd+], 18: cover creases [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60

141

Commando 13 (1962) Death In The Sun
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

142

Commando 14 (1962) Fly Fast Shoot First
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

143

Commando 15 (1962) Jap Killer
Bright covers with biro initials, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

144

Commando 16 (1962) Knife For A Nazi
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

145

Commando 19 (1962) The Death Dealers
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

146

Commando 20, 21 (1962) Daredevil DFC, Blood River
20 [vg+], 21 no back cover [gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £27

147

Commando 22 (1962) Cold Steel
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

148

Commando (1962) 23, 24, 26, 28
[vg-/vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £91

149

Commando 25 (1962) Take No Prisoners
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

150

Commando 27 (1962) Scourge Of The Japs
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

151

Commando 29 (1962) Sky Ace
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

152

Commando (1962-3) 30, 33, 36, 38, 39
30: slight spine warp [fn-], 33: detached front cover (no loss) [vg], 36: slightly warped, worn spine [vg-], 38: small biro initials to cover and corner crease [fn-], 39: no major defects [vg+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73

153

Commando (1966) 201-210
[vg-/vg+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £29

154

Commando (1966) 213-221
[vg-/fn-] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £30

155

Commando (1966) 222-233
[vg/fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31

156

Commando (1966-67) 234-241, 243, 245-250
247, 250 [gd], 241, 243, 249 [fn+], balance [vg/fn-] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

157

Commando (1960s-70s) 99, 176, 178, 885, 1476 with Battle Picture Library 530, 654, 945, 1277 and Space Picture Library Holiday Special (1977)
[fn-/fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £24

158

Eagle Vol. 11 (1960) 1-53
Complete year starring Dan Dare by Frank Bellamy in Trip To Trouble and Project Nimbus. Road Of Courage, The Story of Jesus by Frank Hampson. Eagle logo changes with issue 12
A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

159

Blind Fury original cover artwork (1962) by Nino Caroselli from Air Ace Picture Library 101
Gouache on board. 16 x 13 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £192

160

Jungle Fury original cover artwork (1963) by Nino Caroselli from Air Ace Picture Library 122
Gouache on board. 16 x 13 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

161

Finlay's Furies original cover artwork (late 60s) from War Picture Library 290 by Studio D'Ami artist Alessandro Biffignandi. With lettered acetate overlay (later used on WPL 1571)
Gouache on board. 16 x 13 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £220

162

Roll Of Honour original cover artwork (1965) from Lion Picture Library 53 (later War Picture Library 1381) by Alessandro Biffignandi. Firstly, this was the artwork for War Picture Library 84 'Strike Squadron' (1961) where the 'U' Boat was originally a Japanese warship
Gouache on board. 16 x 13 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

163

Jag No 1 pink double-page flyer (1968)
Worn spine, retrieved from bound volume
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £11

164

Robin Hood Card set 1-30 (1961) by Barratt & Co. Complete set in colour from the TV series starring Richard Greene
[vfn/nm] (30)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

165

Rover And Wizard (1964)
4 Jan - 26 Dec Xmas (Nos 7-58) complete year in three bound volumes starring The Battles Of Sgt Braddock and The Wolf Of Kabul
Bright covers, cream pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

166

Rover And Wizard (1965)
2 Jan - Dec 25 Xmas. Complete year in bound volume starring Tough Duff, That No-Good Dog Called Nero and John London - Secret Agent. Ads for Commando throughout
Bright covers, cream pages [fn+/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

167

Rover And Wizard (1966)
1 Jan - Dec 31. Complete year with 1960s reprint of Boy's Own Paper No. 1. all in two bound volumes starring Matt Braddock V.C. and The Keyhole Commando
Bright covers, cream pages with slightly darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

168

Rover And Wizard (1967)
7 Jan - 30 Dec. Complete year in three bound volumes starring Braddock V.C. 'X' Agent and The Coiled Cobra
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96

169

Princess (1960)
Jan - Jun, 22 issues in half-year bound volume
with School Friend (1961) Jan - Jun, 26 issues in half-year bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Princess Jan 30 torn cover (no loss) [gd], balance [fn-/fn+] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £271

