British Update: Immaculate Annuals – The World of Wham
*Annuals: No relation to the ouvre of the late George Michael, Wham! was a 1964-launched weekly from Odhams’ Power Comics imprint based around the works of legendary cartoonist Leo Baxendale, who had then broken away from the Beano. We list it here in the Boys’ Annuals sub-category because, although Power Comics weeklies have their own separate listing, Power Comics Annuals seldom hang around long enough to be worth listing in their own category! As with our other ‘Immaculate Annuals’ updates, these are uncirculated 1960s and 1970s stock from a newsagent’s inventory, never sold or even displayed, so the only flaws in any of them occur from long-term storage. No prices clipped, no gift dedications, ‘This Book Belongs To’ inscriptions or other interior markings, solid spines, tight corners and bright, vibrant colours, occasionally very slight tanning of interior pages owing to age. We have five Wham! Annuals, featuring the cult characters ‘Georgie’s Germs’, ‘Frankie Stein’, ‘Pest of the West’, ‘Eagle Eye Junior Spy’, ‘Sammy Shrink’ and more. We have 1967 VF, 1971 FN, and Wham & Pow! 1974 VF (though owing to an original printing defect, the latter has pages 24-40 printed upside down!) (prices for these shown in our catalogue) but the jewels of this selection are 1968 and 1969 (pictured) each in a flawless NM, a grade hardly ever awarded to items of this vintage. On sale at £30 each. Snap them up before they go-go!