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Comic book
While comic art can be traced back far into history, the earliest comic books in their modern form are generally considered to be those produced in the mid-19th century.
The ‘Golden Age’ of comic books came in the 1930s with the emergence in the US of characters such as Batman, Superman, Captain Marvel, Wonder Woman and Captain America. In Britain, many of the biggest names in the collectable market emerged slightly later, such as The Beano and The Dandy, while in 1954, Tiger comics released Roy of the Rovers.

Beano No 1 and less familiar titles which still in demand
19 December 2022While a Beano No 1 will always take the headlines, not so well-known titles can also impress

Happy news for salerooms: not the end of Spider-Man
10 October 2022Four auction records were set in the first 90 minutes of a recent four-day comics and comic art auction conducted by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium).

Comics galore on Tyneside
12 September 2022Newcastle auction house Anderson & Garland is holding The Comics Auction on September 28-29.

News in Brief – including one of only 30 known copies of The Beano No 1 emerging at auction
05 September 2022A round-up of art and antiques news from the previous seven days, including a copy of The Beano No 1 selling for a five-figure sum at auction.

Have you got the guts to buy it?
22 August 2022Priced on the cover at nine pence, it was a British copy of a Marvel comic of 1983, one that saw the first appearance of the mighty Thor, that led the bidding at £6300 in the comics section of a July 21-22 sale held by Fieldings (24% buyer’s premium).

Comics create a super success
25 July 2022Sold for $2m (£1.62m) in a major and hugely successful comics sale held by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) of Dallas was an original cover artwork produced in 1986 by Frank Miller and Lynn Varley for Batman: The Dark Knight Returns #1.

What an incredible Hulk
04 July 2022A real stand-out success in the Comic Book Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) timed online sale that ended on May 29 was to be found among the large collection of US comics that were offered without reserve – albeit a British issue of the comic bearing a cover price of nine pence.

Comics sale was a knock-out success
16 May 2022The six lots described here are drawn from a hugely successful sale of comics and comic art held in Dallas by Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) over four days, from April 7-10.

Koppitz dancers show the right moves
09 May 2022'Bewegungsstudie', or ‘Study of Movement’, by Rudolf Koppitz, is the most famous of six tipped-in photogravures, each with a protective glassine sheet, that make up Pictures from the Tyng Collection, a 1931 publication of the Royal Photographic Society.

Frank Bellamy Eagle artwork flies highest to beat Buster and Dandy
28 March 2022Billed as the star lot in a sale that ended on February 27, a scarce copy of the 1937 first issue of Dandy made a high-estimate £3450.

Comics at auction: A truly super set of prices
28 February 2022A four-day US sale of comics and comic art produced some extraordinary results – with 4900 would-be buyers registered and every one of the 1333 lots sold to bring a premium-inclusive total of $23.76m (£17.34m).

Time to launch the haggis!
10 January 2022In a world in which American superhero comics featuring Superman, Batman and other characters regularly sell for substantial six and seven-figure sums, it is really quite refreshing to be reminded of more modestly priced British rarities.

Spider-Man flies high at Heritage
08 November 2021Spider-Man became the most expensive comic book superhero in a Heritage (20% buyer’s premium) sale this autumn.

Tiger burns bright at £2200
27 October 2021Complete year runs of Beano from the years 1958 and ‘59 that sold at £3050 and £3550 topped the bidding in a Comic Book Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) timed online sale that ended on August 29.

John McLusky's 007 comic strip drawings offered at Abbott and Holder
27 September 2021Coinciding with the new (and long-awaited) release of James Bond film 'No Time To Die', Bloomsbury gallery Abbott and Holder is holding an exhibition of original drawings made for the serialisation of Ian Fleming’s novels in the 'Daily Express'.

Comics fulfil auction promise
06 September 2021Collection now up for sale was owned by soldier killed in Korea but kept safe by his brother

Buyer’s Noble intention pays off
06 September 2021Having secured his prize for a notably higher than estimate sum, the buyer of a ‘Fireball XLV’ artwork told Malcolm Phillips of Comic Book Auctions (19% buyer’s premium) that very few artworks by its creator, Mike Noble, ever come to auction.

Rare comic featuring first appearance of Roy of the Rovers stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
03 September 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a copy ‘Tiger’ weekly that made over 25-times estimate at Comic Book Auctions.

Captain America socks it to Hitler
22 February 2021A copy of the very first issue of Captain America soared to £320,000 (£235,640) at Heritage Auctions.

Holy smoke and blistering barnacles – comics set records at auction
15 January 2021A Tintin comic cover in France and a Batman number 1 issue in the US have sold for multi-million-pound sums at auction.

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