Comic Book Postal Auctions

September, 2006 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Boy’s Leader (1904-05) 43-94
In two bound volumes. File copies.
Light tan pages [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

2

Butterfly (1905) 17-41
In bound volume. File copies.
Clean light green pages [fn/vfn] (25)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £88

3

John Bull (1906-07) 1-82
In two bound volumes. File copies. Politics, comment and cartoons of the day. Vol 1 has spine binding missing. Light tan pages [vg/vg+] (82)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

4

Union Jack (1904) 12-64
In two bound volumes. File copies. Starring Jack Ferrett – Detective! [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

5

Chuckles (1916-17) 130-171
In two bound volumes. File copies.
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £151

6

Comic Life (1918) 1020-1071
In two bound volumes. File copies.
Bright covers, light tan pages [vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

7

Firefly (1917) 99-111
In bound volume. File copies [fn] (13)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £40

8

Merry And Bright (1917-18) 14-65
In two bound volumes. Starring The Adventures of Carry, The Girl (Charlie) Chaplin And Dot. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

9

Penny Wonder (1912) 1-47
In two bound volumes. The Black Arrow, Mascar The Mystic. File copies [fn/vfn] (47)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

10

Tiger Tim’s Tales (1919) 1-24
In bound volume. Rare half format comic. File copies [fn/fn+] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £243

11

Tiger Tim’s Tales 25-28 (last 3 issues) with Tiger Tim’s Weekly 1-22
In bound volume and No 1 free gift Colour plate of Tiger Tim. File copies [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

12

The Wonder (1913) 1-52
In two bound volumes. Starring Paul Sleuth and Dirk The Dog Detective; The Winged Man. File copies [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £324

13

All Sports Weekly (1922) 149-175
Jul – Dec in bound volume. Ted ‘Kid’ Lewis, Malcolm Campbell, Walter Hagen. With colour flyer for Green Magazine No.1. File copies [fn/fn+] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £96

14

All Sports Weekly (1923) 202-227
Jul – Dec in bound volume. With colour flyer for Pictorial Xmas Mag. File copies [fn/fn+] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £96

15

Boys’ Cinema (1921) 82-108
In bound volume. Mark Of Zorro starring Douglas Fairbanks, The Kid, Starring Charlie Chaplin. Front board and issues 82-85 moisture damaged [vg-/fn+]. With Boy’s Cinema (1927) 394-420. In bound volume. Ben Hur, Tom Mix, Victor Maclaglan. File copies [fn/vfn] (54)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £178

16

Boys’ Friend Library (1927) 101-124
In two bound volumes. Text stories. File copies. Some close cropping to cover pages [fn-/fn+] (24)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

17

Chick’s Own (1921) 41-67
Jul – Dec in half-year bound volume including Guy Fawkes and Xmas numbers. File copies [fn/vfn] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

18

Football & Sports Favourite (1923) 123-148
Jan – Jun in half-year bound volume. File copies. First five issues and front board lower corner margin worn away [vg], balance [fn/fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £99

19

Jester (1927) 1312-1364
Complete year in two bound volumes. The Comical Capers Of Constable Cuddlecook. File copies. Printed on cream paper [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

20

Jungle Jinks (1924) 5-56
Complete year in two bound volumes.
(Un-p c) Fun With The Frolicsome Fuzzy-Wuzzies! File copies. Fresh full colour covers, cream/light tan pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £132

21

Kinema Comic (1928) 402-427
Jan – Jun in half-year bound volume. File copies. Larry Semon, Louise Fazenda, Our Gang [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

22

Kinema Comic (1928) 428-453
Jul – Dec In half-year bound volume. File copies [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

23

Pluck (1922) 1-10, 37-62
In two bound volumes. File copies. Carson Holt – The Cracksman Detective [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

24

Rainbow (1928) 725-776
Complete year in two bound volumes. Starring The Bruin Boys. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

