Comic Book Postal Auctions

September 2016 Results

British comics, annuals & artwork

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Note: Prices Realised include 14% Buyer's Premium.

1

1800s No 1 Issues (1868-1892)
Aldine Half-Holiday Library, Bad Boy's Paper, Boys of the British Empire, Boy's Comic Journal, Boys of the Empire, Boys' Graphic, Boy's World, Every Boys Favourite, Our Boys' Paper, Sunrise, The Union Jack, Young Gentlemen of Britain
All Vol 1 No 1s
From the Bob Monkhouse Archive
[gd/vg] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £296

2

Chums Vol 1 (1892-93) 5-46
Featuring ‘A Reminiscence of the late Charles Dickens’, a front cover illustration of a tiger by Louis Wain and the Iron Pirate by Max Pemberton.
42 consecutive issues neatly extracted from a bound volume
Clean, cream pages [vg+/fn+] (42)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

3

Ally Sloper's Half Holiday
Vols 18, 22 and 23 (1901, 1905, 1906)
Several 1901 issues with Boer War satire and Sloper's fabled advice to both Lord Kitchener and General Botha
1906: 22 issues only, 1905 board detached
All volumes have light tan/tan pages, some well worn with brittle edges
Some
[vg], balance [fr/gd] 127 issues
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £376

4

First World War Comics + Special issues (1912-1918)
Comic Life 893 Summer Holiday Number (1915), Illustrated Chips 1477 Xmas Holiday Number (1918), Lot-O'- Fun 304, 359, 453 (x2) (1912-1914)
Picture Fun 307 Grand Christmas Number (1914), Rainbow 168 (1917)
All propaganda war issues
With 1920-30s issues: Black Bess Library 2, 3, Boy's Magazine 565, Gem 1661 Christmas Number (1939), Nugget 31, Pioneer 21, Popular 580, Startler 63, Surprise 34, Vanguard 4, 6
And large format 1930s: Butterfly x 4, Jester x 3, Chick's Own x 2 and 25 assorted 1950s issues with Tit-Bits Summer Extra (1939) [vg/fn] (54)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

5

Favorite Comic (1916) 259-311
Complete year in bound volume
Propaganda First World War issues
'How Tommy bagged a Zeppelin'. Wott and Nott capture spy bomber, Frightful Fritz.
Editor's entreaty: "It only cost ½d to post the 'Favorite' to your pal in the trenches,
surely you can spare that?"
Cream pages with slightly darker edges and horizontal mail fold
259
[vg], balance [fn-/fn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

6

Boys' Magazine 3 (1922)
With free gift Art plate of Chelsea Football Club
Magazine [vg+], art plate [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £29

7

Champion (1922-23) 1-52
In two bound volumes starring Sexton Blake, Zara of the Earth Men and Curtis Carr, Flying Detective
Bright covers, cream pages, a few with light foxing and slightly darker edges. Rare in these grades.
1-4, 27
[vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £422

8

Merry And Bright (1925) 405-456
Complete year in bound volume
With the Shirkwork Brothers, Sexton Hyde and his Four Girl Detectives and comic
coppers, Grabbem and Pinch
Cream/light tan pages with horizontal mail fold
456 Xmas issue pg 3 tape
[vg],
balance
[fn-/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £68

9

School Days (1928) 1-12
In bound volume
No 1 has some page edge wear [gd],
balance
cream/light tan pages with darker edges [vg] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £131

10

Bubbles (April 1931-April 1932) 521-572
With Mrs Bunty's Boys and the adventures of Matt, the Boy with the Merry Heart
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £353

11

Butterfly (Jul-Dec 1936) 1004-1029
Complete half year starring Smiler and Smudge with Korky the Cat forerunner, Moggie The Mouser
Bright fresh pale green pages
[fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

12

Hotspur War Years (1939-41)
1939: 14 issues between 280-328,
1940: 12 issues between 345-363,
1941: 33 issues between 384-426
Mostly propaganda war stories with some Nazi/Hitler covers
Some dusty covers. A few [gd], balance [vg-/fn-] (59)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £91

13

1930s Xmas issues
Rover 610
(1933), 714 (1935), 871 (1938) and Skipper 273 taped spine and page edge (1935)
First two with Dudley Watkins cover art [vg/gd/fn/gd-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £25

14

Okay Comics Weekly (1938)
Vol. 11 No 5, 6, 7, 12 TV Boardman US reprints starring Terry and The Pirates Joe Palooka and Tail-Spin Tommy
Scarce, only a few issues known to survive [vg+/vg/gd/gd] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £46

