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Eagle comic issues
Classic British 1950's comic featuring Dan Dare and the Mekon. The glossy full colour artwork is second to none and puts the most other British comics from the 1960's, 1970's, 1980's and 1990's to shame.
Loads of how to sports features including football, tennis, boxing, judo, jiu-jitsu, etc.
Eagle is in large format newspaper size. From vol 2 issue 39 they they are 1 inch shorter.
The 1950's and 1960's adverts for toyes, chocolates, etc, really add to this comic.
Volume 9 issues also have The Happy Warrior life of Winston Church story serialised on the rear covers.
Volume 18 and 19 has loads of issues Legends in their Lifetime front covers with famious people (at the time) such as Joe Lewis the box, and then historical figures such as Lawence of Arabia.
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Publication summary
Free gifts summary
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V19 #4 |
27 January 1968 |
Cut out model car |
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V19 #5 |
03 February 1968 |
Multi-coloured wrist-strap |
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V14 #10 |
09 March 1963 |
Super wallet plus 4 wonderful colour cards of soccer stars |
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V4 #23 |
11 September 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #24 |
18 September 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #25 |
25 September 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #26 |
02 October 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #27 |
09 October 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #28 |
16 October 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #29 |
23 October 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #30 |
30 October 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #31 |
06 November 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V4 #32 |
13 November 1953 |
Eagle Extra 4-page Supplement "Marvell of M. I. 5. " |
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V9 #37 |
13 September 1958 |
AP Colourful Annuals 1959 (Fun in Toyland, School Friend Pets, Tiger Roy of the Rovers) |
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V15 #41 |
10 October 1964 |
4 olympic medals |
Key issues summary
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V1 #1 |
14 April 1950 |
First issue |
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V1 #2 |
21 April 1950 |
Second issue |
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V1 #3 |
28 April 1950 |
Third issue |
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V1 #4 |
07 May 1950 |
4th issue |
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V1 #5 |
12 May 1950 |
5th issue |
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V1 #6 |
19 May 1950 |
6th issue |
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V1 #7 |
26 May 1950 |
7th issue |
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V1 #8 |
02 June 1950 |
8th issue |
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V1 #9 |
09 June 1950 |
9th issue |
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V1 #10 |
16 June 1950 |
10th issue |
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V1 #11 |
23 June 1950 |
11th issue |
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V1 #12 |
30 June 1950 |
12th issue |
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V1 #13 |
07 July 1950 |
13th issue |
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V1 #14 |
14 July 1950 |
14th issue |
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V1 #15 |
21 July 1950 |
1st view of Mekonta, then Mekon's planet. |
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V1 #16 |
28 July 1950 |
16th issue |
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V1 #17 |
04 August 1950 |
17th issue |
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V1 #18 |
11 August 1950 |
18th issue |
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V1 #19 |
18 August 1950 |
19th issue |
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V1 #20 |
25 August 1950 |
20th issue - 20 pages rather than the normal 16 |
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V1 #30 |
03 November 1950 |
1st Mekon |
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V1 #37 |
22 December 1950 |
1st XMAS cover |
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V2 #1 |
13 April 1951 |
First issue in new volume |
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V2 #26 |
05 October 1951 |
Red Moon Mystery story begins |
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V2 #30 |
02 November 1951 |
Hal page Girl launch advert |
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V2 #37 |
21 December 1951 |
2nd XMAS cover |
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V3 #1 |
10 April 1952 |
First issue in new volume |
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V3 #11 |
20 June 1952 |
Red Moon Mystery story ends |
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V3 #12 |
27 June 1952 |
Marooned On Mercury story begins. |
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V3 #46 |
20 February 1953 |
Marooned On Mercury story ends |
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V3 #47 |
27 February 1953 |
Operation Saturn story begins. |
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V4 #1 |
10 April 1953 |
First issue in new volume |
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V4 #6 |
15 May 1953 |
Coronation issue - Colour Queen Elizabeth II coronation Route map centre |
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V4 #7 |
22 May 1953 |
Coronation issue - Colour Queen Elizabeth II coronation procession centre |
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V4 #8 |
29 May 1953 |
Coronation issue - Colour Queen Elizabeth II coronation centre pages. |
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V4 #9 |
05 June 1953 |
Coronation issue - Colour Queen Elizabeth II coronation The Nation Celebrates feature |
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V4 #10 |
12 June 1953 |
Coronation issue - Colour Queen Elizabeth II coronation The Navel Review feature |
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V4 #38 |
24 December 1953 |
XMAS cover |
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V5 #1 |
01 January 1954 |
First issue in new volume |
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V5 #17 |
23 April 1954 |
Baden Powell story starts (who started the Scouts movement) |
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V5 #21 |
21 May 1954 |
Operation Saturn story finishes |
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V5 #22 |
28 May 1954 |
Prisoners of Space story begins. |
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V6 #1 |
07 January 1955 |
First issue in new volume |
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V6 #18 |
06 May 1955 |
Prisoners Of Space story finishes |
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V6 #19 |
