Comic Book Postal Auctions

March 2016 Results

British comics, annuals & artwork

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

1

Ally Sloper's Half-Holiday original artwork (1880s) by William F. Thomas (showing the Sloper family, friends and satirical targets) with 11 further artworks for Ally Sloper, Scraps and Judy's Book of Comicalities - all publications from the same period
Original artworks from this time are rare
Indian ink on cartridge paper
12 x 9 ins. 12 pages
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £558

2

Ally Sloper's Half Holiday No. 501 (1893)
With New Series No 1 (1949) and Ally Sloper No 1 (1948)
[vg/fn/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £28

3

Puck (Jan-Jun 1911) 337-361
Jester (Jan-Jun 1920) 948-973
Publisher's files copies in two bound volumes
With original 1920 Kinema Comic No 1 flyer
[fn-/fn+/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £160

4

School Friend 1 (1919), School Friend 1 (1950)
1919: trimmed edges [vg]
1950: well worn spine and b/cover
[fr-gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £48

5

Sexton Blake Library 89-100 (Apr-Jun 1927) in bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Some cropping to covers in binding process
[fn-/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

6

Sexton Blake Library 161-172 (Oct-Dec 1928) in bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Some wear to cloth spine at top not affecting libraries [fn-/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

7

Tiger Tim's Weekly (Jan-Mar 1928) 320-332
Starring Tiger Tim and The Bruin Boys
With Film Fun (1928) 418-420, 423-428, 452-454
Starring Buster Keaton, Jackie Coogan and Harold Lloyd
Film Fun: sew holes and some spine wear [vg/vg+], Tiger Tim: some spine and edge wear [vg-/vg] (25)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £108

8

Hotspur No 1 (1933), Skipper No 1 (1930), Boys' Favourite No 1 (1929)
Worn, dull issues with some edge brittleness and flaking [gd-/gd]
With four early Hotspur Handy Book giveaways (7)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £132

9

Adventure Pocket Library giveaways (1930s) 1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9
With Adventure Thrill Books 2, 3
and 2 unnumbered
Many illustrated by Dudley Watkins [vg] (11)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £137

10

Radio Fun (1938-46) No 1 [gd], 21, 24, 25, 31-33, 47, 57, 60, 72, 81, 117, 122, 125, 161, 168, 259, 262, 420, 426,427
24 [vg-], a few [fn-], balance [vg] (22)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £103

11

Seaside and Holiday Comics (1931-39)
by C. Arthur Pearson comprising:
Holiday Comic No 2 (1933), No 3 (1934), No 6 (1938)
With Seaside Comic No 6 (1935), No 9 (1938), Summer Holiday Comic, Summer Comic 4 (1938) and Sunny Sands 1 (1939)
These holiday comics were only sold at seaside resorts once a year during the Summer. Each of the titles ran for seven years between 1931-39 apart from Sunny Sands which was only issued once in 1939.
They are all considered to be rare
Some minor edge trim (retrieved from bound volume). 4 issues with clear tape to spines [gd/vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £264

12

Sunbeam (Jan-Jun 1938) 622-647 incl. Xmas Holiday Number. In half-year bound volume Starring Molly and Mick and Dick and Doris - Detectives
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages
630: tape to cover
[vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £103

13

Tiny Tots (1947, '48, '49) 831-908
Three complete years (issued fortnightly) in bound volume
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn] (78)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £239

14

Champion (Jul-Dec 1944) 1170-1196
Propaganda war issues
With Hotspur (1946) 533-560
Complete year in bound volume
Champion has bright covers, rusty staples [vg/fn-], Hotspur: bright covers, 3 loose pages, some foxing spots [vg-/vg+] (55)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £74

15

Champion (1949) 1405-1457
Starring Rockfist Rogan and Ginger Nutt
16 issues [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £62

16

Dandy No 17 (1938)
Bright fresh covers, cream/light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £251

17

Dandy No 18 (1938)
First April Fool issue
Bright fresh covers, cream/light tan pages. Narrow ½" hole to pg 5 [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £160

18

Dandy (1938-39) 53, 93, 95
53: the first of two Xmas issues that year, with ad for first Dandy Monster Comic.
53 trimmed [vg-], 93 some frayed edges [gd], 95 with ad for first Beano book [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £107

19

Dandy Book 1 (1939)
Korky introduces his Dandy chums
Bright boards with professionally restored spine and original spine illustration laid on top. Foxing to end papers, light tan pages with dark edges. Apparent [gd-vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £256

