Reg Bunn (1905-1971) began his career with the Amalgamated Press in 1949, drawing a western strip called ‘Buck Jones’ in Comet. His ‘Robin Hood’ comics for Comet are among his best known work. Besides his extensive work for the Thriller Comics Library, Bunn also drew for Sun (‘Clip McCord’), The Border Trumpet (‘US Cavalry Westerns of Ernest Haycox’), The White Invader (‘James Warner Bellah’) and on titles such as ‘Black Hood’, ‘The Scottish Chiefs’ and ‘Captain Kid’. He became a regular artist for Lion and Tiger in the early 1960s, creating among others ‘The Spider’ with Ted Cowan.

Reg Bunn: “The Spider”, 1968, 39 x 42 cm