Brian Reece, PC49

Here's an unusual Eagle related item...yes, it's Brian Reece (as PC49) fishing Arthur Askey out of a pond. 

The Stage golfing society still exists today and you can see further example of past programmes here

All other mentions of PC49 on the blog can be found here

Tiger - launch issues

Ace comics auctions Phil-comics (find them here on eBay) have excelled themselves in one of their recent auctions with some outstanding Tiger rarities. 

I looked at their sale of Tiger #1 (with free gift) - here

I looked at their sale of Tiger #2 (with free gift) - here

and they also had a poster advertising Tiger issues 1 & 2 (which sold for £228)...

Tiger comic #2 up for sale - with free gift!

Ace comics auctions Phil-comics (find them here on eBay) have excelled themselves in their latest auction with some outstanding Tiger rarities. 

It's issue #2 of Tiger (cover dated week ending September 18th 1954) but it still has the free gift that came with it. 

You can bid on it right here

Bidding starts at £499.99 - good luck if you bid! I'll report back on the final bid in due course

SOLD! Hammer price was £499.99

Tiger comic #1 up for sale - with free gift!

Ace comics auctions Phil-comics (find them here on eBay) have excelled themselves in their latest auction with some outstanding Tiger rarities. 

I'll highlight them on the blog in the coming days but I had to start with this one - yes it's issue #1 of Tiger (cover dated week ending September 11th 1954) but it still has the free gift that came with it. 

You can bid on it right here

Bidding starts at £999.99 - good luck if you bid! I'll report back on the final bid in due course

SOLD! £1,170 was the hammer price

MarvelMan #25 sold!

News reaches me of a recent sale of one of the rarest of British comics...Marvelman volume 1, number 25

This is the the first appearance of Marvelman

Issues 1-24 had (previously) been titled Captain Marvel but the title had to be re-named due to DC suing Fawcett.

Very successfully it ran for 370 issues, with the character relaunched as Alan Moore's Marvelman in Warrior no.1 in 1982, then Miracleman no.1 in 1985 and is now with Marvel.

As you'll see this comic is not in great condition. The seller estimates that there are less than 10 known copies - and some of those are in worse condition than this.

Anyway, keep an eye out for this wherever you see comics because this sold (via a private sale) for $6,200 (£4,700) - a price topped only by the very rarest and earliest pre-war #1's of comic like the Beano.

Check out all other Alan Moore references here

UPDATED: Lion comic free gifts

I first looked at Lion comic free gifts here but I've now (thanks to Steve Holland) been able to work out a precise list and chronology of free gifts. I'm still looking for plenty of them but this is a good start.

All new images are highlighted in red

Sports stars album (23/02/52) - issue 1

Speed marvels album (01/03/52) - issue 2

Air wonders album (20/09/52) - issue 31

Scientific wonders album (27/09/52) - issue 32

Wonders of space travel album (08/05/54) - issue 116

Daring deeds of World War 2 album (15/05/54) - issue 117

Speed marvels of 1954 album (22/05/54) - issue 118

Super banger pistol (24/11/56) - issue 249

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Football quiz wheel (17/01/59) - issue 361

Team photos (24/01/59 - 28/02/59) - issues 362-367

one example, from February 21st 1959 (issue 366)

League ladders (24/10/59)

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Team photos (31/10/59-05/12/59)

three examples here only - this one from October 31st 1959

From November 14th 1959

From November 28th 1959

Display card, Football trophies & team badges (21/01/61-04/02/61)

Ace aircraft of the world album & pictures (19/01/63-09/02/63)

League ladders & team name tabs (28/09/63-19/10/63)

This is the issue from 19th October 1963

League ladders & team name tabs (23/10/65-13/11/65)

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Lion & Champion album of soccer stars & photos (14/10/67-18/11/67)

My favourite soccer stars album & photos (07/02/70-28/02/70)

My favourite soccer stars album & photos (16/10/71-06/11/71)