THE DR WHO ANNUAL 1976 Vintage UK Comic Tom Baker Fourth Doctor World Distrib VG/FN
ITEM SPECIFICS:
  • Publisher: World Distributors (Manchester) Ltd. / British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
  • Subject: Doctor Who, British Television Tie-In Comic Annuals
  • Title/Series: The Dr Who Annual
  • Year Printed: 1975 (For the 1976 holiday market run)
  • SBN (As Printed): 7235 0320 6 
  • ISBN-10: 0723503206
  • ISBN-13: 9780723503201
  • Special Attributes: Hardcover, Illustrated Vintage Annual format, First Edition Print, Authorized BBC TV Edition 
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
DESCRIPTION:
For your consideration from the vintage sci-fi and British television memorabilia collection...
🌌 The DR WHO ANNUAL 1976 – Original British Hardcover Featuring Tom Baker
Up for auction is a wonderful collectible copy of The Dr Who Annual 1976, published in Great Britain by World Distributors by arrangement with the BBC. This legendary release marks the historic first annual appearance of Tom Baker as the iconic Fourth Doctor, complete with his trademark wide-brimmed hat and long scarf on the cover layout. This is an essential cornerstone piece for any dedicated vintage Whovian or classic sci-fi library.
🎭 Featured Content & Artwork
This volume is packed with beautifully stylized 1970s illustrations, full-color comic strips, prose stories, and vintage sci-fi puzzles, featuring:
  • Classic Stories: Includes "A New Life," "The Hospitality On Hankus," "The Sinister Sponge," "Avast There!," and "The Mission." 
  • Picture Strips: Full graphic comic features including "The Psychic Jungle" and "Neuronic Nightmare." 
  • Sci-Fi Features: Educational and retro-futuristic articles including "Peculiar Plant Killers!," "Great Jumping Jupiter!," "Fit To Be An Astronaut," "Space Talk," "Puzzling Planets," and "ABC of Space." 
  • Rear Cover Artwork: Features a classic full-color photo inset panel of the Fourth Doctor operating Bessie, the Doctor's yellow vintage roadster.
CONDITION REPORT:
  • Overall Grade: Very Good / Fine (VG/FN) – An clean, crisp, collector's copy with fantastic eye appeal.
  • Covers & Spine: The glossy pictorial front and rear covers are exceptionally flat and smooth, completely free of common handling indents. Colors remain incredibly vibrant, deep, and un-faded. The multi-toned blue and green paper spine is fully intact with sharp, un-rubbed white text. Only very minor, superficial shelf rubbing at the extreme top/bottom spine tips and corners.
  • Binding: The original book binding remains perfectly square, solid, and structurally rigid.
  • Interior Pages: Clean internal presentation. The large internal title spread and contents leaf are colorful. The internal text hinges are secure and un-cracked. Pages are crisp, flat, and entirely free of filled-out puzzles, or clipped coupons.
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