Books by Ed Brubaker

Portrait of Ed Brubaker

Ed Brubaker is an acclaimed American writer best known for redefining modern crime and superhero storytelling. His work combines taut plotting with deep psychological insight, bringing a noir sensibility to both creator‑owned series and major comic‑book franchises. Brubaker's scripts are noted for their sharp dialogue, moral complexity, and a cinematic pacing that keeps readers fully immersed.

Across celebrated collaborations with artists such as Sean Phillips, he has crafted award‑winning titles that explore loyalty, guilt, and redemption against vividly realised backdrops. Whether revisiting classic characters or building original worlds, Brubaker's unmistakable voice continues to influence the tone and texture of contemporary graphic fiction.

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  • Pulp

    Image Comics Pulp

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisNOW AVAILABLE AS A SOFT COVER TRADE PAPERBACK: A gorgeous original graphic novel from the bestselling creators of KILL OR BE KILLED, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, and CRIMINAL.Max Winters, a pulp writer in 1930s New York, finds himself drawn into a story not unlike the tales he churns out at five cents a word—tales of a Wild West outlaw dispensing justice with a six-gun. But will Max be able to do the same when pursued by bank robbers, Nazi spies, and enemies from his past? One part thriller, one part meditation on a life of violence, PULP is unlike anything award-winning BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done before. This celebration of pulp fiction set in a world on the brink is another must-have hardcover from one of comics’ most acclaimed teams.

    3 in stock

    £10.79

  • Batman The Man Who Laughs

    DC Comics Batman The Man Who Laughs

    Book SynopsisWitness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN- THE MAN WHO LAUGHS, by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.

    £12.59

  • Catwoman of East End Omnibus

    DC Comics Catwoman of East End Omnibus

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe many lives DC's Famous Feline Fatale collected in incredible omnibus edition! A serial killer is racking up bodies in Selina Kyle's old haunts, taking her back to a life she thought she'd left behind permanently. When Catwoman starts investigating it leads her back into the heart of the Gotham Police Department and an encounter with a face from her past... Is Catwoman really ready for what's waiting for her in the dark streets of Gotham? Find out this and more in Catwoman of East End Omnibus collecting Detective Comics #759-762; Catwoman #1-37; Catwoman Secret Files #1; Catwoman: Selina's Big Score #1.

    5 in stock

    £68.25

  • DAREDEVIL MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION THE DEVIL IN

    4 in stock

    £35.99

  • Gotham Central DC Compact Comics Edition

    £8.54

  • Criminal Deluxe Edition Volume 2

    Image Comics Criminal Deluxe Edition Volume 2

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe second oversized hardback of the award-winning crime series from Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips is finally here! The first edition has gone through four printings, in sellout after sellout, and now the rest of Brubaker and Phillips' noir masterpiece is collected in the same format. Collecting BAD NIGHT, THE SINNERS and THE LAST OF THE INNOCENT - along with short stories, behind-the-scenes pieces, art and articles, all previously uncollected. Don't miss out on this beautiful package from the best-selling team behind such hits as INCOGNITO and FATALE. Colors by Val Staples and Dave Stewart.

    2 in stock

    £35.99

  • Silverlake

    Image Comics Silverlake

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisThis is Kano Barnett, a young half-Native-American from the Pacific Northwest who has volunteered to join the army during the First Great War and finds himself on the front lines of Belgium in 1917. Here, he not only learns how to fight but also discovers that an amulet, made of silver from a sacred lake has imbued him with the power of his spirit animal, the Black Bear. As the war intensifies, No Man's Land becomes more than a blood-soaked battleground, it becomes Kano's hunting ground as he transforms into a hybrid predator unlike any the world has ever seen.

    3 in stock

    £14.44

  • Batman: The Man Who Laughs Deluxe Edition

    DC Comics Batman: The Man Who Laughs Deluxe Edition

    5 in stock

    Book SynopsisWitness Batman's first encounter with The Joker in this volume collecting the graphic novel BATMAN: THE MAN WHO LAUGHS by Ed Brubaker and Doug Mahnke! This collection also includes DETECTIVE COMICS #784-786, a murder mystery tale guest-starring Green Lantern Alan Scott.

    5 in stock

    £25.60

  • Captain America The Winter Soldier Marvel Premier

    Penguin Random House Group Captain America The Winter Soldier Marvel Premier

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    £12.59

  • Criminal Volume 5 The Sinners New Edition

    £14.44

  • The Scene of the Crime

    Image Comics The Scene of the Crime

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisBack in print as a first-ever trade paperback comes a lost crime noir masterpiece. Long out of print, SCENE OF THE CRIME was the first time ED BRUBAKER and MICHAEL LARK worked together―before their acclaimed runs on Daredevil and Gotham Central―and was inked by SEAN PHILLIPS, who also designed this edition.This is where it all began, with a hard-hitting mystery story set in a modern-day Chinatown that garnered nominations for Best Miniseries and Best Writer in the 2000 Eisner Awards. Also included in this new collection are behind-the-scenes art and stories, a new foreword by BRUBAKER, and many other extras.

    Out of stock

    £999.99

  • Friday, Book Two: On A Cold Winter's Night

    Image Comics Friday, Book Two: On A Cold Winter's Night

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisBook Two is finally here! A genre-defying post-YA masterpiece from two of comics most acclaimed talents! A young adult detective hero finally grows up, in this Eisner-winning hit series from creators Ed Brubaker (RECKLESS, FRIEND OF THE DEVIL, PULP, KILL OR BE KILLED) and Marcos Martin (THE PRIVATE EYE, Daredevil). Friday Fitzhugh's best friend and partner, Lancelot Jones (the smartest boy in the world) has been killed, and the police in their small town of King's Hill are not up to the task of solving the crime. Now, Friday must pull herself out of her grief and hunt the cold winter night for justice, all on her own this time. COLLECTS FRIDAY #4 - 6

    2 in stock

    £13.05

  • Criminal Volume 9 Bad Weekend New Edition

    20 in stock

    £12.80

  • The Knives A Criminal Book

    Image Comics The Knives A Criminal Book

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £24.67

  • Criminal Volume 10 Cruel Summer New Edition

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 10 Cruel Summer New Edition

    15 in stock

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    15 in stock

    £19.89

  • Doctor Doom Books of Doom

    Panini Publishing Ltd Doctor Doom Books of Doom

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    £16.19

  • The Fade Out: The Complete Collection

    Image Comics The Fade Out: The Complete Collection

    Out of stock

    Book SynopsisA bold new paperback edition of the Eisner Award-winning graphic novel—now finally collecting the entire story in a single edition! An epic graphic novel of Hollywood in the early days of the Blacklist, THE FADE OUT tracks the murder of an up-and-coming starlet from studio backlots to the gutters of downtown Los Angeles, as shell-shocked frontman Charlie Parish is caught between his own dying sense of morality and his best friend's righteous sense of justice. A picture-perfect recreation of a lost era, THE FADE OUT is an instant classic from the bestselling team of Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips, who are joined by acclaimed color artist Elizabeth Breitweiser. Collects THE FADE OUT #1-12.

    Out of stock

    £20.69

  • Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book

    Image Comics Destroy All Monsters: A Reckless Book

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here! "Oh man, this book pushed every crime fiction button for me... Bliss." - Patton OswaltBestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips bring us a new original graphic novel starring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless.It's 1988 and Ethan has been hired for his strangest case yet: finding the secrets of a Los Angeles real estate mogul. How hard could that be, right? Only what starts as a deep dive into the life of a stranger will soon take a deadly turn, and find Ethan risking everything that still matters to him.Another smash hit from the award-winning creators of RECKLESS, PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED -- and a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans!Trade Review"Phillips imbues the sun-drenched splendor of Southern California with a nostalgic mournfulness perfectly keyed to Brubaker's script. Focusing on the fragile bond between Ethan and Anna exposes new depths in both of the characters, while building to a wrenchingly emotional climax." -Library Journal (starred review)"Private-eye tropes like decadent upper-crust parties and corrupt cops abound, while sudden action scenes cut through Ethan's hazy, guilt-ridden flashback narration, such as when he smashed a drug pusher's face with a skateboard. It all feels less like a self-contained story than a prelude for a dark implosion heading Ethan's way. Series fans will ride along in anticipation." -Publishers Weekly

    1 in stock

    £19.54

  • Criminal Volume 5: The Sinners

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 5: The Sinners

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisTracy Lawless returns with a vengeance in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image! Tracy Lawless is still a man caught between a history of violence and his own conscience. And now the worst bad guy in the world is tasked with a new job: solving a series of murders of untouchable crime lords.

