Boy's Own Annual (1899) 1029-1081
Twenty-First Anniversary year. Hunted Through The Frozen Oceans, Allan Adair and The Three Chums adventure stories. Captain Len Guy or An Antarctic Mystery by Jules Verne in 26 episodes
Eight colour and fold-out plates
Many illustrations by Louis Wain and the success of The Australian cricket team of 1898
Rare in this grade [vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

Robin Hood Library (Aldine 1st Series 1901-03) 45, 55 (2nd Series 1912-14) 2, 4, 5, 8 (3rd Series 1924-27), 5, 12, 14-28, 31-47, 49-56
A few [gd], balance [vg] (47)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Chips, Comic Cuts, Puck, Jingles and Jester (1920s-50s) original artwork panels (most) by Bertie Brown including Homeless Hector (his cat!), Weary Willie and Tired Tim, Willie and Wally, Dan Druff the Barber and Ray Ling the Fence!
Indian ink on card. Most panels 5x7 ins (a few are smaller) (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £155

Comic Life ( J. Henderson & Sons 1917) 968-993 Jan- Jun. In half-year bound volume
Starring Our Fat Tramps, Butterball and Tall Thomas and Marvelle The Mystic with some propaganda WWI comic strips
Issues 968-981 were printed 3/4 size due to wartime paper shortages
Cream/light tan pages [fn-/fn], balance light tan/tan pages [vg] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £196

Merry & Bright (1922 Am. Press) 274-300 Jul-Dec
In half-year bound volume. Publisher's file copies starring The Shirkwork Brothers, Grabbem and Pinch the Comical Coppers and Sexton Hyde and his Four Girl Detectives
[fn/vfn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

Sexton Blake Library (1st Series 1923-25)
268, 274, 276, 282, 288, 291, 296, 306, 308, 313, 315, 319-321, 323, 332, 333, 335-337, 339, 340, 343, 347, 350, 353, 356, 357, 359, 363, 365, 372, 373, 376, 378, 380
Some rust spots showing through covers [vg/vg+] (36)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Sexton Blake Library (2nd Series 1927-28)
83, 84, 86-88, 91, 93, 96, 102, 108, 110, 111, 113-116, 122, 124, 132, 134, 135, 162, 167, 390 (1933) and Boys' Friend Library 523 (1936)
Some rust spots showing through covers [vg/vg+] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £196

Detective Weekly (1935) 124-129: Agatha Christie’s Murder on The Orient Express complete in 6 episodes
With Detective Weekly (1938) 254-306 complete year with 21 Sexton Blake stories, Night of Dread by John Creasey, The Black Dagger Crimes by Edwy Searles Brooks and The Devil's Brood with cover art by Reginald Heade
124-129 [gd/vg], 254-279 trimmed, retrieved from bound volume [vg], 280-306 [fn/vfn] (59)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

Detective Weekly (1939-40) 307-379
Complete year of 1939 continuing to final issue No 379 due to wartime paper shortages. From No 310 'Sexton Blake's Own Paper' was printed above the title. Including thriller stories by Edwy Searles Brooks, G.H. Teed and Anthony Skene. 'Enter Sexton Blake' was a hugely popular radio serial during 1939 and was broadcast in tandem with Detective Weekly
Complete year of 1939: 307-358 [fn/vfn], the following 21 issues from 1940 are trimmed, retrieved from bound volume [vg] (73)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Hotspur 1 (1933)
Bright cover with small piece missing from RH cover edge, slight horizontal cover crease not breaking colours, minor edge tears, cream/light tan pages [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £262

Joe E Brown original artwork by George Wakefield (1938) for Film Fun 5 February 1938.
Joe gets into terrible trouble looking after his friend's mummy …
Complete 15 panel story
Indian ink on card, each panel 9½ x 4½ (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Pioneer (1934) 1-25
In bound volume with free gifts with Nos 2, 3 and 4. Great pioneer biographies and pictures of Charles Lindbergh, Lawrence of Arabia, Malcolm Campbell, with adventure stories by Frank Buck and Australian and British Air Aces
[vg/fn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

