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24/04/2005: "Star Collections update (American & British) Golden Age DC, Timely, Atlas, pre-decimal Alan Class & Giant War Picture Library"

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.

A huge update this week from our Star Collections with many very special and rare items, both American and British, in the following categories:

*DC Comics: An astonishing array of Golden Age and pre-distribution DCs, including Adventure, Flash Comics, Jimmy Olsen, Lois Lane, Superboy & Superman. Affordable low to mid-grade copies of iconic characters -- Golden Age Flash & Hawkman (the latter with Kubert art), Johnny Thunder, Sandman, the Shining Knight and all the Superman family.

*Miscellaneous 1940-1959: A Golden Age extravaganza, with several seldom-seen Timely and Atlas Comics (Human Torch, Kid Komics with Young Allies & the Destroyer and Marvel Mystery with the Torch, Namor, Miss America and more), plus the second ever issue of Jack Cole's Plastic Man and the premier issue of Charlton's Zaza the Mystic. Rare, heady stuff!

*Alan Class Reprints: Extensive revisions to this popular category featuring reprints of vintage 1950s and 1960s material from many American publishers. All the long-running Class titles have been added to, from early 1960s issues to late 1980s numbers, with particularly heavy restocks on Creepy Worlds and Uncanny Tales, and a lot of the favoured sci-fi series Out Of This World and Weird Planets.

*Boys' Adventure & War Picture Libraries: For those of you who find regular war just isn't big enough - a run of Giant War Picture Library! These extra-tall Fleetway war comics, measuring 12.5" x 5" approx. (imagine two regular picture libraries on top of each other) print three complete stories per issue on average. Popular with readers, but unpopular with newsagents and distributors due to their odd dimensions, these rarities are seldom found in any condition, and a substantial sequence such as this, from the first to the final issue (#76), is virtually unprecedented!

Posted by Rob | 07:53 p.m. GMT

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