15

Ranger (1933) 1-15
In bound volume starring the Cheerio Castaways by Frank Richards
Cream/light tan pages with some worn edge pieces torn away (via blunted printer’s cutting knife)
Issues 1, 2
[gd], balance [vg-/vg] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £53

16

Tiny Tots (1938) 533-585
Complete year in bound volume with Tiny and Tot and the Funny Bunny Boys
Bright, fresh covers, clean cream pages
[vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £154

17

Beano 92 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler sends wasps to sting der Englanders but Lord Snooty fires honey at Addie and Hermy and the wasps get a bigger feed
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, back cover small top corner piece missing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

18

Beano 94 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler sends the Luftwaffe to capture the Beano building
Bright cover, cream/light tan pages, some top corner page wear [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

19

Beano 103 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Pansy Potter attacked by German paratroopers - there's only one winner!
Bright cover with some light margin foxing and some margin tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

20

Beano (1940) 104, 105, 106
Wild Boy fights Italian Air Force in Africa
Propaganda war issues
No 104: pgs 3-12 lower margin corner piece cut away - not affecting illustrations [vg-], 105: No front cover [fr], 106: pg 11/12 half torn away [gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £55

21

Beano 105 (1940)
Propaganda war issue with 'Down with Lord Haw Haw!'
Bright cover, light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

22

Beano 107 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat silences the Nazi raiders. Tin-Can Tommy and Clanky the cat capture German paratroopers
Bright cover with worn overhang and some tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £103

23

Beano 108 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Lord Snooty and Pals captured by Hitler and Goering!
Bright cover with 3 ins and half-inch lower margin tears. Worn centre fold with multiple margin tears. Cream/light tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £114

24

Beano 109 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
U-Boat sinks Pansy Potter's model ship.
Rotters!
Bright cover with some overhang tears and small lower corner piece missing. Cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £154

25

Beano 110 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Lord Snooty tricks Mussolini into handing over Italian ice cream recipe
Bright cover with some margin tears, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

26

Beano 111 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
RAF capture Leaning Tower of Pisa (with Mussolini in it)
Bright cover with some margin tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £137

27

Beano 112 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Deep Down Daddy Neptune gets Addie and Hermy for target practice
Bright cover with top margin blemish, four centre pages with top corner pieces torn away. Light tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

28

Beano 113 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler steals Lord Snooty's butter rations, Pansy Potter makes German paratroopers goose-step
Bright cover with 1 inch lower margin piece missing, light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £217

29

Beano 114 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Luftwaffe capture Pansy Potter
Front cover edge piece torn away, light tan pages [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

30

Beano 115 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Pansy Potter bats bomb back to German bomber, Hairy Dan captures Nazi paratrooper
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £125

31

Beano 116 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy of the Woods sinks German tanks
Lord Snooty portrays Hitler and Goering as Laurel & Hardy
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £217

32

Beano 117 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy makes giant Hitler model to rescue British P.O.Ws
Bright cover with some margin overhang and edge interior page tears. Cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

33

Beano 119, 123 (1940)
Propaganda war issues
119: large top 'mitre' piece torn away front two and back two pages, 123: well worn covers with large tear and lower margin piece torn away [pr/fr] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £23

34

Beano 120 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Big Eggo 'Hitlers' front cover
Bright covers with 1 inch spine tear (all pages) and 2 ins spine split. Cream/light tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

35

Beano 121 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Lord Snooty captures Hitler in Snitchy and Snatchy's secret plane
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £177

36

Beano 122 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Cinderella puts up blackout shutters, Cocky Dick diverts German bombers
Bright cover with 3 ins cover tear and some light margin foxing [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £114

37

Beano 124 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler orders Nazi sea plane to bomb frozen pond so Pansy can't skate (rotter)
Bright covers, 2 ins back cover tear, light tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

38

Beano 125 Xmas, 126, 127
Merry Xmas from the Editor
125: Worn, torn, some edge loss, back cover detached [fr], 126: 6 ins cover tear, back cover large edge piece torn away [fr/gd], 127: 6 interior pages missing (out of 18), well worn covers [pr] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £91

39

Beano 128 (4 Jan 1941)
Propaganda war issue
Starring Musso The Wop (he's a big-a-da-flop). Wild Boy fights the Nazis in Canada!
Bright covers, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

40

Beano 129 (1941)
Propaganda war issues with Winken and Blinken swapping Nazi flags and Union Jack, Nazis capture Wild Boy and the Hermit
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