Ranger No 1 (1931)
No back cover, rust marks [fr]
With Playhour No 1 (1954) worn spine, rusty staples, three 2" edge tears
[gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £26

Scoops No 1 (1934) "The UK's first Science Fiction Weekly"
Bright cover, medium spine wear, rusty staples, some discolouration to lower back cover [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

The Thriller (1931-32)
30 issues between 100-204 and (1936-37) 367, 379, 388, 437 with stories by Barry Perowne, John G Brandon, L.C. Dothwaite and Anthony Skene. Bright covers, rusty disintegrated staples.
5 issues [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (34)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

The Thriller (1935) 309-360
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies of Philomel Cottage by Agatha Christie, Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace, The Saint by Leslie Charteris, Raffles by Barry Perowne and 'Gripping New Thrill Novels' by John Creasey, Ladbroke Black, Sydney Horler and John G Brandon
Most covers illustrated by the brilliant atmospheric pen of Mike (Ernest) Hubbard
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,023

1930s-40s Comics with Free Gifts
Adventure No 61 (1922) with 10 adventure Picture Cards, Boys' Magazine (1924-33) 409 wfg presentation plate The Polar Flyer, 414 wfg P. Plate Deep Sea Diving Machine, 596 wfg Metal Propeller and nose cap for monoplane and Book of Xmas Fun booklet for 13 Dec 1924 (without comic). Nelson Lee Library 542 (1925) wfg Stamp Packet No 1 (4 stamps) with Special Xmas Number 34 (1926). Red Arrow (1932) 1, 8, 22, 23, 51 wfgs Junior Football Training Book (No 22) and Strong Man Secrets (No 23). Red Star Weekly 405 (1939) wfg Shirley Temple Film Star Photo. Scout 914 (1925) wfg Every Boy's Book of Football, 876 wfg Railway Engine Photo-Card. Young Britain No 2 (1919) [gd], wfg Picture Plate of Mary Pickford, Charlie Chaplin and Douglas Fairbanks, No 156 wfgs Cricketers Photos Jack Hobbs and Percy Fender. With Film Fun Free Gifts (935-37) Buck Jones Thrill Book, Stand-Up Film Star Cards of Jean Arthur, Gary Cooper, Buck Jones , Joel McRea, Merle Oberon, Ginger Rogers and Spencer Tracy, all in Film Fun wallet with Flyer [vg] (22)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

Jolly Comic (1949) 4 strip original artwork by A.T. (Bertie) Brown
Indian ink and wash, highlighted with blue crayon, on card. 19 x 20 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

Mickey Mouse (1945) Jan 13-Dec 29
Near complete year missing June 2nd. Issued fortnightly
May 5 2ins spine tear [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Beano No 34 (Mar 18 1939)
Bright cover with back cover light foxing and ink dust blemishes. Cream/light tan pages, a few with some margin foxing [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £298

Beano No 40 (Apr 29 1939)
Bright cover with some light margin foxing. Cream/light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

Beano No 56 (Aug 19 1939)
Bright cover, cream/light tan pages with a few margin foxing blemishes. Back cover with some ink flicks to lower margin [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £298

Beano No 66 (1939) missing pg 11/12 [fr].
With Beano 211 (1943) propaganda war issue [fn] and Dandy 201 (1941)
Large cover tears with no loss [gd-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

Beano No 78 (Jan 20 1940)
Propaganda war issue. Wild Boy of the Woods condemned as a British spy. Frosty McNab freezes a U-Boat!
Bright covers with some margin foxing. Cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

Beano No 83 (Feb 24 1940)
Propaganda war issue. Wild Boy of the Woods destroys a German bomber, Wee Peem sends up barrage balloons
Top cover margin foxing, small scrape tear to lower back cover margin [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

Beano No 89 (6 Apr 1940)
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £184

Beano No 108 (17 Aug 1940)
Propaganda war issue. Hitler and Goering fight Lord Snooty in Scotland. Wild Boy's eagles bomb an Italian battleship
Bright cover with 1 ins tear to lower margin by spine with narrow dust shadow. Cream pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

