eBay comics auction house Phil-Comics has around 260 vintage comic listings running this week, with bidding ending this Sunday 26th and Mon 27th January from 6.30pm onwards.
Several first issues include 2000AD, Champion, Cor!!, Buster, Doctor Who Weekly, Swift, Valiant and Zip – and some have their original free gifts.
A 1958 issue of girls title Romeo includes some rare Elvis Presley transfers, which we’re guessing might just sell for more than the £4.20 they currently stand at, at time of writing.
Action Issue 1, cover dated 14th February 1976 – with free gift
Cor!! Number One, cover dated 6th June 1970, with Gulp Drink Powder free gift
Also on offer is every issue of Action (pre- and post-ban) plus the four free gifts issued with the pre-bans have come from the same original source, with most in really nice shape and some of the best auctioneer Phil Shrimpton says he’s ever seen.
Action Issue 2, cover dated 21st February 1976, with Hookjaw transfer gift
Action Issue 16, cover dated 29th May 1976, with free Invasion Game gift
Romeo issue 54, cover dated 6th September 1958, with free Elvis Presley transfers
The Hotspur, cover dated 26th February 1955, with boomerang free gift
Rover storypaper Number 1597, cover dated 4th February 1956, with free Pocket Puzzler gift
Valiant Number One, cover dated 6th October 1962
Tarzan Weekly Number 1, cover dated 11th June 1977, with free Survival Kit gift
A decent pile of Holiday Specials can also be found, including 2000AD, Cheeky, Frankie Stein, Lion, Pippin, Playhour, Victor, Warlord and Wow, plus early Topper from 1953, TV Century 21 from 1965, numerous pre-1970 Beano and Dandy comics – and a small selection of 1960s US comics.
There’s even some of the Gerry Anderson-related Candy comic on offer – one of the most peculiar publications I’ve ever seen, to be honest!
Candy Issue 17, cover dated 13th May 1967
Lion Epic Summer Spectacular Special 1967
Shiver and Shake Holiday Special 1975
The Beano 881, cover dated 6th June 1959, features the first appearance of “The Three Bears”
Run by Phil Shrimpton, Phil Comics specialises in vintage comics and related items such as annuals, holiday specials, free gifts and original artwork.
Holding monthly eBay auctions, often with 500+ listings, they aim to bring a diverse array of items – and are always on the lookout for vintage comic collections, either to buy or auction on commission.
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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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