British Update: First Quenchers AND Free Gift Farrago Funnies! Cracker, Nutty, Knockout and Cor
*Humour Comics: Premier and/or Free Gift issues are the theme for this update, as we restock four popular series. Cor #1 from 1970 is sadly only a Fair – generally presentable, but there is a small tear inside where, we assume, the Free Gift was stuck then removed decades ago. This affects two stories slightly – ‘Spoilsport’ and ‘Andy’s Ants’ – so this flaw means it’s graded FA at £20. Cracker, the very strange weekly from D.C. Thomson, debuted in 1975, and despite a respectable run, seems little remembered these days – a pity, as its off-beat (and excruciatingly corny) humour had a certain charm. We have issue #1, sadly without the Free Gift, but a decent VG, at £15 and issue #2 in FN with the Free Gift – the ‘Cracker Bang’ – also FN. These paper noisemakers are a staple of British Comics, having been around since at least the 1930s, but because of the force necessary to get them to make the noise, they didn’t endure and seldom survive. This comic & gift combo (pictured) is on sale at £25. The first issue of the 1971 ‘reboot’ Knockout is also new in, a very respectable Fine copy, sadly without the Arrow Toffee Bars, on sale at £15. And finally – the big one: (No, not the Big One, that was a different comic…) Nutty, the 1980 launch which gave the world the multi-media star power of ‘Bananaman’. We have not one but two copies of Nutty #1, one FN with the Lemon Flavour Space Dust VF (pictured, though we seriously don’t recommend consuming it) at £30 for comic and gift; the second #1 is VG without gift at £15. We also have issue #2 VG £7.50 and issue #3 FN with Free Gift – the ‘Whirlyjig’ – also FN at £20, also pictured.