20

Dandy Low Grades (1944-60)
272, 296, 387, 398, 414, 427, 563, 590, 604, 708, 709, 723, 726, 792, 801, 823, 851, 858, 861, 865, 926-929, 979
[fr/gd+] (25)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £107

21

Dandy Monster Comic (1947)
Korky's birthday bumps!
Bright fresh boards and spine with light overall wear. Neat dedication with light discolouration to interior cover margins where dustjacket has been removed [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £538

22

Dandy Monster Comic (1948)
Korky the puppeteer
Front board with 'Monster Comic' lightly
crayoned in and lower spine restoration
Rubbed out dedication, cream/light tan pages
[vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £114

23

Dandy (1948-58)
364, 371, 485, 550, 555, 592, 656, 678, 681, 841 New Year 1958, 850, 855, 857, 859, 860
[vg/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £68

24

Dandy (1949)
388, 389, 393 Easter, 395-400, 407, 409, 411, 413, 415 Fireworks, 418. 415 centrepage missing, 409, 413 clear tape spines. 407 [fr-gd], balance [vg/vg+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £104

25

Dandy (Feb 1949-April 1950) 390-439
In bound volume starring Desperate Dan, Danny Long Legs and Black Bob
10 issues with small invisible tape repairs [vg/vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £775

26

Magic Comic No 53 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright cover with rust staining to spine and small piece missing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £73

27

Magic Fun Book 2 (1942)
Koko supports the Magic characters. Peter Piper and Gulliver by Dudley Watkins.
There were only 2 Magic Fun books published.
Bright boards with reinforced corners. Laser copy spine with laser copy pages 81 and 95. Neat dedications light tan pages with some light foxing. A robust professional restoration. Apparent [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £206

28

Beano (1939) 52, 53, 54
52: Ad for Magic Comic No 1. Worn spine with lower margin piece torn away [gd], 53: worn centre page with margin pieces missing [vg-], 54: some cover tears and 3 long interior page tears [vg-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £217

29

Beano No 55 (1939)
Bright cover, cream pages, back cover top corner piece torn away [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

30

Beano No 56 (1939)
Bright covers with some margin tears, cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £165

31

Beano No 57 (1939)
Bright cover with ¼" margin piece torn away, cream pages [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £152

32

Beano (1939) 58, 59
58 cover has worn spine with margin pieces torn away, centre page large tear, no loss [gd+], 59 [vg-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £160

33

Beano No 60 (1939)
Bright covers, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £125

34

Beano No 61 (1939)
Bright covers, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £153

35

Beano No 62 (1939)
Bright covers, cream pages [vg+/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £222

36

Beano No 63 (1939)
Bright cover with 2 ins spine tears and worn torn centre page [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £103

37

Beano No 64 (1939)
First 'Paper Shortage' wartime cover notice. Bright cover with slightly rolled spine, cream pages with a few lower margin tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £182

38

Beano No 65 (1939)
Pg. 5 ad for first Beano annual
Centre page top margin piece torn away [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £210

39

Beano No 66 (1939)
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £176

40

Beano (1939) 67, 70, 73
67: large cover piece torn away [fr], 70: no front cover, 73: Dandy ad with Desperate Dan and Christmas cake offer, 3 x 2 ins margin pieces torn away, two large tears to centre page [gd+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £97

41

Beano No 68 (1939)
Bright cover, 1 ins margin tear with narrow corner piece missing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £125

42

Beano No 69 (1939)
First propaganda war issue with Pansy Potter and Wild Boy of the Woods U-Boat capture stories
Bright covers, worn, torn centre page [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £130

43

Beano No 71 (1939)
First wartime reference cover story - Big Eggo's feathers used for blackout!
Bright covers, cream pages with some internal margin tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £119

44

Beano No 72 (1939)
Propaganda war stories
Bright covers, cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £176

45

Beano No 74 (Dec 23 1939) 'Xmas Number'
Bright cover with pen mark to lower margin and slight spine roll [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £377

46

Beano No 75 (Dec 30 1939) 'Xmas Comic'
Bright covers, cream pages, some margin tears [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £343

47

Beano No 76 New Year (1940)
Lord Snooty traps a Nazi sub
Propaganda war issue.
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £257

48

Beano No 77 (1940)
Big Eggo Swastika cover
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £331

