On a regular cycle, we sweep through our entire stock to delete sold items and keep our listing as up to date as possible. We’ve just finished deleting sold items from the following file in our British section:
*Humour Comics
As of the time of writing, this category is bang up to date, with every item listed available.

*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: You know how it is, you wait around for ages for one, and then two turn up at once! A Rara Avis of the comic world this, the forerunner of the Lion Summer/Holiday Special which started in 1968, this extra-thick one-off from 1967 didn’t actually feature any of the Lion regulars, but rather adaptations and articles on ‘the Greatest Films Ever Made’, as the cover boasts. These include Thunderbirds Are Go, Batman, The Lost World, Tobruk, Quo Vadis, You Only Live Twice and others. Amazingly, this week we have 2 copies new in, in very different grades: firstly a FN/VF example (left), with just very minor spine and edge wear, likely to be the best copy you’ll ever see at £100; the second is GD at £40 (right), a bit more worn with stress at staples and very minor ink marks in four interior locations. You pays yer money and you takes yer choice. We don’t expect either to hang around for very long!

*Horror 1940-1959: A very small update to this section, hardly enough for a fest. 2 Pre-Codes in fact, Atlas’s Marvel Tales #110 & Mystic #24, plus 3 Post Code Charlton Tales Of The Mysterious Traveler with Ditko art: #5, #7 & #11. Getting harder to come by this stuff, but updates here are always well received!

*Marvel: Another sweep through miscellaneous titles of Marvel’s Silver & Bronze Ages. Included this time are: Astonishing Tales (with Ka-Zar & Deathlok), Deadpool Circle Chase, Ghost Rider, Iron Man, Marvel Classics Comics, Marvel Premiere (Iron Fist), Marvel Spotlight (Origin and 1st app. Werewolf By Night in #2, 1st solo Moon Knight in #28, 1st Spider-Woman in #32), Power Man & iron Fist, Strange Tales & X-Men Annual #5.

*TV & Film Related Comics: A very diverse selection from this category, including Doctor Who Magazine plus Winter & 20th Anniversary Specials, Galaxy Rangers, #1 of the Real Ghostbusters, Marvel UK’s Indiana Jones, In The Village (the Prisoner Magazine from #1), Look-In from 1979, The Mask Preview issue from 1986, the Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger film adaptation from 1977 and the Star Wars: Return Of The Jedi Summer Special from 1984.

*DC: A complete run of Denny O’Neill and Neal Adams seminal run on Green Lantern (/Green Arrow) from the second issue #77 up to the last #89. The series that defined the Bronze Age of comics with its ‘relevant’ storylines, including the Speedy drugs issues and the 1st appearance of John Stewart. Multiple copies in of many issues, although one set in particular is marred slightly by varying degrees of colour bleed from the front through to the inside front cover; all marked accordingly in our catalogue.

*Humour Comics: Who would have thought that a comic full of crude Northern humour produced originally on an amateur basis in a back bedroom would have gone on to become a national institution? Such is the way with Viz, which remains hugely popular to this day and early issues are highly prized and sought after. We have #18 (pictured) & #19 fresh in, both in sparking NM at £35 each, along with a handful of later issues.

*Gold Key/Whitman: The United Network Command For Law & Enforcement is a personal favourite here at 30th Century, and we’re very pleased to have several issues of Gold Key’s Man From UNCLE (which ran contemporary with the TV series) fresh into stock. Featuring variable artistic versions of Napoleon Solo and Illya Kuryakin, these form an essential part of UNCLE collectors’ memorabilia. We also have #1 of the Girl From UNCLE with rather nice Al McWilliams art and, as a bonus, the one and only issue of Jet Dream and Her Stunt Girl Counterspies (careful how you say that). Jet Dream and her team of international ‘acrobeauts’ appeared as a back-up feature in many issues of the Man From UNCLE, and she was awarded just one issue of her own series. Open Channel D and get your orders in now!