170

School Friend (1960)
2 Jan - 25 Jun half-year starring The Phantom Ballerina and Trudie On Television
Good colour covers, rusty disintegrated staples [gd/vg] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

171

School Friend (1964-65)
Jul 24 1964 - 23 Jan 1965, 25 issues in bound volume with June And School Friend (1968) Jul - Dec half-year 26 issues in bound volume.
Publisher's file copies. Starring My Friend Sara, Serena From Space and Vanessa From Venus
Bright covers, some light tan pages [fn/fn+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £114

172

June And School Friend (1966-67)
Complete two years. Starring Lucky's Living Doll, Mimi The Mesmerist, Vanessa From Venus and The Sindy Set
Some rusty, disintegrated staples, some numbers to cover [gd/vg] (104)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

173

Swift Vol 9 (1962)
1, 2, 4, 6, 9-18, 20-28, 30-36, 38-47, 49-52
With Vol 10 (1963) 1-9 starring Rob Roy, Buffalo Bill, Blackbow The Cheyenne and Max Bravo - The Happy Hussar. Most issues with fighting aeroplane covers by Roy Cross
Vol 9: 6, 49 [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

174

TV Century 21 No 1 (1965)
With free gift Special Agent Identicode Membership Card
Membership card has filled in name + address with some wear [vg], TV21 No 1 rare in this grade [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £609

175

TV Century 21 (1965) No 1, 8, 10
No 1: bright cover with creased edges and some margin tears, no loss, medium wear to spine, cream pages [vg], 8, 10 [vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £191

176

TV Century 21 (1965) 11-20
Bright covers, medium spine wear, cream pages [vg+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

177

TV Century 21 (1965) 21-35
23, 28 Dalek covers
Bright covers, some frayed page edges [vg] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £243

178

TV Century 21 (1965-66) 45, 46, 53-55, 59-75, 77, 80, 81, 84, 87, 89, 100, 101, 147
147 [pr], 69 [gd], balance some frayed edges and spines [vg/vg+] (31)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

179

TV Century 21 (1967-68) 67 [pr], 119 and 120 front pg cut-outs [gd], 111, 115, 116, 117, 126, 128, 135-140, 142, 144-149, 151-158, 160, 161
139: interior page cut-out [gd], a few [fn], balance [vg-/vg+] (32)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

180

TV Century 21 (1965-66) 7, 91-99
93-98 Don Harley Thunderbirds
7: biro cover doodles [gd-], balance [vg/fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

181

TV Century 21 (1966) 101-104, 106-114
104: Thunderbirds Are Go photo-story from the movie begins
[fn-/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £53

182

TV Century 21 (1967) 118-134, 219
219: split spine [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (18)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78

183

TV 21 (1968) 162-182
[vg/fn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73

184

TV 21 (1968) 185-205
[vg/fn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73

185

TV 21 (1969) 207-222
[vg/fn] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49

186

TV 21 (1969) 224-236, 238-242 last issue
239-242 [gd/vg], balance [vg/fn-] (18)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

187

Thunderbirds original double page artwork drawn and signed by Frank Bellamy for TV Century 21 No 133 Aug 5 1967
The atomic liner 'President' is rammed, the Nicaragua government calls in The Thunderbirds but Scott in TB 1 sees the danger of massive flooding …
Bright Pelikan inks on board. 19 x 27 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £3,025

188

Thunderbirds original artwork (1968) by Frank Bellamy from TV 21 No 206 Dec 28 1968
Aged 10 years by travelling to 2078 in Professor Darien's time-machine, Jeff and Scott Tracy find the Niagara Falls dam project is about to blow and flood New York City …
Bright Pelikan inks on board. 18 x 15 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £550

189

Thunderbirds original artwork (1994) by Keith Page with lettering acetate overlay. From Thunderbirds The Comic 79 page 4, showing Thunderbirds 2, 3 and 4 in action
Poster colour on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93

With no formal art school training, Keith Page is a highly regarded artist, breaking through in the 1990s with his work on 2000 AD, Dan Dare and Commando War Stories in Pictures.

