Comic Book Postal Auctions

Winter 2011 Results
British comics, annuals & artwork
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Note: Prices Realised include 10% Buyer's Premium.

1

Ally Sloper's Christmas Holidays 1890, 1891, 1892 and 1905.
1890 and 1892 with free gift Centrespread Plates
These 16 page 'Extra Numbers' Christmas issues appeared for 30 years and were the highlight of the holiday season at the turn of the century
Some spine strengthening, retrieved from bound volume [vg/vg+] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121

2

Ally Sloper's Christmas Scramble original double page artwork (1894) drawn and signed by William Fletcher Thomas for Ally Sloper's Christmas Holiday 1894. With photocopy noting all the characters depicted.
Indian ink on card, some tape repairs. Rare, only a few of these period artworks survive. 27 x 17 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £726

3 The Cartoon 1 (1915) with Raemaekers Cartoons (Hodder & Stoughton) 40 page booklet (1915). WW1 propaganda issues
[vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55
4 Robin Hood Library 1 (1919)
With Newne's New Redskin Library 1 (1926) Buffalo Bill And The Scalp Hunters (clipped spine corner)
[vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96
5 Golden Annual For Girls 1925 (No 1), 1926, 1928
With Storyland Annual For Girls (c1926)
Golden 1926 and 1938 with original glassine wrappers, Storyland with dust jacket
Rare in these grades. Storyland [fn], Dust jacket [vg], Golden annuals [vfn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £137
6 The Popular 102-127, 233-258 (1921, 1923)
Jan-June 1921 (102-127) with Jul-Dec 1923 (233-258) in two half-year bound volumes. Publisher's file copies with Jokes, Stories and Pictures of Greyfriars, Rockwood & St Jim's
Volume covers worn, comics [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90
7 Ruby (1923) 1-20
In bound volume. The new adventure story paper for girls
Publisher's file copies starring Millie The Motor Bike Girl and Wireless Winnie
Ruby only ran for these 20 issues [fn/vfn] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145
8 Rover (1927-28)
265, 275, 277-279, 281, 283, 287, 289, 290, 295, 300 Special Number, 303, 309, 312 Easter Number, 313, 315, 318, 333-335, 345 (x2)
Starring Morgyn The Mighty and Peter Pain, The Seven Foot Schoolboy
[vg/fn] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £53
9 Wizard (1925-26) 167 Xmas - 196 Sep 4 1926
These issues cover The General Strike of 1926 and there is an eight week gap between numbers 191 and 192
Rare. Bright covers, light tan pages, some margin foxing [vg/vg+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96
10 Champion Annual For Boys 1938, 1939
1939 with original glassine wrapper
Rare in these grades [vfn] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £132
11 Larks (1931, 1937) 167-192, 480-505
Jan-Jun 1931 with Jan-Jun 1937 in two half-year bound volumes. Printed on salmon pink paper starring Dad And Wally and James Cagney in The Cruise Of The Sea Hawk
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104
12 Radio Fun 1 (1938)
Starring George The Jolly Gee-Gee, Flanagan And Allen and Big-Hearted Arthur, signed by artist Reg Parlett on the back cover margin
Bright cover with worn, chipped edges [gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
13 Radio Fun (1938) 2, 3, 4
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154
14 Radio Fun (1938-39)
8, 10, 11 first Xmas issue, 12, 13
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples. 13 [vg], 11 Xmas has editor signature to lower margin [vg], 8, 10, 12 [fn-/fn] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £93
15 Radio Fun (1939)
17, 18 wfg Bumper Song Book, 19-21, 23, 25, 36
23 lower half cover cut away [fr], 25, 36 [pr], balance bright covers, cream/light tan pages, rusty staples. 21 [vg+], 17-20 [fn-/fn] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49
16 Joe E Brown original artwork (1938) by George Wakefield from Film Fun 5 Feb 1938
Professor Blotz is leaving his antique shop for Egypt and wants Joe to look after his mummy whilst he's away. Joe eats an onion by mistake and everyone thinks he's crying because he’s lost his mummy - until a real one turns up!
Indian ink on card highlighted with blue crayon. Full 15 panel story, each 10 x 14 ins (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
17 Rover 738 (1936)
With free gift Rover Summer Fun Book illustrated by Dudley Watkins
With Nosey Parker's Holiday Comic a 16 page mini comic giveaway from Rover Jul 2 1938 and The Rover Midget Comic (1933) 32 pages [vg/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
18 Sports Budget (1935-38) 1-200
In eight bound volumes. Publisher's file copies of sports stars, cartoons, detective and adventure stories and football legends of the 1930s [fn/vfn] (200)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £243
19 Thriller (1937) 413-464
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring The Saint In New York, Z-Men cover stories by Leslie Charteris, Dashiell Hammet's The Great Knock-Over in five episodes, Steely by W E Johns and Peter Cheyney, John Creasy detective adventures
[fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £314
20 Triumph (1938) 689-741
Complete year in two bound volumes with Triumph Annual 1938. Publisher's file copies
Annual clear taped loose spine [gd+], comics [fn/vfn] (54)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157
21 Adventure (1949) 1286-1302 in amateur bound volume starring Dixon Hawke and Strang The Terrible [vg/fn] with (1952-3) Adventure: 8 odd issues and Wizard (1953) 1410 and 1433 [vg] (27)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £16
22 Biggles Books (1946-52)
Biggles Sweeps The Desert, - Fails To Return, - Delivers The Goods, - In The Orient, - Second Case, - Takes A Holiday, - Gets His Men (x2), Another Job For -, All by Hodder & Stoughton. Biggles Of The Camel Squadron (Kingston Library), - In Mexico (Brock Books). With Gimlet's Oriental Quest (Champion Brock), Gimlet Comes Home (University of London) and Worrals Down Under (Lutterworth)
No djs, general wear, some foxing to some end papers [vg] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £36
23 Biggles +
Biggles Of The Camel Squadron (1st), Biggles Gets His Man (1st), Biggles Takes A Holiday (2nd), Biggles In The Orient (2nd) with In The Great White Land (1st 1925) Blackie & Son, tooled cover, Rogue Riders Of The Pampas (date unknown) Blackie & Son, tooled cover and The Percy Westerman Omnibus (with dustjacket [vg+]), balance books no djs [vg] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £31
24 Champion (1949) 1405-1457
Complete year starring Rockfist Rogan and Ginger Nutt (The Boy Who Takes The Biscuit)
A few [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
