Comic Book Postal Auctions

February 2021 Results

British comics, annuals & artwork

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Note: Prices Realised include 19% Buyer's Premium.

1

The Million 107 (1894), Boy's Herald 212 (1907). Introducing Sexton Blake and Tinker, 221, 222, 232, Fun and Fiction 23 (1912) with Flyer for Dreadnought No 1 (front cover), Union Jack 439 (1912) with Flyer for Dreadnought No 1 (front cover), Girls Home (1910-12) 1-17, 97-122 in two bound volumes [fn-/fn], Illustrated Sporting World 1 (1929), Adventure (1925) 176, 277, 280 wfg booklets 50 Star Players of 1924, Star Footballers of 1925, Star Footballers of 1925, Great Players of Today and Cup Fighters of 1925, Rover 227 (1926) with 4 cricketer photos, Picture Show 442 (1927) wfg colour plate of John Barrymore and Mary Astor in 'Don Juan', Rocket No 1 (1923) [gd] wfg Famous Knock-Out No 1 card
Mixed grades [gd/vg/fn] (57)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

2

Sexton Blake Library (1st Series 1917-19)
29, 37-39, 41-43, 47, 51, 52, 54, 55, 57, 58, 60, 63, 64, 68, 69 with 263 (1922)
Bright covers with interior single staple rust. These early issues are scarce. [vg+/fn] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £367

3

Triumph (1927-28)
116, 117, 124, 129, 132, 133, 136 (x2), 151, 154, 155, 159, 160, 162, 166-168, 185 (x2), 186 (x2), 190 (x2), 193 with 517, 801 with full 32 Great War Deeds card set and The Triumph album of the Great War complete with all 42 photo inserts and 'Champion' Flyer
Most issues trimmed/retrieved from bound volume [vg-/fn-] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

4

Dandy (1939) No 65, 78
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, some wear to page overhang edges [vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

5

Dandy (1939) 80, 81, 91
No 80: Brittle page edges with back cover extensive tape repair and grubbiness [fr], No 81: major spine wear and some edge brittleness [gd-], No 91 dull cover [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

6

Dandy No 86 (1939)
Page 17 ad for Magic Comic No 1
Bright covers, creamy white pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £232

7

Dandy No 89 (1939)
Bright cover, cream pages, small tear and crease to top RH corner [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

8

Key Character & Club Badges (1930s-90s+). Including Dan Dare, Eagle, Robin, Swift, Express Weekly, I-Spy, Corgi, Daily Sketch Birthday Club, Coco Club, Ovaltineys, Flying Saucers, Life Boys Jersey badge, Spider-Man, Phantom Society, X-Files, Wallace & Gromit - 34 badges in total
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

9

Laurel and Hardy 30 panel original artwork by George Wakefield for The Film Fun Annual 1938's complete 4 page story. Stanley takes in a homeless dog who eats Ollie's supper instead of scraps and holds the torch while burglars rifle the safe. Stanley hides from Ollie's recriminations in the dog-house. The mutt turns up again and steals Stanley's ham-bone so they chase it across the fields where it digs up the burglars' loot. The reward money funds an Xmas feast for the boys and a proper dog's dinner!
Indian ink on card. 30 panels on 4 pages 22 x 18 ins each page
This story is illustrated on pgs 72-73 of the Wonderful World of Film Fun (1985) which is included in the lot
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £309

10

Mickey Mouse Weekly 166 (1939) Easter issue [vg-] wfg Lone Ranger Mask
The Mask is rare
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

11

Mickey Mouse VE Day Victory Number (June 2 1945)
With Everybody's Weekly (June 10 1950) showing Disney Cinderella cover and 4 page centre story and pictures
These pages have some spine wear [vg], Victory Number [fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

12

Modern Boy (1938 New Series) 2-5, 7-24 Starring Biggles and Captain Justice by W.E. Johns with Charles Hamilton and Geo Rochester stories
[vg/fn-] (22)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

13

Ovaltiney's Own Comic (1935-38) 1-128
In bound volume. Produced in conjunction with The Ovaltine Sunday Radio show on Radio Luxembourg. (Please take a deep breath and sign along: "We are the Ovaltineys little girls and boys ….")
Rare complete run (vfn/nm] (128)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

14

The Pioneer (1934) 1-25
In bound volume wfgs for Nos 2, 3 and 4: Height, Width & Distance Calculator, World Clock & Mileage Chart and Set Square & Protractor. Great pioneer biographies of Charles Lindbergh, Lawrence of Arabia, Australian and British Air Aces with wild adventure stories
[vg/fn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

15

Sexton Blake Library (1937-1951)
583, 616, 657, 689, 3rd Series: 127, 129, 146, 153, 172, 196, 200, 213, 216, 252, 255, 264, 265, 269, 276, 279.
Some staple rust showing through covers [vg-/vg+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

