Early Story Papers, Comics and No 1s (1817-1926)
Boys' Champion No 1 (1901), Boys' Realm No 1 (1902), Comic News 3, 5 (1863), Champion Comic 19 (1895), Chums 351 (1899), Boys of the Empire 4 (1888), Picture Show 1, 2 (1919) with Charlie Chaplin cover and stories. Sporting Magazine 1 (1817), Champion Boys' Paper 1 (1913) and Argosy 1 (1926) including Dracula by Bram Stoker and stories by Arnold Bennett, A.A. Milne, Jerome K Jerome and Guy de Maupassant
[gd/vg] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

Early comics mix (1911-1959)
Boys' Best 1 (1911) split spine [gd-], Champion 1 (1922) cover with re-enforced spine and margins [fr/gd], Buzzer 1 (1937) [gd], Girl 1 (1951) [fn], Harold Hare's Own Paper 1 [vg+], Zip 1 (1958) wfg Thunderclap Ranger [fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

No 1s and Special Events comic flyers (1908-1931)
Boys' Cinema with Boys' Cinema comic No 1, Boys’ Realm, Dreadnought, Favorite, Fun & Fiction, Girls' Reader, Greyfriar's Herald, Halfpenny Wonders, Illustrated Chips, Penny Wonder, Polly's Paper, The Rainbow, Tiny Tots, Tiger Tim's Weekly [vfn/vfn+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £310

War Propaganda Magazines (1900s-1944)
A.R.P. and A.F.S. Review No 1 (1940), The Merchant Services Review No 1 (1917, Navy & Army Illustrated No 1 (1895), Neptune No 1 (1940), The Regiment No 1 (1915) [gd], Territorial Magazine No 1 (1936), Vivid War Weekly No 1 (1915) [gd], War No 1 (1941), War in the Air (Biplanes, Bleriot, Zeppelins) No 1 (1935), The War Budget No 1 (1914), War Illustrated No 1 (1939), War of the Nations No 1 (1914) and War Pictorial No 1 (1939) [vg-/vg+] (13)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £30

Monster Comic newsagent's poster (1922) 29 x 19 ins. with Triumph 525 (1934) wfg Triumph Album of Railways with all 20 inserts complete and 7 flyers: Boys’ Friend Library, Comic Cuts, Film Fun, Jack and Jill No. 1, Monster Library, Schoolboys’ Own Library, Sexton Blake Library. Poster [vg], comic [vg] and flyers [vfn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £38

Adventure, Hotspur, Rover, Skipper, Wizard and Topical Times free gifts booklets (1930s-40s)
(Five with Dudley Watkins covers)
A few [vg], balance [fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £19

Hotspur (1933-34) 1-10, 19-70 (near complete year missing 37 & 42) including Xmas and New Year issues. With The Swooping Vengeance and The School with No Escape
No 1 [gd], balance [vg-/fn] (60)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £149

Rattler (1935-36) 108-124 including Xmas and New Year issues
Starring Crazy Kink the Goofy Gangster and Percival The Perky, with Sunshine (1938) 2-20 starring Larry Laff and Curley Girly and horror adventure stories The Black Pond, The Vulture and Satan's Isle
Unusually high grades [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Scoops 1 (1931) Britain's First Science Fiction Weekly (tanned cover with cream/light tan pages) [vg]
With Boys' Magazine (1922) 1-17
No 1 weak splitting spine [gd], balance issues [fn-/fn+] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

Teddy Tail's Annual original front cover artwork (1937) drawn, coloured and signed by Herbert Foxwell
Watercolour on board in cream card frame 14 x 10 ins.
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £1,000

The Wonder Packet of English Comics (1939 A. Soloway)
5 scarce wrap-around covers containing All Fun 3, 4, All Star 3, 4 and Comic Capers 3 (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £60