25 Chips (1944-45) 2722-2773
Complete two years in two bound volumes
Starring Weary Willie and Tired Tim and Johnny Zero propaganda war stories
Issued fortnightly, cream/light tan pages, 1944 light horizontal folds, 1945 ruckling at spine due to tight binding process [vg/fn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
26 Girls' Crystal (1943) 376-427
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
Propaganda war stories including A Girl Against The Nazis
Cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181
27 Film Fun (1944) 1250-1301
Near complete year missing issue 1302
Starring Laurel & Hardy, Jack Keen 'Tec, George Formby and Max Miller
Light tan pages, rusty staples [vg] (51)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £106
28 Knock-Out Fun Book 1941, Film Fun Annual 1943
Knock-Out: loose spine, rounded board corners, torn near end paper [vg]
Film Fun: Worn board edges, loose spine, cream pages [vg] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48
29 Knockout (1949) 514-566
Complete year in two bound volumes with Knockout Fun Book 1949
Publisher's file copies starring Deed-A-Day Danny, Sexton Blake and that rather rotund chap from Remove
Annual well worn [gd], volume spine worn, not affecting comics. No 550 worn page [vg], balance [fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £217
30 Radio Fun (1945-46) 404-429
(Jul-Dec 1945) with 352-377 (Jul-Dec 1940)
Publisher's file copies. In two bound volumes with Radio Fun Annuals 1945 and 1946
Worn annuals [gd/vg], comics [fn-/fn+] (54)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £83
31 Radio Fun (1949) 534-586
Near complete year missing 585 Xmas
Starring Jewel & Warriss, Inspector Stanley and The Phantom City with Ann Shelton
Cream/light tan pages [vg+/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
32 Radio Fun (1948-61) 493, 573, 587-611, 615, 617, 618, 620, 624, 632, 634, 684, 691, 708-727, 738-740 and 10 issues between 893-28 Jan 1961 (Most issues concentrated between 1950-52)
10 later issues [gd/gd+], balance [vg/fn] (69)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
33 Rover (1945) 1100-1125
In bound volume. Propaganda war issues starring Nosey Parker, The Purple Planet. 'Come On Lads, get on your toes - Save Waste Paper!' Issued fortnightly
Good covers, light tan/tan pages with some page edge fraying [vg-/vg] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
34 Sun 1947-50 (New Series) 1-10, 14, 15, 17-21
With Comet 1947-51 (New Series) 30 issues between 22-158 [vg/fn] and 29 Sun later issues with rusty disintegrated staples and taped spines [gd/gd-] (76)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110
35 Triumph/Superman (1940) 807-111, 114
with centre spread second Superman series, and 793, 795-799, 802, 803
Cream pages, rusty disintegrated staples. A few [vg], balance [fr/gd] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55
36 Wonder (1946-47) 1538-1590
Two near complete years in bound volume missing issue 1554
Starring George The Jolly Gee-Gee, Roy Rogers and Mississippi Max And His Axe
Issued fortnightly
Bright covers, cream pages, a few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £84
37 G G Swan Albums (1940s-50s)
Comicolour 1948, Cute Fun 1953, 1955, Funnies 1956, Girls' Funnies (c1948), Kiddy Fun 1946, 1949, 1951, 1958 and Scramble 1948, 1950 [vg/fn] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78
38 Magic 73 (1940)
Peter Piper and Gulliver by Dudley Watkins
Bright cover, one third split spine [gd+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96
39 Magic Fun Book 2 (1942)
Koko supports the Magic characters. There were only two Magic Fun Books published
Worn boards lacking spine (webbing showing), ink dedication, pages 81, 95 missing, page 105 loose [fr/gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78
40 Magic-Beano Book (1943)
Big Eggo And Koko win 3 legged race
Worn boards and spine, ink dedication, 16 pages with pen coloured in titles and doodles. Page 121 loose [gd-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242
41

The following six Magic-Beano books from 1945-1950 are from a one owner collection with bright, fresh boards and clean cream/white pages. They are rare in their grades.

Magic-Beano Book (1945)
Koko leapfrogs Big Eggo
Bright, fresh boards and spine with bumped top cover corner. Neat small ink dedication. Clean cream pages [fn/fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,570
42 Magic-Beano Book (1946)
Karting Koko and Big Eggo
Bright, fresh boards and spine with some light marks to rear board with light moisture stain. Two neat dedications, clean, creamy white pages [fn/fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,450
43 Magic-Beano Book (1947)
Big Eggo's Hairy Dan Meal
Bright, fresh boards and spine, neat dedication. Some spine edge wear. Clean creamy white pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,450
44 Magic-Beano Book (1948)
The Beano Marching Band
Bright, fresh boards and spine with slight corner bumps, minimal overall wear. Neat dedication, clean creamy white pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £616
45 Magic-Beano Book (1949)
Maxi's Taxi, Mini Eggo
Bright, fresh boards and spine. Neat dedication. Small ink mark to lower front board, RH side. Small back cover scrape, clean cream/very light tan pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £786
46 Magic-Beano Book (1950)
Biffo and Eggo art class
Bright fresh boards and spine. Small edge ink mark to cover, light finger mark to back cover. Neat dedication, clean creamy white pages [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275
47 Dandy Monster Comic 3 (1941)
Korky's Marching Band
Worn boards and hinges with spine illustration mostly intact
Neat pencil dedication, loose spine, occasional page foxing and grubbiness
[gd]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £279
48 Dandy Monster Comic (1945)
Desperate Dan skis on logs
Bright boards with top spine bumped and slightly loose lower spine professionally strengthened and touched in. Neat dedication, clean cream pages with darker edges [Apparent fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £550
49 Addie And Hermy (1940) 2 original artworks by Sam Fair from The Dandy 156 and 158, 23 Nov and 7 Dec 1940
With Musso The Wop original artwork (1941) by Sam Fair from The Beano 192 (1941)
Indian ink on card: 10 x 11, 10 x 11, 15 x 6 ins (3 artworks)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £330
50 Oor Wullie original artwork (1941) by Dudley Watkins from The Sunday Post Fun Section
Jock McEwan is the new lad on the block an' he's a bully. One boy's aready a black eye and Jock's lookin' for Wullie. Trapped by Jock, the wee lad knocks a flower pot off the wall on tae his head. Now Jock thinks Oor Wullie's a good fechter and wants to be pals but Wullie’s nae time for cissys!