16

Sexton Blake Library (1952-60)
281, 287, 292, 297, 299, 304, 316, 318, 326, 333, 338, 340, 356, 423, 441, 453, 481, 482, 504
With 129, 146 (two low grade issues from 1940s)
[vg-/fn-] (21)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

17

Sexton Blake/Pte Carter's Crime (John Creasey) original cover artwork by Eric Parker from Sexton Blake Library No 39 (1940s) from the Eric Parker Archive
Poster colour on board. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £321

18

Beano (1948-49)
348, 371, 376, 379, 386
[gd/vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

19

Dandy (1944)
257 [gd+], 260, 262, 265-267, 269, 270, 272, 275, 278, 280, 281
[vg/fn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

20

Dandy (1944) 263 April Fool [fn-], 282 Xmas Number [fn]
(2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £309

21

Champion (1946) 1249-1300
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Rockfist Rogan, RAF and Fireworks Flynn in propaganda war stories
With Rockfist in the Kingdom of the Khan hardback book (with dj) by Hal Wilton
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

22

Radio Fun (1947) 430-481
Bound volume. Starring ITMAs Tommy Handley, Tommy Trinder, Petula Clark, The Falcon, Vera Lynn, Jewel and Warriss, Arthur Askey and Wilfred Pickles
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

23

Roy Wilson original artwork (1940s-50s) of Terry Thomas from Film Fun: 5 strips and 2 larger panels, Stymie and his Magic Wishbone from Radio Fun: one strip. With 4 other strips and one panel from Tip Top, Funny Wonder and Wonder Comic. Total: 10 strips and 3 panels. From the Bob Monkhouse Archive
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £220

24

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express 1948-51) 1-10
Bright covers, cream/white pages. All issues have staple rust. No 1: 1½" top/3½" bottom spine splits, loose centrefold, grubby back cover [gd], No 2: grubby back cover [vg], 3-6, 9 neat biro owner name to cover [vg/fn-], 7, 8, 10 [fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

25

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express 1950s) 11-21
Bright covers, white pages. Nos: 12, 13, 14 have biro owner name to covers [fn-], 15: detached cover [gd], 21: 2 ins spine split [vg+], 16-20 [fn/vfn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

26

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express 1950s) 21-30
Bright covers, white pages. No 21: 2 x ½" piece out of top back cover [gd+], 29: 2 ins tear to lower cover and pg 1 [vg], 30 [vg+], balance 7 issues [fn/vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

27

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express 1950s) 31-39
Bright covers, rusty staples. No 32: detached cover [gd], 33: worn back cover [gd/vg], 39: 1 x ½" piece torn away from lower front cover [gd], balance six issues [vg/fn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

28

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express 1959-60) 40-42
Bright covers, white pages. No 40: [vg/fn], 41: back cover wear [vg/vg+], 42 [fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

29

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express early 1960s) 44-46
Bright covers, white pages. Nos 44, 45: [fn-], 46 [vg/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

30

Rupert Adventure Series (D. Express early 1960s) 47-50
Bright covers, white pages. No 47: 1 x ½" corner piece torn away from top back cover [vg], 48: biro owner name to cover [vg-], 49: 1 ½" corner piece torn away from lower back cover [vg], 50 [fn]
Rupert and the Black Moth with dj (1976). With D. Express Saturday magazine (4-10 Nov 2000) Rupert's 80th Birthday issue (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

31

Sexton Blake/Under Secret Orders original cover artwork by Eric Parker for Sexton Blake Library No 739 (1941)
Some slight foxing to colour black. Poster colour on board. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

32

Whizz Bang Comics Annuals 1, 2 (1942, 1943)
Amalgamated Press propaganda war issues. Roy Wilson, Harry Banger, Reg Perrot art. Only these two annuals were published
They are scarce due to wartime paper shortages and limited distribution
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £155

33

33 Adventure/Crime 6d reprints (1950-60s). Buccaneers n.n. (TV Boardman), Captain Tornado 68-70, 72, 73, Danger and Adventure 1, Family Favourites 8, Joe Palooka 5, Mystery Comic Tales 3, Pango 83, Pirates n.n. (2 different issues), Samson 2, Steve Samson 35, Target 5, 11, Tarzan Vol 7. No 26, Thrilling Hero 19, Tony Trent n.n., TV Heroes 20, Blue Bolt 22, Crime Does Not Pay 6, Crimefighter 1, Crime Reporter 1, Dick Hercules n.n., Mike Barnett 51, Rookie Cop 2, Special Agent 1
A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (29)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

34

Beano (1951)
443, 445, 447, 448, 450, 451, 453, 454, 456, 457, 462, 464-467, 469, 470, 473-478, 481, 484-486, 488-490 and 543 (from 1952)
[gd/vg] (31)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £440

