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Lot Type Grading Description Est $A COMICS & COMIC ART 741 Artwork original artwork for British saucy seaside postcards by Pedro, Arnold Taylor (2 + issued postcard) & Trow (2). Pencil, ink or warercolour. Taylor's pencil sketch has 'Blackpool Post Card Censorship Board APPROVED' handstamp on reverse. (5 items) 150 742 - Art balance of collection including 1920s comic strips (4) of 'In Animal Town'; book 'How to Create Cartoons' by Greene [New York, 1941]; Storyboards (4) for 'Monster Force', 'Dog City', 'Wildcats' & 'Death Race 2000'; anime character design & concept art for 'Macross Frontier' & 'Crescent Love' (2); various items concept art in 40-page folio; etc. (40+) 150 743 - Filmation collection comprising animation cels (4), colour concept cels (2), animation drawings, and animation concept bibles (MU79, MU116, MU128, PP35, PP54, PP90, HH15) for He-Man and the , offshoot She-Ra: and . 150 744 - original artwork by Joseph Mackie (3) for Daredevil, Black Bolt & Triton; Brett Breeding DC Comics artwork; plus concept artwork photocopies for 'Spiderman - The Attack of the Arachnoid'. (5 items) 100 745 Books 'The Art of the Animator' by Percy Bradshaw [London, 1st Edition, c.1918-20], complete set of 20 parts in grey card folders, each with a developmental series of a single illustration, artists include Harry Rountree, Spencer Pryse, Bert Thomas, Warwick Reynolds, Lawson Wood, Russell Flint & Heath Robinson, mainly Fair/Fine. (20 items) 200

Ex Lot 746 746 Comic Books collection including pulps 'Captain Future' (Summer 1942 & Spring 1944); comics with 'Captain Marvel' (5) including Nos.16 & 20; 'Daredevil' Nos. 43 & 89; 'Captain Midnight' (Australian) No.17; '' [1949]; 'The Atom'; ''; 'Captain Atom'; 'Bat Man' (2); 'The Shadow', 'Green Lantern'. (24) 250 Page:2 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021

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Ex Lot 747 747 - collection including scarce Australian 'Corky - Chico & Kelly' #3 [Apache Comics, Sydney, 1955; not listed in 'Panel by Panel - A History of Australian Comics' or 'Bonzer']; 'The Adventures of ' #505 with postcard of issue #1; 'Skunge NYPD' #0 & #1; 'Youngblood'; 'Air Hawk' magazine issue #4 & Summer Special; Mickey Mouse collectable book; plus poster 'The Australian Exhibition 1930s-1990s'. (9 items) 150 748 - collection including Walt Disney (25) with Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck & Uncle Scrooge; Phantom (4), (3), Turok (3), The , , X-men & others (36), condition variable. (74 items) 50 749 Posters 'The Australian Comic Book Exhibition 1930s-1990s' [Melbourne, 1995], framed 63x88cm; plus ', Catman and a kid called Ginger/Silver Star No.1' from the 1997 comic book exhibition at the State Library [Melbourne, 1997], framed 46x74cm. (2 items) 100

Lot 750 750 BATMAN: Original production drawings of Batman, Joker & Penguin from the 1968-69 Filmation TV show, window mounted together in archival quality frame, overall 118x44cm. With CoA. 300 751 - Acetate proof pages (6) including covers for Nos.166 & 332; plus two pages of original art, Superb condition. (8) 250 752 BONZO THE DOG: Collection of ceramic, metal & glass items including jugs (2), serviette rings (6), salt & pepper shakers (9), egg cups (3). {Bonzo the Dog was a fictional cartoon character created in 1922 by artist George Studdy. The pup quickly rose to popularity in the 1920s and starred in one of the world's first cartoons. Bonzo inspired mass-marketed merchandise, and became a favourite among children and adults} (44 items) 100 Auction 244 Page:3

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Ex Lot 753 753 THE ADVENTURES OF BUCK ROGERS: Australian edition comics Nos. 1 (covers loose), 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22 & 23 [19 issues, Melbourne, Oct.1936 to Nov.1939]; plus Special Half-Yearly Issues Nos (1), 2, 3, 4, 5 & 9 [6 issues, Melbourne, c.1938-40]; also 'The Adventures of Buck Rogers Annual No.4' [Melbourne, circa 1940 with advertisment for WWII model planes on reverse], Fair/Good condition. A rare series. (26 items) 2,000 754 CONAN THE ADVENTURER: Original animation cel of Conan & Jezmine, with sticker 'Original Production Cel/CONAN licensed by/Conan Properties Inc/@1993 Sunbow Productions LP', window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 51x45cm. 150 755 GREEN LANTERN: Original production art for Green Lantern, signed lower right "Anthony Tollin". With CoA. 70

Ex Lot 756 756 THE PHANTOM: Australian edition comics Nos. 2 (covers loose), 3, 4 & 5 , Fair/Good condition with staples rusty. [From May 1938 to September 1940 'The Australian Woman's Mirror' ran a 5 comic book series dedicated solely to The Phantom] (4 items) 200 757 SHERLOCK HOLMES IN THE 23RD CENTURY: group with storyboards, characters & vehicles for first two episodes in two folders, with the storyboard for Act 3 signed by Lou Schiemer, Filmation co-founder. [ by Filmation studios planned for 1988] 250 Page:4 www.abacusauctions.com.au 17 & 18 June 2021

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Ex Lot 758 758 THE SIMPSONS: Original production drawings of Homer Simpson from Season 15 (2003-04) & Season 16 (2004-05). (7 items) 200 759 SPIRAL ZONE: Writer's Bible, Storyboard & photocopied drawings, housed in two binders & folder, from Spiral Zone, a 1987 American science fiction animated series produced by Atlantic/Kushner-Locke, and animated by Japanese studio Visual 80. 150

Ex Lot 760 760 WALLY AND THE MAJOR: Comic books by Stan Cross issues #3 [1944], #4 [1945; tape on spine] & #13 [1954], Fair to VG condition. (3 items) 60

Ex Lot 761 761 - original cartoon drawings by Carl Lyon (64), pen and ink on paper, all signed lower right, each about 60x24cm, published in the 1970s in 'The Herald'; together with the 64 matching proofs. [Wally and the Major was a cartoon strip created by Stan Cross published in newspapers throughout Australia & NZ from 1940, with Carl Lyon taking over in 1970] (128 items) 1,000 Auction 244 Page:5

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Ex Lot 762 762 - Original cartoon drawings by Carl Lyon (40), pen and ink on paper, all signed lower right, each about 60x24cm, published in the 1970s in 'The Herald'; together with the 40 matching proofs. (80 items) 600 763 X-MEN THE ANIMATED SERIES: Original animation cel of Cyclops, window mounted, framed & glazed, overall 49x43cm. 250