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Doctor Who TV Comics, Dan Dare and Charley’s War art on offer in latest Compalcomics auction

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The Compalcomics February auction is open for bidding, and there are plenty of items in the British comic section sure to attract fierce bidding – not least of the large runs of TV Comic, several “Charley’s War” art lots, and some Dan Dare art, too, over two separate lots, up for sale, by Frank Hampson and Frank Bellamy respectively.

Dan Dare/Eagle original cover artwork (1959) painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle Vol. 10, No 36 'On Terra Nova Professor Jocelyn Peabody and Lex O'Mally are carried off by 'Nagrebs' - giant, man-eating ants. Dan's spacesuit is infused with 'Oro' - a vine-juice which repels Nagrebs and might protect him...' Bright Pelikan ink on board. 15 x 13 ins
Dan Dare/Eagle original cover artwork (1959) painted and signed by Frank Bellamy for The Eagle Volume 10, No 36

The first tranche of The Woodard Archive of British Comics was extremely well received in Compalcomics recent November auction, the full 242 issue run of TV Century 21 selling at a hammer price of £3350.00, Lady Penelope’s 1-122 complete run making £3000 and the full 31 issues of Solo took £1180.00 – all new records for these very popular titles.

The second Woodard tranche this February includes the first issue of Knock-Out from 1939, Lion 1-50 with all free gifts, Topper 1 – 50 in a bound volume, TV Comic with Doctor Who front cover illustrations and stories and Victor 1-45 with more free gifts.

Knock-Out 1 (1939). Starring Our Crazy Broadcasters, with Billy Bunter and first Sexton Blake, Red Ryder and Deed-A-Day Danny illustrated strip stories. With Knock-Out Fun Books 1945 and 1946. From the Woodard Archive of British Comics. Knock-Out 1 [fn-], Fun Books [vg/vg+]
Knock-Out 1 (1939). Starring Our Crazy Broadcasters, with Billy Bunter and first Sexton Blake, Red Ryder and Deed-A-Day Danny illustrated strip stories. With Knock-Out Fun Books 1945 and 1946. From the Woodard Archive of British Comics. Knock-Out 1 [fn-], Fun Books [vg/vg+]
Knock-Out 1 (1939). Starring Our Crazy Broadcasters, with Billy Bunter and first Sexton Blake, Red Ryder and Deed-A-Day Danny illustrated strip stories. With Knock-Out Fun Books 1945 and 1946
Lion (1953-54) 52-79, 81-83, 85-100 with Lion Annuals 1 & 2 (1954, 1955). Starring Captain Condor, The Amazing Adventures of Mr X, Brett Marlowe - Detective, No 68 Coronation issue and Grit Gregson - Foreign Legion Fighter. Cream pages, rusty staples [vg-/fn-] (49)
Fantastic Summer Special 1967
Fantastic Summer Special 1967
Dracula Lives (1974-75) 1 With Free Gift Dracula poster, 4, 6-14 with Planet of the Apes 1 wfg poster (Dracula Lives No 1 full page back cover advertisement) [vfn+/nm] (12)
Dracula Lives (1974-75) 1 With Free Gift Dracula poster
Girl Picture Library (1984-85)
Girl Picture Library (1984-85)
Doctor Who Holiday Specials, 1974, 1977, published by Polystyle
Doctor Who Holiday Specials, 1974, 1977, published by Polystyle
  • TV Comic (1960-64) 35 issues between 460?673. Starring the first Supercar (No 483), First Space Patrol (668), Range Rider by Ron Embleton, Fireball XL5, The Milky Bar Kid, Four Feathers Falls, The Telegoons by Bill Titcombe with No 673 Fireworks issue pg 3 advertisement of William Hartnell's Doctor Who first episode the following week. From the Woodard Archive of British Comics. A few [vg], balance [fn-/vfn] (35)
    TV Comic (1960-64) 35 issues featuring Supercar
  • TV Comic (1965) 720, 721, 723-725 Fireworks. No 720 first Avengers issue with Doctor Who full colour centre spread episodes [fn/vfn] (5)
    TV Comic (1965) – first Avengers issue with Doctor Who
  • TV Comic (1967) 803-806, 808, 809. All with Doctor Who and the Daleks front covers and pages 2 & 3 episodes. 803 [vg], balance [fn-/fn] (6)
    TV Comic (1967) – all with Doctor Who and the Daleks front covers
Valiant (1963)
Valiant comics published in 1963