25

Sexton Blake Library 5-64
(2nd Series: 1925-26)
In five bound volumes. File copies.
Some cropped covers [vg+/fn] (60)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £617

26

Bo-Peep (1931) 64-115
Complete year in two bound volumes. In the style of Rainbow Comic – large format and colour covers. File copies. Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

27

Bo-Peep’s Bumper Book 1931
File copy. With original gelatin printed wraparound cover [vg], book [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £12

28

Bubbles (1936) 768-819
Complete year in two bound volumes. The Bunty Boys and Dick, The Boy Inventor. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

29

Bullseye (1933) 128-180
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Blue covers, some editorial cover and page cut-outs [vg/fn-] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £404

30

Detective Weekly (1934) 46-71
Jan – Jun in half year bound volume. Complete Sexton Blake stories. File copies. Cream pages with darker edges [fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £115

31

Detective Weekly (1935) 98-123
Jan – Jun in half-year bound volume.
File copies. Spies In Singapore by G H Teed.
2 ins of top spine binding missing [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

32

Modern Boy (1930) 100-151
Complete year. The Plane Smashers by Capt W E Johns. Rusty staples [gd/vg] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

33

Adventure (1933) 584-612, 621, 622, 624
Zorro The Slink, Fighting Hal Of Sherwood, The Marching Menace. Good cover colours, light tan pages, some with right hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg+/fn] (32)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

34

Rover (1933) 560-588
Jan – Jul half-year including rare free gifts Wonder Pocket Cinema, Rover Midget Comic and Book Of 500 Jokes And Riddles. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg+/fn+] (25)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £99

35

Skipper (1933) 123-174
Near complete year missing issue 170. Issue 163 with Magic Thought Reader free gift. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang. 134, 166 [gd], balance [vg+/fn+] (51)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £170

36

Skipper (1934) 175-226
Near complete year missing 188, 206. 182-184 wfg 21 Football Flags, 217 wfg booklets: Quick Slick Magic, Tricky Tips and Stump Speeches, 218 wfg Football Funbook, 219 wfg Skipper Midget Comic. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg+/fn+] (50)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £218

37

Skipper (1935) 227-278
Complete year with free gifts Puzzle-U Book, Skipper Book Of Flags and 2 Writing Competition entry forms. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £309

38

Skipper (1936) 279-301, 304-306, 308
Issue 285 early Dudley Watkins cover. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg/fn+] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £96

39

Wizard (1935) 631-682
Near complete year missing 638. With free gift Board Game Compendium. Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang.
633 [fr], balance [vg/fn+] (51)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £271

40

Wizard (1936) 683-705 (x 2), 706, 707, 709-711, 713
Bright cover colours, cream/light tan pages, some with right-hand edge chipping due to page overhang [vg/fn+] (30)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £151

41

Triumph front cover artwork (1930) for issue 279 February 22nd 1930
Poster colour on card. 11.5 x 8.5 inches
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £144

42

Film Fun (1936-37) 14 issues between 868-911
Most with neat professionally replaced spines [gd] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

43

Film Fun (1938) 21 issues between 949-988
Rusty staples [gd/vg-] (21)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £75

44

Film Fun (1939) 995-1002, 1004, 1005
[gd/vg-] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

45

Beano Comic 1 (1938)
Big Eggo, Lord Snooty, Morgyn The Mighty first adventures. Bright colours, light tan pages, half-inch tear at top margin to all pages. One of the highest grade copies ever to be offered at auction [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £8,525

46

Whoopee Hank original artwork by Roland Davies for The Beano (1938)
Our Slapdash Sheriff Lassos the Dude Ranch Bandits by Mistake! Indian ink on card. 12 x 12 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

47

Dandy Comic 1 (1937)
First four, back four pages only; missing centre pages 9-24 but including first adventures of Korky The Cat, Desperate Dan, Keyhole Kate, Jimmy And His Grockle, Invisible Dick and Bamboo Town. Well worn covers and edges, tan pages [pr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £162

