Comic Book Postal Auctions

Spring 2008 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Boys' Realm Football Library (1909-10) 1-41
In two bound volumes. File Copies. 1-15 damp rippling to all pages [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £67

2

Gem Library (1909-10) 47-98
In four bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £283

3

Nelson Lee Library (1915-16) 1-55
In two bound volumes. File copies. Introducing Nelson Lee and Nipper. Rare [fn/fn+] (55)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £330

4

The Popular (1914) 65-116
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Complete Sexton Blake stories in each issue [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

5

Union Jack (1894-96) 27-104 (missing issues 35, 42, 47)
In three bound volumes. File copies.
8 Sexton Blake complete stories, Last Of The Mohicans, Hawkeye The Deerslayer by J Fenimore Cooper. No 62 loose pages frayed edges [gd], balance [fn/vfn] (75)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

6

Union Jack (1916) 638-690
Complete year in two bound volumes. File Copies
Sexton Blake Stories throughout. Propaganda war issues "Help to Smash Germany …" [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £423

7

Boys' Friend Library (1920-22) 529-533, 562-565, 572-577, 590-596, 604-619
In six bound volumes. File copies. With flyer for Sports for Boys No 1 [fn/vfn] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

8

Chuckles (1923) 470-517 last issue, Jungle Jinks 1-4
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193

9

Champion (1926) 206-256
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £254

10

Football And Sports Favourite (1928) 383-43
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £176

11

Holiday Annual For Boys And Girls 1 (1920)
Frank Richard's first 'Greyfriars' annual. File copy. Some cover marking and scuffing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £16

12

Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1921, 1923-25, 1931
File copies. All with cover stamp 'Return to Stockroom..' etc [vg-/vg] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31

13

Greyfriars Boys' Herald (1920-21) 36-87
In two bound volumes. File copies. The Amazing Adventures of Herlock Sholmes! Some light page rippling at lower corner most pages [vg] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

14

Robin Hood (1924) Third Series. 1-3, 4 coverless, 5, 6, 10, 12, 13, 16-25, 27-31, 33-41 (x2), 42-44, 47-49, 51 no back cover, 59, 63, 65, 66, 69-73, 75-84, 87, 88 last issue
[gd-/vg] (61)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

15

Schoolgirls' Own (1924) 153-204
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

16

Schoolgirls' Own (1925) 205-256
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

17

The Schoolgirl (1929-30) 1-22, 49-74
In two bound volumes. File copies. With 6 half-page film star colour photo sheets giveaways and Girls Cinema free gift flyer [fn/vfn] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

18

The School Girl (1931) 75-126
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. With 3 free gift Dainty Film Star Photo Cards [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

19

Sexton Blake Library (1920) 156-175
In four bound volumes. File copies. Some cover trim in binding process [fn/fn+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £605

20

Sexton Blake Library (1922) 229-266
In three bound volumes. File copies [fn-/fn+] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £968

21

Sports Budget (1924) 14-65
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

22

Triumph (1929) 220-271
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

23

Union Jack (1929) 1342-1367
Half-year in bound volume
Sexton Blake in The Case Of The Three Black Cats [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £65

24

Champion (1932) 518-570
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £218

25

Crackers (1935) 307-358
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Including King & Queen's Jubilee Number [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £254

26

Film Fun Annual 1 (1938)
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77

27

Football And Sports Library (1935-38) 429-482, 537-554
In four bound volumes. File copies. 1935 complete year, 1936 Jan-June, 1938 Jan-June. Cloth covers worn and dusty [vg], contents [vg/fn+] (72)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £176

28

Happy Days (1938-39) 6, 7, 10, 11, 17-19, 21, 22, 24-26, 29, 31-33, 40, 41, 44
Chimpo's Circus. Some frayed spines [vg-/vg+] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

29

Jolly Jack’s Annual 1936 original cover artwork drawn and signed by Tiger Tim illustrator, H S Foxwell
Poster colours on board. 14 x 10 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

30

Kinema Comic (1930) 506-557
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies
Chester Conklin, Harry Langdon, Sally O'Mally [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

31

Pilot (1936) 14-65
Complete year. Rusty staples [vg-/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

32

The Ranger (1932) 47-99
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Evocative colour covers [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £229

