*DC: From the Midas Collection, a classic war-time issue of Superman, #26 from 1944. The cover by Wayne Boring features Superman removing Joseph Goebbels () from a Radio Berlin microphone and drowning him out by ringing the Liberty Bell. In the first story, Superman helps out a carnival daredevil stunt-man; in the second Clark and Lois investigate a closing movie company. In the third someone attempts to blackmail Superman, and in the final story Superman has his hands full trying to battle a group of gangsters and the shenanigans of Mercury, the winged messenger of the pagan gods and mischievous patron of thieves, who has been awakened from a 1000-year sleep. Stories by Bill Finger, Don C Cameron & Jerry Siegel; art by Joe Shuster, Ira Yarbrough & Pete Riss. This is a pretty sound copy, with a solid, intact spine, good colours and nice reflectivity. The staples are tight and firm and the pages supple and a very nice off-white to white. Its 56 internal pages (as published) means that a couple of ad pages were removed before publication and the cut edges of those can be seen within (NB these are NOT missing pages). Minor edge wear and corner blunting only. A very small tear centre front cover right has been sealed within. A back cover tear at the top edge has been similarly sealed. The main thing to note is that this is a mis-cut (not trimmed) copy, where the very top of the cover image has been cut off in the finishing process and the bottom cover edge has a corresponding blank sliver across it. I don’t think this spoils the copy at all, but we have graded it lower than we otherwise would have done. The bottom edges of some interior pages look as it they were the end of a paper roll as well with slight serrations, but aside from these few finishing problems in the production process, this is a superior copy. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: SUPERMAN #26 VG £1,100



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American Comics Update: Batmania/DC Debuts: Bane Double Bill

*DC: We bring things more up to date now with a pair of comics that are only 33 years old! Batman’s notorious enemy Bane first appeared in the Batman: Vengeance of Bane special, a squarebound 64-page debut featuring the advent and origin of Batman’s new nemesis. From there, Bane went on to be the cause of the Knightfall storyline in Batman #497, where he famously broke Batman’s back (it’s okay kids – he got better). Both issues in NM- condition available now.
PICTURED:
BATMAN: VENGEANCE OF BANE #1 NM- £90 Ist Bane
BATMAN #497 NM- £25 Bane breaks Batman’s back. With grey card outer cover.
American Comics Update: Tales Of The Unexpected #21-24 from 1958, all with Kirby
*DC: These early pre-distribution issues of Tales Of The Unexpected are not common over here in the UK, and feature sci-fi, fantasy, supernatural and mystery stories from many famous artists. Each issue features a story drawn by Jack Kirby.
PICTURED: TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED
#21 VG+ £53 Cover by Bob Brown, art by Kirby, Baily, McArdle, Moreira & Brown. Clean copy with minor edge wear, tiny lower spine split and reading creases at spine.
#22 GD- £22.50 Cover by Kirby, art by Kirby, Baily, Purcell & Maneely. 5 cm upper spine split with small chip out at spine. Tiny chip out top centre cover.
#23 GD/VG £38 Cover by Ruben Moreira, art by Kirby, Ely, Roussos & Mooney. Bright copy with edge wear and small sealed spine splits.
#24 GD/VG £38 Cover by Lou Cameron, art by Kirby, Mooney, Moldoff & Cameron. Clean copy with corner blunting, 3 cm upper spine split with small chip off but present.




American Comics Update: Spider-Mania/Slab Happy: Death of Green Goblin in Amazing #122 CGC 7.5
*Marvel: Well, I don’t think anyone saw this coming back in 1973! In Amazing Spider-Man #121, Gwen Stacey died at the hands of the Green Goblin, and that villain perished himself in the very next issue. These landmark stories still resonate to this day, and although perhaps somewhat diluted by the return of both characters (hey kids, this IS comics!), the impact at the time was momentous and both issues still attract much collector interest. Here we offer a CGC copy of Amazing Spider-Man #122 in 7.5 (VF-) CGC blue label Universal Grade, case perfect, white pages. CGC ref: 3983255009. Collectors should note that this copy has both the Mark Jewelers and Mennen inserts. And if you’re after #121, we also have a copy listed in our catalogue.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN #122 CGC 7.5 (VF-) £300
American Comics Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Dawn of the Defenders! Marvel Feature #1-3
*Marvel: Following their ‘stealth pilot’ appearances in Sub-Mariner’s own series, the non-team of Namor, Doctor Strange, the Hulk and (on & off) the Silver Surfer proved such a hit that the powers-that-be brainstormed the idea of an alliance of Marvel’s most determined loners, who were forced by circumstances to work together whether they liked it or not! The Defenders premiered in 1971’s Marvel Feature #1, an extra-length issue which also brought Doctor Strange back from his ill-judged ‘masked superhero’ phase in a separate back-up prior to Dr Strange #1. This is the comic that kicked off 150+ issues of the Defenders’ original series, plus myriad relaunches – and, as an additional factor, it was never distributed in the UK! Plus low-grade copies of #2 & #3.
IN THIS UPDATE: MARVEL FEATURE
#1 FN £85 (PICTURED) With glossy, colourful cover and just minor spine wrinkling, minor corner blunting and very minor edge wear. Tight, firm staples and supple, off-white pages.
#2 GD- £7.25 Rippled from water damage
#3 GD/VG £7.50 Rippled from water damage
American Comics Update: Six Of The Best Plus One: Master Of Kung Fu issues between #22-30
*Marvel: Following on from Shang-Chi’s debut in Special Marvel Edition #15-16, the title changed to Master Of Kung Fu with #17. The earliest issues of MOKF were not distributed here in the UK, and thus are rarer over here.
IN THIS UPDATE: MASTER OF KUNG FU
#22 VF £9
#25 VG/FN £4.25
#26 VF+ £11 (PICTURED)
#27 VF- £8
#28 VF £9
#29 VF/NM £13
#30 VF- £8
American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Police Comics #2 from 1941: 2nd Plastic Man
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: From the Bute Collection this week, a true vintage item from Quality Comics from 1941 in the shape of Police Comics #2. Police Comics was the title in which Plastic Man first appeared (in #1), so this was his second outing and this bumper-sized anthology title contained a whole wealth of detective, mystery and super-hero strips, as well as a fair sprinkling of humour. In this issue you get Plastic Man by Jack Cole (wherein Plas joins the police and gets involved in opium smuggling), Firebrand by Reed Crandall, the Human Bomb by Paul Gustavson and the original Phantom Lady (in yellow and green costume). Alongside these are a number of adventure strips and comedy shorts, all beneath a Firebrand cover by Gill Fox. This copy benefits from an unmarked cover with very good colours and some reflectivity. There is corner blunting, and insignificant creases at the right corners. Wear along the spine and a small chip at top edge. There is a water stain at the top margin of the splash, which extends through the first few pages to a lessening degree. Pages are a very decent and supple off-white. Staples are attached at spine (if a little pulled) and the centrefold is loose. All in all, not a bad copy. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: POLICE COMICS #2 GD+ £1,000