Beano No 135 (22 Feb 1941)
'Look inside and see Lord Snooty jape the Nazis' top cover sub-title. Dudley Watkins draws first adventure strip in The Beano: Tom Thumb the Brave Little One. Musso jumps into a vat of ice cream. Wild Boy steals a German Glider battalion
Bright covers, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Dandy 53 (3 Dec 1938) early Christmas issue with ad for the first Dandy Monster Comic
Quarter inch trim to all edges [gd]
With Dandy 56 (1938) Xmas issue with page 21/22 photocopy [fr/gd] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

Dandy 78 (1939)
Bright cover, light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

Dandy 107 (Dec 16 1939)
Desperate Dan is giving away Korky Christmas cakes (but not to Addie and Hermy)
[vg/vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

Addie and Hermy original artwork by Sam Fair (1940) with Dandy 137 (Jul 13 1940)
Propaganda war issue from which it comes. Der big prize for winning der horse race is Der Big Feed so Addie and Hermy rocket to first place but der big Feed is for the horse - Der Oats!
Indian ink on cartridge paper 12 x 11 ins, Dandy Comic is [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

Dandy 308 (1945) Xmas Fun issue
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

Dandy 334 (1946) Bumper Xmas Number
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Dandy 359 (1947) Bumper Xmas Treat issue
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Dandy (1948) 360 New Year [vg+], 382 Fireworks [vg]
(2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Dandy 385 (1948) Grand Xmas Number
Light horizontal centre fold l[vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Dandy 422 (1949) Bumper Xmas Number
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

D.C. Thomson Famous Books In Pictures illustrated by Dudley Watkins (1948-53)
Complete set. Kidnapped: book [fn], dj: torn away pieces filled in [gd]. Robinson Crusoe: book [vg], dj: tears, pieces missing [gd], Oliver Twist [fn], Treasure Island [fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

Magic Comic No 1 Flyer
An 80-page mini comic in its own right
Light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

Magic Comic No 38 (1940)
Koko The Pup by E. H. Banger, Peter Piper by Dudley Watkins
Bright covers, cream pages, back cover has some wear and small tears to top edge [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £238

Magic Comic No 43 (1940)
Propaganda war issue with Herr Paul Pry - The Nasty Spy
Cream/light tan pages with wear to overhang page edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £238

Magic Comic (1940) 58, 59, 60
Starring Koko by E.H. Banger and Peter Piper by Dudley Watkins
Nos 58 and 59 trimmed and retrieved from bound volume with 5 string holes to spines, both [gd], No 60 with interior tape to some edges and some edge brittleness with re-glued re-attached worn spine [fr/gd] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £464

Sooty Snowball original full colour artwork (1940) by Robert McGillavray from Magic Comic.
Sooty wastes the butcher's sausages by using them as tyres for his delivery bike!
Small pieces missing from top left and top right corners
Sooty Snowball was one of the few characters to continue when Magic was amalgamated into the Magic-Beano Book in 1942
This is only the second Sooty artwork known to survive. Poster colour on card, 9 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Beryl The Peril Annual 1 (1959)
Bright boards, no dedication, clean white pages [fn/vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

Dennis The Menace Annual 1 (1956)
Bright boards with some light vertical stress lines, no dedication, clean white pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

Desperate Dan Annual 1 (1954)
Bright boards with 1 inch wear to top spine. Creamy white pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

Beezer Books 1, 2 (1958, 1959)
Starring Pop, Dick & Harry, Ginger and the Banana Bunch
Bright boards with minor corner wear, no dedications, white pages [fn/fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Broons Books (1956, 1958, 1960, 1962)
[vg/gd/vg+/vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Oor Wullie Books (1957, 1959, 1961, 1963)
[vg-/vg-/vg/vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £238

Beano (1958) 807-858
Complete year
First appearance of the Beano's seafaring goon Jonah by Ken Reid, Last Shipwrecked Circus by Dudley Watkins. No 851 with 4 pg Flyer for Beezer Free Flute
814, 820, 820 with biro outline to 'Beano' title [vg], balance issues [fn+/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £3,630

