*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: This week, two copies of Thriller Comics #1 from 1951. This digest-sized comics series, most famous under its later title of Thriller Picture Library, ran for 450 issues until 1963, and while it featured a plethora of characters during its lengthy run, the trend for the early years was for historical swashbucklers based on fictional (but serendipitously copyright-free) characters such as Robin Hood, Rob Roy, and so on. One such was the Three Musketeers, who were chosen to lead off the series in this volume. The artists were all accomplished Fleetway professionals, and readers thrived on these beautifully-illustrated pocket adventures. Both copies are low grade, but it’s a delight to have not just one but two copies of this rarity.
PICTURED: THRILLER COMICS
#1 FA/GD £60 Structurally sound but with considerable spine wear, including long splits at top and bottom and the habitual rusty staples, which haven’t bled too badly; interior pages clean and flexible.
#1 FA £50 Taped spine, rusty staples, decent clean pages.