41

Beano 130 (1941)
Lord Snooty bombs Hitler's cabin, Good King Coke takes on the Messerschmitts
Bright covers, cream pages, three margin tears [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £274

42

Beano 131 (1941)
Wild Boy bombs a Nazi warship
Bright covers, cream pages, 1" back cover tear [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £188

43

Beano 132 (1941)
Wild Boy captures Nazis in Egypt
Bright covers, some spine tears, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £205

44

Beano 133 (1941)
Hitler sends a letter to Lord Snooty
Bright covers, cream pages
2" back cover blind tear
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

45

Beano 134 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy's giant British stoat defeats giant Nazi beetle
Bright covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £217

46

Beano 135 (1941)
Propaganda front cover headline 'Look Inside - and see Lord Snooty Jape the Nazis'
Bright covers, cream pages, small moisture stain to back cover lower margin [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

47

Beano 136 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Cinderella's fairy goblin makes barrage
balloons …
Bright covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

48

Beano 137 (1941)
Lord Snooty brings down a German zeppelin
Bright covers, cream pages, top cover margin and half-inch spine tear [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

49

Beano 138 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy and the Hermit torpedo Italian secret weapon
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

50

Beano 139 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Musso exposed by an unexploded bomb, Wild Boy fights the Italians in Abyssinia
[fn+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

51

Beano 140 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Bright covers, cream pages, some edge overhang small tears [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

52

Beano 141 (1941)
April Fool propaganda war issue
Wild Boy helps the Dutch Resistance destroy a Nazi aerodrome
[fn+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

53

Beano 142 (1941)
Propaganda Easter war issue
Big Eggo Heil Hitler Nazi Spies cover story
Hitler sends Pansy Potter an Easter egg
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £222

54

Beano 143 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Big Eggo swastika cover
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

55

Beano 144 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Cinderella's ugly sisters bombed in Nazi air raid
Bright covers, cream pages, some centre page overhang edge wear [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £262

56

Beano 145 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Return to red/yellow Beano banner
Rip Van Wink targets German air raid
Some wear to pages 8 and 9 [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £182

57

Beano 146 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy Captures Jungle Hitler
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

58

Beano 147 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Big Eggo Nazi spy cover story
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £331

59

Beano 148 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Pansy Potter foils German beach landing
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

60

Beano 149 (1941)
Propaganda war issue
Wild Boy captured by Nazi Youth Movement
Tin-Can Tommy bomb disposal
[vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

61

Magic-Beano Book (1945)
Light professional restoration with corners and spine hinges re-enforced and touched in
Archival tape to interior spine by front and back boards and some page edges
Apparent
[vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £188

62

Magic-Beano Book (1947)
Big Eggo swallows the ball!
Bright boards and spine, light/medium edge wear. Neat dedication, cream/light tan pages [vg+/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

63

Dandy Monster Comic (1941)
Korky's Marching Band
Bright boards with faded spine
Some interior pages have light insect tracery at margins near binding not affecting text or illustrations
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £616

64

Dandy Monster Comic (1945)
Desperate Dan downhill racer!
Bright boards and spine, neat dedication, cream pages [vg+/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £798

65

Dandy (1946)
309, 311-313, 315 April Fool, 317, 319, 325-328, 231 Fireworks, 332, 333, 334 Xmas with Beano Book 1959 [vg]
Numbers 325, 333, 334 [gd], balance [vg-/fn] (16)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £222

66

Dandy (1947)
335 New Year, 336, 338-341, 345-351, 353-356 Fireworks, 358, 359 Xmas
With Dandy Book 1954 [vg]
Numbers 351-353 [gd], Xmas [vg], balance [vg/fn] (20)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

67

Dandy Monster Comic (1948)
Puppeteer Korky
Light/medium overall wear, no dedication
One inch back cover scrape, no other major defects, clean cream pages
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £359

68

Magic Fun Book 1 (1941)
Koko's skating train
Peter Piper by Dudley Watkins
Detached front board, no spine, light tan pages [fr/gd]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £200

69

Magic Fun Book 2 (1942)
Koko supports the Magic characters
From the Brenda Butler Archive
Bright boards and spine with minimal wear, no dedication, cream pages. Page 27 narrow R.H. edge piece missing 2" x ¼"
The highest graded No 2 annual ever offered at auction
[vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £2451