Topper No 1 Flyer, Thunderclap free gift from Topper No 31 (1953 art by Dudley Watkins)
Gift has some wear (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £40

Beano (1959) 859-910
Complete year. First appearance of The Three Bears by Leo Baxendale
884 [vg-], 910 Xmas (vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £4,225

Dandy 631 (1953) Xmas Fun Number
[fn/vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Dandy 683 (1954) Xmas Fun Number [fn]
With 736 (1955) New Year [fn-], 737 (1956) [vfn]
(3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Just Jimmy original artwork by Hugh Morren for The Dandy No 758 (1956), which is included
Jimmy opens a jar of honey from mum's shopping and the bees misbeehive…
Hugh Morren was a freelance artist working for DC Thomson and this was his first Just Jimmy artwork for The Dandy. He also drew the popular Smasher strip for 30 years and Jimmy's female counterpart, Calamity Jane for The Beezer
Black and red poster colour on card. 15 x 12 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

Dandy 788 (1956) Christmas Fun Number [fn/vfn]
With 789 (1957) New Year [fn], 839 [fn+], 844 (1958) [fn]
(4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

Bunty No 1 (1958)
Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrated by Paddy Brennan
Bright cover, moisture discolouration to lower margin, all pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

Girls' Comics with Free Gifts (late 1950s-60s)
Bunty No 3 wfg Famous Girls of Today Picture Album, 245 (1962) wfg Stars of The Ballet booklet, Girls' Crystal 957 (1954) wfg Confessions Album. Boyfriend (1961) 121-123, 178 all with free gift Elvis Wall Panel Posters, Mandy 2, 3 (1967) without free gifts. June and Schoolfriend 29 Jan 1966 wfg Jimmy Tarbuck's Gallery of Stars booklet with all 108 star photos inserted. Princess 17.3.1962 wfg Ballerina Album. Princess Tina 15.3.69 wfg Secret Address Book and Code Writing Card, Sally No 2 (1969) wfg Lovely Bracelet and Woman's Day 1.14.61 wfg 6 Romance Transfers and Multi Colour Cotton Skein.
Free gifts [fn/as new], comics: Bunty [gd], balance [vg/fn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £309

Captain Marvel (3rd Series L Miller 1953-54) 3, 5, 7-10
No 3: 5 inch spine split [gd-], 5 [vg+], 7-10 [fn-/fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

Captain Marvel (1954 3rd Series, L. Miller) 12-16, 20, 22
No 20, 22 discoloured tape to spines, detached covers [fr], 12-16 bright covers with interior page margin tanning [fn-/fn] (7)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Captain Marvel Jr (1953 3rd Series, L Miller) 1-3
No 1: Bright cover with slight dust shadow and ¼ ins tear, cream /light tan pages [fn], No 2: detached cover, rusty staples, tan pages [fr/gd], No 3: bright cover, light tan pages with darker margins [fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Captain Marvel Jr (1954 3rd Series, L Miller) 8-10, 12-24 last issue with cover also titled 'The Young Marvelman'
Bright covers, light tan pages with darker margins No 20, 22 split spines [fr], 24 half spine split [gd], 23 [vg-], balance issues [fn-/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Classics Illustrated 74 (1952 HRN 141) Mr Midshipman Easy (3rd edition)
Scarce British cover art. Bright cover with two full length light cover creases and three top right cover creases. White pages, rusty staples [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £464

Crime Detective Comics No 1 (Streamline 1951 - no number to cover)
Worn corners
The Perfect Crime No 1 (1951, Pemberton)
Clear tape to interior cover edges and interior spines
With Rip Kirby Comic Album
[gd+/gd/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £6

Streamline/Crime selection (1950s)
Charlie Chan 1 (full colour pages) [fn], Doll Man n.n., (Popular Press One-Shot 1951). Bright detached cover, rusty staples [gd], Inside Crime n.n. (One-Shot) [fn/vfn], Justice Traps the Guilty 9 (full-colour pages) [fn+], Manhunt 2 (full colour) [fn], Real Clue Crime Stories n.n. [fn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £381

