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24/04/2005: "Star Collections update (American & British) - Atlas Horror & Princess Tina!"

Originally posted by Rob on 10 April 2005 @ 04:43 p.m. GMT

As previously posted, we are acquiring over the coming months two enormous collections of wonderful British & American comics and annuals from 1940s-early 1960s, which will comprise one of the most significant releases of vintage comics on to the market anywhere in the world at any time. These 'Star Collections' updates will feature on this page most weeks over the next few months as we grade, value and release parts of these collections.

We've pulled out the stops this week for two contrasting selections from our Star Collections:

*Horror 1940-1959: Brace yourselves for another blood-curdling Pre-Code Atlas update, with classic titles Adventures Into Terror (beginning with the second issue), Adventures Into Weird Worlds, Astonishing, Marvel Tales, Mystery Tales (inc. #1), Mystic, Spellbound, Suspense and Uncanny Tales. Featuring abundant work by Everett, Heath, Maneely & Colan, as well as less notorious but equally gifted artists, these prototypical shockers are highly sought-after, especially in the affordable low-mid grades of most of this selection.

*Girls' Comics & Picture Libraries: A huge range of Princess Tina, the pan-European girls' comic of the 1960s and early 1970s. Translated into several languages, this highly-acclaimed adventure title featured the Space Girls by Keith Watson, Jane Bond Secret Agent by Michael Hubbard, Moira Slave Girl of Rome by Alberto Salinas and several more tough girls, as well as Model Girl Barbie (who could be pretty mean if you swiped her eyeliner). Originating as just Tina (see separate catalogue entry under 'T'), it merged with Princess to form a new title, and continued (incorporating the defunct former Lady penelope) until 1974, shifting formats from an adventure paper to soppy romance strips and pop pin-ups, before being subsumed into Pink. From early Tina editions to the very final issue -- it's all here!

Posted by Jules | 11:55 a.m. GMT

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