70

Champion (1946) 1249-1300
Complete year in two bound volumes
Publisher's file copies, propaganda post-war issues starring Rockfist Rogan of the RAF, Fireworks Flynn and Colwyn Dane - Detective
Bright covers, fresh cream pages [vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

71

Drago Tip Top Comics (1945)
Created and illustrated by Burne Hogarth, published by Southdown Press, Melbourne [fn-] With Cisco Kid 1, 2 Feature publ. N.Z.
[fn-/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

72

Hotspur (1949) 637-686
Complete year in two bound volumes (2 fortnightly issues)
Starring Captain Midnight and The Evil Eye
Bright covers, cream pages. A few issues with light foxing [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (50)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £177

73

Jane's Journal (1944) signed by 'Jane' model Christabel Leighton-Park
With Pett's Annual (1945)
Victory Bells edition celebrating the winning of WW2
Both scarce [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

74

Knockout (1946) 358-409
Complete year in bound volume
Starring Deed-A-Day Danny, Sexton Blake double page illustrated serials, Three Musketeers, The Gremlins.
From the Bob Monkhouse archive

[vg/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £661

75

Knockout (1947) 410-461
Complete year in bound volume with Billy Bunter, Sexton Blake, Stonehenge Kit - The Ancient Brit, Robin Hood and Our Ernie.
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
Last page of issue 461 creased and worn with some top margin missing [gd], balance bright covers, cream pages [vg/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £479

76

Knockout (Jan-Jun 1948) 462-487
In half-year bound volume
Cream/light tan pages. Nos 486, 487 have tea spill discoloured page margins [fr/gd], balance [vg/fn-] (26)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £143

77

Knockout (1948) 462-513
Complete year in bound volume
Starring Sexton Blake's illustrated adventures, Stonehenge Kit, The Black Arrow and The Chuckle Club.
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
Bright covers, cream pages [fn-/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £661

78

Radio Fun (1947) 430-481
Complete year in bound volume
Starring Arthur Askey, The Falcon, Tommy Handley, Wilfred Pickles and Inspector Stanley
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £154

79

Radio Fun (1948) 482-533
Complete year in bound volume
Starring ITMA's Tommy Handley, The Falcon, Issy Bonn, Pet Clarke's Schooldays, Jimmy Durante and Kenneth Horne.
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £388

80

Rupert Book (1945)
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

81

Tip Top (1945-1947) 440-517
Three complete years in bound volume
Starring Gene Autry, Invisible Tommy and Tilly of the Tuck Shop.
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
Bright covers, light tan pages
No 404 top margin piece 3 ins torn away,
a few creased pages and margin tears

[vg-/vg+] (78)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £177

82

Wonderman (1948)
4, 14-21, 23, 24 (last issue)
Paget Publications
Starring Mick Anglo's first super-hero character, Wonderman
NB whilst issue No 4 has turned up more often, the balance issues are genuinely rare
From the Bob Monkhouse archive
[vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £422

83

Airboy 4, 5, 7 with two n.n
(1950s UK editions of US Hillman comics)
With Airboy 1-5 (68 pgs) Thorpe and Porter and Frogman 1-7 (68 pgs)
Airboy 7 [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (17)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £160

84

Beano (1950-57)
400, 403 Easter, 412, 498, 499, 534, 575, 647, 685, 706-709, 717, 722, 724, 726, 727, 731, 734, 737, 739, 741 x 2, 747, 754, 756, 760 [vg-/vg] (28)
With 29 worn, torn, taped, punch-holed but complete issues [pr/fr] (57 issues in total)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £154

85

Beryl The Peril Book 1 (1959) [fn-]
Book 2 (1961) [vg]
Book 3 (1963) [vg]
Book 4 (1965) [vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

86

The Broons Book (1950)
Scotland's Happy Family portrait (except for the Twins!)
2 ins cover edge piece missing, top and bottom spine pieces missing, cream/light tan pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £228

87

The Broons Book (1952)
Tea time at Glebe Street
From the Brenda Butler Archive
Bright fresh covers and spine, cream pages, some rust to interior staples
The highest graded 1952 Broons book ever offered at auction
[vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £821

88

The Broons Book (1954)
Happy Family Highland Fling
From the Brenda Butler Archive
Bright, fresh covers and spine, cream/light tan pages
The highest graded 1954 Broons book ever offered at auction
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

89

Broons Books 1958 [vg], 1960 [vg+], 1964 [vg+], 1966 [vg-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £68

90

Dandy Monster Comic (1950, 1951)
[vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £120

91

Dandy Monster Comic (1952, 1953)
[vg/vg-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £37