Indian ink on card. 17 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £550
51 Big Eggo original sketch artwork by Reg Carter (c1940s)
With Magic Lollipops original artwork, second half of strip drawn and initialled by Allan Morley from The Beano 179 (1942)
4 x 3 ins and 15 x 3 ins (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £137
52 Beano (1945) 270 Fireworks, 273 Xmas, 274 270 [vg], 273 tape to spine and small tape to some interior pages, back cover RH edge minor trim [gd-], 274 [fn-] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £202
53 Beano (1946) 275 New Year [vg+], 300 Xmas [fn-] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £140
54 Beano (1949) 369 First Pansy Potter In Wonderland, pen ‘369’ to top cover [vg+] with 388 Xmas 1 inch tear pgs 8 & 9 [fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £74
55 Dandy Mix (1947-71)
335 New Year 1947 [gd], 526 (1953) [vg], 601 [vg-], 608, 609 [vg+/vg]
With 32 issues between 945-1258 (1960-66) and 27 issues between 1415-1519 (1969-71) including Xmas issues 1957, 1960, 1961, 1965, 1970
[vg-/vg+] (64)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133
56 Beano (1950) 390 New Year issue with Desperate Dan front cover appearance (rare cross-over Dandy character to Beano) [vfn]
With 430 First Tick-Tock Tony by Bill Holroyd [fn] and 440 Xmas [vg] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £68
57 Beano first appearance/special issues (1951-56)
453 Easter Fun Number [vg+], 465 Bumper Sports Number [vfn], 516 First Red Rory comic strip 2 ins competition cut-out pg. 5 [vg-], 526 first Kat And The Canary by Charles Grigg [vg], 561 first Roger The Dodger by Ken Reid [fn+], 701 Xmas 1955 [vg], 753 Xmas 1956 [vg+] and Beano 1000 (1961) [fn-] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £196
58 Leo Baxendale Beanos (1954, 1957)
604 first When The Bell Rings (Bash Street Kids) by Leo Baxendale,
788 Minnie The Minx page signed to top margin by Leo Baxendale,
789 Bash Street Kids page signed to top margin by Leo Baxendale
[vg/vg+] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
59 Beano (1950-51) 419, 427, 431, 434, 441, 463, 465 Bumper Sports Number 479, 482-485 Fireworks, 486, 489, 491, 492 Xmas
With Dandy (1949-50) 392, 446 [pr], 454, 456, 459 [pr], 468
Beano 492 Xmas 2 ins tear all pages [gd], balance well worn, torn [fr/gd] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71
60 Beano 452 (1951)
First Dennis The Menace by Davy Law
[vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £271
61 Beano (1952) 495-502, 504-511, 514-516, 518, 520, 521, 523-529, 531, 533-545 including Dennis The Menace 1st cover appearance, Easter, Fireworks and Xmas
Some well worn, torn copies. 6 issues [pr/fr], balance [gd/vg], Xmas [vg] (43)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £301
62 Beano (1953)
34 issues between 546 New Year - 594 including 561 1st Roger The Dodger, Easter and Fireworks 1953
A few [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (34)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £400
63 Beano (1954)
41 issues between 598-649 including New Year, April Fool, Easter, Fireworks and Xmas [vg] with 604 1st Bash Street Kids (When The Bell Tolls) and 648 Biffo artist, Dudley Watkins front cover self-portrait story
[vg-/vg+] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £348
64 Beano (1955) 26 issues between 650-683 including Easter
[vg-/vg+] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157
65 Beano (1956-57)
36 issues between 730-782 including Xmas 1956 [vg]
A few [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (36)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199
66 Beano Book 1958, 1959
1958: bright boards, slight corner bumps, half-inch broken top spine, no dedication, cream pages [vg+], 1959: bright boards and spine [fn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199
67 Beano Mix (1951-71)
485 Fireworks 1951 [fn-], 566 (1953) [vg+], 602 (1954) [gd]
With 47 issues between 953-1170 (1960-64) and 40 issues between 1406-1536 Xmas (1969-71) [vg-/fn-] (90)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162
68 Beezer (1956-58) 39-41, 48, 50 Xmas, 67, 71, 93, 102 Xmas, 107-109, 112, 115, 119, 120, 123, 127-129, 131, 143, 153, 154 Xmas. Starring Pop, Dick And Harry, Ginger, The Banana Bunch and Baby Crockett
Mainly bright fresh copies. A few [vfn], balance [fn-/fn+] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £266
69 Beezer (1958-61) 131, 154 Xmas 1958 (x2), 155 New Year, 159, 166, 167 Easter, 174, 176, 199 Fireworks 1959, 227, 240, 258 Xmas 1960, 281, 292, 303 Fireworks 1961 and 307
A few [vfn], balance [fn/fn+] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193
70 Beezer Books 1, 2 (1958, 1959)
Bright boards, neat ink dedication creamy white pages, No. 1 some light indentations to back board [vfn-], No 2 [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85
71 Topper 1 (1953)
Mickey The Monkey, Treasure Island by Dudley Watkins; Beryl The Peril and Flip McCoy The Floating Boy
Bright covers, cream pages, some small margin tears and wear to centre page overhang [vg/vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £401
72 Topper/Beezer Special Issues
614 Fireworks 1964, 688 Easter, 725 Xmas 1966, 1038 Xmas, 1039: 1972, 1351 Topper And Sparky Xmas 1978
With Beezer 415 Xmas 1963, 428 Easter 1964, 571 Xmas 1966, 639 Easter, 676 Xmas 1968, 937 Xmas 1973, 1041 Xmas 1975 and Xmas 1979-84, 1986 and 1990
1960s [vg/fn], 1970s onward [fn/vfn] (21)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £79
73 Classics Illustrated 1/3d issues (1950s) Part One
All HRN 513 except where noted otherwise
4: Macbeth; 6: Tale Of Two Cities HRN 129; 21: Count Of Monte Cristo; 28: Lady Of The Lake; 45: Bottle Imp; 47: In The Reign Of Terror; 48: David Copperfield; 50: Castle Dangerous; 53: A Christmas Carol HRN 510
53: 2 ins split spine [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78
74 Classics Illustrated 1/3d issues (1950s) Part Two
53: A Christmas Carol HRN 510; 73: Black Tulip HRN 513; 74: Mr Midshipman Easy HRN 129;
53: 1 inch lower margin tear to cover and first 14 pages [vg+], 73 some top edge ruckling [fn-], 74 [fn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44
75 Classics Illustrated 1/3d issues (1950s) Part Three
All HRN 129 except where noted otherwise
57: Song Of Hiawatha; 59: Ben Hur HRN 508; 61: The Buccaneer HRN 508; 63: Off On A Comet; 66: Last Of The Mohicans; 67: Three Musketeers; 70: The Virginian; 75: On Jungle Trails, 76: Rip Van Winkle; 80: White Fang HRN 516; 81: Marco Polo; 82: Master Of Ballantrae HRN 513
59 [vg+], balance [fn-/fn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
76 Classics Illustrated 1/3d issues (1950s) Part Four
85: Dr Jekyll And Mr Hyde HRN 129; 86: Under Two Flags HRN 513; 94: David Balfour HRN 516; 102: Moonstone HRN 129; 107: King Of The Khyber Rifles HRN 513; 110: Michael Strogoff HRN 129; 111: The Talisman HRN 516; 115 How I Found Livingstone HRN 516; 116: Typee HRN 129; 117 : Twenty Years After HRN 136; 118: Rob Roy HRN 513; 124: War Of The Worlds HRN 508
124 [vg+], balance [fn-/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
77 Classics Illustrated 1/3d and 2/- issues (1950s-60s) Part Five
126: The Downfall HRN 516; 131 Man Without A Country HRN 136; 134: Conquest Of Mexico HRN 129; 136: Lives Of The Hunted HRN 136; 137: The Conspirators HRN 136; 139: The Octopus HRN 139; 145: Tigers And Traitors HRN 141; 152: Wild Animals I Have Known HRN 154; 9: Caesar's Conquests HRN 513; 12 Dark Frigate HRN 513; 30: Connecticut Yankee HRN 513; 56: Hunchback of Notre Dame HRN 134
[fn[/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
78 Comet (1952) 181-206
Jan-Jun in half-year bound volume. Publisher's file copies starring Kit Carson, The Return Of Tarzan and Shorty The Deputy Sheriff. Issue 193 started colour covers and smaller format
[vg/fn/vfn] (26)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
79 Comet (1954) 315-319, 322, 325-336 Xmas
Starring Buffalo Bill, Claude Duval, Knights Of The Round Table colour centre spread
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg+/fn+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73
80 D C Thomson 'Told In Pictures' books (1950s)
Treasure Island, Oliver Twist with d/wrapper (with 3 ins taped tear at back), Robinson Crusoe with d/w. All illustrated by Dudley Watkins
The 2 dust wrappers [vg], books [fn/vfn] (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £137
81 Dandy Monster Comic (1951)
