UK "Grail" Time Again

  Basically, I have found two collectors who have these comics as well as the Krakos the Egyptian collection. However, 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!

Comicolour Album 1947

 

The latest acquisition is a bit short on action and adventure with only The Young Castaways providing the thrills. Plenty of humour from Young Tim -The The Iron Boy as he is billed here.

All fun and that cheap colur technique that makes things very 3D!

Yippee-Time for six shot action You Owl-hoots!

  I thought "Show off some of the British Silver age Western comics you have" so here you go

Fawcett reprints in b&w

Reprints strips from ALI agency in Spain

Published by Donald F. Peters and distributed by Miller

Reprints Charlton comic b&w

L. Miller 1954-1960 #2-65 art by John Wheeler

1954-1959 Colin Andrews art

1955-1959 issue 1 art by Tom Barling issues 2-65 Terry Patrick

Two New Acquisitions For The Archive

 New acquisitions for the collection. In a few weeks I might do a quick view of the Swan albums collection since the last look was...8 years ago?

1952

1953

Black Tower Comics & Books

 

https://www.lulu.com/spotlight/hoopercomicsuk/

The Falcon -Fugitive! From Radio Fun Annual 1951 images restored

 

Some New Acquisitions

 The new annuals are from the end tail of the Golden Age of British comics are from the beginning and then the tail end of the Silver age.

Circa 1948 so in the British Golden Age, Tom Puss Tales is not British! Tom Puss (Tom Poes in Dutch) is a Dutch comic strip, created by Marten Toonder. Together with Hans G. Kresse's Eric de Noorman and Pieter Kuhn's Kapitein Rob it is regarded as the Big Three of Dutch comics. Value of this book varies from £12.50 to £50

Tuck's Annual has no date but was given as a present in "Xmas 1950" so would have been printed that year.

The others all have the date on their covers.

With postage this lot cost £11.00 because they are not the "big money books".