49

Beano No 78 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £257

50

Beano No 79 (1940)
Wild Boy of The Woods defeats the Nazi metal robot
Propaganda war issue
Bright covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £257

51

Beano 80, 81 (1940)
Propaganda war issues
80: bright covers, cream pages [fn], 81: torn away cover piece taped at edges [vg-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £274

52

Beano No 82 (1940). Propaganda war issue. Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £387

53

Beano No 83 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright covers with some light margin crayon marks, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £256

54

Beano No 84 (1940)
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

55

Beano No 85 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh cover with small lower corner piece missing. Cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £331

56

Beano 86 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

57

Beano 87 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £346

58

Beano 88 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Pansy Potter bomb dropped in Germany!
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

59

Beano 89 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

60

Beano 90 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Tin-Can Tommy brings down a Nazi bomber using Clanky, his tin-can cat
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £412

61

Beano 91 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Lord Snooty and Pals repel Nazi invasion!
Bright, fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £239

62

Beano 92 (1940
Propaganda war issue
Hitler sends wasps to sting der Englanders but Lord Snooty fires honey at Hitler and Goering and the wasps get a big feed
Bright, fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £355

63

Beano 93 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

64

Beano 94 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler sends the Luftwaffe to capture the Beano building
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

65

Beano 95 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Hitler steals Hooky's Magic Bowler Hat
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

66

Beano 96 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Pansy Potter anchors a Nazi sub
[vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £331

67

Beano 97 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Frosty McNab lances a Nazi raider
Bright covers with 3 ins lower spine tear and 1 ins margin tear [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £331

68

Beano 98 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Wee Willie Winkie traps a German spy
Bright covers, small tears to cover overhang, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £250

69

Beano 99 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £285

70

Beano 100 (1940)
Propaganda war issue
Down with Lord Haw-Haw
Bright covers, cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £422

71

Beano 101, 102 (1940)
Propaganda war issues
Bright covers, cream pages [vg+/fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £342

72

Beano Book 1 (1940)
Pansy Potter balances the Beano bunch
Bright boards with spine hinge wear. Spine illustration with narrow horizontal cut. Light tan pages with some margin foxing. A tight-spined robust example [vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £3,021

73

Beano (1943)
217, 218, 219
Propaganda war issues
217 has 4 centre pages missing [fr], 218, 219 [vg+/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £141

74

Beano (1945) 249-174
Complete year, issued fortnightly.
1st Six Brands for Bonnie Prince Charlie double page spread by Dudley Watkins
With Lord Snooty, Strang The Terrible, Tom Thumb and Pansy Potter. Propaganda war issues
Bright fresh covers, creamy white pages. The highest graded 1945 complete year ever offered at auction. 253, 268 half inch tear by spine [fn], balance 24 issues [vfn/vfn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £3,705

75

Beano (1946)
276, 277, 287, 296, 299
Issues: 276, 277 [vg-], 287, 299 [vg], 296 [fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £130

76

Beano (1946-47)
299, 302, 303, 305, 306, 308, 314, 316, 327 (1948)
[vg/fn-] (9)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £171

77

Magic-Beano Book (1945)
Koko leap-frogs Big Eggo
Jimmy And His Magic Patch, Strang The Terrible full length picture stories by Dudley Watkins
Bright covers and spine, top corner bumped, light overall wear. No dedication, clean white/cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £1,231

78

Magic-Beano Book (1946)
Big Eggo carts characters
Bright boards and spine with top corner bump and light overall wear. Neat dedication, clean white/cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £923

79

Beano (1949)
352, 354, 359 Easter, 360, 369, 371, 374, 379
369: First Pansy Potter In Wonderland back cover adventure
[vg/fn-] (8)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £130

80

Beano (1949)
354, 358 April Fool, 381 Fireworks
[fn/vg/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £47

81

Beano 388 Xmas (1949)
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £62

82

Corker Comics 1-12 (1944-45) Original artwork and page setting drawn and signed by Denis Gifford
Including original artwork by 'RAM', Bob Monkhouse. (Larry, Horace, Pop and Percy Pig). With Alan Simpson (Musso The Twirp, Ace Marston and Basher Bustem)
12 issues,100 pgs in mock-up hardback including dustwrapper multi-character artwork signed by Gifford. Volume unpublished.
A unique piece of British comics history
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £354

83

Comicolour Albums (1949-54) G. G. Swan.
Hugh and Hitch the Happy Hikers, Simple Sim and Peter Plodd - all by E.H. Banger with Captain Comet by UK Superman artist, John McCail
Bright boards, no dedication, prices unclipped [vg/fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £73