American Comics Update: Complete Set Marvel’s Uncanny Tales #1-12 1973-1975
*Horror/Mystery 1960-1980s: The 1970s incarnation of the Uncanny Tales title lasted for 12 issues and consisted entirely of reprints from the 1950s Uncanny Tales and several other Atlas and Marvel titles. Reprint artists included Jack Kirby, Reed Crandall and several examples by Steve Ditko. The majority of issues had newly drawn covers by artists including Gil Kane. This is a nice set of all 12 issues, with an average of FN, many of them around VF or better, with three issues (inc #1) GD/VG. The series was renamed Uncanny Tales From The Grave from #3 onwards.
IN THIS UPDATE: UNCANNY TALES Complete Set #1-12 Av FN £135; #1 PICTURED.
British Comics Update: Streamline #1 1947
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Streamline was a faux American format comic co-created by Dennis Gifford and Bob Monkhouse and published by Cardal in 1947; it ran for four issues, with 16 internal pages in black and white plus a colour cover (note the ‘splat!’ sound effect on the cover). Its main character was a costumed hero in the American tradition named Keenan King (alias Streamline), gifted with superhuman speed and regenerative ability. Art in this first issue was by Gifford, and in addition to the Streamline strip, the adventure strip The Search For The Secret City also appeared plus a couple of comedy shorts. This is a superb copy of issue #1, almost as good as new and quite remarkable for its age, with only the most minimal signs of wear. The first and only copy we’ve ever seen of this rarity, and a remarkable milestone in the history of British comics.
PICTURED: STREAMLINE #1 VF £75
Books Update: Six Of The Best: Sexton Blake Library
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: This week, we return to the famous and long-running Sexton Blake Library. Often dubbed ‘the poor man’s Sherlock Holmes’, there’s still no doubting the popularity of Sexton Blake, who has probably had far more fiction written of him than the world’s greatest detective. Six issues new in this week, two from Amalgamated from the 1950s, four from Fleetway from 1962, by which time they’d taken over publication. These are picture library sized, but mainly text. The series ran from 1915 to 1968. These issues follow the 1956 revamp by W Howard Baker when the covers took on a more gangster/sleazy mode. Written by a crew of notable writers, the longevity of the series is testament to the quality of the plotting and writing.
PICTURED: SEXTON BLAKE LIBRARY:
#399: STAIRWAY TO MURDER: ARTHUR KENT Amalgamated 1950s GD/VG £6
#400: THE SEA TIGERS: PETER SAXON Amalgamated 1950s GD/VG £6
#501: CARIBBEAN CRISIS: DESMOND REID Fleetway 1962 GD £5
#502: THE WEAK AND THE STRONG: ARTHUR KENT Fleetway 1962 GD £5
#503: HIGH SUMMER HOMICIDE: ARTHUR KIRBY Fleetway 1962 GD £5
#504: STUDIO ONE MURDER: A A BALLINGER Fleetway 1962 GD £5





American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Challengers Of The Unknown #1-8 by Jack Kirby
*DC: One of Jack Kirby’s last projects at DC before absconding to Marvel in the early 1960s was to co-create the Challengers of the Unknown, the tale of four daring adventurers who, having survived a disaster in common, were ‘Living on Borrowed Time’, and decided to devote that time to the betterment of others. After four try-out appearances in Showcase, Prof, Ace, Red and Rocky graduated to their own series, the first eight of which were drawn by Kirby, with inks by Wally Wood on the last four of those. All eight issues by Kirby new in this week from the Bute Collection. Tales of space, monsters, super-villains, magic, robots and the like, featuring June, the ‘honorary’ fifth Challenger.
PICTURED: CHALLENGERS OF THE UNKNOWN
#1 VG £390 SOLD Decent copy with great cover colour and reflectivity. Minor edge and handling wear and corner blunting. Small piece of tape around base of spine. Tight, firm staples and near white pages.
#2 VG- £115 Wear to spine with tiny splits top and bottom. Pencilled digits below logo (arrival date?). Staples are tight, pages are off-white to white. Minor handling wear and corner blunting.
#3 VG £150 SOLD Rocky gains super-powers after flight in space (cf Fantastic Four). Minor creasing at spine and edges, small colour breaks. Vibrant cover. Very tiny splits top and bottom spine. Staples are tight, pages are off-white to white.
#4 VG- £80 SOLD Great cover colour. Minor cover graffiti near logo. Very minor edge wear. Very tiny splits top and bottom spine. Staples are tight, pages are off-white.
#5 GD- £30 SOLD Water damage patch at left side of logo. 5 cm lower spine split. Good colours, Colour-breaking crease at bottom edge. Edge and handling wear. Staples are tight, pages are off-white.
#6 VG £85 Great colour. Very minor edge and spine wear. Unmarked cover. Very tiny top spine split. Staples are tight, pages are off-white to white.
#7 App GD £20 Ad/text page out; stories OK. Spine taped inside and along centrefold. Spine and edge wear. Staples appear okay; off-white pages.
#8 VG £70 Nice cover colours with some reflectivity. Minor cover graffiti (‘No 8’); minor corner blunting and edge and handling wear (a couple of very soft creases don’t break colour). Staples are tight, pages are off-white to white.








