Early story papers and magazines (1708-1919) Mostly first issues.
The British Apollo (or Curious Amusements for the Ingenious) 2 March 1708 [vg], Competitions Everybody's Weekly No 1 (1903), Everybody's Journal 1 (1859), Gem No 1 (1899), Greyfriars Herald No 1 (1919), The London Magpie No 1 (1896) split spine, Topical Times No 1 & 153 'C.R. Voysey, the Arsenal's centre-half has earned golden opinions for his stylish displays', with Brains No 1 (1898), China's Millions No 1 (1875), Efficiency Magazine (1915), Fortune No 1 (1904), The Market No 1 (1905), The Modern Man (1908), Money-Maker No 1 (1899), Piccadilly No 1 (1878), Short Cuts No 1 (1850), Smiles No 1 (1906), Social World No 1 (1896), The Success No 1 (1895), Talk No 1 (1893), World's Pictorial News No 1 (1919), Yes or No? No 1 (1904), You and Yours No 1s (1894 and 1908) [gd/vg] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Comic Cuts No 1 (1890)
Less than 10 copies known to exist. Horizontal mail fold with 1 ins and 2 ins splits to LH and RH side of fold, some lower cover RH corner worn away. Generally fragile condition [fr/gd]
With Big Budget 1 (1897) [gd/vg], Bubbles 1 (1921) [vg-], Penny Wonder 1 (1912) [gd/vg] and School Friend 1 (1919) [gd/vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £524

Comics & Magazines first issues (1885-1930s)
Airways (1924), Apollo's Magazine (1903), Boys' Best (1911), Butterfly (1904), Everyman (1933) (J.B. Priestley, Somerset Maugham, Bertrand Russell stories), The Extortioner, Folly (1933), The Humorist (1922), Jack and Jill (1885), The Listener (1929), The Manchester Book (1927), Pilot (1935), Pluck (1922), Penny Wonder (1912), Target (1935), Tip Top (1934) To-Day (1938), The Tribune (1937), Weekly Illustrated (1934), World & His Wife (1904), Zoo (1936), Berlin Liar (1939), The Bystander's Fragments From France by Capt. Bruce Bairnsfather 1-3 (1915-17), War Illustrated (1939)
All first issues [gd/vg] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Boys' Comics and Magazines No 1 issues (1920s-30s)
British Public (BP.), Bullseye, Champion, Fun & Fiction, Ideal Home, Kinema Comic (No 568), Laugh It Off (No 3), Looker-On wfg colour plate, Nugget Weekly, Pioneer, Pilot, Pluck, Puzzler, Skipper [gd], Sports Fun, Startler, Surprise wfg Silver Arrow Racing Car, Toby (edited and illustrated by G. Heath Robinson), Teenager (with cover photo of 15-year old Elizabeth Taylor) and Wild West Weekly
All first issues [gd/vg] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

1920s-30s Comics. Boys Broadcast 1, Buzzer 1, Crystal 1, Film Picture Stories 1, Fun & Fiction 1, Pioneer 1, Rover 1, 2 both wfgs, 340, 441 both wfgs, School-Days 1, Schoolgirl 1, Topical Times 688 wfgs, Wizard 533,535 both wfgs [gd/vg] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

Tiger Tim's Annuals 1-6 (1922-27) with The Bruin Boys Wooden Toy Train Set (1920s), Tiger Tim's Playbox Painting Book (1934) [vg], and The Bruin Boys Jolly Ring Game (J.W. Spear 1920s) and 3 Tiger Tim Rainbow films in box
The train set consists of Mrs Bruin, Tiger Tim, Jumbo the Elephant, Willie the Ostrich, Georgie the Giraffe, Jacko the Monkey, Bobby Bruin, Porky Pig (missing one set of wheels) and a luggage cart. This train set is extremely rare with only a few sets known to exist. All the annuals have bright boards and creamy white pages. 1922, 1923 [fn-], 1924, 1925 [vg+], 1926, 1927 [fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

Dixon Hawke's Casebook (1939-53 D C Thomson)
Illustrated every few pages
2, 3 [vg], 8 [gd], 15 [vg+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

Early Glamour and Gentlemen's Magazines (1939s-50s)
All first issues: Corny, Galaxy, Gaze, Hearts, Informal, Men Only, New Era, New Realm, Parade, Razzle, Spot, Stag, This Is It and Wit
All digest size No 1s. Stag [vg], balance [vg+/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Mickey Mouse Weekly (1936-37) 1-99
Two complete years introducing Mickey, Minnie, Donald, Goofy and the Disney gang. Incl No 66 Coronation cover by Walt Disney
No 1 [vg-], 7, 10 both with half-split covers at spine [gd], issues up to No 30 [vg/vg+], 31-99 [fn/vfn+] (99)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,452