13 May 1955 |
Man From Nowhere story begins. |
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V6 #47 |
25 November 1955 |
Man From Nowhere story ends |
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V6 #48 |
02 December 1955 |
Rogue Planet story begins. |
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V7 #1 |
06 January 1956 |
First issue in new volume |
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V8 #1 |
04 January 1957 |
First issue in new volume |
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V8 #7 |
15 February 1957 |
Rogue Planet story ends |
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V8 #8 |
22 February 1957 |
Reign Of The Robots story begins. |
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V9 #1 |
03 January 1958 |
First issue in new volume |
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V9 #4 |
24 January 1958 |
Reign Of The Robots story finishes |
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V9 #5 |
31 January 1958 |
The Ship That Lived story begins. |
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V9 #16 |
18 April 1958 |
The Ship That Lived story finishes. |
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V9 #17 |
25 April 1958 |
The Phantom Fleet story begins. |
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V9 #52 |
27 December 1958 |
The Phantom Fleet story ends. |
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V10 #1 |
03 January 1959 |
First issue in new volume and Safari In Space story begins. |
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V10 #18 |
02 May 1959 |
Safari In Space story ends. |
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V10 #19 |
09 May 1959 |
Terra Nova story begins. |
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V10 #40 |
21 November 1959 |
Terra Nova story ends. |
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V10 #41 |
28 November 1959 |
Trip To Trouble story begins |
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V11 #1 |
02 January 1960 |
First issue in new volume |
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V11 #11 |
12 March 1960 |
Trip To Trouble story ends. |
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V11 #12 |
19 March 1960 |
1st new look issue. Project Nimbus story befins. |
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V11 #28 |
09 July 1960 |
Project Nimbus story ends. |
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V11 #29 |
16 July 1960 |
Mission Of The Earthmen story begins. |
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V11 #52 |
24 December 1960 |
Mission Of The Earthmen story ends. |
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V11 #53 |
31 December 1960 |
The Solid Space Mystery story begins. |
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V12 #1 |
07 January 1961 |
First issue in new volume |
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V12 #23 |
10 June 1961 |
The Solid Space Mystery story ends. |
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V12 #24 |
17 June 1961 |
The Platinum Planet story begins. |
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V12 #47 |
25 November 1961 |
The Platinum Planet story ends. |
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V12 #48 |
02 December 1961 |
The Earth Stealers story begins. |
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V13 #1 |
06 January 1962 |
First issue in new volume |
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V14 #1 |
05 January 1963 |
First issue in new volume |
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V14 #10 |
09 March 1963 |
Swift merge issue |
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V15 #1 |
04 January 1964 |
First issue in new volume |
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V15 #41 |
10 October 1964 |
Boys World merge issue |
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V16 #1 |
02 January 1965 |
First issue in new volume |
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V16 #15 |
10 April 1965 |
15th anniversary special |
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V16 #38 |
18 September 1965 |
Battle of Britain special |
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V17 #1 |
01 January 1966 |
First issue in new volume |
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V18 #1 |
07 January 1967 |
First issue in new volume |
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V18 #7 |
18 February 1967 |
Full page black and white advert for Fantastic comic #1 |
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V18 #32 |
12 August 1967 |
Joe Lewis the boxer cover and feature |
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V19 #1 |
06 January 1968 |
First issue in new volume |
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V19 #7 |
17 February 1968 |
Tales of Ascard starts |
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V19 #16 |
20 April 1968 |
Lawrence of Arabia |
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V20 #1 |
04 January 1969 |
First issue in new volume |
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V20 #17 |
26 April 1969 |
Final issue |
Christmas cover issues
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V1 #37 |
22 December 1950 |
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V2 #37 |
21 December 1951 |
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V3 #38 |
24 December 1952 |
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V4 #38 |
24 December 1953 |
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V5 #52 |
24 December 1954 |
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V6 #51 |
23 December 1955 |
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V7 #52 |
28 December 1956 |
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V8 #52 |
27 December 1957 |
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V9 #52 |
27 December 1958 |
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V10 #45 |
26 December 1959 |
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V11 #52 |
24 December 1960 |
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V12 #51 |
23 December 1961 |
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V13 #51 |
22 December 1962 |
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V14 #52 |
28 December 1963 |
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V15 #52 |
26 December 1964 |
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V16 #52 |
25 December 1965 |
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V17 #53 |
31 December 1966 |
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V18 #52 |
30 December 1967 |
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V19 #52 |
28 December 1968 |
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General comic range checking notes
All the early issues don't have any staples, so all the pages are loose. From early volume 9, they start to get the spine sewn with cotton, which gives them ragged edges, then then give up on that and go back to loose pages.