*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: We continue our significant Valiant overhaul with almost a complete year of Valiant from 1964 new to our listings. (just a couple of issues missing). Most copies are at least Good condition, with many Very Good and a few falling as low as Fair. This favourite Boy’s weekly was well into its stride by now, and debuts in 1964 included the Wild Wonders, Charlie Peace (who, peculiarly after his debut in Valiant transferred to Buster) and, in the same historic issue dated 26/9/64 (pictured), both Mytek the Mighty and Legge’s Eleven. We’ll be back with 1965 as soon as possible!

On a regular cycle, we sweep through our entire stock to delete sold items and keep our listing as up to date as possible. We’ve just finished deleting sold items from the following file in our American section:
*Marvel
As of the time of writing, this category is bang up to date, with every item listed available.

*TV & Film Related Comics: Our big Gerry Anderson series of updates continues with dozens of new issues in of TV Century 21 (1st series) between #78 & #221, in a variety of grades, but mostly very nice; includes very many issues previously missing from our listings. The enduring appeal of the Gerry Anderson puppet characters, combined with the superior standards of this publication, both in terms of artistic quality and production values, have kept this series at the forefront of British comic collecting for decades. Watch soon for both TV 21 2nd series and Lady Penelope updates.

*Marvel: From 1969, the 18th issue of Marvel’s ‘try-out’ title, Marvel Super-Heroes, with the first (and for several years, only) appearance of the Guardians of the Galaxy. Created by Arnold Drake, illustrated by Gene Colan, this offbeat science-fiction story was a little too offbeat for the Marvel readership of the day, and the battle of Martinex, Yondu, Charlie-27 and Vance Astro against the nefarious Badoon, Conquerors of Earth, seemed destined to remain untold. But Steve Gerber revived the characters as guest-stars, and they returned throughout several series until, with a completely different line-up, they hit the big screen in 2014. This is the one that started the series’ long odyssey, and this VG/FN copy is now available for £65.

*Marvel: Grant Morrison’s re-invention of the secondary X-Men title took comics fandom by surprise in 2001, rebranding it “New X-Men” and, together with primary artist Frank Quitely, giving us startling and inventive stories which, unlike his JLA run, didn’t usually piddle away into an anticlimactic conclusion. Ordinarily, a series published in the current century would be beyond our catalogue’s remit, but exception is made here for two issues which have attracted unusual attention. Issue #115 (the second of the run), which featured the first appearance of Negasonic Teenage Warhead, a breakout star thanks to her appearance (in substantially different form) in the Deadpool movie; and #128, which introduced the enigmatic anti-hero Diabolik – er, we mean, Fantomex. Both issues are Near Mint, #115 at £20, #128 at £25.

On a regular cycle, we sweep through our entire stock to delete sold items and keep our listing as up to date as possible. We’ve just finished deleting sold items from the following file in our American section:
*Miscellaneous 1940-1959
and in our British section:
*Younger Readers’ Comics
and in our Books Section:
*Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror
As of the time of writing, these categories are bang up to date, with every item listed available.

*Marvel/Younger Readers’ Comics: The Titan And The Tot! The Comics world has been stunned this spring by news of the latest planned movie blockbuster, the Thanos/Twinkle team-up. The world may not have been ready, but 30^th Century Comics were. It is little known that, back before Iron Man #55 and Twinkle #1, the first appearances of these two seminal characters was in this ultra-rare Anglo-American collaboration. Scrapped before publication, it is believed that only a handful of file copies survive. We’re delighted to offer this outstanding example of the elusive and highly sought after first issue (#-273) featuring the Towering Titan and  the Teeny Tot. Even better, like fine wine it has improved with age and is graded as ESM (that’s Extra Super Mint, folks) or 11.0. More images and further details can be found here.

*Humour Comics: Hundreds of new issues for our listings of the UK’s premiere Humour title Beano, ranging from 1963 all the way to 1994. Christmas issues, Easter issues, promotional flyers galore, as well as a couple of free gifts in later issues. Mostly in very affordable low-mid grade. Also featured in this update are the first strips of such series as Pup Parade, Tom, Dick & Sally, Ball Boy and Sweet Sue.