American Comics Update: Batmania/The Midas Collection: Batman #21 & #22: low grade copies from 1944
*DC: This week’s excursion into the Midas Collection starts with two issues of Batman from 1944, which have both seen better days, but where the low grades puts them within reach of a greater number of collectors.
PICTURED: BATMAN BOTH SOLD
#21 FA+ £120 Batman and Robin head west to see if they can stem the tide of cattle rustling; the Caped Crusaders must stop a criminal mastermind who uses a genius in military science to plan crimes; they have to outwit a criminal element which targets a Lord Burleigh, a man who has come to America to interest an American oil company in his discovery; and the Penguin invents a small motion picture camera with telescopic lenses, which is precise enough to see combinations to wall safes as they are being opened. Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by jack Schiff, Don C Cameron, Al Schwartz and Joseph Greene. Art by Sprang and Ed Kressy. This copy has good colour; the cover image is marred by a missing thumbnail chunk out of the front cover at the spine near the top staple (see scan); approx half the chunk is present but detached. The damage extends to a bigger chunk off the back cover, which we have scanned here for reference. There is an 11 cm hard crease across the bottom right corner, with a shorter crease within it; neither of these break colour. Further creasing at top of spine and across top right corner. Cover off top staple, secure at bottom. Both staples secure at centrefold. Some wear at spine and corners. Reasonable off-white page quality.
#22 FA £120 1st Alfred cover and solo story. Alfred is in love, and to impress the fair maid he has designs on, he poses as the Batman, unaware that his “girl” is actually the Catwoman in disguise; a clever gangster and his gang use a powerful telescope to look in on various places of interest, like banks and museums; Alfred is in a life and death situation unless he can put the practices into play that he has learned from Batman; and the Cavalier taunts the Caped Crusaders once more. Cover by Dick Sprang. Stories by Al Schwartz, Bill Finger and Mort Weisinger. Art by Bob Kane, Jack Burnley and Jerry Robinson. Lots of wear and tear and colour breaking creasing, particularly at spine and right edge. Small chips out bottom spine and top right corner. Cover off both staples, which are also off at centrefold. A large corner is off the splash page, affecting the first story (we have scanned the splash here for reference). Reasonable off-white page quality.




American Comics Update: Starman & The Black Canary! Superlative Fox/Anderson stories in Brave & Bold #61 and #62

*DC: Following the re-introduction of the Justice Society of America in the early 1960s, a few sporadic attempts were made to give some individual JSA members try-outs. Sadly, none of them were successful in the long term, but all of them were lovely comics. Closest to our hearts here at 30th C. is the pair of Brave & Bold issues co-starring Starman and the Black Canary, two JSAers who never even met back in the Golden Age, but whose styles and skill sets meshed beautifully in these adventures featuring Golden Age villains the Mist, Sportsmaster and the Huntress, and co-starring (in the second issue) fellow JSA’er Wildcat. By Gardner Fox and Murphy Anderson, these are among the finest comics of their era, and personal favourites. Here in attractive and affordable mid-grade copies.
PICTURED: BRAVE & BOLD BOTH SOLD
#61 VG+ p £21.25 Pence stamped
#62 VG+ p ££18.25 Pence stamped
American Comics Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Debut of New X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1
*Marvel: In the distant days of 1975, the X-Men, once mainstays of the Marvel Universe, were a spent force. Reduced to a bi-monthly reprint comic and occasional guest-appearances, the merry mutants were without a home to call their own. Then two of Marvel’s young turks of the time, Len Wein and Dave Cockrum, changed all that. In Giant-Size X-Men #1, the original X-Men were captured, and Professor X assembled a team of international mutants, some known to the readers (Sunfire, Banshee, and Wein’s own creation, Wolverine, who had made his debut in Hulk #181) and some brand new (Storm, Colossus, Nightcrawler and Thunderbird), and sent them out to rescue their mutant brethren. The ‘New’ X-Men were an instant hit: the team was restored to all-new adventures, and on their way to becoming the multi-media stars they are today! We are delighted to have the first appearance of the ‘New’ X-Men back in stock – the Giant-Size issues never being distributed in the UK, GSXM #1’s already cult collector status is heightened by its scarcity on this side of the pond. This is an outstanding copy from an original owner collection, bought new in 1975 in New York, and carefully preserved ever since. Vibrant cover colour and gloss, square corners, totally intact squarebound spine, tight staples and off-white pages. Very small and very slight bend at top of spine. If you run a finger along the front cover adjacent to the spine, you will feel an uneveness where the staples are below, a common aspect of the Marvel Giant-Size issues of the mid 1970s, where the pages were stapled and the spine glued. High resolution images are available on request.
(The eagle-eyed among you may well spot that this is the second copy we have from this New York collection and is identical to the first in terms of grade and value. There are minor differences as listed, but I couldn’t choose between them!)
PICTURED: GIANT-SIZE X-MEN #1 VF £2,250



American Comics Update: Six Of The Best Plus One: Strange Tales to the end of Nick Fury and Dr Strange
*Marvel: The venerable Strange Tales, which had been through many changes finally ended its long original run in 1968 with Nick Fury and Dr Strange going into their own titles after that. Here we have the final issues leading up to that hiatus, with both features going all out in quality with Jim Steranko at the helm of SHIELD, and Denny O’Neill and Dan Adkins on the good Doctor. What a great comic it was!
IN THIS UPDATE: STRANGE TALES ALL SOLD
#161 VG+ £13 Small bookshop stamp
#162 App VG £5.75 Panel out of letter column; stories okay. Small arrival date on cover; small bookshop stamp
#164 GD+ £6.25
#165 VG+ p £10 Pence stamped
#166 VG p £10 Pence stamped
#167 VG p £13.25 Classic Steranko cover. Pence stamped; small bookshop stamp
#168 VG- £8.75 (PICTURED) Small bookshop stamp
American Comics Update: Complete Set of Hulk: Future Imperfect

*Marvel: In 1992, two of the best creators of the time, writer Peter David and artist George Perez produced a two part squarebound deluxe series with embossed covers where the Hulk confronts an evil version of himself called the Maestro from an alternate far future. This story has remained popular ever since and both issues are presented here together.
PICTURED:
HULK: FUTURE IMPERFECT Complete series 1-2 £20 SOLD
#1 FN/VF
#2 VF
American Comics Update: Post Code Horror Fest: 3 x Atlas issues
*Horror 1940-1959: These are re-lists rather than new in; we’ve added images and descriptive text for three Atlas issues to which our previous listing didn’t really do justice.
PICTURED:
ASTONISHING #63 VG £42 Final issue of series. Cover by Bill Everett. Interior art by Doxee, Woodbridge, Forgione, Heck, Perlin & Kida.
JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS #36 VG £49 Cover by Carl Burgos. Interior art by Reinman, Pakula, Katz, Stallman & Greene.
JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS #41 VG £49 Cover by Carl Burgos. Interior art by Reinman, Winiarski, Ayers, Forte and Everett.