48

Dandy Comic 2
Grubby copy with 2 ins cover tear and two pieces missing from top cover (thumb and finger size). Tan/light tan pages [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £344

49

Desperate Dan original artwork from The Dandy c 1939 by Dudley Watkins
Dan sinks the local kids’ model yachts with too much puff so he makes amends by pulling off a paddle steamer wheel, uprooting a lamp-post and ripping away the grocer’s shop blind to make his own Dan-Powered steamer for the kids to sail! Indian ink on card. 13 x 15 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £677

50

Broons ‘Header’ original artwork sketches (c. 1940) drawn by Dudley Watkins. Sixteen portrait sketches of The Broons for use as page headers. Indian ink on card. 7 x 5 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £253

51

Dandy Monster Comic No 1 (1939)
Korky introduces his Dandy chums. Bright, sharp cornered boards and spine. Unblemished with very light wear, this copy has been kept in a brown paper dustcover for most of its life. Soft pencil dedication, off-white pages with light tan edges. The highest graded copy ever offered at auction. [vfn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £6,232

52

Dandy Monster Comic (1945)
Downhill racer Desperate Dan on Ski-logs. Worn dull cover, loose spine [fr]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £126

53

Dandy Monster Comic (1948)
Puppet Master Korky. Overall wear, no dedication [gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £133

54

Dandy Monster Comic (1949)
Korky the toff with Dan as his bag man! Bright boards, faded spine [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £229

55

Beano 170 New Year, 171, 172 (1942)
Propaganda war issues. "Waste Littler – Paste Hitler!" [gd/vg/gd+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £225

56

Beano 173, 174, 175
Propaganda war issues. 173 Big Eggo Nazi spy cover [gd+/vg/gd+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £225

57

Beano 176, 177 (1942) April Fool and Easter issues
[gd/gd+] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £242

58

Beano 188, 190, 191
Propaganda war issues. "Pansy Potter gives Hitler A Headache" waste paper ad. Lord Snooty and Pansy visit the Beano offices…! [vg/vg+] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £176

59

Lord Snooty And His Pals original artwork from The Beano 195 Xmas Number Dec 19 1942.
Snitchy and Snatchy think Santa is a Nazi spy and set fire to his beard. Watkins at his hilarious, detailed, best.
Indian ink on card. 18 x 15 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £1,149

60

Beano (1943-44) 215, 220, 224, 239, 244-246
Propaganda war issues. 220 Jap Spy cover. 244 Hanged Hitler waste paper ad! Worn spines and edges professionally restored [fr/gd] (7)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £146

61

Beano 247 Xmas 1944
Professionally replaced spine and page edges [apparent gd]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

62

Beano (1945) 249, 252, 253, 255, 261-263, 265, 269
269 [pr], balance [fr/gd+] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

63

Beano (1947) 302, 304, 305, 307-316, 318, 319
[vg/vg+] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £216

64

Beano (1948) 335-341
[vg/vg+] (7)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £94

65

Beano (1948) 343-351 Xmas,including 347 Fireworks
351 Xmas [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £122

66

Beano (1949) 352, 359 Easter, 369 professionally replaced spine and edges [apparent gd], 370 with Beano Book (1954) professionally replaced spine [gd-], balance [vg] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

67

Oor Wullie original artwork (1945) by Dudley Watkins from The Sunday Post Fun Section 15 April 1945.
Everyone’s tellin’ Wullie whit to do includin’ the Doc and PC Murdoch but in the end he gets a note off school and two days fishing allowance! Indian ink on card. 17 x 14 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £826

68

Adventure (1941) 1001-1044 Bumper Xmas Number
Complete year in bound volume (later issues fortnightly). Strang The Terrible, Blood Brothers face the Nazis and German war lords. Propaganda war issues. Bright cover colours, light tan pages with darker edges [fn] (44)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £387