Eagle No 1 (1950)
Introducing Col. Dan McGregor Dare, Captain Pugwash and The Great Adventurer
Bright covers, horizontal mail fold, cream pages [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Film Fun and Larks (1950-52) 6 strips of original artwork by Bertie Brown including Red Skelton and Arthur English
Indian ink on card, highlighted by blue crayon. 6 strips 19 x 5 ins each (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

Football Free Gifts in comics (1950s-60s)
Adventure 1598 (1955) wfg Penalty Kick Football Game with original 4 pg Flyer. Adventure 1782-84 (1959) wfg two World Footballers of Tomorrow Photo Albums one of which has all photos inserted. Lion Oct 24 (1959) wfg Lion League Ladders with all 129 team name tabs. Lion 21 Jan-11 Feb, 4 issues with Football Trophies Display Card and all 13 trophies inserted. Lion 28 Sept & 5 Oct (1963) wfg Football League Ladders and Club name tabs. Lion and Champion 14 Oct - 18 Nov (1967) 6 issues wfgs Album of Soccer Stars with 110 footballers to cut out and insert
Gifts as new, comics [vg/fn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £881

Master Comics (1950s L Miller) 99, 109, 139
With Whiz 106, 126
[vg+/fn-] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £50

MAD No 1 UK edition (1959)
Detached cover, rusty staples [gd]
With Wonder Woman softback book (US first edition 1972) reprinting 13 full colour stories coinciding with the emancipation of women during the 1940s-60s introduction by Gloria Steinem [vg/fn]
(2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

Sexton Blake Library/The Headmaster's Secret original cover artwork (1954) from Sexton Blake Library No 242
Poster colour on board. 19 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

Superman (KG Murray 1950s Australian/UK reprints) 15, 16, 22, 23
With Superboy 23 [gd], 36, 47
[vg/fn] (7)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

Tiger No 1 (1954)
First Roy of the Rovers by Stewart Colwyn (Frank S. Pepper)
Bright cover with migrating rust marks, two 1" tears to front cover margin, four 1" tears to back cover margins [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £2,618

War Picture Library (1958-64) 1-271 unbroken run
In the late 50s and early 60s some of the authors from WPL were war veterans and prisoners of war themselves and they brought a reality and honesty to their story telling creating huge popularity for the title. Many of the covers were drawn by Italian artists working for Creazioni D'Ami in Milan including Georgio Gaspari, Nino Caroselli, Allessandro Biffignandi and Gino d'Antonio, their work brilliantly capturing the exploits of WWII
Bright covers with rust spots showing through mostly cream pages. Nos 10, 13 [gd], some earlier issues incl No 1 [vg], balance [vg+/fn+] (271)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £2,678

War Picture Library (1964) 248-271
Complete year of Publisher's file copies in bound volume
Bright covers, light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (24)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £220

1950s comics with Free Gifts
Adventure 1599 (1955) wfg War Beneath The Waves Picture Album, 1653 (1956) wfg War In The Air and 4pg Flyer. Lion 110 (1954) [gd] wfg Wonders of Space Travel booklet, 117 wfg Daring Deeds of World War II. Knockout 922 (1956) wfg 20 Super Planes Of Today complete cardset in wallet, 1007, 1010 (1958) with free gift 4 sets of 3D pictures in wallet complete with 3D glasses. Picture Show 1861 (1958) with Paul Newman and Elizabeth Taylor cover wfg Frankie Vaughan 'signed' photo. Radio Fun 924 (1956) with 1-20 British Sports Stars cards complete with wallet. Red Letter No 45 (1957) with Frankie Lane's hit 'I Believe' colour song card. Red Star Weekly (1957) 1300, 1301 wfgs Big Sheet of Picture Transfers including Elvis, Frank Sinatra, Bill Haley and Johnnie Ray. Sun 229 (1953) wfg Album of Cowboys and Indians and 2 photos. Top Spot No 1 (1958) wfg Glow Spot Tie Clip
Gifts [fn/as new], comics [vg/vg+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

