Box 2 - UK sized comics
- Reference:GB 254 UR-SF 89/2
- Former Reference:GB 254 MS 426/2
- Dates of Creation:1973-1991
- Name of Creator:
- Physical Description:1 UK comics box
Scope and Content
This box contains 95 single issue UK sized Marvel and DC comics ranging in date from Sept 29, 1973 to May 1991. The titles include The Avengers, Batman Monthly, Secret Wars II, Captain Britain, The Super-Heroes, and The Incredible Hulk. Some of the comics have writing on the covers and/or a stamp on the back cover. They are published by Marvel Comics Ltd which later changed its name to Marvel Comics International Ltd and Marvel Comics UK Ltd, as well as London Editions Magazines which was the DC printer in the UK, and Portman Distribution Limited. 1/ The Avengers, (No.2, September 29 1973), Marvel Comics Ltd, writing on back 2/ The Avengers, (No. 4, October 13 1973), Marvel Comics Ltd 3/ The Avengers, (No. 7, November 3 1973), Marvel Comics Ltd, writing on front and missing back cover 4/ The Avengers, (No. 9, November 17 1973), Marvel Comics Ltd 5/ The Avengers, (No. 17, January 12 1974), Marvel Comics Ltd, writing on front and stamp on back 6/ The Avengers, (No. 27, March 23rd 1974), Marvel Comics International Ltd, oxfam 99p sticker 7/ The Avengers, (No. 55, October 5, 1974), Marvel Comics International Ltd 8/ The Avengers, (No. 61, November 16, 1974) MCI 9/ The Avengers, (No. 62, November 23, 1974) MCI 10/ The Avengers, (No. 65, December 14 1974) MCI 11/ The Avengers, (No. 66, December 21 1974) MCI 12/ The Avengers, (No. 71, January 25 1975) MCI, stamp on back 13/ The Avengers, (No. 74, February 15 1975) MCI 14/ The Avengers, (No. 75, February 22 1975) MCI 15/ The Avengers, (No. 78, March 15, 1975) MCI 16/ The Avengers, (No. 84, April 26 1975) MCI 17/ The Avengers, (No. 94, July 5 1975) MCI 18/ The Avengers, (No. 95, July 12 1975) MCI 19/ The Avengers, (No. 96, July 19 1975) MCI 20/ The Avengers, (No. 99, August 9 1975) MCI 21/ The Avengers, (No. 101, August 23 1975) MCI 22/ The Avengers, (No. 102, August 30 1975) MCI 23/ The Avengers, (No. 105, September 20 1975) MCI 24/ The Avengers, (No. 106, September 27 1975) MCI 25/ The Avengers, (No. 148, July 14 1976) MCI, price written in blue on front 26/ Batman Monthly (#33, 1991) London Editions Magazines 27/ Batman Presents: 2, The Riddler (Spring February 1991) London Editions Magazines 28/ Batman Monthly Presents, The Penguin (1990) London Editions Magazines 29/ Batman Monthly (#34, 1991) London Editions Magazines, tape on cover 30/ Batman Presents: 3, Catwoman (Summer May 1991) London Editions Magazines 31/ Batman Monthly (#35, 1991) London Editions Magazines 32/ DC Action (No. 2, 1990) London Editions Magazines, graphic album 33/ Chilling Tales of Horror (Vol. 1 No. 3, 1980) Portman Distribution Limited 34/ Marvel and Walt Disney Present: Dragonslayer (1982) Marvel Comics Ltd 35/ The Punisher (No. 2, 12th August 1989) Marvel Comics Ltd 36/ Secret Wars II (No 39, 29th March 1986) Marvel Comics Ltd 37/ Secret Wars II (No 40, 5th April 1986) Marvel Comics Ltd, writing on cover 38/ Secret Wars II (No 43, 26th April 1986) Marvel Comics Ltd 39/ Captain Britain (No. 5, November 10 1976) MCI, Plan 9 sticker £0.50 40/ Captain Britain (No. 6, No 17, 1976) MCI, 2 Plan 9 stickers for £0.50 41/ Captain Britain (No. 7, November 24 1976) MCI 42/ Captain Britain (No. 11, Dec 22 1976) MCI 43/ Captain Britain (No. 12, December 29 1976) MCI, 2 Plan 9 stickers for £0.50 and in plastic cover 44/ Captain Britain (No. 14, Jan 12 1977) MCI, sticker for £2.00 and in plastic cover 45/ Captain Britain (No. 15, Jan 19 1977) MCI, sticker for £1.00 and in plastic cover 46/ Captain Britain (No. 16, Jan 26 1977) MCI 47/ Captain Britain (No. 24, March 23 1977) MCI 48/ Captain Britain (No. 27, April 13 1977) MCI, sticker for £2 and in plastic cover 49/ The Super-Heroes (No.1, March 8 1975) MCI, stamp on back 50/ The Super-Heroes (No. 2, March 15 1975) MCI 51/ The Super-Heroes (No. 4, March 29 1975) MCI 52/ The Super-Heroes (No. 5, April 5 1975) MCI 53/ The Super-Heroes (No. 7, April 19 1975) MCI, stamp on back 54/ The Super-Heroes (No. 8, April 26 1975) MCI, 5p written on cover 55/ The Super-Heroes (No. 9, May 3 1975) MCI, 5 p written on cover 56/ The Super-Heroes (No. 10, May 10 1975) MCI 57/ The Super-Heroes (No. 11, May 17 1975) MCI 58/ The Super-Heroes (No. 12, May 24 1975) MCI 59/ The Super-Heroes (No. 13, May 31 1975) MCI 60/ The Super-Heroes (No. 14, June 7 1975) MCI 61/ The Super-Heroes (No. 15, June 14 1975) MCI, part of back cover cut out 62/ The Super-Heroes (No. 16, June 21 1975) MCI 63/ The Super-Heroes (No. 17, June 28 1975) MCI 64/ The Super-Heroes (No. 18, July 5 1975) MCI 65/ The Super-Heroes (No. 20, July 19 1975) MCI 66/ The Super-Heroes (No. 21, July 26 1975) MCI 67/ The Super-Heroes (No. 22, August 2 1975) MCI 68/ The Super-Heroes (No. 23, August 9 1975), MCI 69/ The Super-Heroes (No. 28, Sept 13 1975) MCI 70/ Spider-Man Comics Weekly (No. 77, August 3 1974) MCI 71/ Spider-Man Comics Weekly (No. 55, March 2, 1974) MCI 72/ Spider-Man Comics Weekly (No 93, November 23 1974) MCI 73/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 55, October 20 1973) Marvel Comics Ltd, writing on cover 74/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 56, October 27 1973) Marvel Comics Ltd, stamp on back 75/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 60, November 24 1973), Marcel Comics Ltd, writing on cover 76/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 92, July 6 1974) MCI 77/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 93, July 13 1974) MCI 78/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 94, July 20 1974) MCI 79/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 97, August 10 1974) MCI 80/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 104, September 28 1974) MCI 81/The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 107, OCtober 19 1974) MCI 82/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 111, November 16 1974) MCI, stamp on back 83/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 112, November 23 1974) MCI, stamp on back 84/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 113, November 20 1974) MCI 85/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 114, December 7 1974) MCI, stamp on back 86/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 115, December 14 1974) MCI 87/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 122, February 1 1975) MCI 88/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 125, February 22 1975) MCI 89/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 127, March 8 1975) MCI 90/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 131, April 5 1975) MCI 91/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 139, May 31 1975) MCI 92/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 144, July 5 1975) MCI 93/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 146, July 19 1975) MCI 94/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 181, March 20 1976) MCI, damaged front and back cover 95/ The Mighty World of Marvel Starring the Incredible Hulk (No. 165, November 29 1975) MCI, Oxfam sticker 99p, damaged front cover 1/ I Saw It: A Survivor's True Story (1982) EDUComics 2/ Eagle Holiday Special (ND) 3/ Secret Wars II (No. 34, 22nd Feb 1986) Marvel 4/ Secret Wars II (No. 35, 1 Mar 1986) Marvel 5/ Secret Wars II (No. 36, 8 Mar 1986) Marvel 6/ Secret Wars II (No. 37, 15 Mar 1986) Marvel 7/ Secret Wars II (No.38, 22nd Mar 1986) Marvel 8/ Secret Wars II (No.39, 29th Mar 1986) Marvel 9/ Secret Wars II (No.40, 5 april 1986) Marvel 10/ Secret Wars II (No. 41, 12 Apr 1986) Marvel 11/ Secret Wars II (No. 43, 26 April 1986) Marvel 12/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 2, 11 May 1985) Marvel 13/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 3, 25 May 1985) Marvel 14/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 4, 8 June 1985) Marvel 15/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 5, 22nd June 1985) Marvel 16/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 7, 20 July 1985) Marvel 17/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 8, 3 August 1985) Marvel 18/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 