My last offering for a while since no one seems to want to discuss anything will be this one pager of The Outlaw Sheriff which I believe may have been drawn by Dudley Watkins.
Taken from D C Thomson's Adventure no. 1348 18th November 1950
My last offering for a while since no one seems to want to discuss anything will be this one pager of The Outlaw Sheriff which I believe may have been drawn by Dudley Watkins.
Taken from D C Thomson's Adventure no. 1348 18th November 1950
Thunderbolt Jaxon started out in The Comet (13th August, 1949) so is definitely a Golden Age hero. In 1958 he moved on to Knockout comic with some reprints. Hugh McNeil was the artist who drew the adventures.
Please not that I slightly cracked the spine on the annual to bring you these pages...at my age I cry over such things.
For just over £6 ($7?) I bought a copy of The Green Shiver a "vest pocket book" given away by D. C. Thomson with Adventure comic in the early 1930s. This is no. 9. I missed out on a copy about three years ago as someone was putting in ridiculous bids. Despite what Ebay sellers are telling you these old British comics are not "solid gold investments" or worth paying a small fortune for.
Some people believe that these are mini comics because certain "experts" have called them that. They are not.
The book measures 2.75 x 2.75 inches so is tiny. And here is what is inside -a text story that with my spectacles is readable but, considering the age of the book it is in immaculate condition.
And to show just how old the joke of someone put in a cannibal boiling pot taking the opportunity to have a bath....
The question has to be was it worth buying? Well, if you are an archivist and also into comics and want to see as wide a range of pre-war comic/boy's papers and associated items -yes. Will I read the story? One day when I have the time and don't mind straining the eyes I will!
How often did those elitist "Platinum experts" keep laughing at me and saying "They NEVER had comic strips in Boy's Papers!!" So...The Boys' Realm 11th December, 1926