Always flip through checking the page numbers to make sure that pages haven't been removed. As you do this, then you can look for coupons cutout or puzzles/quizes (early volumes have competition corner on page 11) filled in. Most issues have a crossword first half. This is fun with a comic of this age as you can see original adverts and fill in features on how to box, etc. Early issues only have 16 pages, with the odd 20 page bumper issue, so it doesn't take long.
Also watch out for issues that have had their edges trimmed. Lots of the early ones have scrappy edges and you sometime find smaller, neater issues, which stick out. The early ones have approximately 3/4 inch white boarder space top and bottom edges, and approximately 1/2 inch left and right edges. Just a note. Vol 1 issue 1 to Vol 2 issue 38 are a full inch taller than issue after that.
Individual issue checking notes summary
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V2 #5 |
11 May 1951 |
Puzzle P11 |
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V2 #9 |
08 June 1951 |
Puzzle P11 |
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V2 #10 |
15 June 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V2 #13 |
06 July 1951 |
Puzzle P11 |
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V2 #16 |
27 July 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V2 #20 |
24 August 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V1 #22 |
08 September 1950 |
20 pages rather than the normal 16 |
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V1 #24 |
22 September 1950 |
Crossword P13 |
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V2 #27 |
12 October 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V19 #32 |
10 August 1968 |
Bobby Moore pin-up page |
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V19 #33 |
17 August 1968 |
Jeff Astle pin-up page |
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V19 #34 |
24 August 1968 |
Alan Ball pin-up |
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V2 #35 |
07 December 1951 |
Crossword P12 |
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V19 #36 |
07 September 1968 |
Allan Clarke pin-up |
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V19 #37 |
14 September 1968 |
Gordon Banks pin-up |
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V19 #38 |
21 September 1968 |
Martin Chivers pin-up |
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V8 #40 |
04 October 1957 |
MacDonalds Toyshop Competiion pull out |
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V1 #41 |
19 January 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V2 #42 |
25 January 1952 |
Crossword P11 |
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V3 #42 |
23 January 1953 |
Sunbeam-Talbot 90 feature centre pagea |
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V19 #42 |
19 October 1968 |
Geoff Hurst pin-up |
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V1 #43 |
02 February 1951 |
Dot to dot game P11 |
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V2 #45 |
15 February 1952 |
Crossword P12 |
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V3 #45 |
13 February 1953 |
Vauxhall Velox feature centre pages |
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V19 #45 |
09 November 1968 |
Jimmy Greaves pin-up |
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V2 #47 |
29 February 1952 |
Crossword P6 |
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V19 #47 |
23 November 1968 |
Willie Morgan pin-up |
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V1 #48 |
09 March 1951 |
Word search P11 |
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V3 #48 |
06 March 1953 |
Aston Martin DB2 feature centre pages |
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V19 #48 |
30 November 1968 |
Bobby Tambling pin-up |
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V19 #49 |
07 December 1968 |
Jon Sammels pin-up |
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V3 #50 |
20 March 1953 |
1/2 page Robin launch advert |
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V19 #50 |
14 December 1968 |
Alan Stephenson pin-up |
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V3 #51 |
27 March 1953 |
1/2 page Robin launch advert |
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V19 #51 |
21 December 1968 |
Alan Mullery pin-up |
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V1 #52 |
06 April 1951 |
Crossword P11 |
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V3 #52 |
02 April 1953 |
1/2 page Robin advert.. |
Price guide notes
Volume 1 issues 1 to 20 seem to be the most expensive. Obviously No 1 with the first appearance of Dan Dare is the most sort after key issue.
After that, the price of issues generally fall to a consistant level as they are still common and were produced in vast numbers. Expect to pay £4-10 for most issues in nice complete condition.
The first issues in each volume and Christmas cover issues are always more expensive. Collecting Christmas covers is still popular so the demand for these issues increases the price.
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