Ringmaster Korky
Bright boards, spine lightly touched in with red at hinges, no dedication, light tan pages with a few small doodles to Black Bob story. Page 77 corner piece missing [vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44
82 Dandy (1951)
15 issues between 478-527 Xmas
Xmas [vg-], balance [gd-/vg-] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £50
83 Dandy (1952)
42 issues between 528 New Year - 579 Xmas
and including Easter and Fireworks
Xmas [gd], balance [gd/vg] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £199
84 Dandy (1953)
46 issues between 580 New Year - 631 including April Fool, Fireworks and Xmas
580 cover doodles, 600 [gd-], Fireworks, Xmas [vg], balance [vg-/vg] (46)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205
85 Dandy (1954)
48 issues between 632-683 including April Fool, Easter, Fireworks and Xmas
Xmas [vg+], balance [vg/vg+] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £205
86 Dandy (1955)
32 issues between 684 New Year - 718 including April Fool and Easter
718 cover doodles [gd], balance [vg/fn-] (32)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85
87 87 Dandy (1956-57)
38 issues between 765-815 including Fireworks & Xmas 1956 [vg+], New Year and April Fool 1957
With Sunny Stories 1953 Royal Photo Album, TV Comic 178 (1955) and Dandy Beano Celebration Sticker Album (1988) complete with all stickers
[vg-/vg+] (41)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162
88 88 Dandy 1950s Special Issues
541 April Fool 1952 [vg], 579 Xmas 1952 [gd], 647 Easter 1954 [fn], 698 Easter 1955 [gd], 789 New Year 1957 [vg], 804 Easter 1957 [vg+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £34
89 Eagle No 1 Promo (1950)
Promotional 8 pg-issue distributed to schools prior to the main print run of No 1. There was no 'Dan Dare Pilot of The Future' header and a different date of 21 April 1950. Only a handful of copies are known to exist
With bright covers and cream pages this is the highest grade copy ever offered at auction [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,573
90 Eagle Vol 1 (1950) 1-52
In bound volume starring Dan Dare, PC 49, Hariss Tweed and The Riders Of The Range
No 1 front cover horizontal fold showing some discolouration [vg+], balance bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £412
91 Eagle Vol 4 (1953) 1-38
Complete in bound volume. Dan Dare in Operation Saturn. Including Special Coronation Number
Bright fresh covers, cream pages [fn/vfn+] (38)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302
92 Eagle Vol 5 (1954) 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Dan Dare in Prisoners Of Space
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn/vfn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302
93 Eagle Vol 6 (1955) 1-52
Complete year in bound volume
Dan Dare in Prisoners of Space, Rogue Planet and The Man From Nowhere
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187
94 94 Dan Dare Pop-Up Action Book (1953)
Full laminate, bright covers, pop-ups as new [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £88
95 Dan Dare Space Control Radio Station (1950s) Merit
All complete except for Instruction Manual
Box colour some fading
[vg+], contents as new
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77
96 Girl Vol 1 (1951) 1-52 complete year
Starring Kitty Hawke and her all-girl air crew, Wendy And Jinx and Pennywise - Private Detective
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £264
97 Girl Vol 2 (1952) 1-52 complete year
31, 32 Coronation issues
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157
98 Girls' Crystal (1952) 846-897
Complete year in two bound volumes with Girls' Crystal Annual 1952 Publisher's file copies
Cream pages with darker edges [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £110
99 Girls' Crystal (1954) 950-988
Jan - Sept unbroken run starring Pam Of The South Seas, Molly In Venice and The Moroccan Birthday Surprise .. The gels certainly got around …
Cream pages, some worn spines, rusty staples [vg/fn-] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £48
100 Hotspur (1957) 1052-1103
Complete year in two bound volumes
Starring Union Jack Jackson, The Nameless Squadron , The Secret Of The Seven Sabres
and ‘Invasion Target - Earth’ picture story
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/vfn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71
101 Hotspur (1959) 1156-1197 last issue
Jan-Oct in two bound volumes (becomes The New Hotspur on Oct 24 1959)
Bright covers, cream pages with slightly darker edges. 1182 [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60
102 Knockout (1950) 567-618
Complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Mike, Sexton Blake, Bunter and Sporty by Reg Wooton
Bright covers, cream pages with slightly darker edges [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £278
103 Knockout (1952) 671-722
Complete year in two bound volumes with Knockout Fun Book 1952
Publisher's file copies starring Mike, Sexton Blake, Bunter and Stonehenge Kit
Annual [vg+], comics [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £314
104 Laurel & Hardy original artwork sketch drawn and signed by Terry Wakefield
Date and publication unknown
12 x 9 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £41
105 Tommy Cooper original artwork (1959) by A.T. (Charlie) Pease from Film Fun 9 May 1959
Tommy's lucky number is 5 - but we all know what happened when he went to the race track and put £5 on No 5 in the 5th race …
Indian ink and blue crayon on card. Tommy Cooper photo to opening panel. 24 x 19 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £145
106 Cowboy Comics/Picture Library (1957)
155-159, 161, 164-168, 170-177, 179
Starring Kit Carson, Buck Jones and Davy Crockett
Bright covers, some spine wear, staple rust showing through [vg/vg+] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
107 Cowboy Comics/Picture Library (1957-58)
181-184, 189-191, 194-196, 198, 201-203, 205, 209, 210, 212, 215 [gd], 219
Starring Kit Carson, Buck Jones, Kansas Kid and Davy Crockett
Bright covers, cream pages, some staple rust showing through [vg/fn-] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £104
108 Cowboy Picture Library (1958)
30 issues between 222-278
278 [gd], a few [vg+], balance [vg-/vg] (30)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £79
109 Cowboy Picture Library (1958-61)
277, 278, 281, 305, 308, 309, 312, 316, 320, 328, 349, 352, 361, 364, 365, 374, 415
Starring Kit Carson, Buck Jones and The Kansas Kid
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, some cover rust spots from staples [fn-/fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71
110 Cowboy Picture Library (1958-62)
45 issues beteen 282-456
A few [gd], a few [fn], balance [vg/vg+] (45)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £174
111 Kit Carson original cover artwork painted and initialled by Jordi Penalva from Cowboy Picture Library 281 (1958) With detachable colour copy header
Gouache on card. 14 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £484
112 Kansas Kid original cover artwork by Jordi Penalva with original header artwork from Cowboy Picture Library 352 (1959)
Gouache on board. 14 x 11 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £314
113 Robin Hood original artwork (1956) drawn and signed by Frank Bellamy for Swift 36 1956
Robin fights Guy of Gisborne
Indian ink and wash. Framed and glazed, 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: U/S
114 Pearson's Western Novels (1956-58) 113-160
In six bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
Bright covers, text stories, light tan pages with darker edges [fn-/fn+] (48)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £138
115 Western Picture Library Mix (1958-69)
Western Picture Library (Pearson) 18 issues between 2-46, Picture Story Pocket Western (WDL) 2-6, 10, 12, 14-24, Wild West Picture Library (Fleetway) 2-4, 14 and 15 issues between 60-112 with 18 assorted Western titles [vg/fn] (73)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £146
116 Film Star/TV Libraries (1958-60)
Fans Star Library 1, 3, 10, 17, 22, 23, 25, 32, 33, 34, 39, 45, 46, 50 with Mirabelle Library 1, 2, 8, 12; TV Picture Stories (all photo covers) 31 unnumbered issues starring Dixon Of Dock Green, Charlie Chan, Emergency Ward 10, Hawkeye, Highway Patrol, O.S.S., The Sheriff of Cochise, The Sword of Freedom and William Tell. And Buster Adventure Library 1, 6, 8, 12, 16, 33