35

Beano 452 (1951)
First Dennis The Menace
Worn copy with edge tears [gd]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £262

36

Beano (1954)
598, 600-602, 604, 612, 614, 615, 618, 620, 622-624, 627, 628, 630-633, 635-637, 639, 641-647, 649 Xmas
With Dandy 497 (1951), 645 (April Fool 1954), 798 (1957)
Beano 649 Xmas has 6 ins cover tear [gd/vg], 642 Fireworks [vg]. A few [fn-/fn], balance [gd/vg] (34)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £785

37

Black Bob original artwork drawn by Jack Prout (1952) for The Dandy No 551 June 14 1952
With original comic
Indian ink on card, framed and glazed. 18 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

38

Black Bob original artwork drawn by Jack Prout for The Dandy (early 1950s)
Indian ink on card, framed and glazed. 18 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

39

Blackhawk Album 1 (Strato 1957). Scarce
With Blackhawk 27, 28, 35, 36, Battleground 1, 2 (L. Miller), Battle Squadron 2, Crack Action 2, Journey Into Danger 4, War 11
All [vg] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £45

40

Black Magic Album 1 (Arnold Book Co 1954)
With Black Magic (1953) 6, 8, 13, 15, 16
Album 1 (fn-], No 8 [vg-], balance [vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

41

Captain Midnight (L. Miller 1950s) 1 [vg], 2, 5, 10, 128
[vg/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

42

Captain Miracle 1 (Anglo Features 1960) [gd], Captain Video 2, Electroman n.n., Flash Gordon 1, Pete Mangan of the Space Patrol 51 (No 2), Planet Comics n.n., Tom Corbett Space Cadet 2, 9, Space Comics Captain Valiant 53, 74, 80
[vg-/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £405

43

Charlton Westerns + (1950s-60s)
Billy The Kid 39 (U.S.), Blazing West n.n., [gd], Indian Fighter n.n., John Wayne 17, Kid Montana 60, Lone Ranger 55, Maverick Marshal 54, Sheriff of Tombstone 53, Western Kid 10, Western Super Thriller 39, Wyatt Earp 17, 48 (U.S.), King of the Royal Mounted 6
[vg/vg+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

44

Comic Albums by Moring and GT Ltd (1950s)
Roy Carson Album, Swift Morgan Spaceways, Buffalo Bill, Sharp-Shooter Western, Trigger Western
Art by Denis McLoughlin and Norman Light. The Spaceways Album has an unverified signature 'McLoughlin' in the margin of the first page
Trigger Western with some ruckled pages [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

45

Cowboy Comics (1950-51)
21, 22, 24-29, 31, 32
Nos 21, 25 taped spines [gd-/gd], balance with some rust spots showing through covers [vg] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £196

46

Cowboy Comics (1951)
34-36, 41, 45-48, 50 with Western War Comic (G.G. Swan) 5, 6
[gd/vg+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £196

47

Durango Kid (1952-53 Cartoon Art)
1-23, 25-27, 29-31 and Bumper Double Issue. 8 issues with Dan Brand and Tipi by Frank Frazetta
All but 2 issues are in full colour. Nos 30, 31 [gd], balance [vg/fn+] (30)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £511

48

Dan Dare Interplanetary Stamp Folder (1953)
Lifebuoy Soap giveaway with all 32 stamps attached
With original advertising leaflet from Spaceman Albert Digby and 8 photocopy Eagle ads
(10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

49

Eagle No 1 promotional issue (1950)
This 8 pg full colour comic was distributed to churches and schools in the UK to publicise the imminent print run of Eagle No 1. Its front cover has no 'Dan Dare Pilot of the Future' header - with a different date of 21 April 1950
Bright fresh colours with some light foxing spots to the cover margin. Only a handful of copies are known to exist. Especially rare in this grade [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

50

Eagle Vol. 5 (1954) 1-53
Complete year. Starring Dan Dare in Operation Saturn and Prisoners of Space
Bright, flat issues, cream pages. Scarce in these grades. A few [fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

51

Eagle Vol. 6 (1955) 1-52
Complete year. Starring Dan Dare in Prisoners of Space and The Man from Nowhere
Bright, flat copies. A few [vg/vg+], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

52

Eagle Vol. 7 (1956) 1-52
Complete year. With Dan Dare in Rogue Planet
Bright flat copies No 13 cover scrape and narrow hole [gd/vg]. Horizontal cover scrape to 10 issues [vg], balance [vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