9, 17 August 1985) Marvel 19/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 10, 7 Sept 1985) Marvel 20/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 11, 14th Sept 1985) Marvel 21/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 12, 21st Sept 1985) Marvel 22/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 13, 28th Sept 1985) Marvel 23/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 14, 5 Oct 1985) Marvel 24/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 15, 12 Oct 1985) Marvel 25/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 16, 19th Oct 1985) Marvel 26/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 17, 26th Oct 1985) Marvel 27/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 18, 2 November 1985) Marvel 28/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 19, 9 No 1985) Marvel 29/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 20, 16 Nov 1985) Marvel 30/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 21, 23 Nov 1985) Marvel 31/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 22, 30 No 1985) Marvel 32/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 23, 7 Dec 1985) Marvel 33/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 24, 14 Dec 1985) Marvel 34/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 25, 21 Dec 1985) Marvel 35/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 26, 28 Dec 1985) Marvel 36/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 27, 4 Jan 1986) Marvel 37/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 28, 11 Jan 1986) Marvel 38/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 29, 18 Jan 1986) Marvel 39/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 30, 25 Jan 1986) Marvel 40/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 31, 1 Feb 1986) Marvel 41/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 32, 8 Feb 1986) Marvel 42/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 33, 15 Feb 1986) Marvel 43/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 42, 19 April 1986) Marvel 44/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 44, 3 May 1986) Marvel 45/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 45, 10 May 1986) Marvel 46/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 46, 17 May 1986) Marvel 47/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 47, 24 May 1986) Marvel 48/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 49, 7 June 1986) Marvel 49/ Marvel Super Heroes Secret Wars (No. 50, 14 June 1986) Marvel 50/ The Punisher (No. 22, 30th Dec 1989) Marvel 51/ Planet of the Apes (No. 29, May 10, 1975) Marvel Comics International 52/ Action Force (No. 32, 10 October 1987) Marvel 53/ Action Force (No. 31, 3 October 1987) Marvel 54/ Action Force (No. 44, 2 January 1988) Marvel 55/ Action Force (No.39, 28 November 1987) Marvel 56/Action Force (No. 42, 19 December 1987) Marvel 57/ Action Force (No.35, 31 October 1987) Marvel 58/ Action Force (No. 25, 22 August 1987) Marvel 59/ Action Force (No.45, 9 January 1988) Marvel 60/ Savage Sword of Conan (No. 3, March 22, 1975) Marvel Comics International 61/ Savage Sword of Conan (No. 2, March 15, 1975) Marvel Comics International 62/ The Punisher (No. 23, 6 January 1990) Marvel 63/ Load Runner (No. 12, November 24 983) ECC Publications 64/ Eagle (No. 259, 7 March 1987) IPC 19/ Strip No 15 (1990) Marvel Comics 20/ Toxic No 2 (1991) Apocalypse 21/ Shockwave Issue 1 (1991) DC Comics 22/ Overkill No 5 (1992) Marvel Comics UK 23/ Blast! No 1 (1991) John Brown Publishing 24/ 2000 AD presents Crisis No 2 (1988) Fleetway Publications 25/ 2000 AD presents Crisis No 20 (1989) Fleetway 26/ 2000 AD Annual 1989 (1989) Fleetway 27/ 2000 AD Action Special (1992) Fleetway 28/ 2000 AD Sci Fi Special (1993) Fleetway 29/ 2000 AD Winter Special No. 1 (1988) Fleetway 30/ 2000 AD Sci-Fi Special (1990) Fleetway 31/ Rogue Trooper Poster presented free with 2000 AD
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Archivist's Note
Description compiled by Hailey Austin 12/06/2018
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