Captain Condor and the Planet of Treachery

 Steve Dillon was in his late teens when he contributed these illustrations to a text story that appeared in the Lion Holiday Special in 1980.

 

Captain Condor

 Some original Geoff Campion art from Lion. Not sure of the year but I assume it's early-to-mid 1960s. I like the handles on the side of his space boots. So sensible!

 

 

Original artwork

If you head over to Comic Book Auctions you'll find a treasure-trove of goodies up for offer.
(In a Spike Milligan voice) "Ah, I see you bought the whole collection? SO rich!!"

Some of the pieces on offer:

 Sexton Blake Library 736 cover art  by Eric Parker (1941).

Beryl The Peril by David Law for The Topper (1950s).

Leo Baxendale talks about Davey Law in his book, 'A Very Funny Business', ( a great book, by the way) about how DL agonised/laboured over his pages. The art 'looked' simple, but the images didn't flow out of the artist so easily. It's kinda evident when looking at the patches pasted all over this original.

'Branded' original cover artwork (1960) by Nino Caroselli from Thriller Picture Library 302

Captain Condor by Keith Watson from Lion 7 Oct 1961. I really like the spaceship design.

Eartha, (early 1980s) episode 6 drawn by Jon M Burns for The News Of The World Sunday Colour Magazine.

The Menace from the Frozen Planet

Spot art by John Gillatt for a Captain Condor prose piece in the Lion annual 1965.