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2012 CLEAR OUT ALL BOUND VOLUMES NOW £49.95 EACH
| All issues are professionally bound into blue cloth hardback
books with gold lettering on the spines.
As these volumes were bound at different times, there is a small variance in the size of the volumes. As is common with bound volumes, the comics have been trimmed slightly on some volumes. Overall condition is very good copies with minor defects. A few issues have some small tears, tape etc, and we have not at the moment checked every page. We have however checked that all issues listed are bound into that particular volume. This is a unique chance to acquire a long run of this classic boys paper. Modern Boy is best known for the Biggles stories by W. E. Johns, but the comic also contained early comic strips of Mickey Mouse and Felix the Cat. |
| First launched on 11th February 1928 and always costing just 2d (two
old pence) - This magazine ran initially for 523 weekly issues until 12th
February 1938. W. E. Johns started contributing illustrations and then articles
and then from issue 257, the Biggles stories were published in
The beauty of “The Modern Boy” to W. E. Johns fans is the amount of work he did for it. Initially submitting artwork – Johns first painted the cover for the 21st December 1929 issue – issue 98. His first signed article was published in the 6th December 1930 issue (called ‘The Plane Smashers’) – in issue 148, but it is believed that he wrote articles prior to that as “Our Air Expert”. He then contributed various articles until issue 257 when his “Biggles” stories commenced publication in serialised form. Firstly, all the individual stories from ‘The Camels are Coming’ until eventually his new books were first published in “The Modern Boy” in episodic format. The true first editions! above data used with thanks from www.themodernboy.com |
| MODERN BOY 1st
SERIES
First launched on 11th February 1928 and always costing just 2d - two old pence the magazine ran initially for 523 weekly issues until 12th February 1938. The following week, 19th February 1938 it was re-launched in a new size and this new “Modern Boy” was re-numbered from issue one again. It ran until issue 87 was published on 14th October 1939. Production then ceased due to wartime paper shortages. above data used with thanks from www.themodernboy.com |
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| NOT AVAILABLE | Issues 1 to 78 | |
| Bound Volume 1 | £49.95 | Issues 79 to 104 (26 issues)
This volume trimmed smaller than others ISSUE 98 advert cut out pages 25/ 26 ISSUE 104 half page advert cut out pages 10 / 11 |
| NOT AVAILABLE | Issues 104 to 229 | |
| Bound Volume 2 | £49.95 | Issues 230 to 239 (10 issues) |
| Bound Volume 3 | SOLD OUT | Issues 240 to 251 (12 issues)
ISSUE 244 damaged at top cover edge |
| Bound Volume 4 | £49.95 | Issues 252 to 263 (10 issues) |
| Bound Volume 5 | £49.95 | Issues 264 to 277 (14 issues) |
| Bound Volume 6 | £49.95 | Issues 278 to 290 (13 issues) |
| Bound Volume 7 | £49.95 | Issues 291 to 301 (11 issues) |
| Bound Volume 8 | SOLD OUT | Issues 302 to 313 (12 issues)
MICKEY MOUSE STRIP STARTS IN ISSUE 302 |
| Bound Volume 9 | SOLD OUT | Issues 314 to 325 (12 issues) |
| Bound Volume 10 | £49.95 | Issues 326 to 335 (10 issues)
ROBIN HOOD TEXT STORY STARTS IN ISSUE 332 |
| Bound Volume 11 | £49.95 | Issues 336 to 347 (12 issues) |
| Bound Volume 12 | £49.95 | Issues 348 to 358 (11 issues) |
| Bound Volume 13 | SOLD OUT | Issues 359 to 368 (10 issues) |
| Bound Volume 14 | SOLD OUT | Issues 369 to 378 (10 issues - 9 available)
NO ISSUE 379 AVAILABLE |
| Bound Volume 15 | SOLD OUT | Issues 380 to 396 (17 issues) |
| Bound Volume 16 | £49.95 | Issues 397 to 412 (16 issues / 14 available)
NO ISSUE 402 AVAILABLE NO ISSUE 405 AVAILABLE |
| Bound Volume 17 | £49.95 | Issues 413 to 427 (15 issues)
FELIX THE CAT STRIP STARTS IN ISSUE 417 |
| Bound Volume 18 | £49.95 | Issues 428 to 439 (12 issues) |
| Bound Volume 19 | £49.95 | Issues 440 to 451 (12 issues)
JIM SOLO THE BIRDMAN STRIP STARTS IN ISSUE 444 |
| Bound Volume 20 | £49.95 | Issues 452 to 465 (15 issues) |
| Bound Volume 21 | £49.95 | Issues 466 to 478 (13 issues) |
| Bound Volume 22 | £49.95 | Issues 479 to 488 (11 issues) |
| Bound Volume 23 | £49.95 | Issues 489 to 502 (14 issues) |
| Bound Volume 24 | £49.95 | Issues 503 to 512 (10 issues) |
| Bound Volume 25 | £49.95 | Issues 513 to 523 (11 issues) 523 last issue in 1st series |
| MODERN BOY SECOND SERIES | ||
| MODERN BOY NEW SERIES 1938 COMPLETE SET ISSUES 1
to 87
On 19th February 1938 "The Modern Boy" was re-launched in a new size and this new “Modern Boy” was re-numbered from issue one again. It ran until issue 87 was published on 14th October 1939. Production then ceased due to wartime paper shortages. W. E. Johns contributed an article to every issue called "Let's Look Around" and it continued to feature the Biggles stories above data used with thanks from www.themodernboy.com |
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| Bound Volume 2/2 | £49.95 | Issues 25 to 37 (13 issues)
Comic now smaller size format |
| Bound Volume 3/2 | SOLD OUT | Issues 38 to 50 (13 issues) |
| Bound Volume 4 /2 | SOLD OUT | Issues 51 to 64 (14 issues) |
| Bound Volume 5/2 | £49.95 | Issues 65 to 77 (13 issues) |
| Bound Volume 6/2 | £49.95 | Issues 78 to 87 (10 issues) |
For in depth information on The Modern Boy comic and everything Biggles / W E Johns visit This site and others available to visit from it are run by Roger Harris, and we thank him for information used on this page |
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