84

5 Cute Fun Albums (1949-53) G.G. Swan
Starring Tornado Tom and All At Sea by E.H. Banger with Dr Satani the Crime Chemist
Bright boards, no dedications, prices unclipped [vg+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £62

85

Jolly Western (1947) 1-9
Complete run with Jolly Cowboy 1, both published by Martin & Reid Ltd
Jolly Western 1-6 trimmed (retrieved from bound volume) [fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £73

86

Mickey Mouse Weekly mini-comic for a painting competition with two printed cotton hankies (1946) rare, and 8 MMW comics (1946-57) including 2 worn Xmas issues from 1951, 1952
[gd/vg]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £57

87

Merry-Go-Round (1946-49) 1-13
Martin & Reid (trimmed, retrieved from bound volume)
With Merry Maker Comic 1, 3 [vg/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £118

88

Supreme Feature-Comic (1947) 1, 6, 14
H. W. Bennett, New Zealand
With Bairns Comic No 1, Surefire No 2 and Jolly Adventures No 3 [vg/fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £53

89

Post-war economy comics (1940s)
Bang-On Comic, Crime Syndicate 3, Comic Capers 4, Forgers 4, The Fudge, Jingo, Look and Laugh, Panto Playtime, Panto Pranks, Rocket, Smuggler's Creek 5, Rangeland Western, Top Hole and Wanted with Hayward's Pickle promotional comic
2 issues [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £53

90

Sexton Blake Library (1948)
161-180
Bright covers with some rust spots showing through, cream pages [vg/vg+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £118

91

Sexton Blake Library (1950-51)
301-330. Bright covers with rust spots showing through, cream pages [vg/fn-] (30)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £107

92

Adventure (1951) 1355-1406
Complete year in bound volume starring Strang In The Underworld, Dixon Hawke and The Human Torpedo
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £148

93

Batman 6d Australian reprints (1950s) 65-74 with Batman Albums 1, 2 and Batman Annuals 1963-64, 1964-65
Comics: 72 [gd], 70 [vg], balance [fn-/fn], Annuals: 1963-64 [vg-], 1964-65 [fn], Albums: 1, 2 [vg] (14)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £239

94

Beezer No 1 (1956)
Starring Ginger, Mick On The Moon, Pop, Dick and Harry
Two small rust spot holes to cover (along horizontal fold) with 3 clear taped interior edge tears [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £176

95

Beezer No 2 (1956)
Bright cover, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £102

96

Biffo The Bear original Christmas artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins (1954) from The Beano Book 1954 pg 73
Biffo dresses up for the Beano Christmas party … with Jack Flash, Maxi's Taxi, Snitchy and Snatchy, Big Eggo, Magic Lollipops, Tricky Dicky Ant and Little Dead-Eye Dick
Indian ink on cartridge paper highlighted with red crayon. 2 ins tear to top margin
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £1,505

97

Comet (1953-58) 62 issues between 269-508 (incl 7 doubles).
Starring Buffalo Bill, Jet-Ace Logan, Strongbow and Claude Duval full colour centrespreads
Bright covers with rusty staple bleed [gd/vg] (62)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £141

98

Sun (1955-58) 29 issues between 339-477
Starring Billy The Kid, Wild Bill Hickock and Max Bravo full colour centrespreads
Bright covers with rusty disintegrated staples [gd/vg] (29)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £73

99

Dandy (1954)
632-683 Xmas
Complete year in bound volume
Introducing Young Drake by Dudley Watkins, Little Angel Face by Ken Reid and My Gang by Judge Dredd artist, Ron Smith
638, 639, 648 [vg/vg+], balance [vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £1,163

100

D C Thomson rare books: Morgyn The Mighty (1951) with dj and 14 illustrations by Dudley Watkins. Book: [fn], dj: [vg]
And I Flew With Braddock (1958) by George Bourne. Book and dj [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £50

101

Eagle Vol 1 (1950), Vol 2 (1951)
Two complete years
Introducing Dan Dare, Pilot of the future
Vol 1 Nos 27, 41, 42, 47-49 missing centrefolds, all Vol 1 issues with worn spines, No 1 [gd-], balance [gd/vg], Vol 2 [fn+] (104)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £226

102

Eagle Vol 3 (1952)
Complete year starring Dan Dare in Marooned On Mercury and Operation Saturn
No 1 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £141