69

Adventure (1942) 1045-1070
Complete year in bound volume. "RAF Xmas Present All For Adolf – Waste Paper Is Used To Make The Monster Bombs Dropped By British Bombers!" Propaganda war issues. Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £302

70

Adventure (1943) 1071-1096
Complete year in bound volume. "The Axes For The Axis!" Cartoon of Hitler and Hirohito being beheaded by Tommies with books made of waste paper. Propaganda war issues. Bright covers with tan/light tan pages [vg+/fn] (26)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £302

71

Adventure (1944) 1097-1123
Complete year in bound volume. "A Trap To Snap A Jap – Save Your Scrap!" Propaganda war issues. Bright cover colours, light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (27)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £368

72

Knockout Fun Book 1942
Worn edges [gd] with Film Fun Annual 1947 medium wear, cream pages [vg+], Radio Fun 1952 [vg], Beano Book 1968 [vg] and Dandy Book 1988 [fr] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £50

73

Film Fun Annual 1948
[vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £24

74

Radio Fun (1948) 483-516 (Jan 10 – Aug 28) with 480 (Dec 20 1947)
Unbroken run starring Tommy Handley, Jimmy Durante, The Falcon. Bright 2-colour covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (35)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £110

75

Sexton Blake Library 52-79 (3rd Series 1942)
In seven bound volumes. File copies. Some cropped covers [fn/vfn] (28)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £363

76

Superman No 2 (1947) K G Murray
Australian reprint. Two complete Superman stories in full colour. Unsquare cut. Rare [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

77

Dandy Monster Comic (1950)
Korky Warms Up The Sea!
Crossed out dedication [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £122

78

Dandy Monster Comic (1951)
Ring Master Korky! Bright boards, worn edges, corners and spine. No dedication [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £41

79

Dandy Monster Comic (1952)
Korky’s Toy Shop. Bright boards, worn edges [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

80

Dandy Monster Comic (1953)
Korky’s Mouse Traps end in a feast! [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

81

Dandy Book (1957)
Bright boards with medium wear, no dedication. Cream/light tan pages [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £96

82

Dandy (1954-55) 632 New Year, 634, 640, 643, 676 Fireworks [vg], 678, 680, 685, 687, 692
[gd/vg] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £45

83

Young Drake two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (mid 50s)
Young Drake takes on the Spaniards single-handed – then the Royal Navy weighs in! All action battle panels.
Indian ink, red and blue crayon on cartridge paper. 15 x 16 ins each (2 pages)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £411

84

Dandy 786 (1956), 789 New Year (1957) with Felix The Cat Little Picture Book (Co-op) c.1940s. 26 black and white pages, and Modern Wonder (1937-38) 11, 16-20, 43-45, 47-54, 57, 58 [gd/vg] (22)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

85

Beano (1954-5) 602, 603, 606, 607, 646, 647, 650 New Year, 651
[vg/vg+] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £67

86

Magic-Beano Book (1951)
Biffo Paints, Big Eggo Complaints!
Worn boards with foxing shadows, dedication crossed out [vg-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £157

87

Beano Book (1953)
Biffo And Jack Flash Moon Bound! [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £43

88

Beano Book (1954)
Biffo Branches Out, So Does Dennis’s Lobster! [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

89

Beano Book (1956)
Captain Biffo, mini characters dive-bombed by Dennis [vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £45

90

Beano Book (1958)
Biffo Juggles, Dennis Misbeehives! Bright boards, some spine splits with no loss [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

91

Beano Book (1959)
Goat Plays Leap-Frog With Dennis! [vg+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £55

92

The Broons Family Portraits original artwork (1950s) used for the Sunday Post Fun Section and as the inside front/back cover illustration for the 1954 Broons Book. Indian ink on card. 11 x 15 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £605

93

Eagle Comic No 1 (1950)
Good cover colours, light wear to horizontal fold and spine. Clean off-white pages [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £164

