Dear Compal customers, our March catalogue is open for bidding. Click here for the main page for the catalogue. You can place realtime bids at the-saleroom.com. Click here to place realtime bids at the-saleroom.com.

We are delighted to offer a strong selection of Golden Age comics including America’s Best, Astonishing, Chamber of Chills, Cinderella Love, Going Steady, Journey Into Mystery, Mystery Tales, Mystic, Rangers, Sensation Comics, Star Spangled, Startling Terror, Venus and Weird Terror. The Silver Age includes Amazing Spider-Man #129 CGC 7.0, Avengers, Daredevil #1 PGX 6.0, Fantastic Four, Ghost Rider, Journey Into Mystery, long runs of Strange Tales, Tales of Suspense, Tales to Astonish and Thor. Our D.C collection includes good runs of Aquaman, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane and Superman.

Our UK section starts from 1898 with many No. 1 issues including Action Stories, Robin Hood, Schoolboy, Red Star Weekly, Detective Weekly, Girls’ Cinema, Confessions, Schoolgirls’ Own and Greyfriars Herald along with a 1930s patriotic sketch of Billy Bunter signed by C H Chapman. But who could miss The Original, Amazing, Dancing Charlie Chaplin Illusion at lot 7..?

The 1940s-50s offer strong runs of Beano and Dandy war years, Shipwrecked Circus original art by Paddy Brennan, Desperate Dan original artwork by Dudley Watkins, Dan Dare / Eagle cover artwork by Frank Hampson with Rick Random –Space Detective artworks by Ron Turner from Super-Detective Library. There’s a complete run of Rocket comics, Romeo from 1957-63, a super run of No I issues at lot 58 and Commando War Stories in Pictures early issues from No 1-100 and 150-300 with only a few missing.

The 1960s-70s feature two lots of scarce promotional comics and leaflets from the Denis Gifford Archive (lots 88 and 89), Jet-Ace Logan original cover artwork by Alessandro Biffignandi, Judy years from 1962 and 1963, POW! No.1 with wfg Spider-Matic Gun and all six Spider Disc Bullets, as new, Monster Fun 1 wfg Plate Wobbler, pop comics Go Girl No.1 and Boyfriend Extra No. 2 enclosing ‘Date The Beatles’ 8-page supplement. SMASH! 1-48 is also here with SMASH! No.1 promo newsagents’ window card and 48 issues of TV Century 21 between 50-104.

We have the Star Wars Return of the Jedi advance promo poster, rolled and in Very Fine condition, a fine selection of science-fiction artworks by Ron Turner, Charley’s War boards by Joe Colquhoun and original fanzine signed cover artworks of Mister Spock, Green Lantern, The Incredible Hulk and Silver Surfer from the Alan Austin archive, auctioned on behalf of the charity, Kidney Cancer UK.

Happy hunting!

Malcolm Phillips
Director
Comic Book Auctions Ltd.

All postal bids need to be with us by FRIDAY 13 MARCH and we will enter them on your behalf in thesaleroom.com/Comic Book Auctions website closing Sunday 15 March from 2pm.