103

Eagle Vol 5 (1954)
Complete year starring Dan Dare in Operation Saturn and Prisoners of Space
[fn-/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £125

104

Eagle Vols 12 & 13 (1961-62)
Two complete years starring Dan Dare in The Solid Space Mystery and The Platinum Planet with Fraser Of Africa by Frank Bellamy
[fn-/vfn] (104)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £274

105

Girl No 1 (1951)
Starring Kitty Hawke and her all-girl aircrew and Lettice Leaf by John Ryan
Bright cover, small sew-holes to spine (retrieved from bound volume) [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £47

106

Swift (1955-58)
177 issue consecutive run in ten amateur bound volumes enclosing Vol 2 No 27-Vol 5 No 47
Starring Robin Hood, King Arthur and his Knights by Frank Bellamy and Michael Bentine's Bumblies
[vg/fn] (177)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £228

107

John Wayne Adventure Comics (1953) 35-49 WDL
36, 47, 48 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £240

108

Mickey Mouse Weekly Harold Whitaker archive (1953)
90+ original roughs from Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan stories drawn by Harold Whitaker for the 1953 Mickey Mouse Weekly Coronation and further issues
Along with 41 pages of original typed scripts comprising 21 episodes of Mickey Mouse and Peter Pan adventure stories
Harold Whitaker (1920-2013) drew Farmer John for the Animal Farm animated movie in 1954 whilst also working on the Mickey Mouse Weekly front cover which he drew for over three years
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £257

109

Super-Detective Library (1953-57)
5, 23, 31, 33, 35, 41, 42, 48-50, 67, 73, 89
Scarce Australian priced 1/- editions
Bright covers with staple rust showing through. 67 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £210

110

Super-Detective Library (1958-60)
129, 131, 133, 135, 139-141, 143, 148, 151, 153-155
Scarce overseas priced 1/3d editions
Rick Random, Rip Kirby and Blackshirt adventures
Bright covers with staple rust showing through. 143, 153 [vg+/fn-], balance [vg-/vg] (13)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £118

111

Thriller Comics/Picture Library (1953-60)
6, 9, 10, 28, 36, 38, 41 (x2), 42, 44, 48, 61, 62, 74, 78, 84, 90, 116, 118, 130, 133, 171, 176, 185, 215, 239
With Lion Picture Library 9 and Top Secret Picture Library 1 [fn] 1974
Mainly low grade complete but worn issues, some with loose pages [pr/fr/gd] (28)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £159

112

T.V. Picture Stories (1958-59) with titles Emergency Ward 10, Hawkeye Last of the Mohicans, Charlie Chan, O.S.S., Sword Of Freedom and Sheriff of Cochise
One issue with taped spine [gd], 11 issues [vg], 6 issues [fn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £164

113

Western Picture Library (1958-62)
C. Arthur Pearson
1-9, 12-15, 17-22, 25, 26, 29-34, 36, 38, 42, 49, 50, 57-59, 61, 62, 66, 87, 88, nn
[vg/fn] (41)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £239

114

Wizard (1954) 1405-1506
Near complete year (missing 1461, 1485, 1490, 1503)
1492: Desperate Dan cover by Dudley Watkins, 1496: Wilson cover by D Watkins, 1502: Wilson cover
[vg-/fn-] (48)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £130

115

Wizard (1955-59)
1955 x 28, 1956 x 40, 1957 x 17, 1958 x 31, 1959 x 33
With 14 low grade issues (1938-48)
Generally some worn page overhangs. 30 issues [gd-/gd], balance [vg/fn-] (163)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £130

116

UK Mix (1950s-70s)
Supacomic Summer Gift Book 1 (1959) worn lower spine [vg]
With Bang-On comic n.n. (1947) [vg+], Topper Book 2 (1955) [gd], Vulcan 1, 2 (1975) [vg+/vg], 'Batman Color Pin-Ups 2' with original worn printed bag (1966) [vg-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £38

117

Astounding Stories (1960s-70) Alan Class
12-14, 20, 21, 23-27, 29, 30, 32, 38, 67, 135, 158
With Amazing Spider-Man (reprints #67), Giant-Man (reprints Tales To Astonish #29) covers and stories and Lee, Ditko, Kirby, Ayers early Marvel monster stories
[fn-/fn+] (17)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £90

