In our Extras section (found in the Menu Bar on the left), you’ll now find the following:

Over the decades we’ve been trading, we’ve been very fortunate, among the hundreds of thousands of vintage items we’ve had through our hands, to have had many prestigious collections that are famed for their quality, rarity and value and have something very distinctive about them. Several of these are still current for us and being worked on as of October 2024 when this piece was written. We thought it prudent to give the run-down on these collections which you’ll see referenced on our What’s New page and throughout our online catalogue. 

The Midas Collection (for a Touch of Gold). October 2024. The Midas Collection is so named because it is all American Golden Age (or pre-distribution early Silver) comics from the 1930s (yes!), 40s and 50s. All DC; a comprehensive collection of Batman and Superman, but a substantial amount of other DC titles in many genres: super-hero (of course), but also science fiction, war, western, horror, adventure, romance, crime and humour. A mixture of grades, with dozens of slabbed copies among them. Simply the best pure DC collection that’s ever passed through our hands. Starting in October 2024, and continuing weekly, we’ll be releasing a selection of these as fast as we can manage. Fasten your seat-belts, fellow panelologists – thrills ahead! Sign up for our newsletter, and/or keep an eye on our What’s New Page every Saturday morning to see what’s available each week. 

The Arch Collection. September 2024. A new prestige collection of vintage American comics from the 1940s, 50s and 60s. This collection contains a wide variety of material from different publishers and will include plenty of comics that we don’t have in stock (or in some cases, never have had), with an emphasis on the esoteric. At the owner’s request, we’re calling it the Arch Collection, and you’ll find comics from it marked with a distinctive branding on our labels, on our What’s New page and referenced in our listings.

The Bute Collection. April 2022. Named after a favourite place of the owner (Bute is an island in the Firth of Clyde in Scotland), this is the personal reference collection of a working comics artist and author who wishes to remain anonymous. Derived from a multiplicity of sources over decades, but characterised by an astonishing depth, breadth and diversity of American and British items from the 1930s onwards, including many seldom seen on these shores, in a variety of grades. If you’re a lover of vintage comics, you’ll enjoy the ride, and you’re certain to find many comics you’d love to add to your collection.

The Totally Amazing Spider-Man Collection. January 2022. This is devoted exclusively to Amazing Spider-Man and covers almost every issue of Amazing. The notable feature of the TASM Collection is that all issues are high grade, averaging VF/VF+. If you’re looking for really nice copies of Amazing Spider-Man for your collection, then look no further than this Collection. No duds here, and nearly all cents copies.

The Good Doctor Collection. September 2021. This is a comprehensive collection representing a lifetime’s hobby by one of the UK’s most dedicated collectors. It is a mixture of original owner copies and copies sourced from the UK’s most significant dealers (including ourselves); the Good Doctor was very meticulous and patient in collecting nice copies where available and that is reflected throughout this 1500+ collection of Silver and early Bronze Age Marvel titles. All of the important Marvel titles are included and in virtually complete runs from early numbers upwards. 

The Alan Class Private Collection. For over 20 years, Alan Class has chosen us to market both the file copies from his Archives and the printing plate sets used to produce them. You can read more about these here. Even today, Alan is still unearthing the odd gem from his vaults for us.

The Square Mile Collection: December 2019. You’ll still find a few of these in our listings, although the vast majority of this prestigious collection has now sold; we completed listing them in 2020. You can read about it here: https://30thcenturycomics.co.uk/extras/the-square-mile