Mickey Mouse Weekly No 66 (May 9 1937)
Coronation issue with cover art by Walt Disney, horizontal mail fold [vg]
With Disneyland (1971) No 1 [vg] wfg Merry-Go-Round press-out toys as new and No 3 [vg-] wfg Jolly Chums press-out toys as new
These free gifts are scarce (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

Mickey Mouse Weekly (1938-1940) 100-224
Starring Mickey, Minnie, Donald and Pinocchio
223, 224 [vg], balance [fn/vfn+] (125)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £500

Picture Post 1 (1938) [vg], Click No 1 (US 10c issue 1938) [vg], Modern Wonder 1 (1937) [vg+] and Photoplay No 1 (1950) [fn-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Radio Fun (1938) Nos 1, 2, 3, 4
With No 1 Flyer
Starring Clark Gable, Flanagan & Allen, Will Fyfe and Sandy Powell. No 1 signed to back cover by Big-Hearted Arthur artist, Reg Parlett
No 1 some brittleness to cover RH edges [gd], 2 [vg-], 3, 4 [vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Sexton Blake Annuals (1938, 1940-42) 1-4
With Detective Weekly No 1 (1933) complete but with well worn covers and split spine [gd-]
There were only these four annuals published as 164 page omnibus editions with No 1 starring Sexton Blake against Raffles, No 4 with Blake co-opted into the Secret Service and fighting on the deck of a U-Boat
Annuals [vg/vg-/fn-/vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Wild West Weekly 1 (1938) with 2 free gifts, Hill-Billy Song Book and Half-a-Million Redskins take the War-Path booklet
Comic with rusty staples removed [vg+], gifts [vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £38

Beano (1944) 222-248
Complete year of propaganda war issues (printed fortnightly due to paper and dyestuff shortages). First appearance of Jimmy and His Magic Patch and Strang the Terrible, both by Dudley Watkins. The Dandy's Desperate Dan appears with Pansy Potter who kicks him back into his own comic and appears on the front cover with Big Eggo in No 229. These propaganda issues show Hitler hanged in waste-paper ad (No 244) and 'Pile up Waste Paper by the Ton - That's the Way to Smash the Hun!'
All issues complete. No 225 [fr], 223, 228, 234-237, 244, 248 [gd-/gd+], Xmas [vg], balance 18 issues [vg-/vg+] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £904

Beano (1945) 249-274
Complete year including propaganda war issues. First 'Six Brands for Bonnie Prince Charlie' double-page spread by Dudley Watkins with Lord Snooty, Strang the Terrible, Tom Thumb and Pansy Potter (the strong man's ‘dotter')
All issues complete. Nos 251, 268, 274 [fr/gd], 273 Xmas cover corner piece torn away [gd], balance [gd/vg] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £238

Rover (1946) 1126-1152
Complete year in bound volume issued fortnightly. Starring Morgyn The Mighty with 3 cover chapter illustrations by Dudley Watkins with The Wonder Man, Whispering Shadow stories and Nosey Parker colour cartoons
Bright covers, cream pages, some with foxing spots [fn-/vfn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £45

Batman (K.G. Murray, Australia 1950s) 37, 48, 60, 72, 75, 91
[gd/vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Beano (Aug-Dec 1952) 526-545 (missing issue 528) and including Fireworks and Xmas with No 540 Dennis the Menace front cover appearance with Biffo
No 526, 535 [vg-], balance [vg/fn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Beano (Jan 5-Jun 28 1952) 494-519
In half-year bound volume. With Biffo, Dennis the Menace, Lord Snooty, Pansy Potter in Wonderland and the Iron Fish
No 517 pg 5 has 1" square competition cut-out [vg], balance issues [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Beano (1953-55). 1953: 553, 557, 585, 587, 588, 590 Fireworks, 591, 593, 1954: 613 Easter, 617, 620, 622, 623, 626, 628, 1955: 669, 672, 680
No 593, 669 [vg-], balance [vg/fn-] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Bob Swift (1951 L Miller) 1-4
Complete run
[vg/vg+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £14

