Tiger Sports Library

These images of the short-lived Tiger Sports Library are c/o ace ebay seller phil-comics (here). There were only 12 issues and these copies look in pretty good nick - apart from the rusty staples.

Tiger Sports Library #1

Tiger Sports Library #2-6

Tiger Sports Library #7-12

UPDATED: annual flyers

I used to love getting a flyer for the year's annuals (and then, to no avail, ticking off the ones I was interested in getting for the upcoming Christmas). Sadly I didn't keep any of them, however that's what they invented eBay for ! 

So, and with acknowledgment that there are plenty of gaps in my listing, here's a trip down memory lane for you...

All the new addition for this posts are highlighted in red - enjoy!

Amalgamated Press annuals for 1958 

Longacre annuals for 1961 

Longacre annuals for 1962

Fleetway annuals for 1963 

Eagle, Girl, Robin & Swift annuals for 1963 

Fleetway annuals for 1963

Fleetway super libraries

Fleetway annuals for 1967

Fleetway annuals for 1977 

Fleetway annuals for 1980

Interesting to see a 'draft' cover for the Tornado 1980 annual here...

Fleetway annuals for 1983

Fleetway annuals for 1984 

Fleetway annuals for 1985 

UPDATED: Boys and girls Exhibitions

Following on from a recent post on Down the Tubes yesterday (here) I thought I should fish out my collection of programmes related to the exhibition - and a few other exhibitions too...

Update...I've now included a leaflet from the 1962 exhibition all about 'Supercar' - contains a comic strip by Eric Eden (who worked on the original Dan Dare strip amongst other things).

Hulton's boys and girls exhibition 1956

Hulton's boys and girls exhibition 1957

cover art is by Rickards

rear cover

and a Kodak leaflet produced especially for the exhibition

Hulton's boys and girls exhibition 1958

Hulton's boys and girls exhibition 1959

The boys and girls exhibition 1960 - sponsored by Eagle, Girl, Swift, Robin

The boys and girls exhibition 1961 - sponsored by Eagle, Girl, Swift, Robin

Here's an image swiped from ebay showing the '61 brochure complete with blue badge - check out the '57 brochure image above with red badge. I've got both badges but up until now haven;t been able to link them to a particular exhibition year.

Boys' and girls' exhibition adventure 1962

Daily Mail boys' and girls' exhibition 1963 (28th December 1962-12 January 1963)

Daily Mail boys' and girls' exhibition 1964 (28th December 1963-11th January 1964)

Daily Mail schoolboys & girls exhibition 1965 (28th December 1964-January 9th, 1965)

image from here 

Exhibition 1966
cover not to hand

Exhibition 1967
cover not to hand

Daily Mail boys' and girls' exhibition 1968

The update I have is that I have recently come across this piece of ephemera relating to the (1958) exhibition...a recent £3 bargain on ebay

and now this recent eBay find...a fantastic leaflet complete with (an Eric Eden drawn) comic strip...