*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 #71-78 featured this week, mostly mid-grade.
IN THIS UPDATE: THRILLER COMICS/PICTURE LIBRARY
#71 VG £15 No Dust On My Saddle
#72 GD/VG £12.50 To Arms. Musketeers
#73 GD £10 Secret Operator
#74 GD/VG £12.50 (PICTURED) Bold Robin Hood
#75 GD/VG £12.50 The King’s Captain
#76 GD/VG £12.50 The Covered Wagon
#77 VG £15 Greenwood Outlaw
#78 VG £15 The Red Rapiers