Desperate Dan original artwork (1947) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from The Dandy Apr 12 1947
Dan's dear little pet becomes Desperate Dan's Desperate Dragon
Indian ink on cream cartridge paper. 21 x 15 ins (The comic page is also illustrated but not included in the lot).
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Dick Boss in Texas No 2 (1947 Literary Press, London) by Alfred Mazure (Maz)
Dick Boss was the Netherlands first comic book hero becoming hugely popular during the German occupation in WW2. The German propaganda machine offered Mazure safe status and a million print run if he transformed Boss into a German spy. Maz refused and his publications were banned as, amazingly, they did not suspect he was a member of the Dutch resistance. their legend lives on today
The booklet measures 4 x 3 ins with every page (212) illustrated [vg]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £13

Streamline Fiction House reprints (late 40s-50s)
Jungle 1 (U.S. # 106), Rangers 1 (US # 45), Wings 18, + 2 x n.n.s (US #101, 104 & n.n.)
3 of these issues in full colour [vg+/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Adventures Into the Unknown (1958 Arnold Book Co) 1, 3
[vg-/vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £31

Beano (1952) 494-545
Complete year in bound volume. Dennis the Menace first front cover with Biffo in No 540.
Starring Lord Snooty and His Pals, The Shipwrecked Circus and Pansy Potter in Wonderland
Due to industrial action issues 517-528 had newsagent's scarcity message to front cover margins and complete years are therefore scarce. Even scarcer in high grades. A few [fn-], balance [fn/vfn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £472

Beano (1957) 756-806
Near complete year (missing 755, 768, 797 & 805 Xmas)
Starring The Invisible Giant by Bill Holdroyd, Dennis the Menace by Davy Law, Lord Snooty and The Bash Street Kid by Leo Baxendale and Biffo by Dudley Watkins
A few [vg[, balance [vg+/fn] (48)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £587

Shipwrecked Circus five original artworks (1957) by Paddy Brennan, three from the Beano Nos 764 and 766 and two earlier strips from the same adventure with Samson rescuing the submarine's children from dangerous shallows
Indian ink with red wash on cartridge paper. Each 15 x 5 ins (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £333

Dan Dare/Eagle original artwork (1957) by Frank Hampson for The Eagle Vol. 8, No 12 'Reign of the Robots', with original comic
'When Dan, Lex, Digby, Flamer and Stripey return from outer space they find the Earth under the dread rule of The Mekon - fiendish master-mind of Venus. Overpowered by The Mekon's elektrobots, they are force-marched through a deserted London but Flamer and Stripey make a dash for freedom... '
Bright gouache colours on board. 15 x 12 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £904

Girl No 1 (1951) [vfn] wfg H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Special Presentation Plate, No 2 [fn+], June 1 (1961) [vg], Mandy 1 (1967) [vg-], Playhour 1 (1954) [fn] wfg Red Indian head-dress, Robin 1 (1953) [fn-], School Friend (1950) 1 [fn], 450 Xmas (1958) [vg], T.V. Fun (1953-58) 1 [vg], 67 Xmas 1954 (fn], 68 Xmas Holiday Number [fn], Xmas 1958 [vfn], Secret Hearts 8 [fn-], Swift 1 (1954) [fn], Teddy Bear 1 (1963) [vfn] wfg My Playtime Puzzle Book (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Lion (1952) 1, 2 wfg, 3-9, 23, 27, 62, 67, 68, 71, 74, 75
With (1975) Jan 28, Feb 4, Feb 11, all 3 wfgs: 4 Famous Football Trophies and 3 club badges
All with rusty staples. Nos 1, 2 [fn-], balance [vg/fn-] (20)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Marilyn No 1 (1955) wfg Lucky Persian Love Ring
Comic: cream pages, rusty staples [fn-]. The scarce Persian Love Ring is somewhat unloved and rusty.
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Marvelman 31 (L Miller 1954)
Bright cover, cream pages, light interior staple rust [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Young Marvelman 32 (L Miller 1954)
Bright cover, cream pages, light interior staple rust l[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £26

Marvel Family (L Miller 1950s) 62, 64-69, 76 with Whiz Comics 56, 65, 79, 81-83, 85, 88
4 issues [gd], balance 12 [vg-/vg+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £83

Murder Incorporated 1 (Streamline 1950s), Robin Hood and His Merry Men 1 and Phantom Ranger 10 (WDC)
[vg-fn/vg/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £38