American Comics Update: Six Of The Best: Silver/Bronze Horror/Mystery Grab Bag
*Horror/Mystery 1960-1980s: A ‘lucky dip’ grab bag of horror and mystery from various publishers, as follows:
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
CHARLTON:
BEYOND THE GRAVE #2 VG £5 Ditko cover and content.
GHOSTLY TALES #162 VG+ p £3.50
MIDNIGHT TALES #17 VG/FN £2.75 Modern Comics Reprint
HARVEY: ALARMING ADVENTURES #2 FA £3
MARVEL:
TOMB OF DARKNESS #15 VF+ p £15.50
WORLDS UNKNOWN #2 FN £7.50
American Comics Update: The Midas Collection: Take Five: All New! True To Life! More Girls’ Love Stories

*Romance: Also from the Midas Collection this week, we feature five more issues of Girls’ Love Stories, one of DC’s longest running romance titles, which started in 1949 and finished in 1973. Although mostly drawn by unknown artists, DC’s romance comics from this period featured a good standard of appealing art, and often very well composed and executed covers. All around reasonable mid-grade condition. Seldom seen, particularly over here in the UK, this is our final instalment of this title from the Midas Collection.
IN THIS UPDATE: GIRLS’ LOVE STORIES
#58 GD £10
#59 VG £20 (PICTURED)
#60 VG- £17
#61 VG- £17
#64 VG £20
British Comics Update: Alan Class File Copies: Suspense, Tales of Action, Tales of the Underworld
*Alan Class Reprints: From the personal archives of Alan Class, we’re delighted to present another selection of copies certificated by Alan himself. Six copies of various pre-decimal titles: Suspense and the less often seen Tales of Action and Tales of the Underworld. The file copies were used by Alan Class for reference and are sometimes in variable condition, but usually quite good. A reminder that you can view some detail of the contents in our Rough Guide to Alan Class Reprints.

IN THIS UPDATE:
SUSPENSE
#49 GD £10.75 Reprints Spider-Man/Human Torch story from Amazing Spider-Man #8. 1st page loose
#209 FN £3.50
#235 VF £4.75
TALES OF ACTION #2 VF- £15 (PICTURED) Reprints Charlton war stories
TALES OF THE UNDERWORLD
#3 VG £11.50 (PICTURED) Reprints Charlton crime
#5 FN £13.50 Reprints Charlton crime
British Comics Update: Issues of Battle Picture Library between #6-20
*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: From 1961, Fleetway’s Battle Picture Library was one of their three long-running flagship titles in this genre (along with War and Air Ace).This week, we have 11 issues newly listed between #6 and #20, mostly in lower graded, cheaper options. Please see our catalogue for full details.
PICTURED: BATTLE PICTURE LIBRARY #10 GD/VG £14
Books Update: A mixed bag of Sci-Fi and Fantasy
*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: Four examples of classic science-fiction and fantasy this week, ranging from James Branch Cabell’s witty and imaginative fantasy, Philip K Dick’s typical off-beat future, Otis Adelbert Kline’s homage to Edgar Rice Burroughs in an adventure on Venus, to H Warner Munn’s Arthurian romance and adventure.
PICTURED:
JAMES BRANCH CABELL: THE SILVER STALLION Tandem 1971 UK PB VG £6
PHILIP K DICK: THE MAN WHO JAPED Ace 1970s US PB VG/FN £12
OTIS ADELBERT KLINE: PRINCE OF PERIL Ace 1960s 1st US PB FN £8
H WARNER MUNN: MERLIN’S GODSON Ballantine Fantasy 1976 1st US PB FN £6




Books Update: Six Of The Best: Crime, With A Big Side Of Sleaze
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: This week’s selection of American paperbacks in this category all feature good or bad girl art covers and hover between crime and sleaze for their themes. House Dick features a hotel murder (cover by Robert McGinnis); A Season For Violence is about rape, extortion and murder (cover by Ron Lesser); Fair Prey has a protagonist who murders women (cover by Oliver Brabbins); 21 Sunset Drive centres on a Syndicate gambling casino and the dormant violence in suburbia (cover by Tom Miller); Nikki Revisited is the story of a girl with an uninhibited life (cover by Tom Miller) and Love Is For Everybody features a woman tangled up with the Syndicate and a resort catering for sexual perverts. All good wholesome stuff…ahem… More details, including condition notes, as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
GORDON DAVIS: HOUSE DICK Fawcett Gold Medal 1960s 1st US PB FN £7
THOMAS B DEWEY: A SEASON FOR VIOLENCE Fawcett Gold Medal 1966 1st US PB GD £4
WILL DUKE: FAIR PREY Graphic Books 1956 1st US PB FA/GD £4
HENRY ELLSWORTH: 21 SUNSET DRIVE Monarch 1963 1st US PB VG £5
STUART FRIEDMAN: NIKKI REVISITED Monarch 1963 1st US PB VG/FN £7
ANGELA GILBERT: LOVE IS FOR EVERYBODY Gold Star 1964 1st US PB FN £8





American Comics Update: The Midas Collection/Slab Happy: Superman #51 & #54
*DC: Two more Golden Age Superman issues from the Midas Collection with amusing and entertaining covers. Both of these are slabbed by CBCS.
PICTURED: SUPERMAN
#51 CBCS 3.0 GD/VG £200 Unrestored, case perfect, white to off-white pages, serial number 17-244BEBC-054. Wayne Boring cover. Mr Mxyztplk story. Art by Win Mortimer & Curt Swan.
#54 CBCS 3.5 VG- £280 Unrestored, case perfect, white pages, serial number 16-3A7D252-034. Cover by Wayne Boring. Lois Lane becomes a queen. Art by Boring and Al Plastino.