92

Dandy Monster Comic/Dandy Book
(1951, 1953, 1954)
[vg+/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £91

93

Dandy (Jan-Aug 1955)
685, 686, 688-696, 699-715
Numbers 694, 699, 703, 706, 713 [vg/fn-], balance 23 issues [fn/vfn+] (28)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £353

94

Dandy Book (1955, 1956, 1957)
[vg/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

95

Dandy Book 1958 [fn], 1959 [vg+], 1973 [vfn], 1974 [vfn])
With Joe 90 Puzzle Book (1968) [vfn] and Dennis the Menace annual (1976) [vfn+]
(6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

96

Dennis The Menace Book 1 (1956)
From the Brenda Butler Archive
Bright, fresh sharp cornered boards and spine, minimal wear, no dedication, creamy white pages.
The highest grade ever offered at auction
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £410

97

Dennis The Menace Book 2 (1958), 3 (1960), 4 (1962)
2: one inch lower spine missing [vg], 3: pen signatures to splash pages [vg], 4: laminate unbroken, as new [nm] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £91

98

Captain Marvel Adventures + (1950s)
67, 84, n.n. Captain Marvel Annual, Captain Marvel Jr 33, 37, 64, 67, 73, 76, 80, Master 55, Marvelman Family 64, Marvelman Family Annual 1 (1963), Whiz 60, n.n., Whiz (large format) 50, 62, 65, Electroman 4, n.n. and Yarmak 23, 24, 26
7 issues [gd], balance [vg] (24)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £205

99

Gift Comics 1, 2 (1952) L Miller
Bound volumes (192 pgs) both [vg]
With Gift Comics US bound volume (1949) [fr] and spiral bound, full colour Captain Marvel Annual and Captain Marvel Jr annual
[vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £274

100

Classics Illustrated (1950s) 1/- editions 86 Under Two Flags, 96 Daniel Boone, 121 W Bill Hickock, 124 War of the Worlds, 147 Ben Hur
With 1/3d editions: 21 Count of Monte Cristo, 48 David Copperfield, 53 A Christmas Carol, 74 Mr Midshipman Easy, 85 Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
With A Classic in Pictures: 2 Ivanhoe, 8 Three Musketeers
21, 48, 53, 147 [gd], balance [vg] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

101

Cowboy Comics/Picture Library (1953-59)
77, 85, 86, 88, 91, 92, 94, 95, 97, 119, 133, 139, 148, 152, 154-156, 177, 180, 181, 184, 192, 193, 205, 220, 238, 256, 258, 261, 290, 332, 333, 345
Two with taped spines. Rusty staples showing through, some worn spines [gd/vg] (33)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £200

102

Cowboy 6d collection + (1950s)
Ace High 2, 4, Black Diamond 2, Jesse James 2, 3 both [gd], Kit Carson 1, Manzar White Indian [gd], Pecos Bill 4, 7, V2: 11, V4: 7, 8, V5: 1, 3, Wild Bill Pecos 29 (US), Indians 1 [gd], Young Eagle 1 [fr], 2-4, Western True Crime, Cheyenne Western Album, Tales of Wells Fargo Album and Wagons, Roll! Western Album
[vg-/vg] (24)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

103

John Wayne Adventure Comics 1-5
(WDL 1950s)
With Movie Classics 15: The Searchers, 69: Rio Bravo, 87: Horse Soldiers (all John Wayne)
No 1 [fn], balance [vg/fn-] (8)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £171

104

John Wayne No 12 cover original artwork (1951) drawn, painted and initialled by Walt Howarth
15 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £353

105

Scion Cowboys (1950s)
Five-Star Western 3-5, 7 and 6 different n.n
Gallant Western 3 and n.n., Gunflash 1, 2, Prairie 1, 2 and n.n. Smoking Guns n.n.
Art by Ron Embleton, Norman Light and Terry Patrick
5 issues [gd/vg], balance [fn-/fn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £222

106

Sun (1956-57)
361-363, 365-370, 373, 376, 382-385, 387, 389-392, 394, 395, 397-402, 404, 406-408, 410-414, 416-422, 424-427, 431, 434-441, 446-448, 451-454, 456, 459, 462, 463
Bright covers, rusty disintegrated staples
[vg-/vg] (68)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £211

107

Wild Bill Pecos the Westerner (1950s)
1, 2 (both unnumbered), 6-18
(Issues 3-5 not known to exist) [fn/vfn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £148