190

Thunderbirds original artwork (1994) by Keith Page with text acetate overlay. From Thunderbirds The Comic 87 page 5
Scott and Alan Tracy deploy Thunderbirds 1 and 2 on board The Marianne but can they find the explosives enemy agents, Lefarge and Borg have hidden in the nuclear waste containers …?
Poster colour on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88

191

The Trigan Empire original artwork (1968) by Don Lawrence from Look And Learn 344 17 Aug 1968
As Janno brought the craft into a steep-sided gorge the skies split asunder and lightning forked down - and then, in the soft sand of the cavern floor …
Gouache and Indian ink on board. 14 x 18 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,875

192

Lady Penelope No 1 (1966) Lady P, Man From UNCLE by Frank Longford, The Perils of Parker, Space Family Robinson and Marina
3 ins narrow margin piece torn away from lower cover [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

193

Lady Penelope (1966) 6, 12, 15, 17, 20, 25, 29, 30, 35, 36, 40, 42, 46, 48
Bright covers, some frayed edges and spines [vg/vg+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

194

TV 21 & Joe 90 (1969-70) 1-5, 7-13, 15-40
No 1, 2 [gd], a few [vg-], balance [vg/fn] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £79

195

Tiger Annual 1969 [vfn+]
With Beano Book 1970 [vfn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38

196

Victor (1961) 1-44 Xmas, missing issue 42,
With Victor double-page flyer advertising free gifts from issue 29. I Flew With Braddock, Dixon Of The Disaster Squad. Issues 19 and 20 with ads for Commando 1 and 2
Fresh, bright covers, cream pages.No. 1 Bright cover, back cover foxing [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (43)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £532

197

Victor (1962)
47-56, 59-65, 67-70, 72-93, 95-97 Xmas
93: 3 ins cover tear [vg], a few [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (46)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108

198

Victor (1963) 98-149
Complete year starring Braddock V.C. and Alf Tupper, The Tough Of The Track
[vg/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £185

199

Victor (1964) 150-201
Near complete year missing issue 196
Starring Braddock V.C. Alf Tupper, The Tough Of The Track and The Men From Camp Z
A few [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £155

200

Victor Book For Boys 1-4 (1964-67)
[vg/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48

201

War Picture Library (1964-69)
248-271, 296-505
In eleven bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn+] (234)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £385

202

WHAM! (1964-67) 1-184 Xmas
Publisher's file copies in four bound volumes
Starring Leo Baxendale's General Nitt, The Tiddlers, Pest Of the West, Eagle Eye, Georgie's Germs with Frankie Stein by Ken Reid and Johnnie Straight by Don Lawrence. Issue 112 reprints US Marvel's Fantastic Four # 1. WHAM! ran for 187 issues before amalgamation with POW!
No 1: loose worn front cover [vg-], 90: dig to lower page margins [vg], balance bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (184)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £662

203

Alan Class/Strato US reprints (1960s)
Astounding Stories 48, 80 X-Men cover, 81, 84, 122; Creepy Worlds 19; Out Of This World (Strato) 2-6, 8, 9 (A Class) 1, 12; Uncanny Tales (Marvel, Atlas, Fawcett reprints) 1, 48, 55, n.n.(Ransa's Eye, Return Of The Human Torch), 82, 87, 92, 122; Weird Planets 1, 9, 18, 20, Secrets Of The Unknown 128
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £128

204

Creepy Worlds (1960s-70s) A Class reprints 1, 6, 7, 9, 10, 12-19, 21-31, 40, 42, 43, 59, 87 Atlas, Marvel, Charlton US reprints by Lee & Kirby, Ditko, Everett, Wolverton, Heck, Ayers and Sinnott with Mandrake The Magician 90, 97, 130 Fantastic Four cover, 134, 146
Bright covers, cream pages. A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (34)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £304

205

Secrets Of The Unknown (1962-75) A Class
2, 4-6, 8-13, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21-31, 41-43, 79, 117, 119, 122 Silver Surfer, 123 Spider-Man, 128, 137 Captain Atom, 141. US reprints of Atlas, Marvel, Charlton, AGC with Bill Everett, Joe Maneely, Joe Sinnott, Jon Romita, Joe Buscema covers and stories + Lee, Ditko, Kirby and Ayers [fn-/vfn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £276

