Heroes! The British invasion of American comics - part 11

Recently (ish!) finished at the Cartoon Museum (here) was their exhibition 'Heroes! The British invasion of American comics'. 

For anyone who couldn't make it here's part 11 of my look at what you missed...

Part 1 was here

Part 2 was here

Part 3 was here

Part 4 was here

Part 5 was here

Part 6 was here

Part 7 was here

Part 8 was here

Part 9 was here

Part 10 was here

Heritage auctions - London, part 1

Here's a few images from the recent event (11th Feb 2026) at the Heritage Auctions gallery in central London. Event seemed to go well - they've promised to organise more! 

Art is up for auction at either auction 7461 (here) or 7462 (here) at the end of Feb/start of March. Good luck if you bid!

Judge Dredd megazine cover by Dean Ormston

John Byrne Superman / Joker cover

Lee Elias cover art for 'Chamber of Chills'

John Bolton 

UPDATED: Aaargh!!! at the ICA

I'm aware of the 1970/1 comics exhibition at the ICA entitled "Aaargh!!! A celebration of comics" - although I've not covered it on the blog to date - but this image was new to me so I thought it could act as a prompt for me to gather together all sorts of other bits n' bobs about the exhibition.

UPDATED: now with another poster added

art by Alan Aldridge

Happy Superman day

To celebrate Superman day let's have a look at this recent Superman painting by ace artist Chris Weston that was up for sale on his ebay store (here) very recently. Great art as always from Chris.

1998 National Comics Awards

I've previously looked at the great spin-off 'decks of cards' that Kev Sutherland put together for the comics festivals he ran in the early '00s. So far I've looked at... 

The (2001) hearts suit of cards is here
The (2001) diamonds suit of cards is here
The (2001) clubs suit of cards is here
The (2001) spades suit of cards is here

He then repeated the exercise in 2003... 
Part 1 of the 2003 deck of cards is here
Part 2 of the 2003 deck of cards is here
Part 3 of the 2003 deck of cards is here

And the 2003 London (winter) comics festival here
And then some extra items here
And then the cards from the 2003 London (winter) comics festival here
And then my first look at the 2004 charity deck of trump cards here and part two is here

Comics festival 2004 calendar is here

And now the A2 leaflet /programme for the Comics 2000 festival has been found and the 'deck of cards' theme is present, but just in terms of illustrations provided for the programme. So without further ado let's see who's in here...Part 1 was here and Part 2 was here

Now here are some images from this 16 page A4 sized guide to the 1998 National Comics Awards

Here's Superman by Charlie Adlard

Here's the guide to who won what at the 1997 awards

JLA by Frank Quitely

Superman in Triumph (1939)

Two interesting early Superman appearances caught my eye on eBay over the weekend....

First up is this advert from the back page of Triumph #771 dated July 29th 1939 and is a 'teaser' image of the cover for the next issue. That issue (#772) saw the start of a 21 issue run of Superman reprints - only a year after his debut, this was the first time Superman had been reprinted. This then can be considered the first appearance on Superman in the UK.

Front cover...

The whole of the back cover

Available to buy here

The same seller also has here a lot featuring Triumph issue 773 - this is the 2nd issue to feature the Superman strip 

The header image of Superman racing a train (below) is new for Triumph and is not a reprint.

Superman in The Triumph and the Gem, 1940

Here's a quick look at the first issue of the second run of Superman in the April 6th 1940 issue (#807) of The Triumph and Gem. 

(If we leave aside the advert in issue 771 for the strip starting in issue 772 then) Superman first appeared in issue 772, week ending August 5th 1939, of The Triumph - his strip there (his first appearance outside the USA & just a year after his debut) would run for 21 issues (so to issue 792).

This 2nd run would last from issue 807-814 - there wouldn't be any cover appearances for Superman - unlike his first run in The Triumph where he graced the cover 4 times. 

Currently for sale here

The Triumph issues 807-814