The latest Comic Book Postal Auction (aka the Compal Auction) is up and running now, the September 2026 catalogue dominated by a lots that include bundles Number One comics from the 1970s and 1980s With Free Gifts; plus Marvelman creator Mick Anglo‘s first professionally published comic strip, and art by Ron Turner, including a “The Daleks” page for Doctor Who Magazine, John Michael Burns – and more stunning “Charley’s War” art by Joe Colquhoun, originally created for Battle-Action.

The UK section starts with Comic Cuts Christmas issues from 1911-1917, mixed story paper Coronation, Jubilee and Special Edition Numbers from 1911-1940 and Hotspur 1-11 including Number One’s free gift, the elusive Black Cloth Mask.

The outstanding item from this period is Playbox No. 296, published in 1930, which is accompanied by its unique free gift Mickey Mouse toy, still in working order and as rare as Donald Duck’s teeth.

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Early The Beano and The Dandy full years from the 1940s and 50s are also here along with some of their high-grade Monster Comics and Annuals.

Walt Disney’s Weekly from 1959 includes an enviable selection of free gifts: No 1 with Zorro’s Hat, No 2 with Zorro’s Mask, No 3 with his Pistol and No.4 with his Code Wheel.

Malcolm Phillips at Comic Book Postal Auctions advises the comics are in fine/very fine grades and, as for those free gifts, “Well, in 30 plus years of our business we’ve never seen them offered together before!” he enthuses.

The 1960s and 70s are dominated by full runs of Buster, Huckleberry Hound, Knockout, Lion, Tiger, Topper and Victor, with Girl Power satisfied by Bunty, June, Mandy, Romeo, Sally and Tammy.

Collectable Girls Comics

Marvelman creator Mick Anglo’s first pro Comic Strip

The artwork selection again takes centre stage in this regular auction. “Laugh with S.E.A.C.” was the jokes and cartoon section of the British Army’s South-East Asia Command newspaper during World War Two. It’s Mick Anglo’s first ever artwork, which was published whilst he served there, and his five-page illustrated story is offered, each page signed.

Mick’s later 1940s creations included Wonderman (John Justice) his first super-hero character and The Tornado (Steve Storm) for Paget Comics where he was the editor. However, his greatest work was yet to come as he revamped the U.S. Captain Marvel comics for the UK market by creating Marvelman, Young Marvelman and The Marvelman Family. (Maurice Anglo Witz 1916-2011).

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Ron Turner Dalek and Space Ace Art

There is a further strong artwork run of Ron Turner’s space and science-fiction pieces from 1959-61 along with two of his 2000AD boards for early episodes of “Judge Dredd” and “Tharg’s Future Shocks“; finishing with one of the last pieces he ever illustrated, an episode of the full colour Daleks story, “Deadline To Doomsday“, commissioned for Doctor Who Magazine as a follow-up to the hugely successful “The Daleks” strip in early issues of TV Century 21.

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Charley’s War continues to astonish

There are more “Charley’s War” by Joe Colquhoun in the mix too, first pubished in Battle-Action, some episodes on offer key moments in the story – and still as startling today as they were when first seen.

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Reworked Doctor Who, and More

Also in this auction are two boards for TV Comic‘s Doctor Who strip by Gerry Haylock, reworked pages that see the Forth Doctor replacing the original Third. Robert Forrest drew “The Picture of Dorian Gray” for Thriller Comic Library in 1956 and three of his pages are also here.

Plus, Keith Watson’s prestigious talent is strongly represented with two magnificent “Dan Dare” first published in 1962.

The US Golden Age section has a good selection of No 1 and early issues including Dead-Eye Western, Lance O’Casey, Mr District Attorney, Blazing Six-Guns!, Boy Detective, Sparkling Love and Tor, with early runs of All American Men of War and Our Army at War.

There’s a strong Marvel Silver Age selection, too, including Avengers #1-4, X-Men #1-3 and 5-7 with long runs of Fantastic Four, Daredevil, Hulk, Iron Man, Tales of Suspense and Tales to Astonish. DC titles are well represented with Action Comics, Batman, Detective Comics and Showcase, along with Gold Key’s Magnus Robot Fighter, M.A.R.S. Patrol and Total War 1 & 2.

• View the full catalogue on Compal’s website. You can place realtime bids at the-saleroom.com

All postal bids need to be with us by Friday 11th September and Compal will enter them on your behalf in thesaleroom.com/Comic Book Auctions website, closing Sunday 13th September from 2.00pm.

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John Freeman

John  is the founder of downthetubes, launched in 1998. He is a comics and magazine editor, writer, and Press Officer for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He also runs Crucible Comic Press.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine and Overkill for Marvel UK, Babylon 5 Magazine, Star Trek Magazine, and its successor, Star Trek Explorer, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics; and has edited several comic collections and graphic novels, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”, and Hancock: The Lad Himself, by Stephen Walsh and Keith Page.

He’s the writer of  comics such as Pilgrim: Secrets and Lies for B7 Comics; “Crucible”, a creator-owned project with 2000AD artist Smuzz; and “Death Duty” and “Skow Dogs”, with Dave Hailwood.

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