Boys World (1950) 1-17 [vg] with Playhour 1 wfg Indian Feather Head Dress, Mascot Schoolgirl Series 1 (1949), Schoolgirl Series 1, Schoolgirls Adventure Library 1 (1961 [vfn]), T.V. Fun (1953) 1-15 [vg/vg+/fn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

Bunty 1 (1958) wfg Ladybird Ring. Uncle Tom's Cabin illustrated by Paddy Brennan, Girl of the Islands and Pocahontas Red Indian Princess. Some back cover tanning [vg+]
With Judy 1 (1960) one inch rust marks to 7 interior pages [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Dandy (1950) 424-475
Complete year in bound volume. With Korky, Desperate Dan, Keyhole Kate and Jammy Jimmy Johnston - his magic touch turns everything to grub! No 445 onwards returned to pre-war wider format. 7 issues with small file hole to lower margin and a few others [vg], balance 40 issues [fn-/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Dandy (Jan-May 1953) 581-585, 588-599, 601 including April Fool issue
[vg/vg+] (19)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

Dandy (Jun-Sept 1953) 605-618
[vg/vg+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Dandy (Oct-Dec 1953) 619-624, 626-631 including Fireworks and Xmas issues
[vg/vg+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

Dandy (1958) 841-892
Complete year in bound volume with Korky, Desperate Dan, Bing-Bang Benny and Robin Hood by Paddy Brennan
With 3 double page pink flyers for Bunty No 1, Rover free gifts and World Cup Footballers free gifts
[fn/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,047

Eagle/Dan Dare original artwork (1957) drawn and signed by Frank Hampson for The Eagle Vol. 8, No 33 pg 2
'The Mekon, evil master-brain of Venus and leader of the Treens who has conquered Earth with the aid of Elektrobots - is determined to force Dan to help him conquer the universe. Dan & Co have been imprisoned in an Earth slave-camp but as they are being transferred to Mekonta, Dan hatches his escape plan...
Bright, fresh gouache colours on board. 16 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £4,284

Horror Film Exhibitor's Campaign sheets and Press Books (1950s)
King Kong, The Dead That Walked, City Under the Sea, The Spider, Escapement, The Black Scorpion, The Giant Claw, The Man Who Turned to Stone, How to Make a Monster, The Screaming Skull.
King Kong has 2 punch holes by spine [vg], balance [fn/fn+] Approx. size 13x10 ins. each (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Sci-Fi/Horror Film Exhibitor's Campaign sheets and Press Books (1950s)
Red Planet Mars, They Came from Beyond Space, Moon Zero Two, Six Inches Tall, Before Dawn, The Neanderthal Man, Hop Harrigan (U.S.) and Tarzan and the Green Goddess
[vg/fn+] Approx. size 10x13 ins each (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55

Knockout (1954) 775-826
Complete year with Knockout Annual 1954
Starring Deed-A-Day Danny, Mike, Space Family Rollinson, Sexton Blake, Billy Bunter and Sporty
Annual [vg+], No 803, 810 [vg], balance 50 issues [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £345

Knockout (1958) 984-1035.
Complete year including 1007 wfg Super Album of 3-D Pictures and Knockout 3-D Spectacles with Knockout Annual 1958
Starring Johnnie Wingco, Davy Crockett, Sexton Blake and the Space Family Rollinson
Annual [vg/fn], 15 issues [vg/vg+], balance [fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

Lion (1952) 1-20 wfgs for 1 & 2 and scarce Flyer for No 1
Starring Captain Condor by Frank S Pepper and Archie the Jungle Robot by Ted Kearon
No 1 grubby back cover [vg], balance issues cream pages with rusty staples [vg/fn] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

L Miller No 1s (1950s)
Adventure Comic, Johnny Hazard, Kit Cow-Boy, Little Sheriff, Pecos Bill and Phantom Ranger (WDL)
All first issues [vg-/fn-] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Marvel Family (L Miller 1950s) 71, 72 (facsimile) 73-81, 83, 87-89 [gd/vg] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £40

