Right, bottom: “It’s THEM from THERE!”, an original ink drawing by Ronald Searle for Whizz for Atomms, sold at Christie’s South Kensington on June 14 at £3600 (+ 17.5 per cent buyer's premium).
Where Eagles Dare and a little space oddity
Dan Dare, pilot of the Future, makes his first appearance in the 1950 first issue of Eagle comic, alongside which is a 1953 Dan Dare Book of Jet Planes, with 3-D viewer. These were sold by Comic Book Postal Auctions, London, on June 12 for £248 & £130, respectively (+ 10 per cent buyer's premium).