94

Eagle Comic No 2
[vg]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

95

Eagle Comic No 3
[vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

96

Eagle Comic No 4
[vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £36

97

Eagle Comic 5, 6, 7
[vg/vfn/fn-] (3)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £58

98

Eagle Comic 8-15
9, 10, 12 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £33

99

Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 6-10
[fn/vfn] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £70

100

Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 11-52
[fn/vfn] (42)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £170

101

Eagle Vol 2 (1951) 1-52 Complete year
Red Moon Mystery. A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £124

102

Eagle Vol 3 (1952) 1-52 Complete year
Marooned on Mercury. Issues 43, 47 signed to cover by Gretta Tomlinson. A few [gd] a few [fn], balance [vg] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £110

103

Dan Dare front cover original artwork by Harold Johns & Gretta Tomlinson
From The Eagle Vol 3: No 40 (1953) Marooned On Mercury. The Mekon threatens to kill Professor Peabody unless Dan agrees to drop the Poison Bombs on Venus…
Poster colour on board. 19 x 15 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: U/S

104

Eagle Vol 4 (1953) 1-38 Complete year
Operation Saturn. Issue 29 with Eagle Extra Supplement [vg+/fn+] (38)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

105

Eagle Vol 5 (1954) 1-53 Complete year
Prisoners Of Space. Issue 15 signed by Don Harley [vg-/vg+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

106

Eagle Vol 6 (1955) 1-52 Complete year
The Man From Nowhere [vg/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

107

Eagle Vol 7 (1956) 1-52 Complete year
Rogue Planet. A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

108

Eagle Vol 8 (1957) 1-52 Complete year
Reign Of The Robots, The Happy Warrior, Life Story Of Winston Churchill by Frank Bellamy [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

109

Eagle Vol 9 (1958) 1-52 Complete year
The Phantom Fleet. Concluding The Happy Warrior by Frank Bellamy. A few [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £87

110

Eagle Vol 10 (1959) 1-45 Complete year
Safari In Space, Terra Nova by Franks Hampson and Bellamy. A few [gd], balance [vg/fn] (45)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £124

111

Eagle Novels (1950s) Hulton
Luck Of The Legion’s Desert Adventure [vg+], Storm Nelson, Jack O’Lantern And The Fighting Cock, The Three J’s And The Pride Of Northbrook. All with dust wrappers [fn] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £61

112

Dan Dare Card Game (c1954) Pepys. Complete with box and instructions
Cards [vfn], box [vg+] with Riders Of The Range Card Game complete with box and instructions. Cards [vfn], box [vg]. With The Eagle Book Of Modern Adventures (text) 1953. Book [vg]. Worn dust wrapper with some small loss [vg-] and Eagle Special Investigator book (1953) by Macdonald Hastings. Michael Joseph [fn-] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £25

113

Comet (1954-55) 1954: 15 issues between 293-336 Xmas; 1955: 38 issues between 340-389 incl. Xmas. Buffalo Bill, Nelson, Claude Duval star. Full colour covers and centre spread. Worn covers with rusty staples [gd/vg+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

114

Comet (1956) 45 issues between 390-441 Xmas
Rusty staples [vg-/vg+] (45)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £85

115

Comet (1957) 50 issues between 442-493 Xmas. Near complete year.
Rusty staples. 487 quarter of back cover missing [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (50)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £83

116

Comet (1958-59) 35 issues between 494-Jun 20 1959
(10 later issues with larger format, 2-colour covers). With Lion 321, 335; Radio Fun 1030 all from 1958 and Tiger 230 from 1959 [vg-/vg+] (39)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £108

117

Radio Fun (1952) 696-742 (Xmas)
Near complete year starring Norman Wisdom, Issy Bon and Jane X. Bright 2-colour covers, cream pages. 720 [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (47)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £126

118

Radio Fun (1953) 743-752
[fn/vfn] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £22