206

Sinister Tales (1962-70s) A Class
1-3, 5-9, 11-14, 17, 22 Human Torch, 36, 72, 75, 87, 101 Spider-Man, 106 Spider-Man, 109, 113, 120, 132. US Reprints of Marvel, Atlas, AGC, Charlton with Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Everett, Romita (Spider-Man) covers and stories
109, 113 [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £196

207

Sinister Tales 23 (1965)
First Iron Man/Tales Of Suspense 39 US Reprint
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

208

Tales Of / Amazing Stories of Suspense (1962-70s) Alan Class
1-8, 11-20, 24, 28, 31 Iron Man, 32, 44, 51, 78, 80 Phantom, 93, 102, 112, 121, 138, 180
Atlas, Marvel, Charlton UK reprints with Lee, Kirby, Ditko, Ayers and Heck
121: 2 ins tear through all pages [fr], 1: [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (32)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £286

209

L Miller UK Reprints + (1961-66)
Unusual Tales 1, Mystic 3, 7, 8, 11, 13, 17, 20, 21, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 41; Spellbound 11, 12, 16, 18, 19, 28; Adventures Into The Unknown (Arnold Book Co) 8, 11, 18, 19; Secrets Of The Unknown 128 and Sinister Tales n.n. (The Melting Pot). Atlas, Marvel, Charlton and ACG reprints by Ditko, Kirby, Lee, Whitney and Forte
[fn/fn+] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £342

210

UK square bound reprints (1960s) Dracula n.n., Frankenstein 1, 3; Fantastic Tales 1; Flash 3; Mandrake 4; Mr District Attorney 6; Miracle Man 13; Battle Cry n.n. with Abbott And Costello n.n.(Streamline 6d) and Motion Picture Comics Co n.n.
Frankenstein 1, Abbott And Costello [vg-], balance [vg+/fn+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £51

211

2/6d UK reprint annuals (1959-60) G.T. Ltd Racecourse Press
Outer Space, Strange Suspense Stories, Tales Of Dread, Tales Of The Mysterious Traveller. Charlton reprints by Steve Ditko, Norman Light, Ron Embleton [fn/vfn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78

212

MAD Magazine UK (1970s) 110-125, 127, 129, 132, 133, 136, 145, 150
with MAD Special 10 and Undergrounds: Nasty Tales 1, 7, Fantagor 1 (US) Further Adventures of Freak Brothers n.n. and Cyclops (1970) 3, 4 (Flash Gordon reprints)
[vg/fn] (30)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £30

213

Roy Of The Rovers 1 (1976) with free gifts for 1, 2 Rosette and 3 Football Chart Board Game all in IPC sales rep's Trade Promotional Folder. Rare [fn-/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £304

214

TV Tornado No 1 (1979) with IPC rep's Trade Promotional Folder. No 1 is undated (rare trade pre-print run copy) with Dave Gibbons as Super Hero Big E on the cover and posed with 2000 AD's THARG on page 2. Also starring (re-hash of Sexton Blake) Victor Drago and Bellardinelli's Angry Planet [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

215

IPC No 1s in Trade Folders (1970s)
Misty 1 (1978) with No 3 free gift Wheel Of Fortune Wallet, My Guy 1 with Heart To Heart Bangle, Oh Boy 1 with Sales News Leaflet, Jackpot 1 Pre-print run issue very rare, and Krazy 1, all in their Trade Promotional Folders
Rare [fn-/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £387

216

Disney Time 1 (1977) wfgs for 1, 2 and 3 Disney Train Press-outs and Dumbo woven badge all in Trade Promotional Folder. See-Saw 1 (1976) wfgs 1: crayons in plastic tray; 6: press out Nursery Bricks all in Trade Promotional Folder, Dreamer 1 (1981) wfg Heart Bracelet, The Black Hole 1 undated promo issue with pull-out poster, Speed 1, 2, Top Soccer 1 (1979), Dickory-Dock 1 (1980), Fun-To-Do 1 (1978), Girl 1 (1981), Heartbeat 1 (1981), OK And Hi! 1 (1976), Penny 1 (1979), Photo-Love 1 (1979) and Teddy Bear's Playtime 1 (1981)
[fn-/fn+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150

