*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: This digest-sized comics series, most famous under its later title of Thriller Picture Library, ran for 450 issues until 1963, and featured a plethora of characters during its lengthy run. By this time the trend for historical swashbucklers based on fictional (but serendipitously copyright-free) characters was morphing into recurring characters such as Robin Hood and Dick Turpin with a liberal spread of westerns; above #200, recurring war characters such as Battler Britton and Spy 13 were frequently featured. The artists were all accomplished Fleetway professionals, and readers thrived on these beautifully-illustrated pocket adventures. 17 issues between #121 and #250 added this week, mostly towards mid-grade. As always, please see our catalogue for full listings.
PICTURED: THRILLER COMICS LIBRARY #143 GD £8