119

Rupert Annuals (1951, 1952) D. Express with Rupert Adventure Series 22 and Radio Fun Annual 1953 [vg] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

120

Western Fifties No 1s
Chief Crazy Horse, Death Valley, The Kid From Dodge City
[gd], Gunsmoke Trail, Long Bow clear tape to spine [gd], Straight Arrow’s Fury, Swift Arrow
[vg-/vg] (7)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

121

Western 50s and 60s
Indians 2, Indian Warriors 8 L B Cole cover [vg], Indian Braves 4, Gun Master 1 [gd], Bat Lash 1, Broncho Bill 12 (1949) and 8 assorted issues [gd/vg] (14)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

122

The Range Boss original cover artwork painted and signed by Jas E McConnell from Western Library No 42 (1953) The Range Boss in a fist fight… . Poster colour on board with acetate lettering overlay. 16 x 11 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £97

123

The Riddle Of Ramrod Ridge painted and signed by Jas E McConnell from Western Library No 26 (1952). The Cowboy takes aim… This is the last of these Western Library artworks in our recent run. Poster colour on board with acetate lettering overlay. 16 x 11 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £107

124

Yellow Star Library (1956-57) 1-16, 25-40
In four bound volumes. Text only. File copies [fn] (32)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

125

Beano Book (1960)
Biffo’s Jigsaw! Bright boards, minor wear, neat dedication, cream pages [fn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

126

Dandy (1964) 9 issues between 1167 April Fool 1188
[vg] (9)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £37

127

The Broon frontispiece original artwork by Dudley Watkins for The Broons Book 1968. Breakfast time is going well at the holiday camp-site...
Indian ink on card. 14 x 11 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £544

128

Captain Condor original artwork by Keith Watson from The Lion 26 Nov 1960. Note the resemblance of Capt. Condor to The Eagle’s Dan Dare by Dan Dare artist Keith Watson. The last of the Condor artworks to be offered in our recent run. Indian ink on board. 17 x 12 ins.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £489

129

Brett Million (Angry Planet) original artwork painted and initialled by C F Eidlestein from Boy’s World Vol: No 41 (1963). Brett and Grif are captured by the Ellil and get trapped by The Diggers… This is the final board of four recently offered. Poster colour on board. 24 x 17 ins
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £44

130

Superboy Annual (1959-60) Atlas Publ. [fn-] with Superman Annual (1964-65) spine rebound [vg] (2)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £28

131

Eagle Vol 11 (1960) 1-52. Complete year with free gift Eagle Passport Wallet and 4 enclosures. Bright fresh colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

132

Eagle Vol 12 (1961) 1-52. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

133

Eagle Vol 13 (1962) 1-53. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

134

Eagle Vol 14 (1963) 1–52. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £67

135

Eagle Vol 15 (1964) 1-52. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £62

136

Eagle Vol 16 (1965) 1-52. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £66

137

Blackbow The Cheyenne original artwork painted and signed by Frank Humphris from The Eagle Vol 16: No. 41 (1966)
Giant tracks lead Blackbow to something evil… This is the last Blackbow The Cheyenne artwork from our recent run.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

138

Eagle Vol 17 (1966) 1-53. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (53)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

139

Eagle Vol 18 (1967) 1-52. Complete year
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £73

140

Eagle Vol 19 (1968) 1-52 with Vol 20 (1969) 1-17. April 27 last issue before amalgamation with Lion
Bright cover colours, mainly foxed edges [vg/vg+] (69)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £51

141

Lion And Eagle (1969-70) 3 May 1969-14 Nov 1970
First Lion issue containing amalgamated Eagle comic onwards. Some edge foxing [vg/fn+] (70)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £121

142

Lion (1966-67) 15 Oct 66 – 30 Dec 67. Complete year 1967 plus.
A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (64)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £221

143

Lion (1968) 6 Jan – 28 Dec. Complete year
[fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £212