53

I-Spy for Adventure' Life Membership Kit (News Chronicle, late 1950s) including Secret Codes Book, Big Chief I-Spy Tally card, two I-Spy pin badges, I-Spy No 1 Booklet all complete in original illustrated envelope with Bobby Bear Club (D. Herald 1934) Membership Card, Secret Rules booklet, metal pin badge and The League of Ovaltiney Club Membership Rule Book (1935) and theme song-sheet. With Sweet Cigarette boxes (1960s) Thunderbirds, Amos Burke Secret Agent, Space Patrol (rear image scuffing), Dixon of Dock Green, Dad's Army (1970s), Dad's Army 25 card set and Ogdens Robin Cigarette Packet
(17)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

54

Jack and Jill No 4 (1954) original artwork by Pansy Potter creator, Hugh McNeill
With worn cover from original comic and Jack and Jill No 44 Christmas issue (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £167

55

Justice Traps The Guilty Album 1 (Arnold Book Co 1955)
Justice Traps The Guilty (Arnold/Strato) 35-37, 39-41, Second Series No 3, with Mr. District Attorney (1958) 15, 17, 19, 21, 22
Album 1 [vg+], balance [fn-/vfn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

56

L. Miller Westerns + (1950s)
Annie Oakley 2, Arrow-Head 3, Billy The Kid 12, Black Fury 52, 55, Bronco West 1, Buffalo Bill 3, Cheyenne Kid 10, Colorado Kid 4, 11, 12, Cody of the Pony Express 1, Daniel Boone 29, 35 [gd], Davy Crockett 34, Dead-Eye Western n.n., Fighting Outlaws 10, Frontier Trail 51, Gabby Hayes Western 70, Gunflash Western 1 (cover and story illustrations by Ron Embleton), Guns of Fact and Fiction (A1#13), Hopalong Cassidy 61, 65, 132 [gd], Indians 9, Indian Western 11, Ken Maynard 2, Kid Montana 53, Lash Larue 122, Ringo Kid 10, Super Western Comics presents Buffalo Bill 1
[vg/fn] (31)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

57

Master Comics + (L. Miller 1950s)
99, 102, 107, 109, 113, 138, 139, Whiz 106, 126
[vg/fn+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

58

Marvelman/Crime Collection (1950s-60s)
Marvelman 45, 109 [gd-], 126, 277 [gd], Robin Hood 21, Crime Does Not Pay 6, Justice Traps the Guilty 36, 37, 40, Police Comic 1, West World Foursome Comic 4 and The Giant Book of Amazing Stories
[vg/fn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

59

Mickey Mouse Weekly Souvenir Coronation Issue (May 30 1953)
[vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £38

60

Mickey Mouse Weekly (Nov 20 1954) wfg The Young Adventurer's Pocket Book of Space Travel with Xmas 1954 issue
[fn/vfn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

61

Mickey Mouse Weekly (1951-57)
March 24 1951 Easter, Sept 29, Oct 13, April 12 1952, Oct 13 1956, Xmas 1956 and Xmas 1957 final issue with MMW Compliments Slip. With Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse (1959) Jan 3, 10, 17, 24 Final Issue
[fn-/vfn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £33

62

Phantom (1956-82 Frew/King Features, Sydney)
89 [gd], 548 [vg], 637, 639 656, 675, 703, 708, 711, 751
[fn-/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

63

Radio Fun (Jul-Dec 1953) 769-794
In half-year bound volume. Publisher's file copies
Starring Norman Wisdom, Jewel and Warriss, Petula Clark, Inspector Stanley, The Falcon and Jane X
Fresh covers, cream/light tan pages. Slight ruckling to pages by spine in binding process [fn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

64

Sexton Blake/The Secret of the Indian Lawyer original cover artwork by Eric Parker for Sexton Blake Library No 290 (1953), which is included [fn]
Poster colour on board. 16 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

65

Strato 1/- Cowboys + (1950s)
Wild Bill Hickock 1, 3, Kid Colt Outlaw 42, 43, 49, 51, Kid Slade Gunfighter 1, 3, Matt Slade Gunfighter 2, Tomahawk 21, 23, 29, 31, 33, 36, 40
[vg/vg+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £46

66

Strato/Thorpe & Porter 1/- squarebounds (late 50s-60s)
Challengers of the Unknown 1 [vg-], Flash 2, 3, 4 with Series 2 No 3 (incl several Wonder Woman early reprint stories), Forbidden Worlds 5, 7, Mystery in Space 4, Race for the Moon 5, 10, 15, 21 with Turok Son of Stone (WDL) 7, 11
[vg/fn-] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £80

67

Topper (1956-76)
156, 157, 500, 1038 Xmas 1972, 1195 Xmas 1975, 1212 (with back cover repro No 1), Beezer (1957-67), 58, 82, 180, 206 Xmas 1959, 263, 284, 318, 324, 389, 566, 577, 578, 581
[vg/fn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