Mirabelle No 1 (1956) [vg+] wfg David Whitfield's Star Songbook, Printed signature photograph and David Whitfield Fan Club Membership card (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Mirabelle (1956-61) 67 issues of Romantic Picture Stories, Harry Belafonte, Jimmie Rogers, Tommy Steele, TV Cowboys, Hollywood News, Letter pages, Elvis, Adam & Cliff, Oh Boy! 1956 x 2 issues, 1957 x 7, 1958 x 14, 1959 x 12, 1960 x 13, 1961 x 19
A few [fn], balance [vg/vg+] (67)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Mirabelle (1962-66)
66 issues of Romantic Picture Stories, Pop stars photo covers and stories, The Mirabelle Charm Club of Beauty and Fashion, Tony Newley, Billy Fury, Bobby Vee, Tommy, Cliff, Elvis and The Beatles covers. Learn to dance The Madison and The Twist! 12 Oct 1963 (Elvis cover) [gd], Mirabelle Souvenir Album with 24 photo pics attached (incl. The Beatles & Elvis), 26 Mar 1966 wfg Mini Mirabelle 16pg Magazine, 3 Sept 1966 'Swinging London Holiday Number'
Mostly cream pages with rusty staples. A couple of issues with well-worn spines [gd], balance [vg/fn] (66)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Rick Random: 2 original artworks (1957) by Ron Turner for Super-Detective Library No 101 'The Riddle of the Vanishing People' pages 8 & 9
Pen and ink on card. 14 x 10 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £976

Rick Random original artwork (1958) by Ron Turner for Super Detective-Detective Library No 111 'Sabotage from Space' pg 2
Pen and ink on card 14 x 10 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £690

ROMEO (1957-59) 1, 3-13, 18-22, 24, 26 and 59 issues between 30-121
No 24 wfg Elvis Picture Transfer, 107 wfg Elvis Big Colour Photo. '28 pages of Big Picture Romance and Adventure Stories'. Romeo championed the rise of British Rock'n'Roll starring Tommy Steele, Cliff Richard, Lonnie Donegan and Billy Fury with all the latest Pop Picks, U.S. Rockers, crooners and pop stars
No 1 [vg+], 17 issues [gd/vg], balance 60 issues [vg/vg+] (78)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £512

Tarzan Adventures (1954-56) Vol. 4: 25, 33, Vol. 5: 30, 33, 39, 47, 49, 50
[vg-/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

Topper 1 (1953)
Starring Mickey the Monkey and Treasure Island by Dudley Watkins, Beryl the Peril and Flip McCoy the Floating Boy
Cream/light tan pages with some small margin tears and wear to overhang centrefold [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £274

Topper (1959-60) 1959: 40 issues between 309-360 Xmas [fn-/fn], 352 Fireworks [vg], balance 27 issues well-worn spines, mostly split [fr/gd] (40). With 1960: near complete year (missing No 393). 28 issues with well- worn spines, mostly split [fr/gd], balance 23 issues including April Fool, Easter, and Xmas [vg/fn] (51)
Total issues in lot (91)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

War Picture Library 1 (1958) clear taped spine [gd], Battle Picture Library 2 (1961) [gd/vg], War At Sea Picture Library (1959) 1 [vg], 2 [vg+], 3 [vg+], 4 [vg-], Combat Picture Library 1 (1959) [vg-], Pocket War Library 1 (1971) [fn-] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

Attack! (1962 Famepress) 1-3, Battle Picture Library 1 (1961), Flash Gordon 1, Phantom 1, Superman 1, 3, Saint Detective Magazine 1 (1954) and To-Day America Arms (1942)
[vg+/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

Air Ace Picture Library (1960) 1-5
Cream pages with rust spots showing through [vg/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Battle Picture Library 1 (1961)
Bright fresh covers, cream pages, light interior staple rust not showing through covers [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

Badges of the Brave: 3 consecutive original artworks by Joe Colquhoun (1964) for Lion comic 14/21/28 March 1964 charting the wartime history of the 17th Lancers cavalry regiment, The Somerset Light Infantry and The Royal Scots Fusiliers from The Charge of the Light Brigade through World Wars I and II
Pen and ink highlighted with white on card 21 x 16 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £321

Beano (1967) 1277-1328
Near complete year (missing 1287, 1289, 1290, 1309 and 1312)
With 1967 Beano Summer Special [vg+] and Beano Annual 1967 [fn-]
Comics: a few [vg-/vg], balance [vg+/fn] (49)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £95

Beano (1968) 1329-1380
Near complete year (missing 1331, 1353 & 1355)
With 1968 Beano Summer Special (3-5 ins tears to back 6 pages) and sealed tear to cover [gd] and Beano Annual 1968
Comics: a few [vg-/vg], balance [vg+/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Beano (1969) 1381-1432
Near complete year (missing 1383, 1387-88, 1396, 1400-01, 1408)
With 1969 Beano Summer Special [fn] and Beano Annual (1969) [vg]
Comics: [vg/fn] (47)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