Pop, Romance, Action titles (1950s)
Romeo 1, 3 ins cover lower corner piece torn away [vg], Roxy 1 (fn-], Roxy (6.6.'69) [fn-] wfg Top Ten All-Star Ear Clips. Top Spot 1 [vg], 2 [vg] wfg Top Shots in Sport booklet, 3 [fn-] wfg Drumming Up the Stars booklet, T.V. Fun 1 [vg+] with Original sketch artwork of Who's Who in Our Zoo by Roy Wilson (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Rick Random original artwork (1957) by Ron Turner for Super-Detective Library No 111 pg 61
'Sabotage from Space'
Pen and ink on card. 14 x 10 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Rick Random original artwork (1957) by Ron Turner for Super-Detective Library No 111 pg 62
'Sabotage from Space'
Pen and ink on card , 14 x 10ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £472

Rick Random: 2 original artworks (1957) by Ron Turner for Super-Detective Library No 101
'The Riddle of the Vanishing People'. Pgs 34 & 35
Pen and ink on card, 14 x 10 ins (2 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £907

Super Coloured Comic Annual (T.V. Boardman 1950-52) 1-3 with covers by Denis McLoughlin
Only these three scarce Annuals were published and they contained remaindered Boardman comics of Buffalo Bill, Roy Carson, Blackhawk and Swift Morgan [vg/vg/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £202

Thriller Comics Library (1950s)
109 (A Christmas Carol), 122, 130, 142, 150 with Detective Picture Library (1960-61) 169, 172, 177, 181, 183, 188 (featuring John Steel Special Agent adventures) and Sexton Blake Library (1950s) 401, 405, 436, 457
No 181 [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £52

Tiger 1 (1954) wfg Space Gun and 5 (of 6) carded Flying Saucer bullets in original bag
Tiger heralded the first Roy of the Rovers story by Stewart Colwyn (Frank S. Pepper) and Rockfist Rogan by Hal Wilton
Cream/light tan pages with rusty staples [vg], Space Gun, Flying Saucer bullets and illustrated bag flat and fresh
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £857

Beano (1969) 1381-1432
Near complete year (missing 1383, -87, -88, -96, 1400, -01, -08). With Beano Summer Special 1969 [fn] and Beano Annual 1969
Comics [vg/fn] (47)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Boys' World 1 (1963) wfg Pathfinder Wristlet Compass in original envelope [fn], Buster 1 (1960 [vg-], Giant War Picture Library (1964) 1, 2 [both vg], Hurricane 1 (1964) [fn], Jag 1 (1968) wfg Bobby Moore's Book of the FA Cup, 2 wfg Soccer '68 Club Colours Wall Chart, 3 wfg Club Colours Wall Chart pt 2 [vg-/fn-/vg], Rocket No 1 (1956) [fn-], Sparky 1 (1965) [fn-] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £298

Boys' World newsagent cards (1960s)
Free 'Cricket Bats!' and 'Argonaut Gold Plated Wrist Watch 37/6d Post Free'
Each 15 x 10 ins [vg+/fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £14

Bunty (1965) 365-415 (near complete year missing issues 364 and 384)
With Bunty Annual 1965. Starring Mona - Maid of Magic, Jill and the Juke-Box Gang and Me Your Slave. With back cover Bunty's Cut-Out wardrobe (all uncut and intact) [vg+/fn+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £179

Bunty (1966) 416-468 (near complete year missing No 430)
Starring Donna and the Diamonds (a pop group), I'll Make You Miss World and The Enchanted Ruby with back cover Bunty's Cut-Out wardrobe (all uncut) with Bunty Annual 1966
[fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

Champion (1966) No 1 [fn+] wfg Jet Screamer, No 2 [vg] wfg Super Cup-Tie Whistle, No 3 [fn+] wfg Champion Book of Football Stars and (unnumbered) 4-15 last issue
Starring Jet Jordan by Eric Bradbury, Return of the Storm Troopers, The Phantom Viking and Battler Britton
No 13 mangled back cover with top piece torn away [gd], A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