A few [fn], balance [vg/vg+] (55)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £217
117 Sexton Blake Library (1952) 351-372
In two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies
[fn/vfn] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £85
118 Sexton Blake Library (1952) 364-370, 385, 388, 395, 405, 458
Bright covers, some rust spots showing through [vg/fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £11
119 Super-Detective Library (1954-55)
33-35, 39, 41, 48, 50, 57, 58
Starring 33: Danger - The Saint At Work and 58: Panther's Moon by Victor Canning
Bright covers, cream pages, some cover rust spots. 50: stamp removal scrape [vg-], balance, some back cover biro names [vg/vg+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60
120 Super-Detective Library (1955-56) 48, 66, 70 (x2), 75, 83, 97, 101
All Rick Random science-fiction adventures
Worn spines, staple rust spots [vg-/vg] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £61
121 Super-Detective Library (1955-56)
60, 62-64, 66, 67, 69, 79 with Cowboy Comics 90
Bright covers, cream pages with some small cover spots from rusty staples [fn-/fn+] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75
122 Super-Detective Library (1956)
70-72, 77, 79-84
The Golden Salamander and A Forest Of Eyes by Victor Canning. Rick Random science-fiction adventures
Bright covers, cream pages, cover rust spots from staples [fn-/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £82
123 Super-Detective Library (1957)
85, 86, 88-91, 93-96
The Jewel Hunters by Victor Canning and Rick Random sci-fi adventures
Bright covers, cream pages, cover rust spots from staples [fn-/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £62
124 Thriller Comics Library (1953-4)
104-108, 110-114
Starring Robin Hood, The Three Musketeers, Billy The Kid and Strongbow (The Mohawk, not the Cider)
Bright covers, cream pages with some cover rust spots from staples [fn/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96
125 Thriller Comics Library 109 (1953)
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Bright covers, cream pages, staple rust not showing through to cover [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £49
126 Thriller Comics Library (1954)
116-118, 120, 121, 127-130, 132
Starring Dick Turpin, Robin Hood and Wild Bill Hickock
Bright covers, cream pages, some rust spots showing through [fn-/fn+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £96
127 Thriller Comics Library (1955)
134-138, 142, 144-148
Starring Robin Hood, Claude Duval, Captain Blood and The Picture Of Dorian Gray
Bright covers, cream pages, some rust spots showing through [fn-/fn+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
128 Thriller Comics Library (1956)
149-158, 161, 162
Starring Dick Turpin, Robin Hood, Jesse James, Billy The Kid and Moby Dick by Herman Melville
Bright covers, cream pages, some cover rust spots [fn/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90
129 Thriller Picture Library (1958)
174, 176, 183-187, 192-195, 198, 199
Starring Robin Hood, Dick Turpin, The Three Musketeers
[vg/vg+] (14)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £73
130 Thriller Picture Library (1958)
203, 209, 217, 221, 227, 228, 230, 232, 233, 237, 240-242, 244-248, 250
Starring Battler Britton, Dick Daring and Spy 13
232 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £51
131 Thriller Picture Library (1958-61)
233, 305, 307 starring Battler Britton, [fn/fn+]
With War Picture Library (1958-61) 6-8, 11, 17, 20, 25, 33, 38, 47, 51, 59, 69, 98, 101 and Air Ace Picture Library 47
WPL 6, 7 [gd/gd+], balance [vg/fn] (19)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £33
132 War Picture Library (1958-64) 4-170
(With 1-4 from 1980s)
Bright covers, medium spine wear, some staple rust spots [vg-/vg+] (170)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £392
133 Combat Picture Library plus (1959-65)
3-8, 11, 12, 17, 20, 23, 26, 35, 40, 41, 49, 50-52, 55, 56, 58 and 42 issues between 62-356 with Picture Stories of World War II (Pearson)
18 unnumbered issues, World War II In Pictures (Brown, Watson) 9 issues between 155-189 and Valiant Picture Library (Fleetway) 25 issues between 7-132
20 early Combats between 3-55 [fn/vfn], balance [vg/fn+] (118)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £302
134 Char Chapman 1 (1951) The Phantom Of The East, Herald Publ. Australia. With Sky Sheriff 1, Sky Ranger 1, Classics Illustrated 1/3 editions: 2: 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea, 22: Pathfinder, 37: Pioneers Classics [gd], others [vg/fn] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £15
135 Hooded Rider (1950s) Edwards Publishing, Australia
10-12, 16-25, 27, 28
16 [gd-], 23 [gd], balance [vg/fn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75
136 WDL UK Westerns + (1950s)
Ben Bowie And His Mountain Men 1-5, 7, 8; Zane Grey's 1, 3-6, 8, 9, 14, 19; Zorro 1-4, 6; Prize Comics Western 2 unnumbered with US Vol 12 No 3 [gd], G Hayes Western 73, King Of The Royal Mounted 5, 10 and Frank Buck 73
A few [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £52
137 UK Reprint Albums Mix (1950s-60s)
In Orbit (Turton & Co) Electromen reprints rare. All Worlds Album, Out Of This World 2 Ditko reprints (A Class). Spaceways Comic Album 1, Super Album, Ajax Adventure Annual (Elephant cover) these last 3 Denis McCoughlin covers, and Bill Boyd Western Annual [fn-/fn] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £157
138 Tiger 1 (1954) with free gift Space Gun And Flying Saucers and original bag
There are 3 Flying Saucers included (from the original press-out card of 6)
Starring Roy Of The Rovers, The Speedster From Blackmoor and Bulldog Bryant
Bright cover, cream pages, rusty staples removed, some light staple rust residue to back cover and some interior pages [fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £852
139 Tiger 72-215 (21 Jan 1956-18 Oct 1958)
With unnumbered 24 Sep 1960-29 Apr 1961 and 24 Nov 1962
Bright covers, cream pages, rusty staples [vg/fn] (154)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £278
140 Tiger Annual 1959, 1960 both [fn+]
With Superman Annual 1953-4 [vg] and Ace Adventure Album (Dinosaur cover) [vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £35
141 TV Fun 1 (1953)
Starring Arthur Askey, Jimmy Edwards, Jack Warner in The House With Red Shutters and Diana Decker with 67 Xmas 1954, 68 Xmas Holiday 1955 and 276 Xmas 1958
No 1 [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60
142 1950s Xmas Numbers
Beano 858 (1958) [fn], Dandy 579 (1952) [vg], 944 (1959) [fn-], Film Fun x 8 Xmas issues, Radio Fun x 6 Xmas issues, Playbox, Rainbow, Chicks Own and Tiny Tots x 25 and Wonder, Jack And Jill, Knockout and Lion x 8
All Xmas numbers [gd/vg/fn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £169
143 Atlas Annuals, Double Double Comics plus (1960s)
Superman Annuals (1960-61) [vg+], (1962-63) [fn-], (1963-64) [vfn-], Superboy Annual (1961-62) one inch top spine missing [vg], Superboy Double Double Comics 2, Action Double Double Comics 4, Detective Double Double 3 [vg/fn-] with Space Man Comic Album 1 [fn-], The Giant Book of Amazing Stories (1952) starring Rex Strong [vg] and Alan Class reprints: Out Of This World 1 (68pg Charlton reprints), Uncanny Tales 47 and Sinister Tales 157. These 3 [fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75
144 Batman 'A' Card Set (1966) A & B C Gum
1-44 complete [vfn] (44) with Exploits Of William Tell (1960) T P Ltd 1-36 complete card set (colour photo cards from the TV series) [vfn] (36)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
145 Beano Book (1960) Biffo's Jigsaw
Bright boards and spine, no dedication, creamy white pages [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
146 Beano Book (1964) Strongman Biffo
[fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £22
147 Beano Book 1967 General Jumbo's Beano army
Bright fresh boards, no dedication, white pages, price unclipped [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £71
148 Broons Book 1960
Paw presides over Burns Night supper
Rare in this grade
Bright fresh covers, creamy white pages
[vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77
149 Oor Wullie original artwork (1965)
Drawn and signed by Dudley Watkins. From The Sunday Post Fun Section
The wee lad's broke and gets plenty of job offers but messes them all up with nae pay - until his fitba lands in next door's apple pie - but how could he get a tanner for that...?