108

Dick Tracy 1-10 (Streamline 1950s)
With Charlie Chan n.n. and Blue Beetle n.n.
[vg/fn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £120

109

Crime and Detective adventures (1950s)
Crimefighter n.n, Crime Detective n.n, Crime And Punishment 3, Crime Syndicate 3, Edgar Wallace 2, Justice Traps The Guilty 9, Manhunt nn, Mike Shayne Private Eye 2, Martin Kane - Private Eye n.n, Perfect Crime 1, The Saint 1 [fr], 2 [gd], Smuggler's Creek 5, Dynamic nn, Forgers 4, Rocket n.n, Wonderman 4 and Hands Up annual (1947)
[gd/vg] (18)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

110

The Eagle Vol 1: No 1
Dan Dare, Harris Tweed, Captain Pugwash and PC 49 start their adventures
Strong cover colours, some spine wear with one inch top spine split
One inch b/cover tear at lower margin
Off-white/cream pages
[vg+/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: U/S

111

Famous Romance Library (1957)
'All in Pictures'
2 [vg], 7, 8, 10, 17, 20, 25, 27, 30, 32, 34, 38, 39, 46, 48, 53, 57, 58, 63, 64, 73, 149
With Love Story 166, Romantic Confessions 62 and Star Love Stories In Pictures (early 1980s) 782, 811, 903, 964
All issues of Fleetway's Famous Romance Library are scarce [vg-/vg] (28)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £148

112

Knockout (1954)
26 issues between 789-824 including Easter and Fireworks issues
[vg+/fn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

113

Lion (1952-58)
18 issues between 11-96
Worn spines, rusty disintegrated staples [fr/gd]
With 97 issues between 105-358
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples [vg/vg+]
Total (115)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

114

Oor Wullie original artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from the Sunday Post (1953)
Oor Wullie's Christmas present to Miss McDonald should guarantee the boys comin' late tae school so Wullie reads the Dandy, watches a dog-fight, sooks a sweetie - but teacher's got flu an' auld Curly's waiting with the strap
NB Editor R D Low puts margin pencil instruction to DDW 'not too much damage' (to Oor Wullie’s wee face) after the boys 'want a word' behind the shed ...
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £536

115

Dudley Watkins pencil sketch of Gran'paw Broon signed and dated '18:7:53'
5 x 7 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

116

Popular Press/TV Boardman (1950s)
Blackhawk 32, 40, 42, 44; Buffalo Bill 10, 14, 19, 22, 24, 26, 29, 31, 33, 35, 37, 39, 41, 43; Buffalo Bill Comic nn, No 1 Ray Regan, Roy Carson, 34, 36, Roy Carson Comic 46, 54, Swift Morgan 16, 30, 38 with 2 x nn (- Lost World, - Egyptians), Crime Syndicate 3 [gd/vg] (30)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £200

117

Rainbow (1952) 1675-1724
Complete year with Tiger Tim and The Bruin Boys
Some major tears and crease
A few
[fr], balance [gd/vg] (50)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £37

118

1950s Albums +
Blackhawk 27, 59, Album 1, All Worlds Album, King Kong, Manhunt, Mystic Bumper Book, Swift Morgan Spaceways Album, Strange Suspense Stories, 77 Sunset Strip, Super Thrill Album, Tales of Wells Fargo, Strange Worlds 18, World of Space (Ron Embleton) and Westworld Foursome 10
[gd/vg] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £211

119

6d Funnies (1950s)
Felix The Cat 1, New Funnies Special Double Number, Topical Funnies 3, 16, Special Winter Number [gd], Special Double Number [vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £37

120

Schoolgirls Picture Library (1957)
1-10, 12 with 13-108 publisher's file copies in six bound volumes
No 1 [vg], 2, 3, 4 [gd], 5-10, 12 [vg/vg+]
bound volumes [fn/vfn] (107)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

121

Silver Starr Super Comic (1950s)
1, 2, 3 published by Youngs of Sydney
With Silver Starr 1 publ by Apache Comics, Sydney
[vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

122

Thriller Comics Library (1951-59)
101, 132, 134, 137, 141, 152, 175, 188-190, 195, 202, 203, 273, 285, 350
With Cowboy Comics 88, 148, 154, 192 [gd/vg] (20) And 9 [pr/fr] incomplete issues (29 total)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £194

123

Battle Picture Library (1961-63)
1-10, 13-18, 20, 22, 23, 25-31, 33-46, 49-52, 55, 56, 63, 64, 67-70, 75, 76, 79, 83, 84, 86-88, 92, 106 With War Picture Library No 2
Some rust spots showing through to bright covers [vg-/fn-] (63)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £211

