*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 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, but also featuring crime, war, western and science-fiction adventures and sometimes (almost) real people! The artists were all accomplished Fleetway professionals, and readers thrived on these beautifully-illustrated pocket adventures. Issues #31-50 (missing just #42), fresh in this week, mostly centre on adaptations of historical novels. Full details as always in our catalogue.
PICTURED: THRILLER COMICS/PICTURE LIBRARY
#44 GD £15 King Of Sherwood.
#45 GD £15 The Count Of Monte Cristo
#49 GD £15 Guy Fawkes
#50 GD £15 Captain Blood