Book Palace books have announced some new reprint volumes - here are the details of the first 2 books...
Glorious collection of four complete swashbuckling stories
The Scottish Chiefs
Thriller Picture Library #58 published March 1954
Art by Reg Bunn, cover art by Sep Scott
based on the book by Jane Porter
Under the Golden Dragon: The Story of the Norman Conquest
Thriller Picture Library #132 published May 1954
Art by Patrick Nicolle, cover art by WR Calvert
Written by Michael Butterworth
The Picture of Dorian Grey
Thriller Picture Library #148 published November 1956
Art by Robert Forrest, cover art by Sep Scott
Written by Leonard Matthews, after the novel by Oscar Wilde
The Three Musketeers and the Prince of Peril
Thriller Picture Library #183 published August 1957
Art by John Millar Watt, cover art by Enrico de Seta
Written by Leonard Matthews and G Allman, after the novel by Alexandre Dumas
Authors: Michael Butterworth, Leonard Matthews, G Allman, Jane Porter
Artists: Reg Bunn, Patrick Nicolle, Robert Forrest, John Millar Watt
Publisher: Book Palace Books, due late 2020
Number of pages: 272
Format: Flexi Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 6" x 8" (165mm x 215mm)
ISBN: 9781913548049
Next volume is...
Complete stories featuring the exhilarating piratical art of Philip Mendoza, Reg Bunn, Robert Forrest and John Millar Watt.
More details to follow.
Artists: Philip Mendoza, Reg Bunn, Robert Forrest, John Millar Watt
Publisher: Book Palace Books, due Summer 2020
Number of pages: 272
Format: Flexi Cover; Black & White illustrations
Size: 6" x 8" (165mm x 215mm)
ISBN: 9781907081910
Steve Taylor's collection (in combination with mine) continues to provide details of the Archive Adventure reprints series, today issues 16-20 feature Tony Weare & CL Doughty art. Quality.
Archive Adventures issue 16
My collection (and reader Steve Taylor) continue to combine to cover the Archive Adventures series...
Archive Adventures issue 11
Archive Adventures issue 12
Archive Adventures issue 13
Archive Adventures issue 14
Archive Adventures issue 15
Before there was Treasury of British comics line, acquiring reprints of old British comics was hard work (and even with Treasury there is SO much material that will never be reprinted) so this is where Archive Adventures came in.
First up, I'm not sure who published this (or when) or how many books there in this series so I thought I'd try and start trying to list them all, there's a lot of books out there so bear with me...
First up we have Archive Adventures #1-5. All issues are A4 sized, black and white art and had a print run of 30 copies so this is a very hard set to collect.
In some occasions I have spare copies for sale on ebay, I'll put a link wherever relevant
Archive Adventures #1
NOT reprinted from the well known comic called Ranger but instead an earlier comic called Ranger. 24 pages. Print run of 30.
Archive Adventures #2
At by Ron Embleton, from Mickey Mouse weekly, 40 pages, print run of 30
Archive Adventures #3
Art by Robert Forrest, taken from Top Spot magazine, 28 pages, 30 copies. My spare copy for sale here
Archive Adventures #4
28 pages, 30 copies,
Archive Adventures #5
From Top Spot 1958/59, 30 copies, 28 pages, art by CL Doughty and Jesus 'the Steel Claw' Blasco