*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: One of the features I liked best about Blackhawk stories from this period is the line-up of femme fatales that the Magnificent Seven constantly seemed to come up against. Three such examples this week from our fabulous Arch Collection, featuring Madam Butterfly in Modern Comics #78, Twilight (a deadly female spy) in #86 and Tanara, exotic queen of evil (and her alluring accomplices, the Seven Sirens) in #94. And if that array of (evil) pulchritude wasn’t enough, there are also back-up stories starring Torchy, Bill Ward’s Good Girl who always seemed to lose her clothing at the wrong moment (how careless of her!). Plus other teen and humorous back-ups.
PICTURED: MODERN COMICS
#78 GD £35 Great cover image. Chips out at edges (half thumbnail size at right edge; 3 cm upper spine split. Decent staples and page quality. SOLD
#86 VG £50 Solid copy with bright colours. Nice pages and staples. Tiny corner off top right cover and first few pages; stories not affected. Small chip (still attached) bottom edge.
#94 FA/GD £20 6 cm lower spine split with chunk out at bottom (narrow on front, larger on back cover). Some wear and colour-breaking creases; staples still attached. SOLD