Cherie No 1 (1960 D.C. Thomson) wfg Lucky Love Locket with a photo of Cliff.
Starring Three Girls in A Flat, Marty Wilde Q&A with photo centrespread, Dandy Brad the Charming Cad and 'Ask Sis - She Knows All the Answers':
Q -'What is a French Roll?’ asks Janis from Solihull.
A - 'It's a hairstyle, Janis, the hair is rolled up vertically at the back of the head'
(Comic Book editor comments: 'It's also a baguette or an enjoyable afternoon with a Frenchman) [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £185

Commando 51-60 (1963)
Bright covers, tight spines, cream pages. No 53 [vg], No 59 [vfn], balance [vg+/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £404

Commando 61-70 (1963)
Bright covers, tight spines, cream pages. Nos 66, 67 [vfn], balance [vg/fn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £512

Commando (1963-64) 71-85
Bright covers, tight spines, cream /light tan pages. A few [vg], balance [fn-fn+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £617

Commando (1964) 86-100
Bright covers, tight spines, cream/light tan pages. Nos 91, 92 [vg], balance [fn-/vfn-] (15)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £555

Commando (1964) 101-125
Bright covers, tight spines, cream pages. A few [fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £298

Commando (1964-65) 126-150
Bright covers, tight spines, cream pages. 138, 139, 145 [vg/vg+], balance [fn-/vfn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £238

Dandy (1962) 30 issues between 1052-1085 including April Fool and Easter issues
Starring Korky, Desperate Dan, Corporal Clott and Ali Ha-Ha
1073, 1076 [vg-], balance 28 issues [vg/vg+] (30)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Diana (1963) No 1 wfg Golden Chain Bracelet, No 2 wfg 2 Lovely Lucky Charms, No 3 wfg 2 Lovely Lucky Charms
These gifts are rare [vfn/vfn/fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

Fantastic 1 (1967) [vg/fn] with It's Terrific 1 (1967) [fn-], Super DC No 1 (1967) [vg], POW! No 1 (1967) [vg], 2 [vg], 53 [vg] wfg Flying Saucer (missing smaller section) (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £89

Film Campaign Posters and Programmes (1960s +)
The Temptress, Vengeance of She, Chisum, Moon Zero Two, Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon, The Legend of Dick Turpin and Carry On Jack [vg/fn] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £26

Hornet 1 (1963) [vg], Valiant (1962) 1 [vg], 2 [vg/fn] wfg Giant Book of World War Two, Valiant and Vulcan (10.4.'76) [vg/fn] wfg Vulcan Mini Mag [vg/fn], Vulcan 1 (1975) [vfn], Victor 1 (1961) [vg+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £173

Lady Penelope (1966) 1 [fn], 36 [vg/fn], T.V. Century 21 (1965) 1: well worn spine with some corner pieces torn away [gd], TV 21 and TV Tornado 213 [fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £286

Marty No 1 (1960)
'The First Ever Photo romance Weekly' with Elvis Presley Souvenir four-page supplement [fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Princess (1960) No 1 - Dec 31 (near complete year missing August 7 issue) including Sept 17 wfg My Album of Royalty
21 issues [vg-/vg+], balance 30 issues [fn-/fn+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £140

Princess (1961) 50 issues , near complete year missing Jan 7 & 21
With Pretty Maid fashion page, The Cheat by Enid Blyton, Anne of Green Gables, Jo of the Islands, The Princess Club and Travelling with David Attenborough
6 issues with detached covers [gd], balance [vg-/fn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £107

Princess Magazine (1966) Complete 53 issue year with Princess Holiday Special and Princess Gift Book for Girls 1966
Starring Belle and Mamie, The Ghost Next Door, Moira's Pop Notice Board with The Beatles, Cilla, Stones, Gerry and the Pacemakers and Biba boutique fashion pages
A few issues [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (55)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

Romeo (1965) 34 issues between Jan 2 - Dec 4
Starring Three Girls in a Flat, Amorous Andy in Singapore, Juliette in Salt Lake City, Love Picture Stories, Allan Allyn's Pop tips and picks for 1965 and Dream Girl Fashion and Beauty back covers [fn-/vfn] (34)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £214