68

War Picture Library (1958-63) 1-199
Publisher's file copies in 10 bound volumes
Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges. Two volumes with split cloth spines not affecting comics [vg+/fn+] (199)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £3,868

69

War Picture Library Holiday Special
(1966) [vg-] (1970) [vg+], (1971) [vg], (1972-1977, 1984) [vfn-/nm] and Special Extra (1970) back cover scrapes [gd+]
(11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

70

6d War Reprints (Arnold, Streamline, L. Miller 1950s)
Ace Malloy of the Special Squadron n.n. (No 1), 51 (No 2), 52 (No 3), Airboy 5, Battle 4, Battle Cry n.n. [gd], Battle Stories 7, Blackhawk: The Attack of the Crimson Hoods n.n. [fn], Bulldog Brittain Commando! 2, 5, Don Winslow 59, Flying Aces n.n., Marines In Battle n.n., Sergeant O'Brien 51, 71, 72, 75, Slam-Bang 4, 6, Soldier 2, 7
[vg/fn+] (21)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

71

WDL Cowboys + (1950s)
Ben Bowie 15, Billy The Kid 48, 68, 71, Black Diamond Western 21, n.n., Boys Ranch 4, Buck Jones 2, Crack Western n.n., Cisco Kid 19, Dale Evans 9, Indian Chief 5, 22, 28, John Wayne 30, 69, King of the Royal Mounted 2, Lash Larue 110, Roy Rogers 2, 3, 48, 49, 57, 87, 89, 91, 92, Hi-Yo Silver 1, Tappan's Burro 9, Television Favourites 4, Western Super Thriller 47, 66, Wild Bill Pecos 9, Wilderness Trek 15, Masked Raider 3, Red Ryder 46, 50, 55, Rin Tin Tin 9 and Young Eagle 8 (U.S. #1 reprint)
4 issues [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (40)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

72

WDL 1/- Squarebounds + (1950s-60s)
Frankenstein (Top Sellers one-shot) [fn], Robin Hood 1, Rod Cameron 1, Billy The Kid 73, 75, Buffalo Bill 1 (Streamline), Gene Autry 30, Hell-Fire Raiders 1, WDL Movie Classics 4, 41, 64, 72, 79, WDL Western Classics 16, 17, 20, 30, 32, 33, 35, 40, Valiant Story of the West 1, 2, Popeye 15, 24
[vg/fn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

73

Action/Valiant Picture Library + (1960s)
Action Picture Library 1, 11, 18, Buster Adventure Library 4, D.C. Digest 1 cents copy, Golden Comics Digest (Gold Key cents copy), Action Series 3, 12, Eagle Picture Library 1, Valiant Picture Library 2, 6, 41, 114
[vg-/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £40

74

Alan Class Selection (1960s) with many Lee/Ditko/Kirby/Ayers stories
Astounding 40, Creepy Worlds 85, Journey Into Danger 4, Out of This World n.n., Outer Space 1, Secrets of the Unknown 27, 34, Sinister Tales 83, Suspense 84, Uncanny Tales 41, Weird Planets 17
Weird Planets 17 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

75

Avengers 1 (Thorpe & Porter 1966) [vg+], Saint 3 [fn-], The Mummy 1 (Top Seller 1963)
[fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

76

Battle Picture Library (1961) 2, 4, 5, 8, Combat Picture Library 42, 53, 62, Combat Library 4 (text stories), Silhouette War Stories 8, 16 (Gordon & Gotch, New Zealand), Totem Picture Library 5, T.V. Picture Stories (1959), O.S.S. Operation-Tulip, O.S.S. Operation-Sweet Talk with Tit-Bits Science Fiction Comics: The Terror of Titan
[vg+/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

77

Battle Picture Library Holiday Special
(1965) [gd], (1969) [vg+], (1970) [vg], (1971-77, 1984) [vfn-/nm]
(11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

78

Boys' World (1963) No 3 [fn] wfg Super Flying Dart, No 35 [fn-] wfg Astro Glider in original envelope
(2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

79

Buffalo Bill Annual No 12 original front and back cover artwork (1960) painted and signed by Denis McLoughlin
Bright, fresh poster colour on board. 22 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: U/S

80

Buster Book 1 (1962) [vg-], Buster Holiday Fun Special 1 (1969) [vg/fn]
With Smash! Holiday Special 1 (1969) [fn]
(3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

81

Captain Condor original 2-page artwork (1960) by Ron Forbes for The Lion 9 April 1960
A writhing intergalactic cloud takes on the form of a giant upraised hand…
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 22 x 16 ins (2 pgs)
The Captain Condor header is a laser copy
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

