British Update: Swift Bound Volumes
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: In an unusual addition to our inventory, we have acquired four bound volumes of Swift, the junior companion to Eagle, which featured ‘Tarna the Jungle Boy’, ‘King Arthur’ and ‘Robin Hood’ by Frank Bellamy, and ‘Red Rider’ by Jim Holdaway, among a myriad of other features. We have two bound sets of Volume 1 from 1954, one averaging VG at £350, and one averaging Good at £200 (though the binding on the latter averages Fair, and the #1 is the poorest in that volume, being at the front of the book. Volume 3 (1956) and Volume 4 (1957) are each averaging GD/VG at £125 each. All volumes feature some browning to page edges, slight brittleness in a few cases, but vibrant colour. In light of the slight trimming of the margins for binding purposes (though not encroaching on the stories), we have calculated the prices for these complete years at roughly half the value of the issues sold individually. More details on Swift can be found in the article in our Extras section.