Romeo (1966) 40 issues between Jan 1 - Dec 31 including Xmas & New Year issues
'The Pick of the Love Pic-Papers'
Starring Astra - the Girl From The Stars with Sunshine Hair, Meet the Pop Stars and On The Moviebeat with Adam West and Burt Ward in Batman [fn/vfn] (40)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £647

Sinister Tales 23 (1965) Alan Class
1st Iron Man / Tales of Suspense # 39 UK reprint
Splash page missing [pr/fr]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

1960s-70s Comics Mix
Smash 1 (1966) cream pages, rusty staples [fn-], Ranger 1 (1965) [vg/fn], TV 21 & Joe 90 No 1 (1969) two punch holes to spine [vg], Disneyland 1 [vg], Monster Fun 1 (1975) [fn], Seven Days 1 (1971) [vfn], Vulcan 1 (1975) [vfn] (7)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Solo 1 (1967) [vfn] Laugh with Bilko, Thrills with U.N.C.L.E, Adventure with Seaspray, Scarecrow and Mary Poppins. With No 2: 5 ins cover tear [vg-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £65

Space Ace and the Lost City original artwork (1960s) by Ron Turner for Lone Star Magazine, first published by DCMT before being sold to Atlas publishers.
Space Ace started in Lone Star 3 in 1952 with Turner illustrating him for over 10 years
Black pen and Letraset on cartridge paper
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £547

Sparky (1967) 103-154
Near complete year (missing 123 & 127) with Sparky Annual 1967. No 140 wfg Rip Snorter Balloon
Starring Sparky, The Moonsters, Peter Piper, Pansy Potter, Dreamy Dave and Dozy Dora, Keyhole Kate and Winnie the Witch
A few [fn-/fn], a few [gd], balance [vg-/vg+] (51)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

Sparky (1968) 155-206
Near complete year (missing No 200) with Sparky Annual 1968
A few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

The Spider vs. Sylvester Jenkins original artwork (1967) by Reg Bunn from Lion Sept 16 1967
Villainous scientist, Sylvester Jenkins, nemesis of the Spider, uses his sinister magnifying Ray on the Zoo's Lions and Tigers to stage his greatest crime…
Indian ink highlighted with white on cartridge paper. 20 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £190

Tiger (1965) Complete 52 issues year (becomes Tiger and Hurricane on May 15). With Tiger Annual 1965. Starring Typhoon Tracy, Olac the Gladiator, Roy of the Rovers and Devil at the Centre of the Earth. Cream pages and mostly rusty staples [vg/fn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £714

TV Century 21 (1968) 162, 165, 172, 176
Starring Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Zero X by Mike Noble, Stingray and No 162's brilliant Scarlet Deathfall cover by Ron Embleton [fn-/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £24

TV Fan (1959-60) No 1 and unnumbered 3-14, 16-20 'Romance In Pictures' starring Wagon Train, Rock and Romance Disc News and 'First Love' brought to you by Billy Fury
4 issues [vg-/vg+] balance 14 issues (including Nos 1-9) [fn/vfn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Valentine (1965-67) 46 issues between Jan 2 - Dec 30 ‘Christmas Number'
'Act Naturally, I'm Looking Through You’ and ‘All You Need is Love' Beatles songs and pictures, Write to The Beatles double-page letters and answers. Sizzling Show Biz News, Batman pictures and Love Stories In Pictures [vg/fn] (46)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

Valentine (1968-69) 30 issues between Jan 13 - 27 Dec
Daydream Believer by The Monkees, Darlin' by the Beach Boys, Hello Goodbye by the Beatles, Are You Going Steady? And Stevie's Problem Page [fn/vfn] (30)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £359

Captain Britain (1976) 1-10
No 1 wfg Mask (eye pieces intact) [vfn], Gift as new, No 2 wfg Boomerang [vfn], Gift as new, 3-10 [vfn) (10)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £250