Beano (1960) 911-963 year missing: 911, 912, 917, 919, 924, 941, 954, 961, 962 Xmas
With pink flyers for Judy, Wizard and Bunty and with [vg] 1962 Beano Book [vg/fn]
(45)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,000

Beano Books: 1961 No dedication, some scrapes near spine [vg/fn], 1964 No dedication [fn]
(2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

The Dandy/Korky the Cat (1961) original front cover artwork by Bill Creighton for The Dandy No 1016 May 6 1961 with original front cover printer's proof signed by the Dandy's editor
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £476

Dandy (1963) 1102-1153
Complete year in bound volume.
With Korky, Corporal Clot and Desperate Dan
[vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £904

Dandy (1964) 1154-1205
Complete year
A few [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £155

Dandy (1965) 1206-1257 year missing 1221 and 1238.
No 1229 has 2 centrefolds missing. 1235, 1236 and 1257 (Xmas) are doubles
A few [vg], a few (including Xmas x 2) [vfn], balance [vg+/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Air Ace Picture Library 325 (1966) original cover artwork by Alan Willow showing Dogfight Dixon and the Balkan Battle
Gouache on board. 15 x 12 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

Fantastic 2 (1967) wfg Secret Brotherhood of Power stick-on scars
Free gifts as new, comic with bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Fantastic 52 (1968) wfg Star Target Pistol with 5 bullet discs only out of 6 and target
bright covers, cream pages with rusty staples [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Fantastic (1968) 53 wfg Apollo Space Craft with press-out pieces pressed out and made up. No 54 wfg Cyclops Badge only
[fn/fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £36

Terrific 2 (1967) wfg Iron Man's Missile Launcher
Free gift as new, comic [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Terrific 3 (1967) wfg Astro Dart
Free gift has very slight wear (it's made of paper), comic with rusty staples [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

Guy The Guide original artwork by Reg Parlett for Swift (1962)
These two boards have been extended for inclusion in a future IPC comic, title unknown
Indian ink and wash on board. 21 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

JOE 90 (1969) Free gifts from Nos 2 & 3: Special Agent Coderpass (uninscribed) and WIN Badge
Both gifts as new (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £101

1960s Comics with free gifts
Adventure 1832 (1960) wfg 60 Motor Cars of 1960 and 4pg Flyer, Lion 19 Jan- 9 Feb 1963. 4 issues wfgs Ace Aircraft of the World Picture Album with all 40 pictures attached. Robin Vol 11 Nos 6-8 (1963) wfgs Robin's Model Toy Shop and cut-out accessories (not cut-out) with Robin Sweet Shop newsagent's shop card. Sparky 36 (1965) wfg Sparky Spin-Din
Free gifts as new, comics: Adventure 832 [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

New Hotspur (1960-62) 22 wfg Whistling Whizzer and 4 pg Flyer, 87 wfg Book of War Pictures, 119 wfg Air Fights of Flyer Hart
Gifts as new, comics [fn/vfn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £45

Phantom (Frew Publ. 1960s-80s) 272, 551, 605, 723, 799
With Phantom 15 (1960 L Miller 68pgs). With No 12 reprint (2003), Robin Hood Tales 25 (L Miller 1957) and Wings n.n. (Streamline 1951)
Phantom 271 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Solo No 1 (1967) wfg The Amazing Solar Saucer
Starring The Scarecrow, Sgt Bilko, UNCLE and Mary Poppins
Free gift in original bag as new. Comic [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £738

Sparky No 1 (1965)
Foxing spots to RH cover margin, cream pages [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