Also featured is a scarce complete run of Australian Buck Jones Cowboy Comics – all 36 issues. Printed by Land Newspapers in 1949 they were the template for Amalgamated Press’s hugely successful Cowboy Picture Library series which started publication in the UK three years later.

Beano and Dandy comics are well represented in the 1950s, mostly in smaller runs estimated at under £80 each lot. The Buster complete years of 1962 and 1965 are also on offer, in impossibly high grades, with all their free gifts.

  • Beano (Aug-Dec 1954) 631-649 including Fireworks and Xmas Numbers with Rodger the Dodger, When the Bell Rings, Biffo, Dennis, Minnie and Pansy Potter. 649 Xmas [vg+], balance [vg/fn] (19)
    Beano (Aug-Dec 1954) 631-649 including Fireworks and Christmas Numbers
  • Copies of Beezer, 1956
    Copies of Beezer, 1956
  • Buster comics, 1962
    Buster comics, 1962
  • Buster comics, 1965
    Buster comics, 1965
  • Buster comics, 1965

The auction’s key original artwork selection is led by two bright “Dan Dare” boards from Eagle, one by the character’s creator, Frank Hampson, the other by Frank Bellamy; quick–on–the-draw Cisco Kid, Kit Carson and John Wayne WDL covers and four sets of “Charley’s War“, written by Pat Mills, art by Joe Colquhoun, one containing a Battle comic front cover paste-up. Also, there’s a complete 1957 Terry Thomas artwork by Terry Wakefield for Film Fun. “Oh! I sa-ay”

