This week’s Vectis Comics and Publications auction, taking place Thursday 16th April, includes groups and single lots of comics, British annuals, graphic novels, including bulk lots of plenty of British comics.
Alongside plenty of American comics from Marvel, DC, Image Comics and more, there are bulk lots on offer of British titles including 2000AD, BEANO, Commando, Doctor Who, Eagle, TV Tornado, TV Century 21 and more.
With lots spanning comics and magazines spanning war, horror TV, Film, science fiction, gaming and Sports, this is an auction well worth checking out. Here are just some of the lots…
Quantity of 2000AD Comics 
BBC TV, Doctor Who Annuals. 
BBC TV, Doctor Who & related, Annuals & similar 
Hachette Partworks, Transformers The Definitive G1 Collection and more 
Quantity of Target Doctor Who Paperback Books 
Large Quantity of Commando, Sentinel & Starblazer Comics 
Rebellion, Image, Dark Horse, IDW Books and Graphic Novels 
Quantity of Disney Mirror Comics, Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & related 
Large Quantity of Valiant, Valiant and Lion, Thunder & Lion and Thunder 
Large Quantity of The Beano Comic Library 
Large Quantity of Hotspur Comics 
Eagle Comics, Vols. 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7 (1950/56) 
Marvel Comics, Treasury Editions & similar, Conan the Barbarian and more 
Marvel Comics UK Planet of the Apes Comics 
The Funny Wonder, Larks, The Butterfly & similar Comics (1913/34)
Vectis Comics & Publications opens at 9.30am Thursday 16th April 2026 | Full Catalogue here | You must be registered to bid
Marvel UK Rarities
The auction also features two unique Pre-Production Cover Layouts for the Printing of Marvel UK’s The Super-Heroes #9 and #13, published in 1975, both Silver Surfer related.
Vectis Comics & Publications opens at 9.30am Thursday 16th April 2026 | Full Catalogue here | You must be registered to bid
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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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