217

Star Lord (1978) 1-22
Complete runs with free gifts for 1 and 2
With Star Lord Summer Special and Wildcat (1988-89) 1-22 complete run with all free gifts and Wildcat Preview Special and Holiday Special
[fn/vfn] (47)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

218

2000 AD (1977) 1 [fn-], 2 [fr], 3 [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90

219

Vulcan (1975) 1-16 original Scottish editions
1-3 with free gifts: Glow In the Dark Skeleton, Interpol Identikit Set and Flick Book. Reprints Mytek The Mighty, The Spider by Reg Bunn, Trigan Empire by Don Lawrence, The Steel Claw by Jesus Blasco and Robot Archie by Bert Bus [fn/vfn] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £423

220

1970s & 80s No 1s +
Action 1, Bullett 1, Champ 1-3 with free gifts, Spike 1-3, Hoot 1-5 all wfg except No 2, Debbie 1, 2, Nikki 1, 2 wfgs, 3 and Sandie 1 centre page half torn away [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126

221

Southerner original double page artwork painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for Look-in 23 June 12 1971 with original magazine.
On the night of Friday October 3 1970 the 42,000 ton Liberian oil tanker, Pacific Glory was transformed into a blazing inferno after a collision with another tanker off the Isle of Wight. Southern Television's film news were the first TV units to reach the scene as Southerner, the world's first outside broadcast vessel sped to the area. The newsmen and technicians later carried off six major news film awards. The true story of the Pacific Glory Disaster was dramatised and painted by Frank Bellamy for the centre pages of Look-in eight months later
Pelikan inks on board, some fading to the blues. 24 x 18 inches (Removable laser colour copy text boxes added to complete the story)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

222

Bionic women original double-page artwork (late 70s) drawn and signed by John Bolton for Look-in 43
Jaime takes on the rogue bull-elephant …
Gouache on board. 23 x 16 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £138

223

Garth original artwork (1971) by Frank Bellamy for The Daily Mirror 14 July 1971. Entitled Sundance, this was Bellamy's third board
Indian ink on board. 21 x 7 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £203

224

Buster (1970s-80s) Mini comic 8 pg pullouts including Buster's Diary and Buster's Book of Comic Cuts free gift with Buster Is Best Badge. With Frankie Stein's Monster Comic Book (Shiver & Shake), Whoopee Comic Turns and Whizzer And Chips Mini Comic Sampler
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £27

225

Buster original cover artwork (1988) for Buster 15 Oct 1988
Poster colour on card with lettering acetate overlay. 20 x 15 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S

226

Faceache original artwork (1986) drawn by Ken Reid for Buster 8 Nov 1986
The School's 2-0 down in the cup final and Faceache is called from the subs bench as a last desperate throw of the dice. He scrunges into a vampire bat and the team win 14-2. What a bat-winger - totally unbattable on the high crosses
Indian ink on card. 21 x 18 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90

227

Roy Of The Rovers original double-page artwork (1987) by Mike White. From Roy Of The Rovers 20 June 1987,comic included
Poster colour on cartridge paper with text acetate overlay. 22 x 16 inches
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

228

Beano 1980s giveaways
Dennis The Menace Glove Puppet, 2 Gnasher glove puppets (gnashingly different) and The Beano Gnasher Snapper (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £6

229

Dandy special issues (1980-2007)
No. 2000 Special Celebration issue, 2222, 2402 (taped front cover tear [vg]) with Giant Souvenir Poster, 2500, 3007 Record Breaker issue wfg, 3008 wfg, 3031 Xmas 1999, 3084 Xmas 2000, 3282 wfg Gross Tongue, 3425 wfg Pocket Bowling Alley and Beatles Yellow Submarine toy (2002) Corgi mint and boxed [vfn/nm] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22


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