The Big One No 1 (1964) Cream pages, horizontal mail fold [vg+] with Harold Hare's Own Paper No 1 (1959) [fn], wfg Harold Hare Mask, Jag 1 (1968) [vfn] and Buzz 1 (1973) wfg Pop Pistol [fn+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

Buster No 1 (1960)
Starring Buster, The Terrors of Tornado Street, The Sea Hawk and Milkiway the Man From Mars
Light horizontal mail fold [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £101

Dandy (1962) 14 issues between 1078-1101 Xmas including Fireworks issue
Starring Desperate Dan by Dudley Watkins, Corporal Clott by Davy Law, Black Bob by Jack Prout and Ali Ha-Ha and the 40 Thieves by Ken Reid
4 issues [vg], balance 10 [fn/fn+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

Film Fun (1961) 52 issue complete unnumbered year
Starring The Three Musketeers by Arturo del Castillo, Spartacus, The Magnificent Seven, Disney's Donald Duck & Goofy with Scoop Donovan and Sci-Fi adventure stories by Ron Turner. Plus 3 extra issues from 1962 and 4 pg Flyer for Battle Picture Library No 1
Cream pages, rusty staples. 7th Jan [vg-], balance [vg+/fn] (56)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £232

Fleetway Super Library (1967)
The Steel Claw (Fantastic Series 1) [vg/fn], Maddock's Marauders (Frontline Series 1) [fn/vfn], Meet Johnny Nero (Secret Agent Series 1) 3ins b/cover scrape [gd/vg], with Top Secret Picture Library (1974) 2, 3 and Heroic Adventure Library 1 (1964) [vg] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £36

Heros the Spartan original double page artwork (1965) drawn and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle Vol. 16 No 28 1965
'Heros and his band of escaped slaves fought their way out of the desert stronghold of El Raschid. Swelled by the Moorish army of Abdullah the Cruel, El Raschid's savage band streamed in hot pursuit...!
Bright Pelikan inks on board. 28 x 19 ins. The 'Heros' title lettering and rectangular text boxes are laser copy additions to complete the look of the artwork
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £3,927

Hornet 1 (1963) [vfn-] wfg Kestrel Balsa Wood Glider
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £690

Hurricane No 1 (1964) wfg T.S.R.2 Flying Model
Starring Typhoon Tracy, Sword For Hire, Skid Solo, He Rides Alone and Rod the Mod
Bright covers, cream pages with rusty staples [fn+], Gift as new
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

Lady Penelope 1 (1966) wfg Lady P. Signet Ring
Starring Lady P by Frank Langford, The Perils of Parker, Man from UNCLE, The Beverly Hillbillies, Space Family Robinson, FAB Club Fashion and Members Club pages, Bewitched and Marina, Girl of the Sea
[fn+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

Marilyn (1960-61) 1960: 43 issues where Tommy Steele, Adam Faith and The Shadows spin the latest discs for you with Fashion Tips by Pop Star Chicks and All-Picture Love Stories. 1961: 45 issues wfgs for Jan 1, 28 and Feb 4 colour stand-up photos of Cliff Richard, Adam Faith and James Garner
8 issues well-worn [gd], balance, mostly cream pages with disintegrated rusty staples [vg/fn]
Total issues (88)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £547

Marilyn (1962-65) 53 issues including 8 Beatles covers with 'Your letters answered by the Beatles' page. The Rolling Stones Story. All Picture Love Stories and back cover heart-throb photos
Mostly cream pages with rusty disintegrated staples [vg/fn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £193

Marty (1960-62) 57 issues of The First Ever Photo Romance Weekly, Nos 1, 3 & 4 with Elvis Souvenir Supplements. Marty Wilde No 1 cover, Fabian, Cliff, Sinatra, Billy Fury, Adam Faith, Rick Nelson - all your faves!
Nos 1 & 3 [gd/vg], balance 55 issues [vg/fn] (57)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £417

Penelope (1968-69) 123 (No 1) - 204 last issue (near complete run missing No 154)
With Penelope Annual No 1 1969. Starring Penelope by Frank Langford, The Monkees, Lunch with a top DJ, Bewitched, Penny's Hot Line Letters Page, Jane and Debbie - Model Girls and Pop Spot with The Kinks, Marmalade, The Tremeloes, Tom Jones and The Move
No 145 worn spine [vg-], 204 [vg], earlier issues [vg/fn], later issues [fn-/vfn], Annual [vfn] (82)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £690