33

Schoolgirl's Own Library (1937-40) 568-591, 616-627, 700-711, 723-733
In five bound volumes. File copies
Issue 733 final war issue: "The Editor very much regrets .. forced to suspend publication ... extension of war to Scandinavia… Norway export of pulp entirely ceased ..."
Red bindings with some worn down corners and top spine damage, contents [vg/fn] (59)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £485

34

Screen Pictorial (1937)
12 monthly issues + Summer and Winter Annuals
In two bound volumes. File copies
'Advert Dept' light stamp to covers. Some file holes showing by spine [vg/vg+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

35

Sexton Blake Library (1930-41) 245, 459, 467, 489, 596, 598, 613, 671 no b/cover, 678, 685, 688, 704, 713, 716, 719, 721
8 with taped spine [vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

36

Sexton Blake Library New Series (1941-45) 1, 10, 11, 19, 21, 22, 24, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 38, 86, 87, 102
[fn-/fn+] (16)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

37

Sexton Blake Library (1939) 689-700
In bound volume. File copies [fn/vfn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

38

Sexton Blake Library (1940) 701-712
In bound volume. File copies [fn/vfn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

39

Sexton Blake Annual 1 (1938)
Eight text stories including the classic Raffles vs Sexton Blake with over 50 black and white chapter illustrations. 164 pages
Bright cover with invisible tape to top and bottom spine. Some grubbiness to back cover. Rare [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

40

Skipper (1932) 70-122
Complete year
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, some page overhang chipping. 84 torn b/cover [gd], balance [fn-/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

41

Skipper (Jan-June 1938) 383-408
Half-year in bound volume [fn-/fn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £91

42

Sunbeam (1938) 622-674
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

43

Theatre World (1936-39) 139-175
In three bound volumes with The Play Pictorial 382-404 in bound volume [fn/fn+] (60)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

44

The Thriller (1932) 152-155, 171-204
The Saint
Stories: The Gold Flood, Hi-Jacker, Two Men From Munich by Leslie Charteris
Bright covers, creamy white pages, staple rust. A few worn and taped spines [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85

45

The Thriller (1933) 205-262 (including the first six issues from 1934)
205-210 are loose copies, the balance in two bound volumes.
Book Of Fate by Leslie Charteris, Black Circle by John Creasey. The 6 loose copies [vg/fn-], balance [fn/vfn] (58)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £508

46

The Thriller (1934) 263-288
Feb-Aug in bound volume
Raffles by Barry Perowne, Crime & Mystery from Edgar Wallace, 3 Saint stories by Leslie Charteris [fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

47

Triumph (1935) 533-584
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. With 3 Ships Of The World photo-cards and colour flyer for Wonders Of The World Part 1. Top 2 ins of volume spines torn away (comics unaffected) [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

48

World Of Wonder (1932-3) 1-9, 11-52
Junior science educational weekly [vg/fn] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: u/s

49

World Of Wonder (1933-34) 1-26 New Series
Junior science weekly [vg-/fn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: u/s

50

Beano 54 (1939)
A careless P.C.'s in the drink - a drowning statue makes him think! [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £303

51

Beano 55
A circus tall-man comes to town - Big Eggo's canine brings him down! [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £198

52

Beano 56
Daro jumps from the skies - Big Eggo springs a surprise!
2 small file holes at spine, small edge loss to cover overhang [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £138

53

Beano 57
Big Eggo Goes Bananas! [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £305

54

Beano 58
Big Eggo's bees buzz - the camel gets the hump! [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £218

55

Beano 59
The Gardner drenches Eggo sweet - but soon they're all blown off their feet!
Some small edge loss to cover overhang, 2 ins top spine split [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £135

56

Beano 61
Magic carpet and bad boys get a good beating! [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £303

57

Beano 62
The Broncho Buster's conned - and dumped into the pond! [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £303

58

Beano 63
The Mascot's look is vain - Drum Major's down the drain! [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £303

59

Beano 68
The Mayor's waxworks doesn't work at all! [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £189

60

Beano 69
Big Eggo can relax as he stops ducks quacks! [vfn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £267

61

Beano 71
The Air Raid Wardens are stretched to feather Big Eggo's Blackout. Propaganda war issue [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242