*Marvel: Three early issues of the Defenders in remarkably high grade (all cents copies): #3 VF+ £27, #5 VF/NM £34, #6 VF+ £18.25. Rarer in the UK, from the days when the team included Dr. Strange, Sub-Mariner, the Hulk and the Silver Surfer.

*Boys’ Adventure & War Comics: I think we’ve said it all before about IPC’s Action series from 1976/77. Infamous for its violent content and eventually banned (only to be resurrected a couple of months later), strips such as Hookjaw, Hellman & Dredger etc etc etc… If you don’t know what all the fuss is about, now’s an excellent time to discover this most notorious of all Boy’s Adventure & War Comics, as we have extensive stocks fresh in of virtually the entire run in a choice of grades, plus a couple of the Summer Specials. But not for the faint-hearted…

*Boys’ Adventure & War Picture Libraries: A small update of a dozen new issues in of the ever-popular Air Ace Picture Library between #113 & #477. These are mostly low grade ‘reading’ copies.

*Marvel: A swathe of merry mutant mayhem with the ever-Uncanny X-Men! Close to fifty issues new in, previously missing from our stock, in the range between #100 and #274. Highlights include the classic #100, with the ‘new’ vs. ‘old’ X-Men; #101, with the first appearance of the Phoenix (pictured); the first appearances of both Emma Frost and Kitty Pryde in #129; issue #130’s dynamic debut of the Dazzler; the first chapter of “Days of Future Past” in #141 (pictured); the definitive Wolverine/Sabretooth face-off in #’s 212 and 213 (both pictured); the premier of the nefarious  Mr. Sinister in #221; and the second full appearance of everyone’s favourite Ragin’ Cajun, Gambit, in #267!

*DC: We’re proud to present the very first issue of Wein and Wrightson’s Swamp Thing, from 1972. Although often overshadowed by Moore and Totleben’s later run on the character, this issue, with the troubled saga of man-monster Alec Holland, transcended the boundaries of DC’s traditional mystery line, establishing a new standard of maturity and sophistication. This attractive copy is VF- at £60, with only fine creases at the spine edge precluding a still higher grade.

*Miscellaneous 1960 Onwards: We present a complete run of all 24 issues of the Eclipse iteration of Miracleman. The reinvention of Mick Anglo’s Marvelman from the 1950’s started life in the UK magazine Warrior and when that folded, the US publisher Eclipse picked up the franchise in 1985 and published 24 issues before they too ran out of steam. The first 16 issues feature Alan Moore’s acclaimed and controversial run, graphic, violent and compellingly told before the reins were passed to Neil Gaiman (himself no hack!) for the final 8 issues. The history of the publication of this character is too convoluted for us to go into here, but suffice it to say that these are among the finest comics ever produced. As a bonus, we also have the complete 3 issue mini series Miracleman Apocrypha, in which Moore, Gaiman and other diverse and talented hands show different takes of the character.

*Marvel: Marvel’s First Family grace us once again, as we add dozens of issues of Fantastic Four to our listings between #37 & #186, plus Annual #5. These are all cents copies; earlier issues are low grade and in many cases the cheapest copies we have available; later issues are in nice shape. Thrill to Lee, Kirby, Buscema, Galactus, the Silver Surfer, the Inhumans and all the other FF pals and gals (and baddies!).

*TV & Film Related Comics: FAB, it’s an all Gerry Anderson update in this category this week, featuring many issues of TV Century 21 (1st series), TV 21 (second series) and several issues of Penelope (retitled thus in 1968 from Lady Penelope). In addition, we have early issues of 1988 Action 21 reprint series, Captain Scarlet #1 from 1993 and the Thunderbirds series from 1992. Full details as always in our online catalogue. Fandersons also please note: many more issues of TV 21 (both series) and Lady Penelope in the pipeline, so watch this space.