POW! No 2 (1967) [vfn-] wfg Spider-Man Iron On Transfer [as new]. Reprinting Amazing Spider-Man #1 with the Dolls of St Dominic's and Nick Fury S.H.I.E.L.D.
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Romeo (1962) 39 issues between 236-277 (Feb 3-Dec 16) including No 234 & 235 wfgs Elvis colour pic from Blue Hawaii and Cliff from the Young Ones in Romeo Picture Wallet
Romance and adventure picture stories throughout with Anne Landers Problem Page and pop star and film star back cover pin-ups.
Nos 241, 276 [gd/vg], balance [vg/fn-] (39)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £155

Romeo (1963-64) 69 issues (4 from 1963 and 24 from 1964) wfgs Beatbook One and Beatbook 2 and 16 pull-0ut pages of 'Beatleopedia' from various issues. Romeo Stars,Teen Romances, Teen Fashion and Teen Pop Picks.
3 issues [gd], balance [vg/fn] (69)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £133

Roxy (1961) 44 issues including New Year 1962, 14 Jan wfg Cliff Richard Ring, 28 Jan wfg Stand-Up colour photo of Anthony Newley, 4 Feb wfg Stand-Up colour photo of Pernell Roberts
Some issues with rusty, disintegrated staples [vg-/fn-] (44)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Sally (1969-71) Complete 83 issue run with Sally Summer Special 1970 (The only one) and Sally Annuals 1971 & 1972. No 1 wfg Cameo Ring, No 3 wfg Lucky Birthday Wheel and 24 Jan 1970 wfg Lucky Cat Mascot and Cor!! 1, Whizzer and Chips No 1 & 2 Flyers. Starring Cat Girl, The Legion of Super Slaves, Ghost Hunters, Maisie's Magic Eye, Sally's Problem Page and Fun Pages plus Our Sally Reports [vg+/fn+] (86)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £559

Smash! No 1 (1966) wfg Big Bang Gun
Starring Leo Baxendale's Nervs, The Swots and the Blots, Grimly Feendish with Space Jinx by Brian Lewis and Queen of the Seas by Ken Reid
Cream pages, rusty staples [vg+] wfg as new
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £440

Solo No 1 (1967) "Laugh with Bilko, Thrills with U.N.C.L.E, Adventure with Seaspray, Scarecrow and Mary Poppins"
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Super DC (1969-70 Top Sellers) 1-14 complete run
No 1 wfgs Batman poster and Magic Disc in original envelope. British art covers with US reprints stories [vg+/fn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

TV Century 21 (1965-66) 1-103 (missing No 45)
Introducing Thunderbirds by Frank Bellamy and Don Harley, Fireball XL5 by Don Lawrence and Mike Noble, The Daleks, Stingray and Captain Scarlet by Ron Turner and Ron Embleton and five issues of Lady Penelope by Frank Hampson along with the first few episodes of Fireball XL5. Quite simply Gerry Anderson brought together the finest artists of their day to illustrate his iconic masterpiece
No 1 [vg+], Nos 2, 22, 75 & 76 with coupon cut-outs [gd/vg], No. 64 with Trebor ad page figures coloured in [vg-], balance issues [vg-/fn-] (102)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,214

T.V. Tornado (1967-68) 1-88 complete run
Starring Batman, Bonanza, Flash Gordon, The Phantom, Superman, Tarzan, U.N.C.L.E and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea
No 1 [fn], No 36 Mysterons [vfn], No 59 Dr Who Patrick Troughton cover [fn], No 48 The Prisoner cover [fn], a few [vg/fn], balance [fn-/vfn] (88)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £571

Valiant 1 (1962)
Starring Captain Hurricane, The Steel Claw and The Nutts [vg+]
With Valiant Summer Special (1966-68) 1 [vg+], 2 [vg/fn], 3 [fn-] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

WHAM! (1964-66) 1-187
Complete run wfgs: No 15 Whampire Bat (as new in original envelope), No 16 The Wacks Pop Parade (Stones cover, Beatles centrefold). WHAM! is Leo Baxendale's magnificent first opus starring Danny Dare, Eagle Eye Junior Spy, George's Germs, Pest of the West, General Nitt and His Barmy Army and The Tiddlers. Ken Reid contributed Frankie Stein with Kelpie the Boy Wizard by John M Burns
No 112 introduced reprints of Fantastic Four # 1 by Jack Kirby and Stan Lee, serialised throughout to Wham's No 187 final issue
No 1 with worn, just attached spine [gd], 40, 41 [gd/vg], balance [vg/fn/fn+] (187)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £857

