*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Football has always been a popular theme of British comic strips, but Scorcher was one of the earliest weekly comics to make it an all-consuming theme, and, given its respectable five-year run, did a decent job of it, even if there was quite a bit of imagination needed to introduce enough variations on the theme; “Lags Eleven” (footballing convicts), “Lord Rumsey’s Rivers” (footballing aristocrats), the superbly bonkers “Kangaroo Kid” (footballing feral child raised by marsupials) and “Billy’s Boots”, in which a klutzy young lad finds a magically-endowed pair of boots belonging to a legendary player, and gains his skills from them – so, cheating, basically. “Billy’s Boots” was the strip that would not die, running for many years after Scorcher’s demise in “Tiger”, and this is the first appearance of the popular series. This copy of Scorcher #1 is only GD – perfectly sound and respectable, but with noticeable corner wear – but the Free Gift Soccer Wall Chart is VF, virtually untouched by the ravages of time. The comic and gift are available for £40. SORRY, THIS HAS NOW SOLD