American Comics Update: The Midas Collection/Batmania: 3 Batman issues from 1957
*DC: Also from the Midas Collection this week, three consecutive issues of Batman from 1957. Although not featuring any costumed members of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, each issue features three clever crime, mystery and human interest stories.
PICTURED: BATMAN
#106 VG- £140 Nice bright copy with good colours and a strong spine with good staples. Decent off-white to cream pages. Small amount of creasing with some small tears at bottom edge front and back covers.
#107 GD/VG £100 A Robin heavy issue. First he falls in love, then he grows up to become the costumed hero Owlman. Decent copy with some wear to spine and edges and a soft subscription-like crease just breaking colour down the centre. Good staples and supple off-white to cream pages.
#108 GD/VG £100 SOLD Nice Bat-Cave story. Not a bad copy, with some spine, edge and corner wear. Some cover creasing (not too obtrusive) breaking colour. Rusty staples with minimal migration. A small tear on back cover at lower staple area (no loss). Off-white pages.




American Comics Update: 4 Pre-distribution Strange Adventures from 1957/58
*DC: Along with Mystery In Space, Strange Adventures was DC’s leading science fiction title from the 1950s/60s. These pre-distribution issues are not common in the UK, and feature top notch work from the best writers and artists in the business.
IN THIS UPDATE: STRANGE ADVENTURES ALL SOLD
#84 GD £14
#95 VG- £24 (PICTURED)
#96 GD £14
#99 GD- £12.25
American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Neal Adams art in the Brave and the Bold


*DC: Although he dabbled a little in occasional later issues, the substantive work of fan favourite artist Neal Adams in the Brave & the Bold appeared in the consecutive issues #79-86. By this time a Batman team-up title, the Caped Crusader starred with Deadman (a character Adams had made his own and whose appearances book-ended this run), the nascent Creeper, Flash, Aquaman, the Teen Titans, Sgt Rock (featuring the first Silver Age appearance of the Golden Age Batman) and Green Arrow (incorporating Adams’s redesign of this classic character). Nearly all in beautiful high grade copies from the Bute Collection (plus a handful of later non-Adams issues from Bute).
IN THIS UPDATE: THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD
#79 VG+ p £30 Pence stamped. Adams art. Batman & Deadman
#80 VF £40 (PICTURED) Adams art. Batman & the Creeper
#81 VF+ p £70 (PICTURED) SOLD Pence stamped. Adams art. Batman & the Flash
#82 VF/NM £75 (PICTURED) SOLD Adams art. Batman & Aquaman
#83 VF/NM £70 (PICTURED) SOLD Adams art. Batman & the Teen Titans
#84 VF- £40 (PICTURED) Adams art. Batman & Sgt Rock
#85 FN+ £70 (PICTURED) Adams art. Batman & Green Arrow (GA re-design)
#86 VF+ p £95 (PICTURED) SOLD Pence stamped. Adams art. Batman & Deadman
#104 VF+ £15 Batman & Deadman
#105 VF p £11.75 Pence stamped. Batman & Wonder Woman
#106 VF p £11.75 Pence stamped. Batman & Green Arrow.





American Comics Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Early appearances of Gambit: Make way for the Ragin’ Cajun
*Marvel: Gambit, the charismatic anti-hero who rescued Storm at a time when she was a powerless teenager (it happens to the X-Men more often than you think), made his very first appearance, an unheralded blink-and-you-miss-it cameo, in 1990’s X-Men Annual #14, before progressing to a cover-starring role in X-Men #266 and a further appearance in #267. An instant hit with the audience – despite the Pepe LePew accent and the unfortunate early costume of boots, panties, stripey tights and flasher-mac – he rapidly became a key member of the X-Men, primarily because of his doomed romance with the untouchable Rogue.
PICTURED:
X-MEN ANNUAL #14 NM- £35 1st Gambit cameo
X-MEN #266 VF- £95 1st Gambit full appearance. Superb copy but for very faint crease down the top half centre, not breaking colour and can only be seen in certain lights.
X-MEN #267 VF+ £30 2nd Gambit full appearance



American Comics Update: Complete Set #1-3 Contest Of Champions
*Marvel: Marvel’s first published mini-series, issued in 1982, Contest of Champions came about almost by accident. Originally intended as a Marvel Treasury Special to tie-in with the 1980 Olympics, the project crashed & burned when the USA pulled out of said event, and the prepared pages, after a time in limbo, were re-edited into this three-parter, in which virtually every Marvel super-hero (and several brand-new international ones created for the Olympic tie-in) are drafted by the Grandmaster in a contest with Death to win back the life of the deceased Collector. Split into teams, the heroes are used as pawns to gain artefacts and therefore win points to determine which cosmic entity wins their goal. By Mark Gruenwald, John Romita Jr. and Bob Layton, the unexpected success of this unplanned mini-series paved the way for more premeditated events, beginning, of course, with Marvel’s Secret Wars in 1984. The complete three issue series in this update.
IN THIS UPDATE: CONTEST OF CHAMPIONS #1-3 COMPLETE SET £55 SOLD
#1 NM- (PICTURED)
#2 VF
#3FN
American Comics Update: Six Of The Best: Marvel Grab Bag, Bronze Age and Beyond
*Marvel: Six adventures from the House Of Ideas in this week’s Grab Bag selection.
IN THIS UPDATE: ALL SOLD
AVENGERS #212 VG+ £1.50
CONAN GIANT-SIZE #5 VF £13
EXCALIBUR #71 NM £5 Hologram cover
GHOST RIDER #11 VG+ p £5.25 Hulk guest-stars
IRON FIST #5 VG p £4.75
POWER MAN & IRON FIST #50 VG- p £9.25 John Byrne art
American Comics Update: Post Code Horror Fest: Harvey’s Alarming Tales 1957, with Jack Kirby
*Horror 1940-1959: From 1957, Harvey produced Alarming Tales, a post code anthology title that lasted for 6 issues, with stories of mystery and the supernatural, and with an emphasis, in the earlier issues, on the pencils of Jack Kirby. Three such this update, two of which are in extraordinary condition.
PICTURED: ALARMING TALES
#1 FN/VF £165 Cover by Simon & Kirby. All stories with pencils by Kirby, most scripts and inks also by Kirby. Includes the story ‘The Fourth Dimension is a many splattered thing!’ with very experimental Kirby art. A beautiful copy with unmarked glossy cover, tight and flat with excellent staples, white pages. Just a tiny chip off top right corner (affecting CCA box only).
#2 VG £60 Cover by Simon. Most stories, pencils and inks by Kirby, with occasional Simon. Some edge and handling wear, but not bad. Slightly ragged top edge. Nice staples, white pages. Small arrival date in biro on cover.
#4 FN/VF £70 Cover by Simon. One story by Kirby, also includes Simon, Wildey & Powell. Lovely copy with just minimal edge and handling wear. Nice colours and gloss. Tight and flat with excellent staples and white pages.



American Comics Update: Black Angel Reprint Volume with Dave Stevens Cover
*Modern Reprints: From the early 1980s until his untimely death in 2008, Dave Stevens, creator of the Rocketeer, was the modern king of good girl art; his work adorned the covers of very many comics and magazines, which have now become highly prized and very collectable. In 1996, Verotik published a squarebound volume of reprints of the Black Angel, the heroic aviatrix created by Paul Gustavson in 1942. The stories themselves are very attractive and prominently feature the slinky heroine up against the Nazis and other horrific threats, but I suspect most interest here is in the Dave Stevens cover. A great addition to your collection. This copy would be mint except for a soft and faint crease along the edge of the back cover, which does not break cover.
PICTURED: BLACK ANGEL VF/NM £25 SOLD
British Comics Update: Quirky Corner: High Speed and Spectacular Colour from Scion
*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Scion were publishers of British comics and paperbacks from 1948 into the early 1950s. Their material remains obscure and not well documented. Their comics were mostly one-shots with a handful of very short series. The stories in the 1951 examples in this update were of British origin, as far as we know, and the main creators were Kenneth King and Malcolm Ganteaume. There is a possibility of a European connection as these were printed in Paris. The theme here is crime, in faux American format, and all comics boast ‘alternate pages in full colour’, which is a curious effect. Seldom seen; decent copies.
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
HIGH SPEED COMIC #1 (OF 1) VG £15
SPECTACULAR COLOUR COMIC
#1 (OF 3) VG £15
#2 (OF 3) VG £15



British Comics Update: Beano 1956 – New and Improved
*Humour Comics: Continuing our policy of providing more information for Beano and Dandy, we’ve now introduced 14 issues of the Beano for 1956, a year previously missing from our listings. We’ve also added details of strip debuts. Full details of all issues new in now shown in our catalogue.
PICTURED: BEANO #713 VG £14 1st Daniel the Spaniel; 1st Johnny on the Hop
Books Update: Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle
*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror: We present a selection of works by Grand Master Larry Niven: a book of novellas, one of short stories and a huge novel with Jerry Pournelle. Niven’s work is primarily hard science fiction, using big science concepts and theoretical physics. It also often includes elements of detective fiction and adventure stories. He has also written logical fantasy.
PICTURED:
BY LARRY NIVEN:
THE LONG ARM OF GIL HAMILTON Ballantine/Del Rey 1978 3rd Us PB GD £4 3 SF/Detective novellas SOLD
TALES OF KNOWN SPACE Orbit 1980 1st UK PB FN £7 13 interconnected short stories
TALES OF KNOWN SPACE Ballantine 1976 3rd US PB VG/FN £5 13 interconnected short stories
BY LARRY NIVEN & JERRY POURNELLE
THE MOTE IN GOD’S EYE Orbit 1979 UK PB FN £10 560 pp ‘The best novel about human beings making first contact with intelligent but utterly nonhuman aliens.’ SOLD




Books Update: Queens Of Crime: Ngaio Marsh
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: From the Golden Age of crime fiction, we present in very attractive matching Fontana livery five mysteries by one of the ‘Queens Of Crime’ (and the only non-British one), Ngaio Marsh, the New Zealand Dame who wrote of Inspector Roderick Alleyn, the gentleman detective, in a series of novels from 1934 to 1982. She was passionate about the theatre and art (she was also a Shakespearean producer) and these themes often appear in her work. Despite her nationality, the vast majority of her books are set in England and have a distinctive British air about them. Full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: ALL BY NGAIO MARSH ALL SOLD
DEAD WATER Fontana 1967 3rd UK PB VG £5
HAND IN GLOVE Fontana 1968 3rd UK PB GD £4
SINGING IN THE SHROUDS Fontana 1965 3rd UK PB VG £5
SPINSTERS IN JEOPARDY Fontana 1967 3rd UK PB VG £5
SURFEIT OF LAMPREYS Fontana 1967 5th UK PB VG £5





Clearance Corner: EC Complete Picto Fiction Boxset with slipcase for just £45 post free
*Clearance Corner: Very occasionally, a lot comes our way which either does not justify its place in our catalogue (but is too good to discard), or is superfluous to our requirements. These lots are offered here on our What’s New page, but are not listed in our catalogue. Lots listed under Clearance Corner will be available for a short time only, and are offered post free to GB buyers only (i.e. England, Scotland, Wales). They are not normally bagged and boarded as our normal stock, but will be securely packaged for transit. If you order a Clearance Corner lot, it may not be combined with another order in the same package. This week, we’re offering a real treat. In the mid-1950s, EC issued magazines in a new format of illustrated text, which were not subject to the comics code and they reworked many of their classic pre-code stories into this format (plus new stories). Classic artists included Reed Crandall, Jack Davis, George Evans, Graham Ingels, Jack Kamen, Rudy Nappi, Joe Orlando, Bud Parke, Charles Sultan, Angelo Torres, Al Williamson, Wally Wood and Frank Frazetta. There were four titles: Shock Illustrated (3 issues), Crime Illustrated (2 issues), Terror Illustrated (2 issues) and Confessions Illustrated (2 issues). Reissued by Gemstone in 2006 in this HEAVY over-sized box set in four volumes with colour covers and slipcase.
All volumes VF/NM, slipcase VF. Yours for just £45 post free in GB.
PICTURED: PICTO FICTION BOX SET SOLD
American Comics Update: The Midas Collection/Batmania: Joker/Penguin team-up in Batman #25 (1944)
*DC: The first of two landmark Golden Age Batmans from the Midas Collection this week. Beneath a dynamic Dick Sprang cover of Batman and Robin riding a motorcycle through a flaming hoop, the story of the first Joker/Penguin team-up awaits as told by Don C Cameron and Jack Burnley. There’s also a tale of two sheikhs (one good, one bad) on the loose in Gotham City, and and Alfred short drawn by Jerry Robinson, and a story where Batman and Robin are sent to investigate the theft of copper wire (some days you get the Joker etc…). This copy has a fresh cover image with strong colours against a black background. There is a jagged half-thumbnail size chip out of the bottom edge, and some signs of mild water damage in the corner areas. A 6 cm crease (faintly breaking colour) extends across the bottom right corner. Lower spine split of 2-3 cm. Mild spine wear and stress at staples areas, but they’re firmly attached there and at centrefolds. Near white pages.
PICTURED: BATMAN #25 GD- £450 SOLD


American Comics Update: The Midas Collection/Batmania/DC Debuts: Batman #63 with first Killer Moth + the Joker
*DC: From 1951, the second of our Golden Age Batman gems from the Midas Collection this week is a real doozy. Not only does it cover feature the debut of a recurring member of Batman’s Rogues Gallery, Killer Moth, it also has a fabulous lead Joker story ‘The Joker’s Crime Costumes’, plus a third story telling of a flying saucer invasion from Saturn. What a line-up! Scripts by Bill Finger and others, art by Bob Kane, Dick Sprang and others. This is a reasonable copy with good colours. The spine is worn and creased but more or less intact; an extra staple has been added at the top of the spine to seal an upper spine split of a few cm. There is some edge wear including a 2 cm tear at centre right edge without loss. Upper staple well attached; lower just attached. Nice pages are off-white towards white.
PICTURED: BATMAN #63 GD £350



American Comics Update: Batmania: The Dark Knight Returns – Complete Set #1-4
*DC: This week’s complete set is one of the seminal works, together with Watchmen and V For Vendetta, which redefined the public perception of comics in the 1980s, Frank Miller’s dystopian opus Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. This near-future story of a retired Batman, cynical and jaded, and the events which caused him to return to the fray has been constantly in print in myriad formats since its publication – but these are the very first editions, all four Prestige Format volumes. We are selling this as a complete four-issue set. All first printings, all NM except #2, which is VF/NM and has a very fine line along the spine where it has been read. Issue #1 illustrated here.
BATMAN: THE DARK KNIGHT REURNS Complete set #1-4 £295 All NM except #2 VF/NM.
American Comics Update: DC Debuts – Earth’s Other Green Lantern! Guy Gardner Premieres in GL #59
*DC: Before John Stewart, Kyle Rayner, and the multiplicity of later claimants to the GL mantle, the idea that anyone could challenge Hal Jordan’s supremacy as Green Lantern of Earth was a shocking concept. John Broome and Gil Kane explored that in 1968’s Green Lantern #59, showing what might have happened if an equally qualified candidate had taken the role instead of Hal Jordan. Originally a one-shot novelty akin to the Superman Family’s ‘Imaginary Tales’, GL #59 spiked in price after Steve Englehart brought back Guy as a recurring character almost two decades later. Eventually Guy joined both the Green Lantern Corps and the Justice League and became a fixture of the DC Universe. This copy of his debut issue presents very nicely, pence stamped, clean, flat and glossy. There is very minor handling wear at spine, and very faint soft crease at top left corner, not breaking colour; tiny colour-breaking mark at bottom edge near spine. Sharp edges and mostly sharp corners. Tight firm staples and near white pages.
PICTURED: GREEN LANTERN #59 VF- p £280
American Comics Update: Mighty Marvel Firsts: Debut of the Enchantress and the Executioner in Journey Into Mystery #103
*Marvel: In Journey into Mystery #103, when the Asgardian landscape was still ‘settling down’ in the relatively new Thor strip, two figures debuted who were to make a lasting impact in the life of the God of Thunder: The Executioner, a menacing figure whose might almost equalled that of the God of Thunder himself; and the Enchantress, mightiest of sorceresses, who was to become Thor’s most beloved enemy, occasionally doing good deeds because of her unrequited feelings for Thor – but never for long! Two of the most powerful characters in the Marvel mythos, the diabolical duo bestrode the four-colour cosmos for decades, and this is where their infamous careers began! This is an honest, pence printed copy, with nice cover scene and good colours. The spine has suffered a little wear and the corners some blunting. There is some creasing across both top corners, restricted to the logo area, which break colour. The staples are well attached and the pages are flexible and white to off-white.
PICTURED: JOURNEY INTO MYSTERY #103 VG- p £110
American Comics Update: Spider-Mania: Amazing #21 & #22 inc Mighty Marvel Firsts

*Marvel: In Amazing Spider-Man #21, our hero comes up against the Human Torch’s old foe the Beetle for the first time, with the Torch himself involved for good measure (Johnny Storm’s path crossed frequently with the wall-crawler’s back in those days). Following their first encounter with Spidey in Amazing #16, the Circus of Crime appeared for a return engagement in #22, this time without the Ringmaster, but with new addition Princess Python in her first appearance. A great cover with the Spider symbol and Spidey’s elongated shadow. Both copies here in virtually identical shape.
PICTURED: AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
#21 VG/FN p £115 SOLD Pence stamped. Nice clean, solid copy, with cover unmarked apart from stamp. Minor edge wear, tight, firm staples and supple off-white pages. The edges of the inside covers are tanned, but not brittle.
#22 VG/FN p £115 Pence stamped. Nice clean, solid copy, with cover unmarked apart from stamp. Minor edge wear, tight, firm staples and supple off-white pages. The edges of the inside covers are tanned, but not brittle.
American Comics Update: Six Of The Best Plus One: Captain America
*Marvel: Seven issues of Captain America from 1973/74, with a couple of debuts and a crossover.
IN THIS UPDATE: CAPTAIN AMERICA ALL SOLD
#164 GD/VG p £4.75 1st Nightshade, Queen of Werewolves
#165 GD/VG p £3.50
#166 GD+ p £3
#167 VG p £4.75
#168 VG+ p £11.75 1st Helmut Zemo as the Phoenix
#174 VG £5 Part of X-Men crossover
#175 VF+ £22 (PICTURED) Part of X-Men crossover
American Comics Update: A mixed miscellany of Archie’s Super-Heroes
*Archie: Make way for the kitsch and the kooky in a variety of formats as we present Archie’s Super-Heroes.
PICTURED: ALL SOLD
ARCHIE’S SUPER-HERO COMICS DIGEST MAGAZINE #2 VG £12 The Shield, the Fly, the Jaguar, the Hangman, Super-Teen (Betty Cooper), the Black Hood, Steel Sterling, the Web, Pureheart the Powerful (Archie), and the Fox plus more in reprint adventures plus a new Black Hood feature.
LAUGH #134 VG £14.50 The classic Archie humour title from 1962, this issue with an original Fly story guest-starring the Black Hood. Off bottom staple.
LAUGH #139 VG £14.50 The classic Archie humour title from 1962, this issue with an original Fly & Fly Girl story. Off bottom staple.
SUPER-HEROES VS SUPER-VILLAINS GD/VG £7.50 Giant from 1966. The classic shameless Marvel ‘homage’ from the Mighty Comics Group, brought to you by Dick, Vic, Bob and Paul. Reprints Fly Man, birth and origin of the Mighty Crusaders, the Web and the Shield. Spine worn, bottom right cover creased.



