I Never Give Up Asking -Looking for Scans of Grail Comics

 

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Now you might assume (I always do and I think that is a mistake) that someone reading this blog must have copies or at least scans of the books I have been looking for since...the 1980s!!

PLEASE if you can help with scans of any of the items mentioned below let me know at hoopercomicsuk@yahoo.com -subject "Vintage Comics" or you might go into spam. And here is the usual appeal.

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 I have found two collectors who have these comics as well as the Krakos the Egyptian collection. They have stated that although they have scanned the books that is for private use and they do not intend to share.  I ought to point out that scans being published DO NOT undermine the value of the actual printed original because those will always be wanted.  The truth is UK Golden Age comics do not command a high price and where they are offered at high prices they do not sell.

So.....

I was asked by someone what my "grails" were. I gathered he meant what books I'd like to get hold of.

Obviously William A. Ward's The Bat the strip or the alleged collected edition.

The list used to be on the Yahoo groups but I have filled in a lot of "want to see/haves" since then -full Iron Warrior and Krakos strips (I would love to see Krakos' first appearance). Mars Man, Moon Man in Zip Bang.

Sad though I might be I would dearly love to put faces to the creators -the McCails, Len Fullerton, Alf Farningham, William A Ward and so on. That I have found images of some original Penny Dreadful authors is perplexing since we have portraits or even sketch portraits but no photos of people who are more modern era -John Spencer (Samuel Assael), Gerald Swan and so on.

For me just finding a new character or even the odd photo tends to be a boost.

Of course if anyone out there has any of these things -get in touch!