*DC: One of the most esoteric DC series to collect, inasmuch as it isn’t DC, in a manner of speaking. In the Sixties, it was a common practice of the UK distributors Thorpe & Porter to return the covers of unsold copies for credit, then re-purpose the ‘destroyed’ coverless copies as Double Double Comics, four to an issue, under a new cover – usually an ineptly-recoloured stat of a US original. Thus the contents of any given issue are random (you’re just as likely to find a Marvel comic included!), so we list the issues contained within each copy in our stock. Four of these unusual gems fresh in from the Bute Collection this week:
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
ACTION DD #2 VG+ £25 Cover: Teen Titans #4. Content: Avengers #42, Brave & Bold #68, Metal Men #20, Wonder Woman #163.
ACTION DD #3 VG+ £25 Cover: Justice League of America #56. Content: Blackhawk #237, X-Men #38, Sub-Mariner #4, Nick Fury, Agent of SHIELD #2. 
BATMAN DD #2 VG £50 Cover: Batman #160. Content: Batman #181 (1st Poison Ivy, inc poster), Batman #184, Strange Tales #156, Teen Titans #6. Sticker residue and book shop stamps front & back covers. 
BATMAN DD #3 GD/VG £35 Cover: Batman #170. Content: Batman #188, Batman #189 (1st Silver Age scarecrow), Batman #186 (Joker issue), Batman #190 (Penguin issue; small corner off 1 page, no significant loss).