144

Lion (1969-70) 4 Jan 1969-7 Feb 1970. Complete year 1969 plus.
[fn-/fn+] (58)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £212

145

Hurricane (1964) No 1 – 27 June 1964
First 18 issues in bound volume. File copies. Bright covers, light tan pages with darker edges. No 1 has 1 inch tear to cover [fn/fn+] (18)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £544

146

Intro Magazine No 1 (1967) Odhams
Large format, 32 pages. The Beatles, The Maharishi, The Meaning Of Life, Frank Zappa, Flower Power fashion. Groovy. Rare [fn-]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £96

147

Cameo Romance Library (1969) 1-30, 43-66
In four bound volumes. Text only. File copies [fn/vfn] (54)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £77

148

True Adventure (1964) 1-8
In bound volume. Text only. File copies [fn] (8)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £31

 

The following near-complete collection of TV Century 21 comics are generally in Fine/Very Fine grades with clean, creamy white flat pages and unworn spines. The highest grade collection ever to be offered at auction.

149

TV Century 21 No 1 (1965)
Introducing Fireball XL5, Stingray, Supercar, Lady Penelope and The Daleks. Creamy white pages, some light spine wear [fn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £227

150

TV Century 21 No 2 [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £162

151

TV Century 21 No 3 [vfn]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £83

152

TV Century 21 No 4 [vfn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

153

TV Century 21 No 5 [vfn+]
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £48

154

TV Century 21 Nos 6–10
10 [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (5)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145

155

TV Century 21 Nos 11-20
[vfn/vfn+] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

156

TV Century 21 Nos 21-30
24 [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £338

157

TV Century 21 Nos 31-40
35 [vg], balance [fn+/vfn+] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £182

158

TV Century 21 Nos 41-50
45: piece torn away from bottom front cover [vg], balance [vfn/vfn+] (10)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £200

159

TV Century 21 Nos 51-65
Thunderbirds by Frank Bellamy [vfn/vfn+] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £221

160

TV Century 21 Nos 66-80
The Investigator by Don Harley. 69: 4 x 5 ins corner pieces torn away at back two pages [gd], 74,78 [vg+] balance [vfn/vfn+] (15)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £215

161

TV Century 21 Nos 81-96
90, 91 [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (16)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £91

162

TV Century 21 Nos 101-120
Fireball XL5 by Don Lawrence. 107 [gd], 106 [vg], balance [fn/vfn+] (20)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £110

163

TV Century 21 Nos 121-140
Missing issue 126. Fireball XL5 by Don Lawrence [fn/vfn] (19)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £103

164

TV Century 21 Nos 141-170
Missing issue 157. Captain Scarlet by Ron Embleton. Title change to TV 21 with issue 155 including free gift Captain Scarlet Album with 9 of 12 stickers attached [fn/vfn+] (29)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £201

165

TV 21 Nos 171-199
Captain Scarlet covers in 185, 186. TV21 and TV Tornado title change with issue 190. Introducing Tarzan and The Saint.
180, 181 [vg], a few [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (29)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £188

166

TV 21 Nos 200-242 last issue (scarce)
227 George Best photo cover. 209, 215, 217-220 [vg] a few [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (43)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £339

167

TV Century 21 Summer Extra (1966) Spring Extra (1967) and Thunderbirds Extra (1/2 inch bottom of back cover cut away) with Thunderbirds Are Go (1966) 52 page special. Special [fn+], balance [vg+/vg] (4)
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £150

168

TV 21 & Joe 90 (1969) 1-9
8, 9 [fn], balance [vfn/vfn+] (9) with TV Comic Holiday Special (1964) starring Dr Who and Space Patrol. Space Patrol colour centre pages from TV Comic 3 Oct 1964-24 July 65 missing 28 Nov 1964, (41 centre pages). With Stingray, Wasp and TV 21 Special Agent cloth badges stuck to card. Plus Supercar Annual [vg] and various TV 21 newspaper articles of the period.
Winning Bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £132


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