ZIP
Publishers: ODHAMS
Dates: 4th Jan 1958-3rd Oct 1959 (85 un-numbered issues; joins Swift)
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Collectible for Don Lawrence artwork on Wells Fargo and Ron Embleton artwork on Strongbow the Mighty.
Aug 2011: a VG+ copy of the issue #1 and a Near Mint free gift fetched £101 on eBay UK.
Zip was a weekly comic published by Odhams Press, launched on 4 January 1958, as a venue for the original strips from Mickey Mouse Weekly after Odhams lost the rights to Disney characters. It ran for 85 issues before it was merged into Swift in 1959.
Strips included:
- "Billy Brave" (Tony Weare)
- "The Brainy B's" (Redvers Blake)
- "Brett Brand"
- "Captain Morgan" (Colin Andrew)
- "Nigel Tawny, Explorer" (Redvers Blake)
- "Pony Express" (Don Lawrence)
- "Robin Alone" (E. O.)
- "Skippy" (Robert MacGillivray)
- "Strongbow the Mighty" (Gerry Embleton)
- "Tarna the Jungle Boy" (Harry Bishop"
- "Wells Fargo" (Don Lawrence)
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ZIP ANNUALTotal 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 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | 85 | |||
| Total £ | 37.25 | 74.50 | 115.00 | 231.00 | 463.00 | 911.00 | 1,560 |
Note: some PR issues may have no value. Selected issues in FN, VF or VF/NM may not exist in some titles.