TV Century 21 (1965-67) 1-140 with No 1 free gift Special Agent Identicode Card, No 2 wfg Special Agent Badge and Secret Coded Message forms (uncut and as new) with No 141 cover, c/fold & 3-D pages only, wfg 3D Spectacles and send away Spectrum Shade Official Pass and including Thunderbirds Are Go TV Century 21 52pg Special (1966) [fn+]. TV Century 21 achieved iconic status during its 1960s production run with many of the comic's legendary characters just as popular now as they were 50 odd years ago. This was largely due to the influence and deployment of the greatest artists of their day. Frank Bellamy and Don Harley drew Thunderbirds, Mike Noble and Don Lawrence took turns at Fireball XL5 and Rons Embleton and Turner drew The Daleks, Stingray and Captain Scarlet. Even Dan Dare's legendary creator, Frank Hampson, drew Lady Penelope in issues 40-45
No 1 bright fresh covers, cream/light tan pages [fn], free gift has name & address neatly filled in [fn-], No 2 [vg], No 3-5, 9, 10 [fn-/vfn], 6-8 [vg/vg+], 31: lower cover corner piece 2 x ½" torn away [vg-], 124: pg 17 competition cut-out 3 x 3 ins [vg]. A further 15 issues [vg/vg+], balance 119 issues [fn-/vfn] (142)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £2,975

Valiant No 1 (1962)
Starring Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw and Jack O'Justice
Bright covers, discoloured staples, cream pages [fn/vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £357

Valiant No 2 (1962) wfg Giant Book of World War Two
Free gift as new, comic: cream pages with rusty staples [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

Valiant 30^th Apr, 7th May 1966 wfgs Ranger Redwing Model Plane and Ranger Redwing Model Plane Engine Parts in original envelope. Rare
With Valiant 4pg Flyer
Gifts as new, comics [fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £262

Valiant 2 March 1968 1st Raven On The Wing by Francisco Solano Lopez wfg Red Arrow in original envelope
Gift as new, comic [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Valiant 9 March 1968 First 'Is It True' cover story. Wfg Valiant Identikit complete and unused in press-out card sheet
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £102

Wham! 2 (1964) Beatles photo/history on pg 5. Wfg Shake Me Teacher
Gift as new, comic [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Wham! (1964) 3, 4. 1st Frankie Stein by Ken Reid. Wfg Draughts Puzzle (envelope opened with pieces complete and as new), comics [fn+/fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

Wham! 15 (1964) wfg Whampire Bat on original card
Gift as new, comic [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

Garth: 'The Wreckers' two signed original artworks (1973) by Frank Bellamy for the D. Mirror 3/13 December 1973
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £904

Captain Britain (1976-77) 1-22, 25-28. No 2 wfg Captain Britain Boomerang
No 1 Fun Page Maze completed in biro [vg]. Most issues with slightly rolled spines [vg/fn-] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £417

Garth: 'Bride of Jenghiz Khan' original signed artwork (1974) by Frank Bellamy for the D Mirror 6 November 1974
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £440

Commando War Stories in Pictures (1974-76) 865-1018
[vfn/nm] (154)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

Cor! 1978 Annual front cover artwork of Ivor Lott and Tony Broke by Mike Lacy
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £184

Football Free Gifts in comics (1970-73)
Buster 7-28 Feb (1970) 16-30 Oct, 6 Nov (1971). Eight issues wfgs My Favourite Soccer Stars (1970 & 1971) booklets and two complete 32 card sets. Football Star 2 (1973) wfg six Stand-Up Footballers. Hotspur (1970) 568, 569 each wfg 12 Super Stand-Up Footballers. Lion 7-28 Feb (1970) wfgs My Favourite Soccer Stars booklet and complete 32 card set. With 4pg Flyer. Lion and Thunder 16 Oct-6 Nov (1971) wfg My Favourite Soccer Stars Booklet and all 32 cards neatly inserted. Scorcher 7-28 Feb (1970) wfgs Favourite Soccer Stars booklet and complete 32 card set and Scorcher 16 Oct (1971) wfg Soccer Stars booklet and complete 32 card set. Smash! 7-28 Feb (1970) wfgs Soccer Stars booklet and complete 32 card set
[Please note that each booklet and 32 footballer card sets are completely different] [vg+/fn+] (28)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £381

Garth: 'The Angels of Hell's Gap' two original consecutive artworks (1975) drawn and signed by Frank Bellamy for the D Mirror 12/13 March 1975
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (x2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £928

