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August 2024 Results

British comics, annuals & artwork

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

1

Buffalo Bill - two original artworks (1914 & 1920s) both initialled 'RP' (Robert Prowse) from Buffalo Bill Library No 93 and No 651 both with pencil story details
Watercolour on board, 15 x 10 and 11 x 9 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

2

Buffalo Bill original cover artwork (1920s) initialled 'RP' (Robert Prowse) from Buffalo Bill Library No 686
'He was so close he could see the brand on the Cheyenne's arm…'
Watercolour on board. 15 x 10 ins
With The Scout artwork (1940s) drawn and signed by Eric Parker
Indian ink on board. 11 x 9" (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

3

Beano Comic No 1 (1938) with free gift Whoopee Mask and promotional 8 page flyer for Beano Nos 1 and 2. The first adventures of Big Eggo, Lord Snooty and his Pals, Morgyn the Mighty first illustrated strip, Whoopee Hank and Tin-Can Tommy the Clockwork Boy. Comic pages are tanned and the cover has some narrow RH edge loss [gd], the free gift Whoopee Mask is the only known No 1 gift to survive
nb: This Beano No 1 with its free gift was sold for £6,820.00 in Comic Book Auctions live sale on 18 February 1999. Also included in the lot is The Times newspaper which reported the sale on its front page the following day, the original auction catalogue and The Beano No 2000 from 1980 with its back page reprint of the first Beano's front cover. (6 items)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £30,940

4

Beano Comic No 3 (1938)
Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages with some small page margin foxing blemishes. Only a few copies are known to exist, with none higher than this grade [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £5,771

5

Beano No 6 (1938)
Worn copy with light tan pages, some edges and tears strengthened with clear tape [gd]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

6

Beano No 9 (1938)
Worn copy with 1½ ins horizontal edge tear, small spine tears and interior edge tears. Detached centrefold, light tan pages [gd/vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,000

7

The Broons Jig-Saw Puzzle original box cover artwork (1943) by Dudley Watkins
(Due to wartime paper shortages the jig-saw was produced by D.C. Thomson instead of the 1944 Broons annual). With photocopy of the original 'At Hame wi' the Broons' Living Room illustration for the box cover. Indian ink and watercolour on board 10 x 16 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £714

8

Magic Lollipops original two artwork strips drawn and one initialled by Allan Morley from The Beano (early 1940s
Indian ink on card highlighted with red crayon. 14 x 3 in (x2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

9

Knockout (Jan-July 1948) 462 - 488. Complete half-year
Starring Daffy the Cowboy Tec, Sexton Blake & Tinker, The Gremlins and Stone Age Kit - the Ancient Brit
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Creamy white pages. 463 [vg+], 462, 464, 465 [fn-], balance [fn+/vfn+] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

10

Knockout (1949) 514-566. Near complete year missing 541 & 550
Starring Deed-A-Day Danny, Sexton Blake, Mike, Captain Flame and Eric the Red
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
11 issues (incl. Fireworks) [vg-/vg+], balance 40 issues (incl. two different Xmas Numbers) [fn/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

11

TV Boardman paperbacks (1948-53)
Hardboiled crime and detective novels with Denis McLoughlin art-deco covers: Death Has a Thousand Doors (n.n.), 41, 45, 53, 59, 86, 103, 112 and 131 with The Pop Annual (1940s) 4 unnumbered 80 & 96 page issues starring Pop's indefatigable cartoons by Millar Watt
[gd/vg] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

12

Batman Comics No 1 Australian 6d edition (1950 K.G. Murray)
Reprinting The Bandit of the Bells and Batman and the Vikings stories (from US Batman # 55 and # 52) with inside front cover full page ad for The Origin of Superman comic. ’30 May 1950’ light date stamp and pen ‘5’ to cover [vg]
nb: This is only the second Batman No 1 copy to come up for auction in the UK. The first sold in Comic Book Auction's July 7 2020 auction also in [vg], for the hammer price of £3050.00
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,607

13

Batman (1952-53 K.G. Murray Australia) 19, 26, 30, 33
No 19: Joker story as cover, taped interior spine [gd-], 26: cover with split spine [gd-], 30: creased cover with 3 ins lower spine split [gd], 33: cover with split spine [pr] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £179

14

Batman (1953 K.G. Murray, Australia) 22, 28, 29
No 22: The Forbidden Cellar and Lost Legion of Space stories with inside front cover 'Origin of Superman' full pg ad [fn-], No 28: ‘Boss of the Big House’ and 'Parasols of Plunder' Penguin stories [vg/fn], No. 29: cover and story from U.S. Batman # 70
[vg/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

15

Batman 24 (1952 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Cover from US Batman # 24, 'The New Crimes of Two-Face!' story from Batman # 68
Some spine wear [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

16

Batman 25 (1952 K.G. Murray, Australia)
'Buttons of Doom' story from US Batman # 69 with 'Mayor Bruce Wayne' story from Detective # 179
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

17

Batman 31 (1952 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Key cover and story from US Superman # 76 where Superman and Batman learn each other's true I.D.s for the first time
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

18

Batman 32 (1953 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Cover and story 'The Death of Batman' and 'The Flying Bat-Cave' from US Batman # 64
[fn/vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

19

Batman 34 (1953 K.G. Murray, Australia)
With cover from US Action # 124 and 'The State-Bird Crimes' Penguin story from Batman # 58
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £33

20

Beezer (1959) 155-206 Xmas
Complete year including No 196 wfg The Beezer Bingo Banger with Beezer Annual 1959
Starring Pop, Dick and Harry, Baby Crockett, The Banana Bunch, Kings of Castaway Island, Ginger and Calamity Jane
Annual [vg], 20 early issues with well-worn spines and edges [gd/gd+/vg-], 9 later issues including Fireworks and Xmas [fn], balance 23 issues [vg] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £440

21

Dandy (1957) 804 Easter, 806-808, 811, 812, 831, 833 Fireworks, 834-836, 838, 839
No 835 [gd], balance [vg/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

22

Dandy (1957) 814-829 consecutive run
[vg/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

23

Dandy (1958) 841 New Year, 842, 843, 845-854 April Fool, 857, 858
No 851 paper reinforced spine [gd], 854 April Fool [gd/vg], balance 13 issues [vg/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £50

24

Dandy (1958) 859-862, 864, 867, 868, 872, 874, 879, 883, 885 Fireworks, 886, 890
Nos 874 [gd], 872 [vg-], balance 12 issues [vg/fn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

25

Dan Dare/Eagle front cover original artwork by Harold Johns and Greta Tomlinson for The Eagle Vol. 3, No 19 Aug 1952
'Dan and Sonar fall into the Mekon's trap…'
Poster colour on board, 19 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £738

26

P.C. 49 original artwork (1952) drawn and signed by John Worsley for The Eagle Vol. 3, No 12 June 27 1952
'The Case of the Golden Eagle'
With original comic
Indian ink and wash on board. 21 x 15 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

27

Dan Dare/Eagle original cover artwork (1959) painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle Vol. 10 No 33
With original comic
'Flamer is seized by the claws of a giant Nagreb and Lex gets a shot at the man-eating ant just in time. Flamer's still in one piece but ...'
Bright Pelikan inks on board. 15 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,666

28

Double Action Pictorial 1 (The Buccaneers and Trail Town stories 1950s), Mirabelle TV Star Library/Dale Robertson 1, Television Picture Stories: The Deputy 3, Lawman 7, 11, Maverick 7, Man from Wells Fargo 9, 11, Have Gun Will Travel, Restless Gun (these two are U.S. editions)
With Lion Picture Library: Captain Condor 6, 9, and Western Picture Library (early 1960s) 39, 67, 69-74, 78-80, 82, 84, 88 with Whizzer and Chips 1 (1985)
[vg-/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

29

Express Weekly (1956) 74 (No. 1)-119 Xmas including No 115 wfg Express Weekly Rocket Plane Sky Screamer (carded in 'as new' condition)
Starring Rex Keene Texas Ranger by Harry Bishop, Jeff Hawke by Sydney Jordan, Mark Fury by Peter Jackson, Freedom of the Prize (1st appearance of Wulf the Briton) and Jet Morgan by Charles Chilton
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 74 [vg+], 107 [gd], 102 [gd/vg], 79, 83, 100, 114, 119 [vg/vg+], balance 39 issues [fn/vfn] (45)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

30

Express Weekly (1957) 120-171 Xmas, near complete year missing No 158
Starring Wulf the Briton (by Ron Embleton from No 140), Jet Morgan, Gun Law and Story of the Fire-Ships
From The Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 120: worn spine, 134 [vg], balance 49 issues [fn/vfn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £321

31

Express Weekly (1958) 179, 181, 182, 184, 186, 188, 189, 196-201, 204, 205, 207, 208, 210-218, 220, 223 Xmas including 198-201 wfgs complete set of 25 Wild West colour cards and 216 Bonfire Night Special.
Starring Wulf the Briton, The Lone Ranger and SAS The Men Who Dared by Graham Coton
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 200 [fr], 196, 199, 200, 205, 212, 215, 220, 223 with weak, worn spines [gd/gd+], balance 20 issues [vg/fn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

32

Express Weekly (1959-1960) 224 New Year, 225,228, 233, 235-242, 245, 246, 249-253, 254 (with 8 pg 'Win A Mini' Supplement), 255-266, 268, 271-276, 279-285 last issue
Starring Wulf the Briton by Ron Embleton, The Lone Ranger by Mike Noble and S.A.S. The Men Who Dare by Graham Coton
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 236, 237, 239 spines worn away [fr], 5 issues [vg], balance 40 issues [vg+/fn+] (46)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

33

Film Fun original newsagent's tinplate sign by Metal Box Co. Carlisle with Film Fun Annual 1951, showing the same Laurel & Hardy photo cover
Sign 29 x 19 ins, bright, fresh condition with no rust (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £357

34

John Wayne Adventure Comics (WDL 1950s) 2-15, 21, 37
Nos 2-5, 37 [vg+/fn-], balance 11 issues [vg-/vg] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

35

John Wayne Adventure Comics (WDL 1950s) 7, 9, 15, 30-32, 35-49
Nos 36, 37 [gd], a few [vg-], balance [vg/fn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

36

John Wayne Adventure Comics (WDL 1950s) 58, 70-82
Nos 58, 78, 80, 81 [gd/vg], balance 10 issues [vg+/fn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

37

Jumbo Comics (1953 H.J. Edwards, Australia) 28 [fn], 33 [vfn], with Rangers 17 [vg]
(3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

38

Jungle Comics (1952 H.J. Edwards, Australia) 26, 27, 29
Starring Kaanga and Tiger Girl
[fn/vg+/vfn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £119

39

Kaanga Comics (1952 H.J. Edwards, Australia) 20, 21, 24
Starring Kaanga, The Plague of The Flying Fish, Ghost Gallery and Camilla
[fn-/vg-fn/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

40

Kid Colt Outlaw 3, Kid Colt Western 4
With Texas Kid 2, 3 (1952 Thorpe & Porter, printed in the Netherlands) Joe Maneely cover art
[vg/vg/vfn-/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

41

Kid Colt Outlaw (1956 Jenson book Co) 9, 11, 12, 15
Square bound British reprints with Broncho Bill 8, Comics on Parade featuring Broncho Bill n.n., Forgers SSS 4, Merry Maker, Panto Playtime [vfn] and Roy Rogers 24 (WDL) [vg-/vg]
(10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

42

‘General George Custer’ and 'Pioneers of the West' original back cover artworks from Comet Nos 467 and 486 (1957) both by Septimus Scott
20 x 16 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

43

Lion (1954) 102-149 near complete year missing 98-101 and 148
Nos 116-118 wfgs Wonders of Space Travel, Daring Deeds of WWII and Speed Marvels of 1954 booklets
Starring Captain Condor by Frank S Pepper, Brett Marlowe - Detective and The Amazing Adventures of Mr X
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples [vg/vg+] (47)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

44

Lion (1955) 150-198 missing 167, 181, 188, 193, 199-202
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg/fn] (41)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

45

Radio Fun tinplate newsagents' display sign (early 1950s) by Charlie Pease featuring Arthur Askey, Jewel & Warriss, Anthea Askey, Petula Clak and Cardew the Cad
Tinplate on light wood frame. 29 x 19 ins
nb: Charlie Pease joined Amalgamated Press as an office boy in 1925 having won an AP drawing competition. He went on to become one of the most influential artists in British Comics. As well as the above celebrities he illustrated Peter Brough and Archie Andrews, Hylda Baker & Cynthia, Ronald Shiner and Tommy Cooper for Film Fun & Radio Fun. He is best known for his work on Billy Bunter for Knockout and the Terrors of Tornado Street for Buster. Albert Thomas 'Charlie' Pease (1905-1960)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £500

46

Billy Bunter: two original artworks by Charlie Pease for Knockout (17 Jan and 22 April 1961)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

47

The Happy Family original 4-strip artwork (1952) by Roy Wilson for Tip-Top No 640, with Old Mother Riley original 2-strip artwork by Norman Ward for Film Fun (1941)
From The Bob Monkhouse Archive
Indian ink on card (6 strips)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

48

Red Mask/Tim Holt (1952 Cartoon Art Prod.) 1: detached cover [gd], 3 [gd], 4 [vg/fn], 5 [gd/vg], 6 Black Phantom cover [vg+], 7, 8 [vg+], 10 [gd] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £167

49

Straight Arrow (1950s Cartoon Art Prod.) 12 [vg], 16 [gd], 20 [vg-], 33 (Australian reprint) [vg], with Durango Kid 19 (Cartoon Art Prod.) [gd] and Tim Holt 3 (Streamline) [fn]
(6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

50

Shipwrecked Circus original artwork by Paddy Brennan in four strip illustrations numbered 1, 3, 6 and 9 from mid 50s Beano Book. Each 15 x 5" (x 4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

51

Spellbound (Comics to Hold You…) No 1 (1953)
With Eerie 2 (1952)
(Black and white reprints of US Avon comics: Spellbound # 3 and Eerie # 2)
No 1 [fr/gd], No 2 [gd/vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £196

52

Super Adventure Comic 1 (1950 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Cover from World's Finest # 27, The Toyman's Castle from Superman # 47, The Case of the 48 Jokers from Batman # 55 and Superboy Meets the Mummer from Adventure # 148
One inch tear to lower cover margin, back cover small piece missing from lower spine corner [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £345

53

Super-Adventure Comic 11, 12, 13 (1951 K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 11: back cover wear and corner tape [vg], No 12: misprinted cover [vg], No 13: 'Lois Lane and Clark Kent, Detectives!' from US World's Finest # 45 and 'Song of Crime' Batman/Joker story from World's Finest # 48 [fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

54

Super Adventure Comic 17, 18, 19 (1951-52 K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 17 [vg], 18 [fn], 19: Batman/Joker story 'The Man Who Wrote the Joker's Jokes'. Slight misalignment to No. 19 cover images [vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

55

Super Adventure Comic 20, 21, 22 (1952 K.G. Murray, Australia)
All 3 issues [vfn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

56

Super Adventure Comic 24-26, 29, 30 (1952-53 K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 25 Batman/Penguin Story
All [vfn/vfn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £167

57

Super Adventure Comic 48 (1954 K.G. Murray, Australia) Key Batman Story, 'The Joker's Movie Crimes'
2 inch spine splits top and bottom to frail spine [gd/vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £29

58

Superboy 25, 28, 29, 38, 41, 43, 51, 53 (1951-53 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Containing Superboy, Robin the Boy Wonder, Aquaman and Green Arrow adventures
Nos 43 & 53 [gd], 29 [fn], balance [vg-/vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

59

Superman 3 (1957 K.G. Murray, Australia)
Cover and story: Orson Wells, 'Black Magic on Mars' and 'Mr Mxyztplk, Hero!' from US Superman # 62
Cover detached from comic [gd]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

60

Superman 5 (1950 K.G. Murray, Australia) Cover from US Action # 111, Super Sideshow Story from Action # 122, Oracle From Metropolis story from Superman # 53
Cover detached from top rusty staple, grubby back cover [gd/vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

61

Superman Comics 6, 9, 11 (facsimile), 12-14 (1950s K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 6: detached cover, rusty staples removed [gd], 9: cover detached from lower staple [gd/vg], 11: facsimile, 12: complete but [fr], 13 & 14 both [vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

62

Superman 35, 39, 41, 43, 45 (1950s K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 35: Migrating rusty staples [gd/vg], balance, all with rusty staples [vg/fn-] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

63

Superman 48, 49, 50, 52, 58 (1950s K.G. Murray, Australia)
No 58 [fn], balance with rusty staples [vg/fn-] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

64

Terry-Thomas 5 original artwork strips by A. T. 'Bertie' Brown for Film Fun (Jun-Nov 1958)
From The Bob Monkhouse Archive
(5 strips)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

65

Tiger (1954-55) 2, 3, 5-26, 32, 34-36, 38-41, 43-46, 55-69
wfg Every Boy's Book of Ships (from No 35)
Starring Roy of the Rovers by Stuart Colwyn and Rockfist Rogan by Hal Wilton
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 2: very well worn but complete [fr/gd], balance mostly cream pages with rusty, disintegrated staples
[vg-/vg+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £357

66

Tiger (1956-57) 70-73 wfg Cup-Tie Album, 75-77, '78-84' (numbers on one issue), 86-97, 99, 102, 104-127, 129-134 and 15 issues between 139-173 (including Xmas 1956 & 1957)
Mostly cream pages with rusty disintegrating staples. 9 issues [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (67)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £286

67

Tiger (1958) 174-225
Complete year in bound volume with Olac the Gladiator, Rockfist Rogan, Roy of the Rovers and Jeff Jackson Takes the Wheel
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 182 [vg], 183 [fn-], balance issues [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £286

68

Tiger (1959) 22 issues between Feb 21 … Dec 26 Xmas 1959 with No 225 Xmas 1958
October 24 with free gift Spot the Clubs Football Quiz Wheel. With Roy of the Rovers, Olac The Gladiator, Commando One and Rockfist Rogan
Cream pages, rusty migrating staples [vg-/vg] (23)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

69

Treasure Island original artwork drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins for The Topper No 7 (1953) where Jim Hawkins uncovers Flint's treasure map - the pivotal part of R. L. Stephenson's story
First drawn by Watkins in black and white, Treasure Island was initially published in D.C. Thomson's The People's Journal in 1949. The illustrated story was then produced in book form for Thomson's Told in Pictures Book series in 1950. The artwork was then redrawn with extended panels by Watkins and coloured by him to fit the Topper format in 1958. It first appeared on the back cover of issue No 7 and was reprinted in Topper 476 in 1962. Dudley Watkins' fine draughtsmanship and eye for detail are fully displayed in this classic artwork page
Gouache and Indian ink on board, 24 x 18 ins
With Treasure Island Told in Pictures Book (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

70

Amazing Stories of Suspense (Alan Class 1960s-70s) Kirby, Lee, Ditko, Ayers stories
67, 114, 129, 152, 184, 187, 190, 192, 194-196, 201
[vg+/fn] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

71

Astounding Stories (A Class 1960s-70s) 97, 108, 161, 166, 167
With Creepy Worlds 139, Sinister Tales 96, 179, 184, 191, 205, Tales of Suspense 199 and Voodoo 4, Zombie 4 both (L Miller 1960s)
Kirby, Ayers, Lee, Ditko, Krigstein, Maneely stories
[vg/fn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

72

Beano 954 (1960)
With free gift Little Plum Clickety-Clicker
Comic: one inch lower margin tear to all pages [vg], tinplate free gift as new
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £381

73

Beano (1962) 1016-1066 near complete year (missing 1061 & 1067)
Nos 1022, 1033, 1040, 1052 [gd], Xmas and 14 other issues [vg], balance 32 issues [fn-/fn+/vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £321

74

Beano (1963) 1068-1119 near complete year (missing 1108, 1111, 1115 & 1117)
Including 25th Birthday issue
No 1073, 1114 [gd], 9 issues including Xmas [vg], balance 37 issues [fn/vfn+] (48)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

75

Bunty (1960) 103-155 near complete year missing 123 & 129
With The Laughing Dolls - wartime French resistance stories, Katy O'Connor - Student Nurse, Jill, Junior Reporter and Bunty's Cut-Out Wardrobe.
Nos 139 and 140 wfgs Lucky Charm Motifs.
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Bright covers, cream pages, a few with some foxing spots [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

76

Bunty (1961) 156-207 near complete year missing 158-161
With War Nurse Vickie, Katy O'Connor, Mysterious Miss X and Bunty's Cut-0ut Wardrobe
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Bright covers, cream pages [vg/fn+] (48)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £184

77

Buster (1960) 1-32 (to Dec 31 1960) in bound volume
Starring Buster, Son of Andy Capp, Phantom Force 5, The Terrors of Tornado Street, Sea Hawk and Milkiway the Man from Mars
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Nos 1 & 2 and a few others [vg], 18 June: some heavy creasing to pages [gd], balance 24 issues [fn-/vfn] (32)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £928

78

Buster (1961) 7 Jan-30 Dec complete year in bound volume including 25 Feb first Buster and Radio Fun wfg Buster's Twelve men of Danger folder with all cards inserted (given away in three following issues)
Starring and introducing Superman in the first of seventeen episodes (including ' The Juveniles of Alpha Centauri' story - prior to being published in US Action Comics # 315 in 1964!!). With First Buck Roger episode, Wagon Train, The Black Axe and Phantom Force 5. From the Woodard Archive of British Comics 11 Nov: creasing to lower pages [vg-], a few further issues [vg/vg+], balance 44 issues (some with small edge tears neatly sealed with archival tape) [fn-/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

79

Cherie (1961-63 D.C. Thomson) 1961: 9 issues between 52-66, 1962: 30 issues between 67-115, 1963: 22 issues between 119-160. No 57 wfg Elvis Super-Size colour photo, No 160 wfg Beatles colour wall panel. Starring Juliette the Teenage Typhoon, The Elvis Presley illustrated story, Sally's Fashion Page and Cherie Beauty Bar: "Glamour Chicks use Off-Beat Tricks."
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
21 issues worn and discoloured [gd], balance 40 issues [vg-/fn-] (61)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £369

80

Continental Film Review: December 1967 Jane Fonda/Barbarella cover and film stills/articles
Worn spine [gd]. With Sept, Nov 1965, Jan, Aug 1966 and Jan 1967
[vg/fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £45

81

Dandy (1961) 998-1001, 1004-1009, 1011, 1013, 1015, 1016, 1018-1021, 1023, 1024, 1027, 1030-1032, 1035-1043, 1045-1049 including Easter, Fireworks, Xmas and New Year issues
No 1015 large torn away corners [gd-], 1048 Xmas, 1049 and ten others [vg-/vg], balance 25 issues [fn-/fn+] (39)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £167

82

Dandy (Jan-May 1962) 1050, 1052-1055, 1058-1067 including April Fool issue
[vg+/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

83

Dandy (May-Sept 1962) 1069-1085
Nos 1069, 1070, 1082 [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (17)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

84

Dandy (Sept-Dec 1962) 1087, 1088, 1090-1099, 1101 Xmas
Nos 1098, 1099 [vg-/vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

85

Dandy (Jan-Jun 1963) 1102 New Year, 1103, 1107-1114 April Fool, 1118-1121, 1123
[vg/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

86

Dandy (Jun-Dec 1963) 1125, 1126, 1130, 1132, 1133, 1135, 1136, 1140, 1141, 1144, 1145, 1148-1152
No 1126 faded cover [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

87

Dandy (Jan-May 1964) 1155-1157, 1159-1171 including Easter and April Fool issues
[vg+/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

88

Dandy (May -Aug 1964) 1172-1187
3 issues [vg], balance [vg+/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

89

Dandy (Aug-Dec 1964) 1188-1195, 1197-1204
No 1204 [gd/vg], balance [fn/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

90

Dandy (1965) 1206-1257 near complete year missing issue 1210
Nos 1214, 1216, 1225, 1231, 1253 [gd/vg], balance [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

91

Diana No 1 Flyer (1963)
12 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

92

Diana (1963-65 D.C. Thomson) 1-100 (missing No 89)
Nos 32, 54, 87, 88 with free gifts
Starring Invisible Ingrid, Lonely Letty, Sally in Snowdonia, El Cid, Ben Hur and The Spells of Pauline
With Diana Fashion pages and Up To Trix Charm corner
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 1, 21, 94 [gd], 14 issues [vg], balance 82 issues [fn-/fn+] (99)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £262

93

Fantastic (1967-68) 1-51
No 2 with partial free gift Secret Brotherhood of Power (Eye detail only))
Issues 1-10 reprints US Journey Into Mystery # 83-90, Tales of Suspense # 39-48 and X-Men # 1-6
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Bright covers, cream pages, all issues have rusty staples. No 1 All b/cover pennants intact [vg], 11 issues [gd/vg], balance [vg-/vg+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

94

Fantastic (1968) 54-89 last issue
Reprinting US issues of Avengers, Hulk, Dr Strange, Thor and X-Men with Fantastic Annuals 1968 and 1970
Bright covers, cream pages, all issues have rusty staples. A few [gd/vg], balance [vg-/vg+] (36)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

95

Hornet (1963-64) 1-68 (incl. 1964 full year) wfgs: No 2 Catapult Skimmer, 3: Fast Action Football Photo Album, 4: Great Goals! Great Tries! Photo Album, 23: Hornet Wallet of International Cup Teams, 25: Chelsea, Celtic, Everton, Notts Forest Photo Cards. 26: Rangers, Birmingham, Sheffield Weds, Linfield Photo Cards
Starring The Truth About Wilson, Bouncing Briggs, Slade of the Pony Express, The Miracle Man from Mars and Deadline Dan, the Headline Man
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Nos 1-3 [fn-], 4, 33, 44, 47, 52, 57-61 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (68)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £809

96

Hurricane No 1 (1964) wfg T.S.R.2. Flying Model
Starring Typhoon Tracy, Sword for Hire, Skid Solo, HMS Outcast, Rod the Mod and He Rides Alone
Bright covers, cream pages with rusty staples [fn+] (The carded free gift has a vertical centrefold)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

97

Hurricane (1964-65) 1-63 complete run, No 2 wfg Hurricane Howler, 4 & 5 complete with Supplements
Starring Typhoon Tracy, Kid Solo, The Black Avengers, Sword for Hire and The Juggernaut from Planet 'Z'
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 1 [gd/vg], balance cream/white pages with rusty staples [fn-/fn+] (63)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £583

98

Kit Carson original cover artwork (1961) by Jordi Panalva for Cowboy Picture Library No 405, including original booklet
Gouache on board. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

99

Lone Rider Library No 1 original cover artwork (1961) by Nino Caroselli
Gouache on board. 16 x 13 ins
With 'Trapped at The Trading Post' original artwork drawn and signed by Derek Eyles (c 1940s)
Gouache on board. 10 x 13 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

100

POW! Annuals 1968, 1969, 1970
1968 annual reprints Amazing Spider-Man # 1 and Nick Fury SHIELD origin from Strange Tales # 135. 1969 annual reprints Amazing Spider-Man # 2. The 1970 annual reprints Sgt Fury # 5, Amazing Spider-Man # 36 and Fantastic Four # 32. Also The Swots and The Blots, Grimly Feendish and Wee Willie Harris, the Spy from Skye are in all the annuals as well!
[vg/fn/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £160

101

Terrific (1967-68) 1 (wfg Iron Man Transfer) - 43 complete consecutive run
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 1 [fn-], Transfer as new, 33: narrow cover piece 1 x 5 ins torn away [gd], 10 issues [vg-/vg+], balance 32 issues [fn-/vfn] (43)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

102

SMASH! (1969 IPC) 15 March (wfg Secret Codemaster Cards) -27 Dec near complete run missing 22 March issue
With SMASH! Holiday Special 1969 (No 1)
Starring Cursitor Doom by Eric Bradbury, The Swots and the Blots by Leo Baxendale and Erik the Viking by Don Lawrence. 15 March 1969 was the first IPC issue with a re-vamped new look
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
15 Mar, 22 Nov [vg-], balance 39 issues [vg/fn+], Holiday Special [vg+] (42)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

103

SMASH! (1970-71) 3 Jan-14 Nov 1970 complete year (with 7 Feb free gift My Favourite Soccer Stars and all 32 colour card inserts) and 1971 Feb 6-April 3 final issue
With Holiday Special no 2 [vg], there were only two published
[nb: "Due to a printers' strike issues from 21 Nov 1970 to 20 Jan 1971 were not published so this 1970-71 run is complete with nothing missing]
Starring Erik the Viking, Janus Stark, The Swots and the Blots and Battle of Britain
14 issues [vg-/vg+], balance 40 issues [fn-/fn+] (54)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

104

Tiger (1960) complete year in bound volume with Rockfist Rogan, Commando One, Jet-Ace Logan, Olac the Gladiator and The Speed Ace from Cell 465, 24th Sept wfg Album of Football Badges complete with all 110 badges attached
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
28 issues with 4½p cover price lightly crossed out, replaced by '6p' (the newsagent obviously charging extra to deliver to Mr 'Jones', his name noted on the top cover margins. These 28 issues [vg+], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

105

Tiger (1961) Complete year in bound volume
Starring Jet-Ace Logan, Rockfist Rogan, Brady's Aces, Olac the Gladiator and Roy of the Rovers
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

106

Tiger (1962-63) 1962: 48 issues between 6 Jan -29 Dec including Xmas, 1963: 2 Nov-23 Nov - 4 issues
31 March 1962 wfg Album of Modern Sports Cars of the World with all 16 colour cards attached
Starring Jet-Ace Logan, Spike and Dusty, Dynamite on Wheels, Johnny Cougar and The Suicide Six
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Mostly cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples [vg-/vg+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £393

107

Valiant (Jul-Dec 1964) Half-year in bound volume
Starring Captain Hurricane, Kelly's Eye, The Steel Claw and Mytek the Mighty
Bright, fresh covers, cream pages, some with slightly darker edges [vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

108

Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks (1978) by Joe Colquhoun for Battle-Action 206 pgs 22-24 with script by Pat Mills
'It was June 16th, 1916, and British troops moved up to the front, while vast ammo dumps were prepared for the coming battle of the Somme, but Lucky has other ideas...'
Indian ink on card with laser copy header. 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £666

109

Countdown (1971-72) 1 (wfg Giant Spacefact Wall Chart), 4-11, 13, 14, 17-19, 21, 25, 26, 29, 38, 40-49
Thunderbirds by Don Harley, Lady Penelope by Frank Langford, Dr. Who by Harry Lindfield, UFO by Gerry Haylock and Countdown by John Burns
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
No 1 [gd/vg], Spacefact Wall Chart with all 24 Space Stamps attached [vg/fn], No 45 [gd], 19, 21, 28, 42 [vg], 12, 41 [vg/fn], balance 21 issues [fn/vfn+] (29)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

110

Charley's War: 4 original consecutive artworks (1978) by Joe Colquohoun for Battle-Action 207 pgs 23-26 with script by Pat Mills
'June 1916… A few days before the battle of the Somme. Charley Bourne was on sentry duty when he found his fellow sentry, "Lucky", about to wound himself, rather than face "going over the top"...
Indian ink on card, five small text balloons missing. 18 x 15 ins (4 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £583

111

Emma (1978-79) 1-3, 6-14, 40, 60, 62, 63, 65, 69, 70, 72, 73, 75-81
Including Emma Interviews and Emma Mag sections on Carrie Fisher, David Soul, Kid Jensen, Disco Talk Page, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor, Belinda Blue Eyes, David Essex, The Story of Star Wars and Kate Bush
[vg-/fn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

112

Fury's Family: 3 original artworks (19970-73) by Denis McLoughlin for Lion and Thunder No 29 (27 May), No 30 (9 Oct) and Thunder Annual 1973
Black paint on board. 20 x 16", 21 x 16" and 16 x 17" (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

113

Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks (1980) by Joe Colquhoun for Battle-Action 283 pgs 3-5 with Battle-Action 283 cover, consisting of colourists original painting and acetate overlay (the 'screen print')
‘Minutes before the bombs fell, Charley warned the women in the munitions factory where his mum worked...'
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks and 1 colour screen-print)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £571

114

Jinty (May-Dec 1974) 1-33 Xmas, No 1 wfg 'Smiley Wrist Bracelet' in original envelope
Starring The Jinx from St Jonah's , Make-Believe Mandy, Bird-Girl Brenda, Pop Pages and Jinty Made It Herself fashion and Home-Made pages
No 15: 5 ins back cover corner piece missing [vg-], balance issues cream/light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (33)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £262

115

Jinty (1975) 34-83 near complete year missing No 53
(Issue No 34 was 18th Jan - the first issue for 1975)
Starring The Haunting of Hazel, Slaves of the Candle, The Green People and Golden Dolly - Death Dust!
A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (49)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

116

Charley's War: 4 original consecutive artworks (1980) by Joe Colquhoun for Battle-Action 278 pgs 18-21 with script by Pat Mills
"February 1917. Seventeen-year-old Charley Bourne returned to "Blighty" on leave. He headed for his home in Silvertown, one of the poorest parts of Lond's East End. As Charley approached his street, he came upon a horrifying sight..."
Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (4 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £547

117

Starblazer (1979-84 D.C. Thomson) 1-25
Nos 5, 11, 24, 25 [vg/vg+], balance 21 issues [fn+/vfn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

118

Thunder (1970-71) 3-22 final issue
Starring Adam Eterno, The Steel Commando, Fury's Family, Black Max and The Spooks of St Luke's
With Thunder Annuals 1972, '73 and '74
n.b. Although Thunder comic was subsumed by Lion in 1971, the only three annuals published were in 1972-74
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
Comics: 3 issues [fn-], balance [fn/vfn+] (20). Annuals [vfn/nm] (3). Total items in Lot (23)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £125

119

TV Action + Countdown (1972-73) 59 (No 1) - 132 complete unabridged run
With TV Action + Countdown Holiday Special 1972
Starring Dr Who by Gerry Haylock, Thunderbirds by Don Harley, Countdown by John Burns, Stingray by Ron Embleton and The Persuaders by Harry Lindfield. Some of the finest artists of their day
From the Woodard Archive of British Comics
[fn/vfn+] (75)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £476

120

Valiant (25 May 1974-23 Aug 1975) 15 month complete run in two bound volumes starting with first 'Valiant and Lion' starring Captain Hurricane, Adam Eterno, Robot Archie, Kid Pharoah and Danny Doom
Bright covers, cream pages with slightly darker edges. 28 Sept: creased lower central pages in binding process [vg+], balance issues [fn/vfn] (70)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

121

Bash Street Kids original double page artwork by David Sutherland for The Beano 2263 November 30th 1985
Indian ink on cartridge paper in four sections, each 16 x 11 ins (x 4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £643

122

Buddy (1981-83) 1-130 final issue. Near complete run missing No 72
Starring Billy the Cat by Peter Foster, Jonah by Ken Reid, The Wolf Of Kabul, The Iron Fish and Hammer
No 1 wfg Buddy's Pop Pistol, No 2 with Banshee Wailer and No 3 with Buddy's Super Zoomer Balloon
Creamy white pages [fn/vfn+] (129)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

123

Tom Thug - The Brainless Bully original colour artwork drawn and signed by Lew Stringer for Buster, 9 January 1993 with speech balloons on acetate overlay
Poster colours on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s


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