Go straight to your interest >> Advertising Memorabilia Antiquarian Books Antiques Art Deco Asian Decorative Art Auto Racing Memorabilia Autographs Badges and Patches Barometers Beanies Bottles Breweriana, Cans and Coasters Buttons Cameras Cars - Vintage and Classic China Christmas Collectibles Cigarette and Trade Cards Clocks and Watches Coins, Banknotes & Medals Comics and Magazines Corkscrews Costume Accessories Costumes and Vintage Clothing Disneyana Documents & Manuscripts Dolls Ephemera Fine Art Prints Fishing Tackle and Lures Fossils Furniture Glassware, Crystal and Decanters Jewellery - Antique Jewellery - Costume Kaleidoscopes Keys and Locks Knives Lace and Bobbins Licence Plates Maps and Charts Marbles Memorabilia Metalware Militaria Miniatures and Figurines Model Soldiers Model Trains and Sets Motorbikes - Vintage and Classic Musical Instruments and Accessories Nautical Memorabilia Newspapers Paintings Paperweights Patchwork Perfume Bottles Phonecards Photographs Pokemon Postcards Posters - Antique and Reproduction Pottery Radios Railwayana Rare Wines Records - Vinyl Religious Artifacts Rock and Pop Rocks and Minerals Royal Memorabilia Rugs Sci Fi Collectables Scientific Instruments Scripophily Sea Shells Silver Smoking Memorabilia Snuff Bottles and Boxes Space Memorabilia Spoons Sports Memorabilia Stamps - Topical and Thematic Stamps and Postal History Tapestries and Textiles Teddy Bears Telephones Thimbles Tools Toys Typewriters Weapons Writing Instruments and Accessories

	Beano 17 January 2000   In the UK today over 1 500 000 people are paid up members of a secret society devoted to scaring little old ladies and the avoidance of homework. The Dennis the Menace fanclub continues to grow since it was started in 1976............ The First By John Crawford 19 May 2000   The firm Hutchinson and Co. published their first “Woman” in 1921. The journal was fairly short lived and ended its run around 1930, when Hutchinson appear to have closed their magazines to concentrate on books............ Collecting Doctor Who Comics and Books 01 August 2001   Doctor Who is an incredibly popular British science fiction TV show featuring the adventures of an immortal time travelling hero. First debuting on BBC television in the 1960s, Doctor Who has appeared in movies, comic books, and a long running series of tie-in paperback novelizations............ Collecting X-Men Comics and Memorabilia 01 August 2001   Marvel founder Stan Lee and legendary comic artist Jack Kirby launched the X-Men on the American public back in 1963. At that time the X-Men consisted of five teenaged superheroes – Angel, Cyclops, Iceman, Beast and Marvel Girl – under the mercurial leadership of Professor X(avier), himself confined to a wheelchair............ Collecting Planet of the Apes Comics and Memorabilia 01 August 2001   The simian saga Planet of the Apes started life as a hard-hitting series of movies which spun an epic tale of primate dominion over man. Loosely based on the novel ‘Monkey Planet’ by French Sci-Fi writer Pierre Boulle, the concept successfully translated into a hit US TV series and eventually into an engrossing series of comic book titles............ Collecting Rare Fantastic Four Comics 11 July 2001   Fantastic Four comics are probably more collectible now than they have ever been in the past – and with a hot new F4 movie set for release in the near future – it looks like prices are set to rise even higher! As any hardened fan and Marvel comic book collector will tell you, the Fantastic Four comprise of four independent (but boy, do they bicker) superheroes – Johnny Storm, the lovers Reed Richards and Sue Storm, and finally Ben Grimm, A............ Collecting Incredible Hulk Comics 05 July 2001   When it comes to collecting Silver Age comics the Incredible Hulk is, as you’d expect, one of the biggies. For example, an excellent condition copy of the very first Incredible Hulk ‘Marvel’ comic from May 1962 recently came up at online auction site eBay............ Collecting Star Wars Comics 30 March 2001   Beginning in the late 70s, Marvel Comics produced a very collectible line of comic book titles inspired by the successful series of Star Wars science fiction adventure movies............ Lee Brown Coye – Magazine Artist 30 March 2001   Lee Brown Coye, the great American magazine artist and illustrator, was born in Syracuse, New York in 1907. He had a life long passion for art and worked tirelessly in his studio, producing weird, amorphous sculptures and countless macabre illustrations for magazines and book publishers of the day............ Collecting ‘New Worlds’ Magazine 14 March 2001   New Worlds is a long running British science fiction magazine – some back issues of which are very collectible indeed. Evolving from its pre-War fanzine roots, the magazine first appeared on a commercial basis in 1946............ Captain America 31 January 2001   Captain America is one of the most famous and collectible of the Marvel Comics superheroes – and certainly the most patriotic. In his trademark red, white and blue outfit and stars and stripes action shield, the good Captain has been keeping the world safe for democracy for sixty years ago............ Silver Surfer 31 January 2001   The ‘Silver Surfer’ is without doubt the coolest character in Marvel Comics’ pantheon of comic book stars and superheroes. Very much a child of the swinging 1960s, the dude we know as the Silver Surfer first swam into view as a guest character in issue no............ Viz Comic Collectibles 31 January 2001   ‘Viz’ magazine is a legend amongst the student population of Great Britain. The first issue appeared in Newcastle upon Tyne way back in 1979 and since then ‘Viz’ has progressed from a cheaply published home made comic to being a proper magazine with staples and colour covers and everything like that............ History of ‘Bullet’ Comic 31 January 2001   ‘Bullet’ comic was published in the UK by D.C. Thompson during the heady days of the late 1970s. The very first issue appeared in January 1976 and came with a cracking free gift, a ‘secret sign ring’ with a collection of 16 stickers............ Roy of the Rovers 31 January 2001   Roy Race, the free scoring centre forward for the top English club Melchester Rovers made his debut in ‘Tiger’ comic way back in 1954. For many years the blonde haired football superstar performed on field miracles week in week out, in the company of Tiger’s potent roster of other comic stars – including Hamish ‘Hot Shot’ Balfour, the Cherokee wrestler Johnny Cougar, Billy’s Boots and the road racing Martin Baker (and his marvellous Mini!)............ Collecting ‘Warlord’ and ‘Battle’ Comics 31 January 2001   If you were a young lad in Britain buying and collecting comics in the 1970s, then odds-on you would have had a valuable stash of ‘Warlord’ and ‘Battle’ comics to while away the long summer holidays............ Collecting Action! Comic 31 January 2001   Hands up who remembers Hookjaw, the huge great white shark that infested the blood-soaked pages of the UK’s ‘Action’ comic in the mid 1970s? Blink and you might have missed him, for the unusually gory ‘Action’ comic sure lived up to its name and after a year of publication was pulled from the newsagents shelves after protests from outraged parents............ Warning! High Thrill Content! The Story of 2000 AD 31 January 2001   2000 AD is the ultimate cult Science Fiction comic and is still keenly traded on the secondhand comics market. The magazine was first published in the UK back in 1977 and is still in print, some 24 years and 1200 action-packed issues later............ The “Eagle” By John Crawford 10 January 2001   “Eagle”, first published on 14th April 1950, introduced a new world of colour and excitement into the lives of British children. Like “Boys’ Own”, the creators were directed by their own high moral values and the comic at first contained a religious feature, “The Great Adventurer”............ Collecting ‘Hammer House of Horror’ Magazine 04 December 2000   ‘Hammer House of Horror’ is a bona fide classic magazine from the heady days of the mid 1970s. Many older horror enthusiasts look back on its terror filled pages with great affection, whilst the interest shown by a new generation of younger readers make ‘HHH’ a horror collectors classic! Using exclusive access to materials copyrighted to the fearsome UK horror film production company, Hammer – HHH hit upon a winning formula for success............ Collecting ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland’ Magazine 04 December 2000   ‘Famous Monsters of Filmland’ magazine – or FMF for short – occupies a special place in the hearts of horror magazine and comic collectors............ ‘Fangoria’ Magazine 04 December 2000   The US magazine ‘Fangoria’ is one of the longest running and best loved horror magazines in the world – and early issues are also very collectible indeed! The magazine was first published back in 1979 and it immediately tapped into the growing interest in horror and sci-fi movies & TV shows............ Collecting ‘Playboy’ Magazine 01 December 2000   As well as being great fun to read, ‘Playboy’ magazine is probably the most collectible glamour magazine in the world! The magazine was founded by the visionary genius Hugh Hefner back in the 1950s............ MAD Magazine 01 December 2000   The humorous magazine MAD is a national institution – with its irreverent take on American political and cultural life. Still in print today, the very first issue appeared back in 1956 and a mint copy is today valued at somewhere in the region of $7500! MAD’s cover star is invariably Alfred E Neuman, the toothy young boy whose grinning visage has also appeared on a whole host of MAD collectibles and spin offs............ ‘Weird Tales’ Magazine 01 December 2000   One of the most collectible of all magazines is the US fantasy and strange fiction publication ‘Weird Tales’. This ‘pulp’ magazine – so called because of the cheap wood pulp paper it was printed on – was in its heyday in the 1920s and 30s............ Ally Sloper By Denis Alsford 20 November 2000   Alexander Soper F.O.M. (Friend of Man) was the first British strip cartoon character. Known as Ally, he was the product of the fertile mind of Charles Henry Ross, a hack author of ‘penny dreadfuls’ who first introduced Ally in the pages of the weekly humor magazine, Judy, on August 14, 1867............ Cow Pies, Mortar-Boards & A Triple-Decker Full Of Fun... By John Jascoll 08 September 2000   John Jascoll is an English-born publisher and book collector who lives amid the pretty Amish countryside of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, and recently edited a limited edition facsimile of the original manuscript of W............ The Boys' Own Paper By John Crawford 05 June 2000   Sold for just a penny a week, the Boys’ Own Paper was packed with tales of derring-do, as well as advice that ranged from hobbies to cultivating a moustache............ English Periodicals By John Crawford 19 May 2000   Any collector, researching a particular period, costume, jewellery or household item, turns first to contemporary periodicals. Eighteenth century magazines, intended for the wealthy and educated classes, are a rich source of detail on the artefacts used in daily life, as well as fashions in textiles and decorating, while the home magazines of the 1930s provide details of kitchen appliances and the lives of working class people............ Vintage Vogue 02 June 2000   When you think of Vogue magazine you naturally think of a publication devoted to the latest fashion. In fact, not just the latest fashion but future fashion – dresses, shoes and hemlines which you think no one would ever wear but that 18 months later are in the windows of every clothes shop on the High Street............ Which Comic To Collect By Mel Lewis 28 April 2000   Every kind of youthful reading matter is collectable. From 19th century Gothic "bloods" or "penny dreadfuls" to comics, the apotheosis of literary fun and games, where the images are the stars - a fact recognised in the Sixties by the Pop Art movement (notably Roy Liechtenstein's work) which saw in commercial picture strips a vibrant kind of folk art............ Vampirella 17 January 2000   When Pamela Anderson was just a twinkle in David Hasslehoff’s eye, one woman in a red swimsuit transfixed adolescent Americans. Vampirella, the supersexy “vampiress from beyond the stars”, had long, flowing hair, catlike eyes and a figure to die for............ Batman Collectables 05 April 2000   Batman and Superman are without doubt the most famous comic book super heroes of all time but they are very different characters. Unlike his clean-cut counterpart, Batman is an altogether a much darker proposition............ Comics By Cath Thompson 14 April 2000   The earliest comics (produced in the late 1800’s) were originally aimed at the adult market. Pocket money for children was not as regular, and certainly not as high, as is commonly afforded now............