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24/04/2005: "British update -- Lion & Look-In (inc #1) plus Annuals inc 1st James Bond"

Originally posted by Rob on 4 April 2005 @ 06:37 p.m. GMT

A nice British update this week with some ever-popular items in the following categories:

*Annuals: 'His name is Bond...James Bond.' From 1966, the first James Bond 007 annual, in FN condition -- an extremely rare find. Also, extensive top-ups to popular titles Beano, Eagle, Fantastic, Lion & Tiger. Embrace your inner nostalgist!

*Boys' Adventure & War Comics: A run of the high-demand Lion weekly, from 1967 to 1974 averaging VG to FN. It's generally acknowledged that from 1965 to 1974, Lion was at its peak, with cult series such as the Spider, Robot Archie, Zip Nolan and Spellbinder, and these copies are right 'in the zone'. Plus a rare find -- the first 10 issues of Look-In from 1971, averaging FN. With Mike Noble's superlative Timeslip colour strip and other TV-to-comics adaptations, Look-In is almost never found in complete condition due to the pin-ups and pull-outs being removed, so to have a key run intact as this one is unusual indeed. (NB for completists, Look-In started renumbering at #1 at the start of every year, but 1971 was the first year of publication)

Posted by Jules | 11:51 a.m. GMT

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