Redshade

And the same to you Steve.

I was referring to Gifford in that post Yorick. I don't know anything about Anglo I'm afraid although his Wiki entry does contain a list of publications that he was involved in.

I have the Classics Illustrated UK Baron Munchausen by Gifford and you are probably correct, it does look like his style.

I remember this comic coming out at a time when I was giving up comics to buy records so I never bought it though I've seen the odd copy floating around. I don't think that the advertised World's Finest and Superman titles ever appeared but please correct me if I'm wrong. The cartoon strip must have been UK produced filler because I haven't heard the word "pelf" since ah worra lad int sixties.

Pardon me for the interruption but would this page from GCD be of any help?

I collect the British series of Classics Illustrated so I have a little (but not much) info regarding dates. The British series ran from 1951 to 1963. Apart from the first few issues non of these were dated (NB The issues were not issued in a 1,2,3 order but randomly). The 1/3 editions were issued from 1951 to 1952 and there was some customer resistance to this price and so it was dropped to 1/- from 1953 to 1955. A lot of 1/3 issues had a 1/- sticker over the 1/3 price but there were 1/- printed issues as well. 1/3 then became the standard price from 1956 to 1963. The earlier editions also had multi prices for various other countries Aus, NZ, SA then this was dropped as the British series started producing separate variants for the NZ 1/6) and Aus (2/-) markets. (Not to be confused with a late 40s Aus series in b/w). There were never any British separate variants produced for SA. I am trying to collect all the price variants and reprinted editions. As these were reprinted up to a dozen times (or more) without any dates this is, indeed, a complicated and frustrating task.

Do you know Robot I was thinking exactly the same thing. "I'd give a tenner for it but not much more in that condition". The £70 jobbie? Nah! Go whistle son.

Merry Christmas to you too Albert and Marwood. Steve, I've been trying to find the discussions we had about the 12 "annuals" that T&P produced in 1967 by putting four remaindered DC comics, plus their covers in a hardback cover. I spent ages last night trying to find this but either I or the CGC algorithms is not fit for purpose.

I agree. I've been telling @Get Marwood & I that for years. A record other than that in these ephemeral pages should be left for the future. Edit. I never can seem to work out how to "tag" someone (if that's the correct terminology).

I'm sure that there is Steve. May there be many more ruminations.

Say goodnight Sweep. Bye-bye everybody, bye-bye.

I'm old enough to remember when such jollifications were broadcast live. I remember a certain Mr Hendrix being cut off prematurely, as it were. Actually I gave up buying comics in 1968 at 13/14 because I wanted to save up and buy one of Jimi's albums.

We agreed never to speak of such things again.

It's the sweaty vest and bum crack brigade that I steer clear of.

Not after last time!

Steve, one cannot be too nerdy in this hobby. Nerdiness is not only a requisite but is down-right mandatory. It's in the job description, along with the anorak and the tatty old shoulder bag.

Yup! Jumble sales, School Bring and Buy Sales, Church Fetes/Harvest Festivals were my hunting grounds too. Not to mention market stalls. And in those days before every second shop on the high street was a charity shop Oxfam held the occasional pop-up in the Town Hall. Happy days.

The mistake is all mine, I'm a silly old duffer who should pay more attention, sorry.

The offer came very shortly after I had posted.

And yet it does not have a British printed price, only a 10c one. Believe it or not this has already sold and shipped so I don't know what is on the inside back cover, other than what's on the photos.

A true Englishman of whatever age, intellect or class never passes up on an opportunity to use a toilet joke. It's our Anglo-Saxon forbears to blame apparently.

I know! I wouldn't stand for it were it me.

One doesn't see many Canadian Golden Age comics here in the UK so I came here for advice. Is this worth sending for a clean/press/grading? TYIA.

A few places around the world use shillings, but you have to be very careful in some of them!