Charley's War: 3 original artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action No 286 pages 16, 17, 18 (including two alternative lower panels for pg 18)
'March 1917. Charley Bourne was home on leave recovering from his wounds in the trenches. Meanwhile Charley's younger brother, Wilf, was about to make an important decision...
Pen and ink on card, 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £488

Girls Comics wfgs (1972-84). Sandie (26.2.'72) wfg Dolly Purse, Tracy 1 (1979) wfg 'I'm A Mini Minx' button badge, Tracy No 16 (1980) wfg Disco Dance Brooch, Bunty 1400 (1984) wfg Bunty Carrier Bag and Little Star 1 (1972) wfg Pip Squeaker (perished) Balloon and Instruction Card. [fn-/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £77

Charley's War: 3 original artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action No 287 pgs 2, 3, 4
'March 1917. The M.P.'s … led by the sinister 'Drag Man' … continued rounding up deserters, but one French soldier still eluded them ... until a near fatal encounter with Charley Bourne...
Pen and ink on card, 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

House of Hammer (1976-78)
1, 8-10, 13-15, 17, Hammer's House of Horror 20, Hammer's Halls of Horror 21-23.
(No 13: Star Wars Special, No 14: Raquel Welch in One Million Years B.C.)
No 1 [vg/fn], 8 [vg+], balance 10 issues [fn/vfn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £131

Charley's War: 3 original artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 288 pgs 16, 17 18 with original Printer's colour screenprints for pages 16 and 17
'March 1917. Charley Bourne was on leave in Britain recovering from his grim experiences on the Western Front. As he returned home one night, he came face to face with a French deserter wanted by the Military Police.'
Pen and ink on card, 18 x 15 ins (3 artworks and one colour proof) (4)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £440

Monster Fun (1975) 4-15 including all Badtime Bedtime Story Book centre pages complete and uncut
No 9 with 3 x 5 ins b/cover edge piece torn away [gd/vg], balance [vg+/fn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £43

Shiver and Shake (1973) 1-8
No 1 wfg 'Chocolate Biscuit' Practical Joke, No 3 wfg Glow Fun Stickers.
Starring Frankie Stein by Ken Reid, Scream Inn, Gal Capone, Lolly Pop, Moana Lisa and Horrornation Street [vfn/nm] (8)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £500

Star Wars original 1977 pre-Oscars UK quad film poster by Tom Chantrell, printed by W.E. Berry of Bradford
Two vertical folds (not breaking colour) near the LH edge of the poster. Rolled, unfolded condition, 30 x 40 ins
[vg/fn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £3,035

Star Wars/Empire Strikes Back double-bill UK quad film poster by Tom Chantrell (1980). Printed by W.E. Berry of Bradford
Rolled, unfolded condition. 30 x 40 ins [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £761

Vampirella (1972) 1, 2 both [vfn], Brain Storm Fantasy 1 (1977) [vfn-], Chilling Tales of Horror 1 (1979) [vg], Shock 2 [gd/vg], Dracula 1 (1971) wfg poster of Wolff and Agar-Agar [fn], Dracula Lives 1 (1974) [fn], Fangoria 2 (1979) [fn] and Freaky Monsters # 1 (2010) [vfn-] (9)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £101

1970s-80s No 1s plus
Action 1 wfg Red Arrow, Cracker 1, Cor! 1, 2, Doctor Who Weekly 1 wfg Transfer, Forces In Combat 1, 2, Hotspur 740 wfg Christmas Special mini comic, Jet 1 (fn], Kick-Off Football Weekly 1, Knockout 1, Monster Fun 1 [fn-], Roy of the Rovers 1 wfg Big Football Chart, Shiver and Shake 1, Scream 2, Speed 1 wfg Speed Plane, Titans 1 [vg+] wfg Super-Heroes poster, Vulcan 1 wfg Potato Gun, 2-4, Whizzer and Chips 1 wfg 'Sid Says' Super Stickers and Wizard 1
[vfn-/vfn+] (23)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £620

The Shadow original fanzine cover artwork (1975) drawn and signed by Bryan Talbot for Comics Unlimited # 34 (1976) and published by Alan Austin's Fantasy Unlimited
From the Alan Austin Archive of original artwork
Indian ink highlighted by Letraset on board. 12 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £202

Alan Austin (1955-2017) was the first full-time comics dealer in the UK, starting 'Heroes' comic shop in an Islington basement in 1979. He produced the first Comic Book Price Guide for Great Britain, published fanzines including Fantasy Unlimited, Comics Unlimited, DC & Marvel Indexes and Golden Age. He was known to his many customers and friends as 'The Guv'nor', but he was much more than that - a Titan of British and US comic book fandom.

