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Ruggero Giovannini

Just one of many stunning war picture library covers in this amazing auction, this one created for War Picture Library No. 519, "Runaway Heroes" (June 1969), art by Franco Picchioni, gouache on board

10 Comic Art Picks from this weekend’s Massive Excalibur Peter Hansen Collection Comic Auction

By John Freeman on 21 October 2026 • ( 2 )

We trawled through over 400 comic lots to pick ten standout items in this auction

Lion "Robot Archie" page from the story "Mystery of the Giant Bats", first published in Lion cover dated 14th January 1967, with art by Ernest Kearon

Marvel Heroes tribute, Trigan Empire pages and more, on offer in this week’s Catawiki International Original Comics Art Auction

By John Freeman on 26 September 2022

Trigan Empire art, a page of Olac the Gladiator battling a dinosaur in the latest Catawiki weekly auction

Fleetway Picture Library Classics: Westerns

In Review: Fleetway Picture Library Classics: WESTERNS featuring the art of Giovannini (Limited Edition)

By Norman Boyd on 29 December 2020

Norman Boyd reviews Westerns, a Book Palace Books Fleetway Picture Library Classics collection…

Fleetway Picture Library Classics 2020 Montage

More Fleetway Picture Library Classics collections on course from Book Palace

By John Freeman on 28 May 2020

Book Palace has pushed back some of its upcoming releases, but we’re in for some treats!

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