Wings Comics (1960 Trent Books) 1-3
Complete run
No 1 taped spine [gd], 2 [vfn], 3 some tape to spine [gd/vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £36

1970s first issues
Doctor Who Weekly wfg Transfers, Battle, Cheeky wfg Red Jet Rattler, Cor!! [vg], Cracker, Krazy, Jackpot, Jet, Knockout, Plug, Shiver and Shake, Donald and Mickey, Dandy Summer Special (1971), Monster Fun, The Super-Heroes [vg], Target wfg, Vulcan and Wizard
All first issues (apart from Dandy Summer Special). 4 issues [vg/fn], balance [fn-/vfn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Alan Class Comics (early 1970s)
Astounding Stories 75, 84, Secrets of the Unknown 91, 92 (Silver Surfer #12 cover & story), 142, Tales of Suspense 134, Uncanny Tales 76 (Daredevil 5 cover and story)
Some curl to spines [vg/fn] (7)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £33

Black Max original half-page title artwork (1973) by Eric Bradbury from Thunder Annual 1973 p. 67
Black ink and wash on card. 9 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

Buster and Cor!! (1974-75) 15 issues between 17 Aug-1 Feb including Xmas and New Year with Leo Baxendale's Clever Dick, Bluebottle & Basher and Nelly the Elephant, Ken Reid's Faceache with Charlie Peace, Fiends and Neighbours and Fishboy
14 Dec issue with neatly coloured in back cover with 26 Oct and 1st Feb [vg], balance 12 issues [fn/vfn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £12

Buster and Monster Fun (1977) Jubilee Issue, Whizzer and Chips (1977) Jubilee Day, Cheeky 1 (1977) wfg Red Jet Rattler, Tornado 1 (1979) wfg Turbo Flyer, Beano 2902 (1988) 50th Birthday Number wfg Celebration Poster, Dandy 1902 (1987) 50th Birthday Special Issue wfg Giant Souvenir Poster
[vfn/vfn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £45

Captain Britain (1976) 1-39
Complete run
No 1 Printers' vertical crease to back cover [fn] wfg Mask as new, No 2 [vfn] wfg Boomerang as new, No 24 [vfn] wfg Super Jet as new. No 3 [fn-], balance issues [fn/vfn+] (39)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £393

Captain Britain 39 (1977) 1st appearance Queen Elizabeth II and The Duke of Edinburgh (front cover)
CGC 8.5
White pages
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £23

Charley's War: 4 original consecutive artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 265 pgs 5-8. 'October, 1916. The Battle of the Somme rages on! Part of the German line has been taken over by an elite fighting force known as the Judgement Troopers, led by Colonel Zeiss’.
Pen and ink on card. First three artworks 18 x 15 ins, last half-page 12x 15 ins (4 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £452

Cheeky No 1 in IPC Trade Promotional Folder (1977) wfgs Red Rattler and (No 2's) Cheeky Joke Filled Fun Wallet, both as new
With Whoopee No 1 in IPC Trade Promo Folder (1974) with free gift track card
Comics [fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £464

The Complete Fantastic Four (1977-78) 1-37
Complete run. Nos 1 & 2 wfg Aeroplane Model Kits as new. Comics [vfn+/nm] (37)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

Charley's War: 2 consecutive original artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 267 pgs 4 & 5
'The Judgement Troopers were now trapped by the Tommies they had sentenced to death, they could expect no mercy!'
Pen and ink on card. 18 x 15 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £512

Cracker 1 (1975) [fn-] wfg Squeeze'N'Squeak Super Fun Balloon, It's Here! 1 (1973) wfg Song Book, Jackpot 1 (1979) wfg Squirt Ring, Speed (1980) 1 wfg Speed Plane, 2, both [vfn], Spike 1 (1983) (nm) wfg Hawker Hurricane Glider, The Titans 1 (1975) [vfn] wfg Full Colour Poster, Whoopee No 3 wfg Spooky Snap Cards (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £137

Emma 1 (1978) wfg Initial Broach [vfn], Penny 1 wfg 'Mouse In Cheese' Fun pendant [fn], Tracy 1 wfg Beryl the Peril Button Badge [fn+], and Tammy 1 (1982) wfg Cuddly Cats colour print [fn+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £71