Indian ink on card. 17 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £495
150 Dandy-Beano Summer Special 1 (1963)
The first Summer Special
Desperate Dan, Dennis The Menace, Biffo, Korky, General Jumbo, Roger The Dodger, Minnie and Corporal Clot all present and incorrect
Bright cover, medium wear to slightly darker edged spine, back cover half inch tear, cream pages with darker edges [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £825
151 The Big One 1 (17 Oct 1964)
Starring Smiler, Kit Carson, Our Ernie, Stonehenge Kit, Chish & Phips and Ginger Tom
Bright covers, horizontal mail fold, cream/light tan pages. Scarce [vg+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £140
152 The Big One (1964-65)
Seven consecutive issues from 5 Dec 1964 - 13 Feb 1965
Bright covers, cream pages, horizontal mail folds
13 Feb
[vg-], balance [vg/vg+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £65
153 Boys' World (1963-64) Vol 1: 1-49, Vol 2: 1-40 (last issue)
Complete run in three bound volumes
Starring Wrath Of The Gods by Ron Embleton (then John Burns), Ghost World and Brett Million by Frank Bellamy, Iron Man by Gerry Embleton and John Brody And …. by Brian Lewis. With free gift Super Sound Jet (from Vol 2: No 18)
These are the original file copies owned by Eagle staff artist, Roger Perry and bound by master book binder, Gerald Brady at Lancaster University
Rare in these grades [vfn/nm] (89)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £495
154 Commando (1963) 34, 35, 37, 43-50
43-45, 50 [vg-/vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (11)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £217
155 Commando (1963) 52-60
52, 55, 56 taped spine/spine corners [gd], balance [vg-/vg] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133
156 Commando (1963) 61-70
[vg/vg+] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £138
157 Commando (1964) 71-78, 80-82, 84 no back cover [gd], 87-89, 90 no back cover [gd], 91-94, 96 heavy tape spine [fr], 98, 99
[vg-/vg+] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150
158 Commando (1964) 103-107, 111-115, 117-119, 120 no back cover [gd], 121-126
[vg/fn-] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126
159 Commando (1965) 128-134, 135 no back cover [gd], 136, 141-143, 145-150
148 worn spine [gd], balance [vg/fn] (18)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108
160 Commando (1965) 151-155, 157-159, 161-175
[vg-/fn] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75
161 Commando (1965) 176-183, 185-198, 200
198 cover scrape [gd], a few [vg-], balance [vg/fn+] (23)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £75
162 Commando (1966) 201-207, 209-225
[vg+/fn] (24)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £72
163 Commando (1966-67) 226-250
Some with slight spine roll [vg+/fn] (25)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60
164 Commando (1967) 251-300
[vg+/fn+] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187
165 Commando (1967-68) 301-350
[fn-/vfn] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £211
166 Commando (1968-69) 351-410
[fn-/vfn] (60)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £254
167 Diana (1963-68) 1, 2, 4, 6-8, 10-12, 38, 45 Xmas, 68, 87, 204, 223, 226, 227, 249, 250, 269 and (1971) 455, 472
204: The Avengers begin, Emma Peel photo cover (Diana Rigged?)
[fn-/fn] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £105
168 Doctor Who Annual 1 (1965) [vg], Hurricane Annuals 1968 [vfn], 1969 [vfn] With Classics Illustrated 73: The Black Tulip 1/3 price printed in Poland. No 18: Hunchback of Notre Dame (1964) 15c USA; 46: Kidnapped (1965) USA and 128: Macbeth (1964) 15c USA
Black Tulip 2 ins cover scrape [vg-], others [vg/vg+] (7)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £40
169 Dr Who And The Dalek's Jigsaw (1965) Peace Talks - Daleks in Trafalgar Square
187 piece jigsaw complete with box
Puzzle as new 17 x 11 ins, box with slight crush, 3 ins end flap split with no loss
[vg]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
170 Eagle Vol 15 (1964) 1-52 Complete year
Dan Dare in All Treens Must Die by Keith Watson
Bright covers, cream pages, horizontal centre fold. Neat customer name to margin [vg/fn-] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
171 Fantastic Summer Special (1968) tape to top and bottom of spine [vg], Smash Holiday Special (1970), Buster Holiday Fun Special (1970) [vg], Lion Summer Special (1968, 1970) Lion And Valiant Special Extra (1968, 69 and 1970)
[fn-/fn+] (8)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £138
172 Girls No 1s (1960s and 70s)
1960s: June with free gift Floral Bracelet, Mandy, Judy and Poppett wfg Lucky Bracelet, Princess Picture Library with 1970s: Misty, Penny, Sandie and Tammy. All first issues
June, Mandy Judy, Princess [vg], balance [vfn] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £544
173 Green Hornet Annual (1967) WDL
Starring Bruce Lee as Kato and Van Williams as The Green Hornet
Bright boards, small neat dedication, creamy white pages, laminate unbroken [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £38
174 Hornet (1963-67) 1-3, 7-9, 11, 12, 15-52, 54-225
Cream/light tan pages, some darker edges. No 1 [vg-], balance [vg-/fn] (219)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £314
175 Hornet (1968-72) 226-264, 266-348, 350-432, 435-465, 467-472, 474, 475
With Hornet 1 (1963) [gd-], Crunch 1, Buddy 1, Hulk Comic 1, 2; Ranger 1 [gd-] and Star Lord 1
[vg-/vg+] (250)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £264
176 Hurricane 1 (1964)
Starring Typhoon Tracy, Skid Solo and Sword For Hire
Bright fresh copy, cream pages, slight staple rust [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £108
177 Hurricane (1964-65)
12 issues between 4 April 1964 - 3 April 1965. Six with pioneering wrap-around cover illustration
Bright covers, light staple rust, cream pages [fn/fn+] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
178 Jag 1 (1968)
Starring The Indestructible Man by Jesus Blasco, Custer by Geoff Campion and The Mouse Patrol by Eric Bradbury
Bright covers, cream pages. Rare in this grade [vfn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £154
179 Judy (1960-63) 1-175
Complete run in 7 bound volumes
Starring Judy, Nanette of The North, First-Aid Fay and The Teaser Twins. With David Copperfield picture story serial and Judy's Alphabet of Fashion
Judy 1: 4 ins of brown sellotaped tears, small cover piece missing [gd], balance bright covers, cream/light tan pages. Some [vg/vg+], balance [fn-/fn+] (175)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £605
180 June And Schoolfriend (1965)
2 Jan - 25 Dec complete year in two bound volumes. Publisher's file copies starring Lucky's Living Doll, Vanessa From Venus and Roxanne - Fighter For France. With 3 free gift sets of Star Colour Photos
Bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
181 Ranger (1965-66) 1-39 penultimate issue with free gifts for 1 and 2: BOAC VC10 Booklet and Donald Campbell's Record Breakers with all 16 colour cards neatly attached. Starring The Rise And Fall Of The Trigan Empire and featuring 3 Ranger covers by Don Lawrence
Bright covers, some worn spines and rusty staples. No 1 [vg], 2 [fn-], a few others [fn], balance [vg-/vg+] (39)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £146
182 Ranger (1965) 1, 4-9, 11, 13-15 and 4 issues from 1966
Starring Don Lawrence's Trigan Empire
Nov 27 1965 quarter of back cover torn away [gd], balance [vg/vg+] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £46
183 Trigan Empire original artwork (1967) drawn and signed by Don Lawrence from Look And Learn 22 April 1967
Poison gas threatens to enslave the inhabitants of Trigan City - Trigo must act before the evil Vannu deploys his army …
Gouache on board. 14 x 18 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £1,320
184 Rover And Wizard (1968)
6 Jan-28 Dec complete year in two bound volumes
Starring Braddock Flew By Night, the 13 Quests of John Landon and Ivan The Terrible
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77
185 Rover And Wizard (1969)
4 Jan - 27 Dec in two bound volumes
Starring Braddock - Master Of The Air
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £77
186 Rover And Wizard (1970)
3 Jan - 26 Dec
The Truth About Wilson, Braddock - Master Of The Air
3 Oct - 26 Dec: all pageshave top corner damage/chipped away (shown in illustration) [vg], balance [fn-/fn+] (52)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £44
187 Smash (1966-67) 26, 28-44, 46-49
Starring Batman, Incredible Hulk, Avengers, Fantastic Four, The Nervs, The Swots And The Blots, Queen Of The Seas. No 38 with British original Hulk strip, No 48 Xmas Spectacular
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, rusty staples [vg/vg+] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £74
188 Tiger (1960)
2 Jan - 31 Dec complete year in two bound volumes with Tiger Annual 1960. Publisher's file copies starring Roy Of The Rovers, Olac The Gladiator, Jet-Ace Logan and The Desert Commandos
Annual [vg], comics: bright covers, cream pages [fn/fn+] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £514
189 Tiger (1961)
7 Jan - 30 Dec complete year in two bound volumes with Tiger Annual 1961. Publisher's file copies starring Roy Of The Rovers, Olac The Gladiator and Jet-Ace Logan
Annual [vg], comics: bright covers, cream pages [fn/vfn] (53)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £514
190 Robot Archie 3 original artwork page headers (1960-61) by Ted Kearon from Lion comic
Indian ink on card/paper. 11 x 4, 9 x 7, 9 x 5 ins (3)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £165
191 Tom Thumb original artwork (1969) by Dudley Watkins for Bimbo 443, 1969. Dudley Watkins died in August 1969 so this late June artwork was one of the last pieces to come from his legendary pen
Indian ink and grey wash on card with synopsis in lower frame. 19 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193
192 Topper Book 1960
Bright boards with lower corner bumps, no dedication, creamy white pages, laminate unbroken [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £27
193 TV Century 21 No 1 (1965)
Well worn edges and spine, front cover 1 inch lower corner loss. Light tan pages [gd], with Countdown 1 [gd+], Champion 1 (1966) [fn-], Rover And Adventure 1 (1961), Sparky 1 page doodles [gd-], Victor 1 [vg], Wizard 1 (1970) [fn], Theo Drake Detective 1 (L Miller) and Purple Hood 1 (John Spencer) [vg] (9)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £122
194 TV Century 21 No 2 (1965)
With free gifts Special Agent Sticker Badge and 7 Top Secret Decoder Message Forms
Badge and Forms as new and unused. Comic [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £266
195 TV Century 21 (1965) 11-13, 16-24 (including No 23 Daleks cover)
20 [vg-], balance [vg/fn-] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
196 TV Century 21 (1965) 26-28, 30, 33-50 (including No 36 Daleks cover)
[vg/fn-] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242
197 TV Century 21 (1966) 51-70
No 52 full colour ad for Lady Penelope No 1
[vg/fn] (20)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £170
198 TV Century 21 (1966) 71-73, 75-88
[vg/fn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
199 TV Century 21 No 90 with free gift Thunderbirds Cap
Bright covers, cream/light tan pages, some red pen doodles to page 8 [fn-]
Thunderbirds Cap (rare) [vfn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £187
200 TV Century 21 (1967) 115-117, 135-153, 156-161
Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons by Ron Embleton begins
A few [vg], balance [vg+/fn] (28)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £99
201 TV 21 (1968) 162-177, 179, 180, 183, 188-193, 195, 199, 201, 203-209
A few [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (35)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £121
202 Stingray Card Set (1964)
1-50 complete set, given away with Cadet Sweets
[nm] (50)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £58
203 Thunderbirds original artwork (1994) by Keith Page with text acetate overlay from Thunderbirds 34 (1994)
Thunderbirds 1 monitors the lava flow disaster area as Virgil launches Thunderbirds 2…
Poster colour on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126
204 Thunderbirds original artwork (1994) by Keith Page with text acetate overlay from Thunderbirds The Comic
Thunderbirds 2 and 4 divert as the President is kidnapped …
Poster colour on cartridge paper. 18 x 14 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £118
205 TV Tornado (1967-68)
1, 3-27, 29, 30, 32, 33, 36-58, 60, 62-66, 68, 70-74, 76-83, 85, 86, 88
Starring Batman, Superman, UNCLE, Bonanza, Phantom, Voyage to The Bottom Of The Sea and Flash Gordon, The Mysterons, The Prisoner
No 1: worn spine [vg-], balance [vg/fn-] (76)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £152
206 Valiant 1 (1962) [fn], Valiant And Knockout 1 (1963) [gd], Valiant And Vulcan 1 wfg Vulcan Mini-Mag (1976) [vfn] and Vulcan 1 (1975) National edition [fn] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £133
207 Valiant Summer Special (1968), Valiant Space Special 1968, Valiant Book of TV's Sexton Blake (1968) with Valiant Annuals 1968 and 1969
Specials [fn-/fn], Annuals [fn/fn+] (5)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55
208 Victor (1961) 1-8, 10-41, 43, 44 Xmas
I Flew With Braddock, Dixon Of The Disaster Squad. Issues 19, 20 with ads for Commando 1 and 2