Dan Dare/Eagle original artwork (1957) by Frank Hampson for The Eagle Vol. 8, No 15 pg 2. 'Dan, Lex, Digby and Flamer return to Earth to find World Government overthrown by the Mekon, evil master-mind of Venus. Using Elektrobots the Mekon has set up slave camps where Earthmen are kept for his experiments. But 'Spacefleet Underground' has managed to re-programme an Elektrobot...' Bright gouache colours on board. 15 x 13 ins
Dan Dare/Eagle original artwork (1957) by Frank Hampson for The Eagle Vol. 8, No 15 page 2
  • “Charley’s War” art for Battle 559
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks (1984) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle 599 pgs 22-24. '1916. A few weeks before the battle of the Somme? sixteen-year-old Charley Bourne goes to rescue a runner who has been blown out of the trenches into no-man's land!' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle 559
  • Charley's War: 4 original consecutive artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 269 pgs 2-5. 'October, 1916. Charley Bourne and his comrades were in the hastily dug "Angel Trench" awaiting the final German assault. As the shells rained down, the Tommies tried to sing and joke away their terror.' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (4 artworks)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 269
  • Charley's War: 4 original consecutive artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun with script by Pat Mills for Battle-Action 269 pgs 2-5. 'October, 1916. Charley Bourne and his comrades were in the hastily dug "Angel Trench" awaiting the final German assault. As the shells rained down, the Tommies tried to sing and joke away their terror.' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (4 artworks)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 269
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun and Pat Mills for Battle-Action 270 pgs 2-4. 'October 1916. The "Judgement Troopers" had drenched the British defences in poison gas. Now they began the final assault.' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 270
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks (1979) by Joe Colquhoun and Pat Mills for Battle-Action 270 pgs 2-4. 'October 1916. The "Judgement Troopers" had drenched the British defences in poison gas. Now they began the final assault.' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 270
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks by Joe Colquhoun from Battle-Action 279 (1980). With Battle-Action 279 front cover original painting with acetate overlay (printer's paste-up). 'February 1917. An armada of German naval zeppelins set out on a huge bombing raid to Britain. As they reached the Belgian coast they were intercepted by French fighter planes...' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks and 1 paste-up)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 279
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks by Joe Colquhoun from Battle-Action 279 (1980). With Battle-Action 279 front cover original painting with acetate overlay (printer's paste-up). 'February 1917. An armada of German naval zeppelins set out on a huge bombing raid to Britain. As they reached the Belgian coast they were intercepted by French fighter planes...' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks and 1 paste-up)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 279
  • Charley's War: 3 original consecutive artworks by Joe Colquhoun from Battle-Action 279 (1980). With Battle-Action 279 front cover original painting with acetate overlay (printer's paste-up). 'February 1917. An armada of German naval zeppelins set out on a huge bombing raid to Britain. As they reached the Belgian coast they were intercepted by French fighter planes...' Indian ink on card. 19 x 15 ins (3 artworks and 1 paste-up)
    “Charley’s War” art for Battle-Action 279
Cisco Kid original cover artwork (1954) painted and signed by Walt Howarth for The Cisco Kid Comics No 39 (WDL). Bright watercolour on board. 15 x 11 ins
Cisco Kid original cover artwork (1954) painted and signed by Walt Howarth for The Cisco Kid Comics No 39 (WDL)
Kit Carson original cover artwork (1959) painted by Jordi Panalva for Cowboy Picture Library No 317. With original comic. Gouache on canvas. 11 x 11 ins
Kit Carson original cover artwork (1959) painted by Jordi Panalva for Cowboy Picture Library No 317
Terry Thomas/Film Fun (3 Aug 1957). Four original artwork comic strips (complete episode) by Terry Wakefield. Uncle Joe thinks Terry's not very bright as he doesn't bring food to a pic-nic, only plates and a tin opener. All the other pic-nickers have forgotten their tin-openers and give Terry lots of food to open their tins. In the end Uncle Joe gives Terry a œ50 note as he's so smart. 'I sa-ay, Uncle, how frightfully decent!' Indian ink on card highlighted with blue crayon. The frame is large and heavy (30 x 24 ins) so the strips will be extracted for shipment if necessary
Terry Thomas/Film Fun, cover dated 3rd August 1957. Four original artwork comic strips (complete episode) by Terry Wakefield
Fury's Family original artwork (1970) by Denis McLoughlin for Lion and Thunder No 30 Oct 9 1970. In the final episode Fury and Robinson call their animal army to rescue the Hidden Valley travellers from the collapsed mine. Indian ink and black paint on board. 20 x 16 ins
“Fury’s Family” original artwork (1970) by Denis McLoughlin for Lion and Thunder No 30 cover dated 9th October 1970. In the final episode Fury and Robinson call their animal army to rescue the Hidden Valley travellers from the collapsed mine.

The auction’s US Golden Age section starts with a strong run of 1950s horror comics including Tales from the Crypt, Tomb of Terror, Uncanny Tales, Vault of Horror, Web of Mystery and Voodoo – and a scarce 1940 original artwork of Dr. Voodoo by Mac Raboy, from Whiz Comics #11.

Dr Voodoo original artwork (1940) by Mac Raboy for US Whiz Comics # 11 pg 50. Okoro, the evil medicine man, tries to kill Hal Carey, known to the savage Blancas as Doctor Voodoo, and Maxinya, mysterious white girl of the jungle? Indian ink on board. 20 x 15 ins
Dr Voodoo original artwork (1940) by Mac Raboy for US Whiz Comics #11

The Silver Age highlights include The Amazing Spider-Man #55 CGC 9.4, a #129 The Punisher cents copy in [vfn+], The Avengers #3 and 6, Fantastic Four #4, 6, 7, 48-50 and 52, The Incredible Hulk #5, Journey into Mystery, Silver Surfer, Strange Tales #108 and 116 in high grades, X-Men, Adventure #304-317 all cents copies [vfn/vfn+], Batman, Detective Comics, Justice League of America and Superman.

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Postal bids need to be with us by Friday 23rd February and the team will enter them on your behalf in thesaleroom.com/Comic Book Auctions website closing on Sunday 25 February from 2.00 pm.

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