82

Century 21 Records: Introducing Thunderbirds (1965) cover [fn-], record as new
With JOE 90 Lone Star Badge Card and 3 badges with Supermarionation Is Go (1981) 1, 2, 3 [vfn/vfn+], and TV Tornado (1967) 12, 13, 14, 16, 28, 31 [fn/vfn]
(11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

83

Dandy/Korky the Cat original front cover artwork (1961) by Bill Creighton for the Dandy No 1045 Dec 2 1961
With original front cover printer's proof
Korky puts on a crash helmet to take on the local billy-goat. He doesn't win …
Poster colour and indian ink on cartridge paper with a few foxing spots. 20 x 14 ins
With detachable 'The Dandy' header laser colour copy (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £536

84

Diana (1963) No 1 wfg Golden Chain Bracelet, No 2 wfg 2 lovely Lucky Charms, No 3 wfg Golden Chain Bracelet
These gifts are extremely hard to find [vfn/vfn/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £298

85

Diana (1963-64) No 32 wfg Diana Book of Singing and Dancing, No 54 wfg The Rainbow Book of Stars with Judy 214 (showing back cover Diana promo) Diana No 86 wfg Golden Butterfly Bangle and Diana Pony Club badge with Judy 247( incl 4pg Diana promo). With Diana Nos 86-88
[vg+/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £101

86

Diana (1965-71) No 106 [vg] wfg Super Day-By-Day Diary, No 140 [fn+] wfg Sunset Ring in original envelope, No 188 well-worn centre pages [gd] wfg Top Secret Diary, No 212, No 213 [vfn] wfg My Very Own Book of Super Stars, No 264 [vfn] wfg Magic Ring in original envelope, No 361 [fn+] wfg Mermaid Ring (with Judy 266 with 4 pg Mermaid Ring promo) and No 418 [vg+] wfg Diana's "Dress-Me" Doll and 7 outfits
(9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £381

87

Eagle Holiday Extra (1962) [fn]
With Eagle Christmas Supplement 1952 and 1954, Eagle Advertising Supplement (1950s) with Eagle Vol 13 No 41 (1962), Vol. 14 No 5, and Vol 15 (1964) Nos 41-52
[vg/fn+] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

88

Eagle Vol 17 No 22 (1966)
With Special sendaway offer Wall's Sky Ray Moon Fleet Log Book, Space Flight 48 Card Set complete, Moon Fleet Captain and Sky Ray badges
Comic [fn], gifts [nm] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £80

89

Fantastic Summer Special (1968)
Detached cover from rusty staples. Some rust marks to cover (lessening through first seven pages) [vg-/vg]
With Avengers (1973) No 1 [vg], No 2 [fn] wfg Avengers Wonder Weapon and Bullet Card
(3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

90

Giggle No 1 (1967) with 4 pg Flyer for No 1, Goofy No 1, Jackie 492 wfg Osmonds Pop-Bag, Little Star 1 wfg Pip Squeaker and 4pg Flyer for No 1 [fn-/fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

91

Hornet (1967-69) 213 wfg Hi-Speed Hummer, 222 New Year 1968, 261 wfg Bernard Brigg's Album of Football '68, 263 wfg Full-colour photo sheet of Football Stars, 277 Xmas 1968, 313 wfg Hornet Glider in original envelope
Gifts as new, comics [fn-/fn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

92

Hornet (1970) 330-381
Complete year including 352-355 with all free gifts: 36 World Cup Stars with Presentation Wallet, No 374 wfg Hornet Boomerang (It Flies - It Comes Back!) Biro address to cover margins, 330 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

93

Hotspur (1970) 555-558 with all free gifts: 36 World Cup Stars with Presentation Wallet
Gifts as new, comics [vg/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

94

Jag (1968-69) No 1 wfg Bobby Moore Book of the FA Cup, No 2 wfg Soccer '68 Wall Chart (part one), No 3 wfg Soccer '68 Wall Chart (part two), Nos 4-48 complete run with Tiger and Jag 5 Apr 1969 the first compilation
No 42 [vg-], balance [fn-/fn+] (49)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £195

94A

Karl The Viking original artwork (1964) drawn and signed by Don Lawrence for Lion 29 Feb 1964
Prince Ogor's raiders charge down Karl's ships on the ice…
Pen and ink on board. 21 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £536

95

Lady Penelope No 1 (1966)
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

96

Lion Summer Spectacular (1967)
First of the Lion Summer/Holiday Specials
Scarce in this grade [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

97

Lion Summer/Holiday Special (1969, 1980)
[fn/fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £33

98

L. Miller 1/- squarebounds (1960s)
Flash Gordon 1, 2, Mandrake 20, 22, Mystic 36, Spellbound 52, 61. Thunda 5, Voodoo 8, Zombie 7, 8
[vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

99

‘L. Ashwell Wood' illustration from RAF Magazine (1960s) showing futuristic USAF rocket planes
The signature looks authentic but cannot be verified
Watercolour on board. 17 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £14

100

Space/Horror Picture Libraries (1960s)
Weird Science Illustories 1 (Cartoon Art Publ.) including Beyond Lies the Wub story by Philip K. Dick, Nightmare Suspense Picture Library 1, 6, 7, The Phantom 3, Alien Virus (Tit Bits Sci Fi Library, text stories), Space Fiction Picture Library 10 and Top Three 50 [vg-/fn] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £101

101

Espionage/Special Agents Adventures All in Pictures (1960 Brugeditor Ltd)
1-4, 9, 13-16 with Secret Service Picture Library (1965) 1, 25, S.A.T.A.N Picture Library 12 and Top Secret Picture Library 1 (Fleetway)
[fn-/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

102

Super DC No 1 (Top Sellers 1969) with all free gifts Batman Poster, Wristwatch calendar and Superman Magic Disc, all in original printed envelope
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

102A

102A Stingray original artwork (1966) by Gerry Embleton for TV Century 21 No 72 June 1966
The Atomic liner, Mercury smashes into the Discovery Reefs near where Stingray is on patrol. Troy and Phones hover-jet to the deck to find the crew in a coma… and The Brothers of the Dragon are not far away...
Poster colour on board. 15 x 21 ins
With Stingray header laser colour copy and original comic (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £714

103

Twinkle (1968-74) No 3, 30 both wfgs Stand Up figures of Twinkle with 'clothes to dress her in'
With Twinkle 296 wfg Twinkle Brooch, No 34 wfg Twinkle Ring and Club Badge. With Bonnie No 3 (1974) with Bonnie stand up figure and 'clothes to Dress Her'
[fn-/vfn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

104

TV Toyland 1 (1966) [vfn] wfg Pinky and Perky stand-up figures and press-out Clothes to Wear
With original Flyer for No 1. With T.V. Land No 1 (1960) [fn] wfg Colour TV Show and Playhour (9 Oct 1965) wfg Sooty stand-up figure with press-out Clothes to Wear and Playhour (16 Oct 1965)
The Playhour comics have some biro colouring-in to puzzle sections [vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

105

Valiant 1 (1962) wfg Football League Ladders (2nd free gift Pocket Rocket not included)
Starring Captain Hurricane and The Steel Claw [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

106

Valiant (1963)
Complete 52 issue unnumbered year
Starring Captain Hurricane, Kelly's Eye, Battler Britton and The Steel Claw (Feb 23 first Valiant and Knockout)
5 Jan issue [vg-], balance cream pages, rusty staples [vg+/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £345

107

Valiant (1964)
Complete 52 issue year
Starring Captain Hurricane, The Kraken, Kelly's Eye and Jack 'O' Justice. (Becomes Valiant and Hurricane with issue 29 Feb)
Cream pages, rusty staples [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

108

Valiant (1965)
Complete 52 issue year
Starring Captain Hurricane, Kelly's Eye and Mytek the Mighty
Cream pages, rusty staples [vg-/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

109

Valiant (1966)
Complete 53 issue year
Starring Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw, House of Dollman, Mytek and Kelly's Eye
Cream pages, rusty staples [vg/fn-] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

110

Victor No 1 (1961) wfg Super Squirt Ring and 4 pg Victor No 1 Flyer
Starring I Flew with Braddock, Come Away The United and Pony Express stories
[nb. Our research confirms that the Super Squirt Ring free gift was available in several colours and was stuck inside the comics as well as loose in its own illustrated envelope]
This example has tears to the lower margin in pages 3/4 where the gift was attached
[vg+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £643

111

Victor 99 (1963) wfg Football Record Chart with 4 pg Flyer and Beano No 1068 from which it comes. With Victor No 153 (1964) with free gift Spinning Puzzler in original envelope
[fn/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

112

Walt Disney's Weekly (1960-61) 4 July 1960, Aug 1 and April 24 1961 final issue wfg Mickey Mouse Name Game card sheet
[vfn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £33

113

Wham! No 1 (1964) wfg Wham Match-Stick Gun.
Starring Leo Baxendale's Finest: General Nitt, The Wacks (who introduce a full page story and pic of the Rolling Stones), Danny Dare, The Humbugs and Georgie's Germs
Slightly dull cover, some spine wear, light tan pages [vg-/vg]. Gift as new
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £155

114

War Libraries (1960s)
Battle Cry 1, Commando 181 (x 2), 301, 316, Combat Picture Library 1, 2, 205, Combat Library (text) 34, Air War Picture Stories x 2 (1961), Picture Stories of World War II (22/3/61), War At Sea 1, Giant War Picture Library 44 (x2), 60, 66
[vg/fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £321