124

War Picture Library (1958-61)
1-3, 5, 9, 11, 13, 20-30, 33-39, 41, 43, 44, 46, 48, 50, 51, 56, 61, 62, 66, 67-77, 82-90, 92-98
No 1 tape to cover and piece missing [fr], balance (some well worn) [gd/vg] (63)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £120

125

War At Sea (1962-63)
1-7, 11, 13-15, 19, 21, 23, 31, 32
War Picture Library 34, 72, Air Ace Picture Library 24, 27-29, 31, 32, 34, 35
x 2, 36-39, 41-49
Bright covers, some rust spots showing through.
A few
[vg], balance [fn-/fn] (40)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £239

126

War Picture Library 184 original cover artwork 'Danger No Object' (1962) by Milan artist Nino Caroselli at Studio d’Ami.
With acetate lettering overlay
Poster colour on board. 17 x 12"
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £205

127

Beano (1968)45 issues including Easter and Xmas
1333, 1334, 1336, 1337, 1339-1362, 1364-1380
With Dandy (1968) 35 issues between 1363-1413 including New Year and April Fool
[vg/fn+] (80)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £131

128

Buster Book 1 (1962) [fn-]
With Buster Book 1965 one inch clear tape to cover [vg+], 1966 [vg+], 1969 [vg], Buster Book of Gags (1970) [fn-] and Buster Book (1972) [fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £68

129

International Times (1967-69)
17, 19-29, 40, 49 Reporting the Mick Jagger, Keith Richard drugs bust, John Peel's Perfumed Garden, Ads for Pink Floyd, Jimi Hendrix Experience, Jefferson Airplane. Crazy World of Arthur Brown interviews.
John Lennon, William Blake quotations
The WHO, Magical Mystery Tour ad
Robert Crumb cartoon strip, The Doors album review. Roy Lichtenstein interview, Psychedelia, LSD, Allen Ginsberg article 'The Maharishi and Me'
Int Times No 27 with Pop Supplement A-Z, B.B King, Byrds, Cream, Fairport Convention, T Rex, First European Pop Festival, Yoga Tantric Sex, Magic Mushrooms (we could go on ...)
Mostly fresh, unfolded copies. Scarce.
No 40
[vg], balance [fn/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £479

130

Jackie Magazine 1 (1964)
with Beatles centrefold poster
Light tan pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £114

131

June and Schoolfriend Picture Library (1965-66)
328, 332, 335, 337, 338, 340, 342-344, 346-351, 354, 371-375, 378
Nos 328, 354, 372 [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (22)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

132

June and Schoolfriend Picture Library (1967-70)
412, 414-419, 422, 424, 426, 428, 430-433, 485-490, 492, 497, 500
419 [gd], 416, 419, 500 [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £57

133

Lion / Lion & Eagle (1969-1970)
1969: 34 issues btw Feb 1st - 27 Dec (Xmas), 1970: 44 consecutive issues btw 3 Jan - 14 Nov
Starring Robot Archie, The Waxer, Dan Dare, Paddy Payne, Clarke's Commandos and Zip Nolan with 4 pg Whizzo & Chips No 1 promo
A few [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (78)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £131

134

More About Tony and Tina,
32 original artworks
by Dudley Watkins (1968)
Complete 32 page original artworks commissioned by religious charity WEC International for the second 'Tony and Tina' booklet.
These illustrated stories were part of the 'Warrior Gang' Series and followed the adventures of how twins, Tony and Tina and their Mum and Dad came to follow the Christian religion
With the first two Tony and Tina booklets and complete 16 photo-layout pages.
32 artwork pages indian ink on card, 9 x 12" each, 16 layout pages, 2 booklets
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £844

135

Sexton Blake Library (1960-61)
451-470
Bright covers, some rust spots showing through
A few [fn], balance [vg-/vg] (20)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

136

Sexton Blake Library (1961-62)
481-510
[vg-/vg] (30)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

137

Valiant Picture Library (1964-65)
26-50
In three bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Nick Martin - Space Detective and Maddern's Marauders
[fn/vfn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £143

138

Valiant Picture Library (1966-67)
63-98
In three bound volumes
Publisher's file copies
[fn/fn+] (36)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

139

Action (1976)
30 issues between 13 March - 25 Dec (not including 23 October)
[vg-/vg+] (30)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £120

