
A mini auction of 40 lots of British comic rarities is live on the Comic Collector’s eBay page, including a bulk lot of Lion comics published in 1956 and a rare copy of the 1940’s It’s a Kracker Comic (No. 5) published by Reynard Press.
In fact there a few 1940s one shots, too, pleanty of US comics, some cracking late 1960s Victor books and two Lion free gift books from the 1950s, Scientific Wonders and Wonders of Space Travel.
Good luck if you decide to bid on anything!
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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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