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Undated cover
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Richard Sheaf, a good friend of the blog, runs his own blog collecting together all sorts of ephemeral comics and comic art materials in one handy-dandy place,
"Boy's Adventure Comics". I'm surprised how obsessive he can be - but love the fact he is!
Recently he noted that some annuals - which look to be published in Britain for the non-UK market - had no date on their covers (or spines, I might add).
So here's where Frank Bellamy comes in. For years I called the "Daily Mirror Book of Garth" just that. That is until, to my surprise, I saw the 1975 (portrait) book was dated 1975! That sent me to correct the checklist!
For your collectors among you, here are the two covers sans date plus an unusual advert for this book showing the date.
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| Dated |
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| Top Secret Picture Library #11-p.68 |
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| Undated |
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Undated spine - thus the gap at the end!
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Undated - first page
No prizes for guessing what's missing from the end part of the scroll
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| Dated |
And just for good measure here's the original art for the later 1976 book which sold in May 2008 for £1089. If anyone knows who has the art for 1975 do let me know!
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Original Art
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If anyone has a non-dated 1975 book, could they send me a copy of the spine and also the first page - where the scroll device was again used? Thanks
2 comments:
As I'm sure you'll know, NB, the undated books were produced for sale abroad, hence not being tied down to any specific year. I wonder, though, if they were later also sold in the UK, just to wring a little extra income out of them.
Good point Kid.
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