*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Just like the weather, our Long Hot Summer event really hots up this week! We are delighted to have a complete run of the Lion Holiday and Summer Specials in stock, including the first ‘pilot’ Special, the Lion Summer Spectacular Epic, from 1967, predating the run of Lion Specials proper. The clunkily-named Summer Spectacular Epic featured nothing from the regular Lion weekly, but instead interleaved comic-strip adaptations of movies with articles and photos on the then-hot new TV shows like Thunderbirds and Batman! Commencing the proper run with 1968’s Summer Special, there was still a movie cover and theme, but most of the content was from Lion, and with 1969 onwards, the publishers felt confident enough to let the stars of the comic carry the covers. We have been extraordinarily fortunate in obtaining a complete run of Lion Summer/Holiday Specials from 1967’s ‘Epic’ prototype, consecutively until the final one from 1980, which is keenly sought because of an epic-length all-new clash between the Spider and Robot Archie – which, to date, has been seen no-where else! Front covers of five of these beauties are reproduced below for your delectation; Lion Summer Spectacular Epic VG/FN £75; Lion Summer Special 1968 is VG/FN £30; 1969 VG £25; 1970 FN £35 and 1980 VG/FN £30. Full details of all in our listings.