Charley's War: 3 consecutive original artworks (1980) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 291 pgs 2-4
'Blue, the English deserter from the French Legionnaires tells the story of how during the battle of Verdun he led his platoon to counter-attack the 'Boche', winning a fierce bloody encounter. Back in the trenches Lieutenant Volmar 'Monkey Face' whose orders had been countermanded, takes unjust revenge on the Englishman...'
Pen and ink on card. 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £583

Fury 1 (1977) [fn/vfn] wfg Model Warplane with No 2 [vg+] and front cover studio mock-up of No 2 with some horizontal folds [vg] and TV Tornado 2 (1967) [vg/fn] wfg Magic Cards (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

House of Hammer (1976-78) 1-4, 13 (Star Wars Special Preview), 14 (One Million Years B.C.)
[fn/vfn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

Judge Dredd/2000AD original artwork (1977) by Ron Turner for 2000AD prog 16, 11 June 1977
'Call-Me-Kenneth’, King of the Robots attempts to rule Mega City but Judge Dredd has a much better idea…!
Pen and ink with Letraset shading on board. 21 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,809

Mandy (1970) 157-206 near complete year missing issues 155 & 156
Starring Mandy, Junky and Jenny, Meg Among the Slaves and Marina - Schoolgirl with a secret
No 195 with free gift Ring of Charm, No 196 wfg Mandy's Super Book of Stars
No 187 [gd], balance [vg/fn+] (50)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Misty 1 (1978) wfg Lucky Charm Bracelet
White pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Nasty Tales (1971 Meep Comics) 1-7 complete run with The Trials of Nasty Tales
Starring Mr Natural, Ogoth The Wasted and Furry Freak Brothers
NB Nasty Tales was the subject of an obscenity trial and publishers, Meep, brought out what was to become their final issue, ‘The Trials of Nasty Tales’, just before the court hearings. Although Meep won the case the judge controversially did not award them damages which signalled the title's early demise
[fn-/vfn[ (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Savage Sword of Conan (1975) 1-18
Complete run
With No 1 free gift Full Colour Conan Poster with Overkill (1992) 1, 2 both with free gift posters
Conan 1 some small interior margin tears [vfn-], balance [vfn+/nm] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Savage Sword of Conan (series 2, 1977) 1-6
No 3 [fn/vfn], balance 5 issues [vfn/vfn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £48

Star Wars Weekly No 1 (1978) [vfn+] wfg Star Wars X-Fighter (as new)
With Hulk No 1 (1979) wfg Hulk Album
Both [vfn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £113

Tornado - IPC Trade Promotional Folder (1979) containing Tornado 1, 2 & 3 with free gifts as new
Comics [fn/fn+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Thunder (1970-71) 1-22
Complete unnumbered run before amalgamation with Lion comic
No 1 & No 2 wfgs Jumping Kangaroo and Black Max's Bat and original 4 pg Flyer introducing Thunder
starring Fury's Family by Denis McLoughlin, Black Max by Eric Bradbury and Adam Eterno with Phil the Fluter
Cream pages, rusty staples Nos 1 & 2 [fn], a few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (23)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £208

2000 AD prog 1 (1977) wfg Space Spinner
2 small pieces of tape residue where Spinner was attached, off-white/cream pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £286

2000 AD prog 2 (1977) [vg+] wfg Biotronic Stickers
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £643

Battle Action Force (13 Oct '84) wfg Baron Iron Blood Mask, (17 Oct '84) wfg Super Action Force Poster, Marvel Team-Up (11 Sept 1980) wfg Spider-Man & Daredevil Sticker, The Thing (1984) 1 wfg Big Ben Cap, 2 wfg Big Ben Banger and Warlord 121 (1997) wfg Combat Badges [fn-/fn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £40

‘Moons for Sale’ re-creation cover artwork (1980s) by Ron Turner from the Scion Science Fiction novel of the same name and photographed on page 315 of newly published 'The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner' by John Lawrence
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins. With original novel (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

1980s First issues all with their free gifts: Captain America, Forces In Combat, Fantastic Four, Future Tense, Marvel Action, Marvel Secret Wars, Super Adventure, Marvel Team-Up, Thor, X-Men, Valour and Top Cat's T.V. Comic Show
All No 1 issues. Valour, Top Cat's [fn], balance [vfn/nm] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £117

Vulcan 1, 2 (1975)
No. 1 flat fresh copy [fn/vfn] wfg Potato Gun in illustrated bag. No 2 [fn-] wfg Magical Numbers Game.
Starring The Steel Claw, The Trigan Empire, The Spider and Mytek the Mighty (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £46