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