62

Beano 72, 73
72: 8 central pages (centre) missing; 73: 12 central pages missing. NB total pages were 24. Pages that remain [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £12

63

Beano (1945-47)
271, 277, 283-286, 288-300 Xmas, 302-311
In amateur bound volume. A few worn and torn [gd-/gd] , balance [vg-/vg] (29)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

64

Beano (1949-50) 354-392
Feb 5 1949 - Jan 15 1950 in amateur bound volume. Missing issue 360. Bright covers, cream pages, some foxing spots, some tears [vg-/vg] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

65

Beano Book (1948)
Big Eggo's Marching Band
Bright boards, complete spine with some light cover marks. No dedication, cream pages with darker edges [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £440

66

Dandy (mainly War time) low grade collection (1944-45) 261, 270, 278, 283, 284, 285 (2 pgs missing), 286 Danny Longlegs starts, 288, 289, 290, 293, 295 Rare Keyhole Kate front cover, 298, 299, 305
All low grade reading copies [pr/fr] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £135

67

Dandy (1946-47) 323-346
July 20 1946 - June 21 1947
Missing issue 335 New Year. Worn, torn reading copies in amateur bound volume. A few [vg], balance [pr/fr/gd] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £67

68

Dandy (1949)
390, 392, 397-399, 401-403, 411, 419
[vg/vg+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £57

69

Desperate Dan original artwork (1948) drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins from The Dandy 11.9.'48
Great Uncle Ebineezar is 153 and all the relatives, including Dan start arriving to get in the will, especially Scots McTavish who gives Dan double-vision - no wonder - they're twins!
Indian ink on card. 20 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £617

70

Magic Fun Book 1 (1941)
Bright boards professionally cleaned and touched in with bright original reinforced spine. Neat pencil dedication, light tan pages with darker edges. There were only two Magic Fun Books printed and this is the rarer number one [Apparent vg+/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £830

71

Oor Wullie Book 1 (1941)
The Wee Lad On His Upturned Bucket by Dudley Watkins
Bright covers and spine with 'John Leng & Co Ltd Dundee' embossed on top front and top back covers (denoting publisher's file copy). Half inch lower spine split. Cream pages with slightly darker edges. The highest graded copy ever to be offered at auction. Rare [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £4,845

72

Oor Wullie original artwork (1944) by Dudley Watkins
From The Sunday Post Fun Section 3 Sept 1944.
Wullie hastae write an essay on The Habits Of Insects over the weekend but his live "collection" breaks loose in the hoose an’ they git in all the fowks claes (naturally the ants and beetles have Scots accents …) - but Wullie's scratchy essay gets him sent to the foot o' the class.
Indian ink on card. 17 x 14 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £726

73

Oor Wullie Book (1949)
Pride O'The Nation to Termination in 16 portraits!
Well worn covers with clear taped vertical edges (attaching front cover), 1 inch lower spine loss, 1 x ½ inch piece out back cover, tan pages [gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £327

74

Broons Jig-Saw Puzzle (1940s) Containing 371 out of 400 pieces. Finished jigsaw size 19 x 14 ins. Box worn with left-hand flap missing. Rare [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £484

75

Charlie Chaplin original artwork (1940s) by Bertie Brown for Funny Wonder
Charlie foils his rival to meet Mary from the Milk Bar
Indian ink on card highlighted with blue crayon. Nine panels. 14 x 13 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

76

Champion (1941) 988-1039
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies. Rockfist Rogan, Buzz & Bart - The Breakneck Twins [vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205

77

Adventure (1947) 1177-1213
Complete year. Some issues published fortnightly. A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (37)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £69

78

Adventure (1948) 1215-1253
Near complete year missing 1214. Some issues published fortnightly [vg-/fn-] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

79

Hotspur (1949-50) 637-703 including complete year of 1949, all in bound volume.
[vg+/fn] (67)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £79

80

Wizard (1947) 1121-1157 Xmas
Complete year. Some issues published fortnightly. Some page edge chipping [vg-/fn-] (37)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102

81

Wizard (1948) 1158-1196
Complete year. Some issues published fortnightly. Some page edge chipping [vg/fn-] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

82

Film Fun (Jul-Dec 1949) 1537-1563
Half year in bound volume [fn-/fn] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

83

Knockout (Oct 1949 - Jul 1950) 556-596
In amateur bound volume. Starring Mike, Sexton Blake, Stonehenge Kit The Ancient Brit [vg/fn] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133

84

Playbox (1941-2) 814-852 Complete year 1941 with Jan-Jun 1942, in three bound volumes. 2 ins lower spine damage to 1 volume not affecting comics. Rare war years issues [fn/vfn] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

85

Radio Fun (1946) 390-421 March - October
in amateur bound volume. Tommy Handley, Arthur Askey, Jane X
390 torn, taped cover [fr], balance [vg/fn] (32)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

86

Soloway UK Comics (1940s)
All Star 1, 3, 4; All Fun Vol 4: No 4; Comic Capers Vol 4: 3, 4; Red Star (Edson - nn); Star Flash 1, 2 (P M Promotions) and All Fun Annual 1 (the only issue) Rare
All Fun 4 [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £159

87

Superman 1 (c1946) Color Comics Printing Ltd. Sydney, Australia
Rare variant issue without 'No 1' on cover and containing b & w Superman stories; 'Lois Lane, Superwomen' and 'The Case Of the Living Trophies'. Received opinion suggests this was a pre-publication issue to test the market at 6d. Only one other copy known to exist. Rare. 1 inch cover tear, cream pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £278

88

Beano (1950) 411-432 and Dandy (1950) 445-465
In amateur bound volume. Missing Dandy 464 & 458. Would benefit from rebinding. A few with brown taped tears [fr], balance [gd-/vg] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99

89

Beano Book (1951) Ride 'em Biffo!
Bright boards with lightly touched in spine edges. Neat dedication. Small doodles to frontispiece [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £83

90

Beano (1957) 755-806
Complete year
Some curled torn spines [fr/gd/vg-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £213

91

Dandy (1955) 710-736
Jul-Dec half year in bound volume including Fireworks and Xmas
Bright covers, clean creamy white pages. Most with biro name to top cover margin [fn+/vfn+] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

92

Desperate Dan Annual 1 (1953)
Generally worn, rounded corners with some spine pieces worn away, cream pages [vg-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55

93

The Broons Book (1952)
Tea Time at Glebe Street
Bright covers and spine, light/medium edge wear, neat ink inscription to fly page. Light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £607

94

Broons Book (1954)
Highland Fling!
Bright covers, small cover scrape to Granpaw's Jacket, 4 ins lower spine split, no loss. Small pen doodle to fly page, light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £225

95

Oor Wullie Book (1951)
Butter wouldn'ae melt…
Bright covers, 1 ins lower spine split front cover, 4 ins lower spine split back cover, no loss, light inscription to fly page, light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £727

96

Oor Wullie Book (1953)
Calendar Boy
Bright covers, complete spine, 1 ins top spine split, neat inscription to fly page, light tan pages [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £375

97

Oor Wullie Book (1955)
Infinity cover
Bright covers, vertical cover crease by spine. Complete spine, light tan pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £668

98

Champion (1954) 1666-1717
Complete year in two bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

99

Adventure (1954) 1537-1562
Jul-Dec half year in bound volume [fn+/vfn+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157

100

Hotspur (1953) 843-894
Complete year in two bound volumes [fn-/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

101

Rover (1958) 1699-1748
Near complete year missing issues 1697, 1698, 1708 [vg-/fn-] (49)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

102

Wizard (1956) 1560-1585
Jan-Jun half year in bound volume
Wilson stories. 1563 cover taped by spine [vg-], balance [fn/vfn-] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £97

103

Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 1, 2
No.1 almost split down spine, no loss, clean cream pages [vg-], 2 some cover fade [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £247

104

Eagle 3, 4, 5
3, 4 [fn-/fn], 5 [vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £67

105

Eagle 6-10
[fn-/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44

106

Eagle 11-52
14 [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110

107

Eagle Vol 2 (1951) 1-52
Complete year
A few with margin foxing [vg/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154

108

Eagle Vol 3 (1952) 1-52
Complete year [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162

109

Eagle Vol 4 (1953) 1-38
Complete year with Vol 5 (1954) 1, 2 with 2 misc. issues
Vol 5: 1, 2 [vg], Vol 4: 1-38 [fn-/fn+] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132

110

Dan Dare Spaceship Builder No 1 (c1953) Construction Set by A & M Bartram Ltd
Complete with illustrated instructions but lacking one 6 inch black tube
Concave box with bright illustration, worn ends and two split corners. Rare [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £423

111

Lion 23, 29 (1952) rusty staples. With Wings (nn.) Streamline UK reprint (1951)
[vg-/vg/fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £11

112

Lion (1954) 98-149
Complete year in two bound volumes staring Captain Condor by Frank S. Pepper
These volumes are from his own collection with 'Pepper' pencilled to the cover of many issues - even the great man had to order his own copy from the local newsagent! Some staple discolouration showing by spines. 100-109 [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £363

113

Schoolgirls' Own Library (1959-1963) 251-262, 299-310, 381-392, 405-410
In four bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £223

114

Sexton Blake Library (1956)
291-314, 327-338
In three bound volumes. File copies [fn/vfn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £94

115

Superman Adventure Book 1955-6
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61

116

Rupert And Dr Lion original colour artwork (1951) attributed to Alfred Bestell from the 1951 Rupert Annual. Title page ‘Rupert And Dr Lion’ with copy acetate overlay.
Poster colour on card. 10 x 9 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £171

117

Rupert And Dr Lion original colour artwork (1951) attributed to Alfred Bestell from the 1951 Rupert Annual, page 11 'Rupert Asks Old Jorge' with copy acetate overlay.
Poster colour on card. 10 x 9 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

118

Galloping Glory Boys two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (early 1950s)
The Hussars escape from the French garrison and set an ambush for Napoleon's troop. They manage to relieve them of their horses and the Emperor's pocket watch!
Indian ink on card. 17 x 15, 14 x 15 ins (2 pgs)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £198

119

Young Drake two original artworks by Paddy Brennan for The Dandy (mid 1950s)
Our hero steers into trouble and breaks the smuggler's mast. Intent on retribution he chases Young Drake with a knotted rope, but a masked brigand enters the fray …
Indian ink with red and blue crayon on card. 17 x 15, 14 x 15 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275

120

Jet-Ace Logan 2 original artworks (1956) by Geoff Campion for Comet 429 and 430
Jet-Ace is chosen to fly to Jupiter in a J2 fighting ship. Approaching their destination a tele-message warns of their companion interceptor ships heading for destruction in a green fog …
23 x 17 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

121

Jet-Ace Logan original cover artwork (1961) by Caroselli for Thriller Picture Library 383 Nov 1961
Poster colour on board. 16 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302

122

Frankie Stein original artwork (1967)
by Ken Reid for Wham! 157
Professor Cube wants Frankie to stop lazin' about and help with the housework. He soon gets chased out the house for hamfistedly sweeping a hole in the prof's best Wilton. Fleeing in his maid’s uniform, Frankie trips and gets rolled up in the Ritz's red carpet which the police tie up and send back to the professor. Now all's quiet - but not for long
Indian ink on card. 15 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £436

123

TV Century 21 No 3 (1965)
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31

124

TV Century 21 No 4
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31

125

TV Tornado Annual 1 (1968) Advertising board
Slightly bowed, 12 x 9 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

126

Daleks original artwork (1965)
by Ron Turner for TV Century 21 No. 50. The Mechanoids deadly attack …
Ron Turner's first Daleks artwork. Also reprinted in the The Amazing World of Doctor Who (1976)
Poster colour on board. 21 x 15 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,760

127

Fireball XL5 Annual 1 (1963) Collins
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £46

128

Fireball XL5 Annuals 2-4 (1964-66)
There were only 4 in the series [fn/fn-/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72

129

Journey To The Edge Of The World 2-page original artwork (1964) by Harry Bishop for Lion 21 March 1964
Morg Of The Mammoths is seized by sticky inhuman tendrils ..!
Small text diagonal missing, page 2. Indian ink and wash on board. 20 x 16 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: u/s