140

Action (1977) Jan 1 - Nov 12 (45 issue near complete run missing 12 Feb)
[vg/fn-] (45)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

141

Avengers 1 (1973) Marvel UK
With free gift Wonder-weapon from issue 2
Neat ink address to back cover margin [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £32

142

Avengers 2 (1973) Marvel UK
With free gift Wonder-weapon and six (out of eight) Missile Disc card
Neat ink address to back cover margin [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £91

143

Avengers 3-35 (1973-74)
18 issues with neat ink address to back cover margin [fn], balance [fn/vfn] (33)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £22

144

The Complete Fantastic Four (1977)
1, 2, 6, 9, 15-20, 22, 24, 27
No 1 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £15

145

Cyclops (1970) 1-4
'The first English Adult comic paper'
With contributions from William Burroughs, Raymond Lowry, Edweird Mal Dean and Malcolm McNeill
Issues 3 and 4 with Flash Gordon reprints
Cyclops only ran for these four issues.
Scarce low distr. undergrounds
[vg+/fn+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £205

146

Flintstones 'Mission Ridiculous' original artwork storyboards (early 1970s) for the animated ad for Post Fruity and Cocoa Pebbles cereal 'The good tasting part of a nutritious breakfast'
Barny and Fred run out of Pebbles Cereal so take their spaceship from Bedrock to Lunarock to find more...’Yabba Dabba Delicious!'
14 x 9 ins (3 pages)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £51

147

House of Hammer / Horror (1977-78)
12-23 (+ extra No 18)
No 16 Special Star Wars issue
No 14 Raquel Welch One Million Years B.C
cover and five others by Brian Lewis. Interior art by John Bolton, Neal Adams and Berni Wrightson
[fn-/vfn-] (13)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £143

148

Robinson Crusoe original artwork painted and signed by John Worsley (1974) from the Robinson Crusoe book by Award Publications Ltd.
John Worsley originally drew P.C 49 for Eagle Comic
14 x 15"
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £63

149

Rupert Annuals (1971, '72, '75, '76, '78) [vg/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £13

150

Sojourn 1, 2 (1977)
Large format 18 x 12" comic starring Tor by Joe Kubert, T.C. Mars by Sergio Aragones, Eagle by John Severin with poster illustrations by Steve Bissette
[fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £23

151

Spanish horror film posters (1970s)
Dracula 1972 D.C., Operacion Terror, Gorilla Contra Tiburo
Some pin holes. 16 x 12 ins each [vg+/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £29

152

Tornado (1979)
1-3 (all with free gifts), 4-13, 15-22 last issue and Tornado Summer Special
No 3 and Summer Special [vg], balance [vg+/fn-] (22)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £143

153

1980s No 1s with free gifts +
Nipper 1, 2 both wfgs, 3-5, School Fun 1 wfg, School Fun Holiday Special and Speed 1-3 all wfgs
[fn/vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £154

154

Beano (1980-82)
1980: Nos 1974-2005 Near complete year (missing issues 1956, 1957) including 2 x No 2000 and 2 x Xmas issues and 4 x 4 pg ad supplements for Bunty, Nutty, Tracy and Victor
1981: 2018-2058 (Mar 21 - Dec 26 Xmas) with 4 pg ad supplement for Twinkle
1982: 2059-2010 complete year incl 2 x Xmas issues
Some with neat address to back cover margin [vfn/vfn+] (total issues 145)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £86

155

Beano (1983-84) 2111-2215
Two complete years, both with 2 Xmas issues
Some with neat address to back cover margin [vfn-/vfn+] (104)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £80

156

Buster original front cover artwork 15 Oct 1988 by Tom Paterson
With title and text on original acetate overlay
20 x 15"

Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £37

157

Pink Panther original colour artwork by John McLusky for TV Comic 1643 (1983)
Poster colour on board. 15 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £37

158

Strontium Dog original artwork by Carlos Esquerra (1988) from 2000AD Prog 560-572 The Stone Killers
Johnny Alpha pressures Morlock to give up his murderous client
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £262

159

Tom and Jerry original colour artwork drawn, painted and signed by Bill Titcombe for TV Comic 1643 (1983)
With Postman Pat original border artwork (early 1980s) by Ray Mutimer for Postman Pat Holiday Special
17 x 13 ins and 19 x 14 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £48

160

D C Thomson Wade figures (1999)
Dennis The Menace, Gnasher and Minnie the Minx
Each with Certificate of Authenticity, each numbered 14 of 1500
As new (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £103

   


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