Doctor Who Art and Magazines on ebay

By John Freeman on February 5, 2008

(Posted by John Freeman, updated 6/2/08): Several items are now up for sale on ebay from me, with more to come, which some readers may be interested in here:

Doctor Who Comic Art

• “Ravens” Promotional Art
This piece of art by Brian Williamson (right) was commissioned to promote the comic strip “Ravens”, written by Andrew Cartmel, which ran in Doctor Who Magazine #188 – 190 in 1992. It would have featured in Diamond Previews and attendant PR but I cannot recall if I ever featured it in DWM itself.
The story saw a medieval Japenese warrior transported to the present to save a mother and child from a teenage gang.
Brian is now of course contributing comic strip to Torchwood Magazine as well as many other publications.
The illustration measures just over 210 mm width by 300 mm and the board includes the signature of the artist, in pencil. It is drawn on Marvel art board.

• “Metamorphosis“
The Daleks get a satisfying comeuppance in one of the final pages from “Metamorphosis”, a strip written by Paul Cornell and drawn by Lee Sullivan for the Doctor Who Year Book 1993. In the story, the Seventh Doctor and companion Ace turn the tables on the Daleks’ plot to transform the Doctor (due to his Time Lord genes’ susceptibility) and a shipload of ‘blank’ embryos into Dalek-hybrids with their Mutation-Beam.

Doctor Who Weekly

Early issues of the Marvel weekly that mutated into the Monthly and then Doctor Who Magazine. Some great strip work by writers such as Pat Mills and John Wagner and Steve Moore, and artists Dave Gibbons, David Lloyd and Steve Dillon.

• Issue One (with transfers)
• Issue Two (with transfers)
• Issue Three (no transfers)
• Issue Four (with transfers)
• Issue Five
• Issue Six
• Issue Seven
• Issue Eight
• Issue Nine
• Issue 10

Doctor Who Comic Classics

The first four issues of this Marvel UK title reprinting the early Doctor Who comic strips that featured in Countdown, TV Action and TV Comic. The Countdown strips are excellent and the magazine was a labour of love from Gary Russell and his team.

• Docto r Who Comic Classics Issue 1
• Doctor Who Comic Classics Issue 2
• Doctor Who Comic Classics Issue 3
• Doctor Who Comic Classics Issue 4

Toys

• Dinky SHADO Mobile
This is the later re-issue with the ‘rugged’ roof. Comes with much sought after missiles – three of them!

US Comics

• Love and Rockets #1

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John Freeman

The founder of downthetubes, which he established in 1998. John works as a comics and magazine editor, writer, and on promotional work for the Lakes International Comic Art Festival. He is currently editor of Star Trek Explorer, published by Titan – his third tour of duty on the title originally titled Star Trek Magazine.

Working in British comics publishing since the 1980s, his credits include editor of titles such as Doctor Who Magazine, Babylon 5 Magazine, and more. He also edited the comics anthology STRIP Magazine and edited several audio comics for ROK Comics. He has also edited several comic collections, including volumes of “Charley’s War” and “Dan Dare”.

He’s the writer of “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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