130

Air Ace Picture Library original cover artwork ‘Rocket-Bomb’ (1965) by Alan Willow with colour acetate overlay for War Picture Library 1552 (reprinted in September 1978)
Poster colour on board. 16 x 12 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193

131

War Picture Library 153 origianl cover artwork (1962) 'Storm Troop' by Alessandro Buffignandi and illustrated in Aaargh - It's War by David Roach
Poster colour on board. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

132

Eagle Vol 13 (1962) 1-14
Montgomery of Alamein episodes 1-5 by Frank Bellamy. [fn+/vfn] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36

133

Victor (1963) 98-149
Complete year in two bound volumes [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145

134

Countdown 4 (1971)
With free gift 4 Space Stamps [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £56

135

Clever Dick original artwork (1973)
by Leo Baxendale for Buster 28 April 1973
Clever Dick's playing footy but his shot kicks out a plank in the fence which knocks the goal post gnome flying off his toadstool and straight into Dad's face! His nose gets nobbled and he's not happy and he’s looking for Dick, who quickly deflates the football, adds a hose, puts it down the back of his trousers and blows it up just as Dad collars him for a good whacking...
(don't worry, readers, he doesn’t feel a thing ...)
Indian ink on card. 19 x 16 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

136

Garth original front cover artwork (1976) drawn and signed by Frank Bellamy from The Daily Mirror Book of Garth 1976.
Garth and Liuba confront the Octopod …
Poster colour on board. 11 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,089

137

Kelly's Eye 2-page original artwork (1973) by Salano Lopez for Valiant May 11 1973.
Protected by The Eye Of Zoltec, Tim and Doc search for the Time Clock ..
Indian ink on card. 20 x 16 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £159

138

Krazy No. 6 original cover artwork (1976)
The Wrong Big Top!
Poster colour on board. 19 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66

139

Martha's Monster Make-up original artwork (1975) by Ken Reid from Monster Fun No. 2, 21 June 1975
Martha goes to the recording studio to get the autograph of her favourite pop singer, Ron Raver. The commissionaire won't let her in, but soon her monster make-up frightens him off. Ron's recording his latest hit, and seeing Martha reaches a high shriek that his producer never thought possible - another hit. Now Martha's got Ron’s autograph and a free ticket to his next show!
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 17 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £117

140

Return Of The Claw 2-page original artwork (1972) by Jesus Balasco for Valiant June 24 1972. The Steel Claw versus the fiendish Stealer …
Indian ink on card. 20 x 16 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181

141

Robot Archie original 3-page artwork (1966) drawn by Tom Kearnon for Lion 1966 and reprinted in Valiant 7 Dec 1974
Indestructible Robot Archie takes on the South American Cactus Monsters - and wins!
Indian ink on card. 20 x 16 ins (2), 10 x 16 ins (3 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £236

142

The Spider 2-page original artwork (1966) by Reg Bunn for Lion 1966 and reprinted in Lion Feb 24 1973. The Spider v. The Exterminator
Indian ink on card. 20 x 16 ins (2 pages)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £236

143

Whoopee's Silver Jubilee Parade original artwork (1977) drawn and signed by Robert Nixon for Whoopee!
All the Whoopee characters celebrate the Queen's Silver Jubilee
Indian ink on board. 24 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £176

144

Frankie Stein Summer Special original cover artwork (early 1980s) drawn and signed by Robert Nixon
Frankie goes shark-surfing!
Bright poster colour on board. 17 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £415

145

Tom Horror's World original artwork (1984) by Ken Reid for Whoopee! 18 Sept 1984
Dad open's the back door to let some fresh air in so he can read the paper in peace but the stray dogs run in as well. Tom finds the answer and saws the door in half so the top half let's in the fresh air but not the dogs. Dad goes looking for Tom in the garden, but the door handle's on the bottom half and Dad smashes into the top half (sending his wig flying). Poor ol' Dad - now he's got some peace.. in hospital.
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 20 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £148

146

Whizzer And Chips original cover artwork (1988) by Tom Paterson for Whizzer And Chips 16 April 1988. 'He's A Rocker And A Roller, Cool King Of Rap … Be Crucial, Be Clever, Lend An Ear To Watford Gapp!' Poster colour on card with title acetatate overlay. 20 x 15 ins.
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82

   


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