Jet (1 May-25 Sept 1971) 1-22
Complete unnumbered run (before amalgamation with Buster). No 2 wfg Zooming Buzzing Monster Wasp. With 4pg Flyer for Jet No 1
Bright covers, white pages, rusty staples [fn-/fn] (23)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £393

Garth: 'The Beautiful People' signed original artwork (1976) by Frank Bellamy for the D. Mirror 11 February 1976
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £405

Star Wars Weekly No 1 (1978) wfg Star Wars X-Fighter
Gift as new, comic some tanning to lower page margins [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

Target (1972 New English Library) 1-50
Complete run wfgs in 1-4. There are no free posters in issues 3-23
[fn/vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

2000 AD (1977) 12, 13, 17
Mekon cover/Dan Dare vs The Mekon/Judge Dredd by Ian Gibson
Bright covers, cream pages [vfn/nm] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

Thunder (1970-71) 1-22
Complete unnumbered run (before amalgamation with Lion). Wfgs with No 1 Jumping Kangaroo, No 2 Black Max's Bat. Thunder starred Fury's Family by Denis McLoughlin, Adam Eterno, Phil The Fluter and Black Max by Eric Bradbury and Alfonso Font
Gifts as new, comics: No 1 [fn-], No 2 [fn], a few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (22)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £666

Warlord (1974) 1-14
Wfgs: No 1 Golden Replica Medals, No 3 Swooper Hi-Fly Glider. Starring Union Jackson, Bomber Braddock and Code-Name Warlord
[fn-/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Angus Og original artwork (1989) drawn and signed by Ewan Bain for the Scottish Sunday Mail June 18 1989
The Royal Family prepares to visit Scotland - without Princess Di …
Black marker pen on board with original colour overlay. 15 x 9 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

‘The Fantastic 400' four original artworks drawn and signed by Dicky Howett (as a pastiche of The Fantastic Four) and published in Thor (UK Marvel) Nos 12, 14, 15 and 17, July-August 1983
Indian ink on card. 13 x 9 ins (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Judge Dredd 'Whodunnit' newspaper strip (1990) original art, drawn and signed by Mike Collins for the Daily Star 28 May 1990
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 16 x 6 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

Beano/Dandy free gifts (1980s-2000s)
Gnasher Snapper 1984 & 1993, Super Skimmer, Dennis Whizzer, Beano/Dennis 4 pencils in box, 5 pack of Candy Sticks, Gnasher Glove Puppet, Dennis The Menace Fan Club Wallet, 2 badges and membership letter, Desperate Dan key ring, Beano Colouring Book, Dennis & Gnasher Helicopter, Dennis Bookmark, Gnasher Dasher Skateboard, Dandy Mini Camera key ring (from No 3010) and Jar Jar Star Wars Sticky Tongue Toy (from Dandy No 3002)
Mostly as new (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

2000 AD Prog 304 (1983) original artwork by Ron Smith pgs 16-17 double page spread
The Mega-City Criminals, led by Danzo Prezzel, set a trap for Judge Dredd …
Indian ink on board. 32 x 22 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,595

Crisis No 59 (June 1991) Lord Jim original pg 9 artwork painted and signed by Steve Sampson
Poster colours on card with wording on acetate overlay. 22 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

Rogue Trooper original artwork (1984) by Cam Kennedy for 2000 AD prog 376 pg 29
Indian ink on board. 16 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,047

Scorer: original artwork strips (1996) by John Gillatt for the Daily Mirror 19-24 September 1996
John also drew Billy's Boots, Johnny Cougar, Football Family Robinson and Jet-Ace Logan - all for Tiger comic
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 15 x 4½ ins each (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £26

2000 AD Prog 807 (1992) back cover original artwork painted and signed by Ron Smith, also signed to the lower margin
Poster colours on cartridge paper. 21 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £738

Judge Dredd - Phartz! (2003) original 3 panel artwork by Carlos Esquerra for Judge Dredd Magazine 201 Jan 14 2003 with colour full page print of the relevant page and Esquerra biography
Indian ink on paper. 11 x 7 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £359