With Guy Fawke’s night just a few days away, let’s take a look at some of those bright Fireworks covers. The one below is that of a very early issue of THE BEANO. It was offered in one of phil-comics auctions which ended yesterday. With 60+ watchers, more than 10 bidders and 36 bids, it went for an impressive £677. Phil-comics never fail to attract top prices for their excellent items!
As many of you may know, in addition to being a
highly-reputable eBay auctioneer of UK comics, Phil is also a publisher who has
produced the beautiful collection of Christmas covers of the Beano and the
Dandy 1937 - 1969, so if you need a X-mas gift for someone who is into this
kind of thing, why not buy a copy from phil-comics on eBay? I hope sales are
going well enough to make it worth Phil’s while to publish a similar volume of
Fireworks covers sometime in the future! Before this happens (if ever), here
are some festive covers of the Dandy from the 50s. All but one are from my
collection.
Non-computer colouring, clear storytelling, cheap paper, mostly black and white interiors - and it sold in the hundreds of thousands. And all for only 2d. So much for the claim that comics need to be printed on shiny paper and be in full-colour in order to compete, eh? I reckon kids of today would still welcome an inexpensive weekly comic in a similar vein.
ReplyDeleteLots of new covers I've never seen before..of course got the Christmas cover book hope the firework one can come out next year!
ReplyDeleteThanks for showing some real bangers!!