American Comics Update: The Bute Collection: Captain Marvel Adventures 1946
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: Although it may be considered to be something of a niche collector speciality these days, back in 1946 Fawcett’s flagship Marvel Family title, Captain Marvel Adventures, had a circulation of around 800,000 copies per issue (and this was down from over a million copies in the early 1940s!). No wonder the 1946 pair of issues in this update proclaimed ‘largest circulation of any comic magazine.’ Although Captain Marvel and his chums were presented as wholesome and safe reading for kids, an aspect engendered by the somewhat cartoony art style of Cap’s most famous artist C C Beck, there’s no doubting that the comic transcended that reputation (look at the atomic war cover of #66 here, for example). The characters live on at DC. A double bill from the Bute Collection this week.
PICTURED: CAPTAIN MARVEL ADVENTURES
#65 FN+ £100 All Cap stories by Otto Binder and C C Beck. Great cover as Cap tackles an invasion of BEMs. Nice sharp copy with good colour and an unmarked cover. Edge wear and corner blunting at a minimum. Firm, tight central staple as published; lovely near white pages.
#66 VG+ £85 Cap stories by Otto Binder & Bill Woolfolk, art by C C Beck and Kurt Schaffenberger. Classic atomic war cover. Good cover colours and unmarked. Minimal to moderate edge wear and blunting with very small splits upper and lower spine. Firm, tight staples and off-white pages, creamy at edges.


American Comics Update: The Bute Collection/Pre and Post Code Horror Fest: Forbidden Worlds
*Horror 1940-59: A double bill of ACG’s Forbidden Worlds from the Bute Collection this week:
PICTURED: FORBIDDEN WORLDS BOTH SOLD
#28 GD/VG £30 Pre-code. From 1954, beneath a chilling cover from Ken Bald, four tales of ghosts, monsters and ghouls. Not a bad copy with some spine and edge wear.
#65 VG+ £30 Post code. From 1958, as ACG transitioned from out and out horror into science-fiction, occult and supernatural mysteries, an issue with a long lead science-fiction story ‘There’a A New Moon Tonight!’, cover and story ad by Ogden Whitney (incidentally, Overstreet reports that this story received a record fan mail response.) Several short back up fantasy/supernatural/war stories with art by John Forte among others. Nice clean glossy copy with just minor wear.



British Comics Update: Take Five: Your Wish is our Commando
*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: We’re pleased to present five more early issues of the most famous and longest running Picture Library of them all this week, still going strong after nearly 65 years! We have issues #59, #60, #61, #75 & #76. These are all from the same source, where a previous owner had added two extra staples near the spine, which have rusted to varying degrees over the years. They make the copies a little tight to open, but don’t impair the reading of them. The spines were also taped, and some tape remains on some issues, with a residue on others. Nevertheless, the cover colours remain vibrant, with little other wear or creasing (unless noted) and well-preserved pages. Previous owner’s name in biro and small lettering top of back covers. Highly collectable.
PICTURED: COMMANDO
#59 GD £15 SOLD Extra staples, tape residue at spine. Vivid colour cover; clean, crisp pages.
#60 FA £10 SOLD Extra staples, heavily taped spine. Tiny corners off front right, larger corner off back top left. Pages okay.
#61 GD £15 SOLD Extra staples, no tape. Minor spine wear. Vivid colour cover; clean, crisp pages.
#75 FA/GD £12.50 Extra staples, taped spine. Vivid colour cover; clean, crisp pages.
#76 FA/GD £12.50 Extra staples, taped spine. Vivid colour cover; clean, crisp pages.





Books Update: Detective Mark Brandon by Vernon Warren
*Crime, Spies & Sleaze: Vernon Warren was an English author who emigrated to Canada and eventually settled in the USA. He was a writer of no-holds-barred detective thrillers in the 1950s and early 1960s. His most popular creation was the New York detective Mark Brandon, who had ‘an eye for the ladies and a flair for trouble’. We present three Brandon novels in attractive hardcover editions from the 1950s, all in great painted dust jackets.
PICTURED: ALL BY VERNON WARREN ALL SOLD
BRANDON IN NEW YORK Thriller Book Club c1950 1st UK HC thus FN £7 With DJ (VG)
BRANDON TAKES OVER Thriller Book Club c1950 1st UK HC thus VG/FN £6 With DJ (GD)
BULLETS FOR BRANDON Thriller Book Club c1950 1st UK HC thus FN £7 With DJ (VG)



American Comics Update: The Midas Collection: Superman #11 1941
*DC: Headlining our Midas Collection releases this week is Superman #11, with its classic cover of Superman breaking free of chains by Fred Ray. Inside are four Superman stories written by Jerry Siegel, with art by Leo Nowak (signed as by Joe Shuster), with a Paul Cassidy frontispiece. Superman outwits terrorists, investigates a giant animal plot, secures a cure to a plague threatening Metropolis and encounters a bogus con man. This is a good-looking copy with slight grubbiness at cover edges, but only fairly minor wear. Very slight dust shadow in top right corner. Staples are a little rusty with little sign of rust migration with top staple coming loose at front and with the centrefold off both staples. Page quality is a nice clean off-white to cream and there is minor foxing to inside covers. The numbers ‘943’ are written in pencil above the logo to the left and at centre right (arrival date?). All in all, a decent copy that presents well. High resolution images are available on request.
PICTURED: SUPERMAN #11 VG £1,100 SOLD



