SCHOOL FRIEND (2ND SERIES)

Publishers: AMALGAMATED PRESS
Dates: 1 20th May 1950-766 23rd Jan 1965 (joins June)
Issues: CLICK HERE to view issues, super-size cover images and values in 9 grades

The first girls’ comic to be published after the war, the initial circulation was a very healthy 1 million copies per week.

Individual issue come up for sale but really these are of curiosity value value only - I can't imagine that there are legions of collectors out there desperate to put a complete set together. Issues can sell for as little as 10p for poor copies and maybe £10 for an excellent copy. It's all about what someone wants to pay for an issue or a run of issues. This comic seems also to be bought as a birthday souvenir for those born in 1965 or before.

Spring 2016: Comic Book Postal Auctions sold an unusual lot of the first issue (trimmed, probably extracted from a bound volume) of the 1919 first series and a first issue (well worn - Fair to Good only) of this 1950 series for a combined £48.

Bound volumes are the best way to read and collect this title. An example from a Comic Book Postal Auction's Summer 2011 catalogue:

Jan-Dec complete year in two bound volumes. Publishers file copies starring My School Friend Sara Babs And The Family and Tracy The Teenage Fashion Model 24 Feb: back cover torn away [gd] balance [fn/vfn] (52) Winning bid incl. 10% Buyers Premium: £145.

See also:

JUNE & SCHOOL FRIEND BOOK OF HEROINES / JUNE & SCHOOL FRIEND PICTURE LIBRARY / JUNE & SCHOOL FRIEND PICTURE LIBRARY HOLIDAY SPECIAL / SCHOOL FRIEND ANNUAL / SCHOOL FRIEND PICTURE LIBRARY / SCHOOL FRIEND BOOK OF PETS AND ANIMALS

Total value for all issues of this title listed:

Condition

PR
1.0
FR
1.5
GD
2.0
VG
4.0
FN
6.0
VF
8.0
VF/NM
9.0
NM-
9.2
NM
9.4
MINT
10.0
Issues 766 766 766 766 766 766 766 766 766
Total £ 397.00 794.70 1,190 2,310 4,390 8,670 10,820 365,700 14,270

Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.