The Amazing Spider-Man and Spider Ladies back cover fanzine artwork (1976) drawn and signed by John Bolton for Comics Unlimited # 35 and published by Alan Austin
From the Alan Austin Archive of original artwork
Pencil on card. 11 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £310

DC Index Vol. 1 Fanzine front cover Batman artwork (1975) drawn and signed by Rafael Gonzalez Negrete ('Rafa')
From the Alan Austin Archive of original artwork
Indian ink and wash on paper. 10 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £143

Captain America original fanzine back cover artwork (1975) drawn and signed by Rafael Gonzalez Negrete for Fantasy Unlimited # 27
From the Alan Austin Archive of original artwork
Indian ink on paper. 10 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £161

Silver Surfer fanzine front cover original artwork (1976) drawn and signed by Antonio Ghura for Comics Unlimited # 37
From the Alan Austin Archive of original Artwork
Indian ink highlighted by Letraset on paper. 11 x 8 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £167

Marvelman fanzine front cover artwork (1976) drawn and signed by Alan Hunter for Comics Unlimited # 42
From the Alan Austin Archive of original artwork
Indian ink on paper. 12 x 8½"
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £72

The Daleks re-creation artwork (1980s) by Ron Turner, inspired by his TV Century 21 Daleks back cover artworks from the 1960s. Photographed on pg 298 of the newly published 'The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner' by John Lawrence
Poster colour on board. 24 x 17 ins (including border)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £3,570

Judge Dredd original back cover artwork (1982) drawn and signed by Ron Smith from 2000AD prog 294, 11 December 1982 (included in the lot)
Bright, fresh condition. Indian ink and black pen on board. 17 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £6,426

Spike 1 (1963) wfg WW2 Glider, 2 wfg Tattoo Transfers of Dennis The Menace, Gnasher, Desperate Dan etc, 3 wfg Screamin' Demon Whistle, Spellbound 1 (1976), Rover and Adventure (18.1.'61) wfg ABC chart of Football Club Colours and Photo Stamps, Wizard 1785 (1960) wfg My Own Log Book of Locomotives with all 48 Loco Photos attached [vfn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £57

The Sun Makers re-creation cover artwork (1980s) by Ron Turner from the paperback of the same name by Vargo Statten published in 1950 (included in the lot) and illustrated in 'The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner' by John Lawrence
Poster colour on board, 19 x 14 ins including border
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £928

The Unseen Assassin re-creation cover artwork (1980s) by Ron Turner from the paperback published in 1956 by Alexander Moring Ltd (included in the lot) (nb The original 50s cover of the woman was by Reginald Heade, the background city by Ron Turner). Illustrated in 'The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner' book by John Lawrence
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins including border
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: u/s

Dan Dare original Phoenix Mission artwork (late 1990s) painted and signed by Don Harley for Spaceships Away No 3 (2003), included in the lot. 'The old Z-19 spaceship explodes activating the Black Cat's remote drone-ship fighting machines just as Dan and his crew escape with moments to spare..'
Bright gouache colours on board. 20 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

Kalgan the Golden original cover artwork (1996) by Ron Turner for Gryphon Books, Brooklyn and illustrated on pg 267 of The Fantastic Art of Ron Turner by John Lawrence
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins including border
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £428

UKCAC 90, the UK Comic Art Convention 1990 Official Magazine only available at the Convention, 110 pages with inside back cover Autographs page signed by Mike Carlin with Batman sketch, Dick Giordano, Charles Vess and Steve Rude with (electrifying) Joker sketch [vfn], and The Complete Fantastic Four No 1 (1977) wfg [fn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 19% Buyer's Premium: £55