115

Western Picture Libraries (1960s)
Wild West Picture Library 1, 50, 69, 71, 85, 87, 102, Pocket Western 13, Lone Rider Picture Library 2, 3, 9, Western Picture Library 2 with 5 unnumbered issues, Famepress Library 60, 79, 90, Cowboy Adventure Library 7, Western Trail Picture Library 6, 16, Western Star 27
A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (24)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

116

Air Ace Picture Library Holiday Special (1970-84)
1970-72, 1974-76, 1984 with Space Picture Library 1977-79, 1981 with Battler Britton Picture Library Holiday Special 1977 and War Picture Library Holiday Special 1971
Air Ace 1970 [vg-], balance [vfn-/nm] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

116A

Doctor Who original artwork (1972) drawn and painted by Gerry Haylock for TV Action and Countdown No 63, April 1972
Starring Jon Pertwee as Doctor Who
Black ink and wash highlighted in white on board. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,737

117

Beezer 940 (1974) wfg Funny Face Balloon Set, 1045 Xmas 1975, 1302 Xmas 1980
[fn/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

118

Captain Britain No 1 (1976) wfg Captain Britain Mask
Small tear to top back cover [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £184

119

Cor!! No 1 (1970) wfg 'Gulp!!' orange drink sachet (attached to interior spine) and 4 pg Flyer for No 1
[fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

120

Charley's War: 4 original artworks by Joe Colquhoun (signed to the title page) from Battle-Action 265 (1979) pages 17-20.
October 1916 - The battle of the Somme continues as operation "Wotan" reaches its climax - with Colonel Zeiss, vicious commander of the "Judgement Troopers" leading the attack'
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 17 x 15 ins each (x 4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £2,737

121

Countdown (1971) No 1 wfg Wallchart with all 24 stamps attached [vg+], 2, 3, 5-12
No 8 has small competition cut-out to pg 16 [vg-], No 5 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

122

Garth: 'Women of Galba' two original artworks (1973) by Frank Bellamy for the Daily Mirror 6/8 February 1973.
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (x 2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £952

123

Hand painted Rupert figures (Beaverbrook Newspapers 1978) produced and hand-painted by the Schleich Company in Portugal: Rupert, Bill Badger, Algy and Podgy, each 2¼" tall
As new (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

124

Rupert original artwork by Alex Cubie with acetate overlay from the 1980 Rupert Book story Rupert and the Flavours
12 x 9 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

125

Garth: 'The Wreckers'. Two original consecutive artworks (1973) by Frank Bellamy (one signed) for the D. Mirror 29/31 December 1973
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (x 2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £928

126

Top Secret Picture Library (1974-76) 1-40
Complete run [vfn/vfn+] with Top Secret Picture Library Holiday Special (1975-1976, 1983-85), Secret Agent Holiday Special (1970), Suspense Picture Library Holiday Special (1976, 1977, 1980)
[fn/vfn/nm] (49)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £512

127

Garth: 'Freak Out to Fear', two original consecutive artworks (1974) both signed by Frank Bellamy for the D. Mirror 10/11 June 1974
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (x 2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £809

128

Wild West Picture Library Holiday Special (1973-80, 82) [vfn/nm]
With Western Library Holiday Special (1970s) [vg]
(10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

129

Garth: 'Bride of Jenghiz Khan', two original consecutive artworks (1975) both signed by Frank Bellamy for the D. Mirror 6/8 January 1975
Indian ink on board. 21 x 17 ins (x 2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £88

130

Hoot (1985-86) No 1 wfg Purple Frog pencil topper, second No 1 wfg Red Bird pencil topper, No 2 wfg Sizzling Sausage Flying Balloon, No 3 wfg Sky High Space Skimmer, No 4 wfg Cuddles Stickers and 5-53 complete run with first Dandy and Hoot No 2345 (Nov 1st 1986)
Dandy and 4 later issues [vg/vg+], balance [vfn-/vfn+] (55)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £524

131

(The Prisoner) Number Six (1984-85) 1-5
Cult TV Series magazine starring Patrick McGoohan
No 1 [vg/fn], balance [vfn-/vfn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

132

1980s Girls Comics: Bunty 1400 wfg Bunty Carrier Bag, Mates No 1 wfg Lucky Love Charm, Popsworld No 1 wfg Chicory Tip EP, Sandie (26 Feb 1972) wfg Dolly Purse, Tracy No 16 wfg Disco-Dance Brooch, Rupert No 1 wfg Rupert Badge
[fn-/fn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

132A

Judge Dredd original artwork (1984) by John Higgins for 2000 AD Prog 456, 1984
Dredd's swift and merciless clean-up of a nest of cannibals - Mega-City created them and now there was no place for them in the city
Pen and ink on paper. 16 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £512


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