*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: Created as a companion to Hotspur, Hornet’s star was ‘Bouncing’ Bernard Briggs, soccer goalie (and later jack-of-all-sports – British comics presented sportsmen the way American ones did scientists, with all the disciplines being interchangeable), who was the only survivor from the original line-up to make it all the way to the end. This week we have a lovely copy of the very first issue from 1963, the nicest we’ve ever seen with no marks and clean off-white pages. We doubt if it was ever nicer than this when it was first printed. Were it not for a couple of jagged right edges to interior pages (which we suspect is an original finishing defect rather than wear), we’d be tempted to give an even higher grade which is rare on a UK title with this paper quality.
PICTURED: HORNET #1 FN £75 SOLD