*Vintage UK/Australian Reprints of US Material: We’re very pleased to present a complete run of Fantastic Tales, published in 1965/66 by Thorpe & Porter under their Top Sellers imprint. Full colour covers with black and white interiors. Fantastic Tales trod much the same ground as the more famous Alan Class range reprinting American science-fiction, horror and fantasy and supernatural stories, but with differences. There were no Marvel Super-Heroes in FT (although there were mystery stories from Tales Of Suspense and Tales To Astonish), and there were very many DC reprints in FT (none in Alan Class) from Strange Adventures, Mystery In Space, Tales of the Unexpected, My Greatest Adventure & the Houses of Mystery and Secrets, alongside Charlton and ACG material. Also, FT sported new British drawn covers, generally inferior to the interior art which was very often by the greatest artists working in American comics in the early 1960s. This is a very rare chance to acquire a complete set of this relatively obscure title, including a couple of issues which are notoriously hard to track down. This set is in superior grade, averaging FN-/FN, with nothing below VG, overall much better condition than these 68 pagers usually turn up in. Prospective buyers should note: issues #8 & #10 have the same cover (although different content) and issue #16 has one panel where a woman’s dress has been coloured in; a previous owner has included an unadulterated copy of that page. The first three issues are pictured below.
IN THIS UPDATE:
FANTASTIC TALES Complete Set #1-21 Av FN-/FN £165