No 1 edge tears, some grubbiness, 4 x 2 ins piece of p 29 torn away [gd], 21, 39 [gd-], balance [vg-/vg+] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £162
209 Victor (1962) 21 [gd-], 47, 52 [gd], 53-56, 59-65, 67-70, 72-93, 95, 96
A few [fn], balance [vg-/fn-] (42)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £111
210 Victor (1963) 99-111, 113, 115-142 (123 x2)
Starring Braddock V.C. and Alf Tupper, The Tough Of The Track
A few [vg-], balance [vg/fn-] (43)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £101
211 Victor (1965-66) 202-206, 208-236, 238-247, 250-288, 291-297, 299-306
[vg/fn] (98)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126
212 Victor (1967-68) 307-410
Complete two year run
A few [gd/vg-], balance [vg/fn+] (104)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £126
213 Wham! 1 (1964) top cover margin signed by Leo Baxendale [fn] with 125, 132, 133 Fireworks & double Xmas 1966
[vg] (4)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £102
214 Frankie Stein original artwork (1965) by Ken Reid for WHAM! 62
Frankie sees an ad to 'Gain Popularity - Get A Piano!' He loses popularity - everyone gets earache - and Dad loses several teeth. Now Mickey's the only friend 'e as left - aah …
Indian ink and grey wash on card. 15 x 13 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £555
215 Frankie Stein Monster Award by Ken Reid for WHAM! (1960s)
A one-off bust made by Ken Reid for a WHAM! readers competition that apparently did not take place. Entitled 'Frankie's Monster Award' the bust is made from resin and was modelled and painted by Ken with his brother's help. It measures approximately 4 x 4 x 2 ins deep. It is unique
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £275
216 1960s Mix plus
Bimbo 1, 2, 283 w/glove puppet, 306 with Bimbo's Picture Circus; Bunty (1961) 207, 220, 232, 240, 252, 256; Red Letter 33; Topper 251 [vg], Beezer 154 Xmas 1958, 980, 1320 new smaller format
[fn/vfn] (15)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £39
217 1960s-2000s Xmas Numbers
Beano 1014 (1961), Dandy 1153 (1963), Bimbo 41 (1961), Harold Hare (1962) with Xmas 1979 issues of Beano, Dandy, Beezer, Buster, Cheeky, Mickey Mouse, Topper, Whizzer & Chips, Whoopee and Xmas 1980s: Beano x 8 (incl Beano 2000 x 2), Dandy x 9, Beezer x 5, Buster x 4, Nutty x 4, and 10 assorted titles with 14 1990s-2001 Xmas
All Xmas issues: a few [vg], balance [fn/vfn] (69)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £90
218 Buzz 1 (1973)
With free gift Pop Pistol and original envelope
Starring Hop, Skip and Jock, Skookum Skool, The Twitz Of The Ritz, Nero And Zero and Calamity Kate
[fn]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £60
219 Bionic Woman two original double page artworks (late 70s) drawn and signed by John Bolton for Look-in 46 and 47
A giant gorilla captures one of the Mashona brigade as Jaime learns the jungle is inhabited by mutants …
Gouache on board. 23 x 16 ins (x2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £193
220 Faceache original artwork (1978) drawn and signed by Ken Reid from Buster Dec 30th 1978
Professor Snipe dresses up as Santa for Christmas and tries to nick the schoolkids' presents. Scrunge Santa has other ideas …
Indian ink on cartridge paper. 20 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £150
221 Hire A Horror original artwork by Reg Parlett from Cor!! No 1 (1970). Also reproduced in The Comic Art of Reg Parlett by Alan Clarke
Indian ink on board. 22 x 15 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181
222 Fury (1977) 1(x2) - 16
No 3 with free gift War Poster. Marvel UK. Sgt Fury And His Howling Commandos, Captain Savage reprints. Carlos Ezquerra cover art [vfn] (17)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £27
223 Whoopee! No 1 promo (1974) with IPC Trade Promotional Folder and red Window Card
No 1 is undated (rare trade pre-print run copy)
Comic has horizontal fold [fn-]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £203
224 1970s No 1s with Free Gifts
Action 1 wfg Red Arrow, 2 wfg Dredger Hookjaw, 3 wfg 16 Super Soccer Stars. Battle 1 wfg Combat Badges of WW2, 2 wfg Battle Poster, 3 wfg 20 Battle Swap Cards, Bullet 2 wfg Survival Concertina Cards and Folder, Krazy 1 wfg Krazy False Teeth, Monster Fun 2 wfg Freaky Spider Ring, TV Comic 1292 wfg Doctor Who Mighty Midget Comic and Vulcan (National edition) 1 wfg Potato Gun in illustrated bag, 2 wfg Magic Numbers Game
[fn/vfn] (12)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £484
225 1970s No 1s plus
Cracker 1, 2 wfg, 3, 4, Golden Hours 1, Bullet 1 wfg Symbols and Ring, Bobo Bunny 1, Crunch 1, Doctor Who Weekly 1 wfg Transfers, Goofy 1, Monster Fun 1, Near Myths 1, Scoop 1, 2, Toytown 1, Tracy 1, TV Comic 1 wfg Doctor Who Mighty Midget Comic, Wizard 1, Yogi 1 [vg-], Dandy Comic Library 1, Rupert 1 wfg and Brain Damage 1
[fn-/fn+] (22)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £242
226 1970-80s No 1s
Champ wfg Super Soccer Slide Guide, Crunch, Death's Head (Marvel UK), Fun Time (Williams Publ), Roy Of The Rovers wfg Big Football Chart, Thunder, Whoopee, WOW wfg, Funny Face, Eagle Picture Library, Buster Comic Library. All first issues
Fun Time [fn], balance [vfn] (10)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £78
227 Roy Of The Rovers original double-page artwork (1987) by Mike White from Roy Of The Rovers 15 Aug 1987, comic included
Poster colour on cartridge paper with text acetate overlay. 22 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £66
228 Spider-Man Comics Weekly 1 (1973) wfg Spider-Man Mask; Captain Britain 1 wfg Captain Britain Mask; Fury 1, Star Lord 1, Target 1 and Warlord 1
[vfn-/vfn+] (6)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £244
229 2000 AD 1 (1977) with free gift Space Spinner
Bright cover with small centre tear, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £181
230 2000 AD 2 with free gift Biotronic Stickers
Bright cover with some margin edge yellowing, cream pages [fn+]
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £182
231 Judge Dredd original colour artwork (1991) drawn and signed by John M Burns for 2000 AD Prog 756, 9 Nov 1991. 'Twilight's Last Dream' iconic final story page with Dredd aboard his Lawmaster surveying Mega City One growling below
Gouache on cartridge paper with text acetate overlay. 19 x 16 ins
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £2,240
232 Beano Book 1 Facsimile (Portfolio Editions 2005) in original slipcase with Certificate of Authenticity. Numbered 1356 of 2000
With D C Thomson Firsts (1978) Facsimile reprints of No 1 Dandy, Beano, Magic, Wizard, Skipper, Hotspur, Rover and Adventure
Dust jacket with some light edge wear, book [vfn+] (2)
Winning bid incl. 10% Buyer's Premium: £55


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