118

Alan Class, Arnold Book Co, Strato UK reprints (1960s-70s)
Adventures Into the Unknown 1, 2, 8, 12, 18, 19. Amazing Stories Of Suspense 89 [gd], 188, 200, 204, 222, 237, Astounding Stories 2, 35, 37, 175, Blackhawk 24, 25, 29, 36, Challengers Of The Unknown 3, Fantastic Tales 1, 2, 4, 5, 10, 12, Justice Traps The Guilty 1, 2, 33, 39, Mr District Attorney 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 18, Out Of This World 2, 5-14, 17, Flash 5, Pecos Bill 1, Robin Hood n.n. and Spellbound 35
Some slightly rolled spines [gd/vg+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £257

119

UK Reprints 2 (1960s)
Creepy Worlds 9, 15, 28, 31, 33 [fr], 40, 46, Kid Colt Outlaw 31, 44-52, 56 (with doubles of 49, 51), Mystery In Space 4, 5, 9, Space Trip To The Moon n.n. [vg], Uncanny Tales 1, 4, 38, 39, 168, 169, Weird Planets 4, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 17
Some slightly rolled spines [gd/vg/fn-] (37)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £148

120

UK Reprints 3 (1960s)
Sinister Tales 9, 11, 12, 17, 27, 51, 206, 217, Secrets Of The Unknown 6, 7, 9, 16, 21-28, 31, 34, 35, 39-41, 43, 45, 46, 80, 81
With Movie Classics 10, 18, 43, 45, 53, 86
[gd/vg+] (37)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £90

121

Buster Book 1 (1962), Buffalo Bill True West annual (1961)
Starring Andy Capp's son, Buster by Hugh McNeill, Buffalo Bill and Dick Brando and the Secret of The Ocean Planet
Scarce Buster annual [vg] Buffalo Bill True West annual, scarce last issue [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £90

122

Fantastic (1967-68) 1-89
Complete run. Reprints Journey Into Mystery #83, Tales Of Suspense #39 and X-Men #1
Bright covers, light rust to staples, cream pages. 1-5 [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (89)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £255

123

Hornet 17-29 (Jan-March 1964)
[vg/vg+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £38

124

JAG (1968-69) 1, 2, 3 all with free gifts Bobby Moore book of the FA Cup and 2 Football wall charts with 30 consecutive JAG issues 25 May '68-18 Jan 69 (missing 17 Aug)
1 [vg+], Bobby Moore book [fn+], balance issues [fn-/vfn] (33)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £399

125

Judy No 1 (1960 [fn]
With 4 pg ad for Debbie No 1 (1973)
[vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £90

126

Oor Wullie original artwork (1965) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins
The wee lad's tellin' tall stories but ma disnae believe him - even when his shirt gets jam on it!
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £515

127

Tiger (1960-61)
1960: 51 issues near complete year missing 16, 23 July
With 1961: 35 issues
Starring Roy Of The Rovers, Rockfist Rogan, The Desert Commandos, Olac The Gladiator and Jet-Ace Logan
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples [vg/vg+] (86)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £250

128

Tiger (1962)
Complete year starring Jet-Ace Logan, Roy Of The Rovers, Suicide Sid and Olac The Gladiator
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples, some disintegrated
17 Nov
[gd], balance [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £468

129

Tiger (1963)
45 issues starring Roy Of The Rovers, Jet-Ace Logan, The Trykons, Olac The Gladiator and Johnny Cougar
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples, some disintegrated [vg/vg+] (45)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £253

130

TV Century 21 (1965)
6, 8, 9
Bright covers, some spine wear
[vg/vg/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £56

131

TV Century 21 (1965)
11-20
Bright covers
11, 12, 13 some spine wear
[vg/vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £274

132

TV Century 21 (1965)
23 Daleks cover, 24, 25
[fn/fn+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £90

133

Valiant (1962) 1-4
Starring Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw and To Glory We Steer, the life story of Horatio Nelson
Cream pages, rusty staples [vg/vg+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £187

134

Lion original front cover artwork (1970) by Roy Cross for Lion book of Motor Racing.
Graham Hill overtakes in the Lotus-Ford
Poster colour on board. 21 x 16 ins
With original Lion book
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £252

135

Hoot (1985) D.C. Thomson
1, 4, 5, 7, 8, 16, 19-22, 24-34, 37-52
Issues 4, 5 with free gifts Stickers and Hologram
[fn/vfn] (37)
Winning bid incl. 14% Buyer's Premium: £36


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