    2 in stock

    £12.59

  • Criminal Volume 7: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 7: Wrong Place, Wrong Time

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisBrubaker and Phillips return to their multiple-award winning series for two interlinked tales of the Lawless family in the 1970s. Teeg Lawless is trapped behind bars with a price on his head, doing anything he can to survive. While Tracy Lawless celebrates his 12th birthday riding shotgun on a mission of death.

    1 in stock

    £12.59

  • Fatale Compendium

    Image Comics Fatale Compendium

    7 in stock

    Book SynopsisJosephine is cursed, and in a series that darkly blends American crime noir with unnamed Lovecraftian horrors, we follow her from 1950s San Francisco, where crooked cops hide deeper evils, to mid-''70s L.A., where burnt-out actors and ex-cult groupies are caught in a web around a satanic snuff film, then back through the ages of time... and in the middle of it all is Josephine, with a power to die or kill for.

    7 in stock

    £43.19

  • Kill or Be Killed Volume 1

    Image Comics Kill or Be Killed Volume 1

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe bestselling team of ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS (THE FADE OUT, CRIMINAL, FATALE) return with KILL OR BE KILLED, the twisted story of a young man forced to kill bad people, and how he struggles to keep his secret from destroying his life. Both a thriller and a deconstruction of vigilantism, KILL OR BE KILLED is unlike anything BRUBAKER & PHILLIPS have ever done.Collects issues 1 - 4. Trade ReviewLIBRARY JOURNAL (STARRED) -- This first volume in a new series by the acclaimed team of Brubaker and Phillips (The Fade Out), with colorist Breitweiser (Velvet), combines elements of crime fiction and horror both psychological and supernatural to present a look at vigilantism unlike anything else. Depressed college student Dylan attempts suicide only to be spared by a demon with the offer of a bargain-kill someone once a month or face death yourself. Dylan soon decides to start targeting criminals overlooked by the system and becomes strangely successful in his violent endeavors. His personal affairs improve, and it seems for the first time he's living the life he's always wanted-which is exactly when the repercussions of his actions start catching up to him. Brubaker's talent for plotting, dialog, and exploring the darkest corners of the human heart is wonderfully complemented by Phillips's skill at depicting both drama and larger-than-life violence. VERDICT Brubaker and Phillips are among the most dependable names in comics, and this new title will only further their reputation. Decidedly not for kids, but for everyone else, it's not to be missed.-TB

    1 in stock

    £14.24

  • My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies

    Image Comics My Heroes Have Always Been Junkies

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisNewsweek's Best Comic Books of 2018Thrillist's Best Comics & Graphic Novels of 2018 ED BRUBAKER and SEAN PHILLIPS-the bestselling creators of CRIMINAL, KILL OR BE KILLED, THE FADE OUT, and FATALE-present their first original graphic novel in paperback for the very first time! Teenage Ellie has always romanticized drug addicts, those tragic artistic souls drawn to needles and pills, ever since the death of her junkie mother ten years ago. But when Ellie lands in an upscale rehab clinic where nothing is as it appears to be, she'll find another-more dangerous-romance, and discover how easily drugs and murder go hand-in-hand. MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES is a seductive coming-of-age story, a pop and drug culture-fueled tale of a young girl seeking darkness... and what she finds there. “Readers of postmodern pulp will enjoy this intense story and unapologetically cunning character.” -Publishers Weekly (starred review) “Provides plenty of truly twisted twists and wraps up with a pulpy punch of an ending that's satisfying-and heartbreaking... a fine addition to a staggering body of work.” -Library Journal (starred review) “Like most CRIMINAL stories, there's a darkness, along with twists that cut to the core. Phillips' art utilizes a limited color palette that makes you feel the ideas that run through each scene, each of the narrator's thoughts and memories.” -LAist

    1 in stock

    £10.79

  • Friday Book Three

    Image Comics Friday Book Three

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisFriday Fitzhugh has been sent back to the night she first arrived in Kings Hill. But the question is why: to save Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world, or to have to watch him die yet again? Is she traveling in time, or caught in a time loop? And what is the White Lady''s secret plan for their town back in the present time? All will be revealed in the stunning final chapter of this older-YA masterpiece

    3 in stock

    £13.77

  • Criminal Volume 7 Wrong Place Wrong Time New

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 7 Wrong Place Wrong Time New

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisCelebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, the seventh volume of Brubaker and Phillips'' groundbreaking crime series returns to print with a stunning new cover painting and design.Brubaker and Phillips return to their multiple-award winning series for two interlinked tales of the Lawless family in the 1970s. Teeg Lawless is trapped behind bars with a price on his head, doing anything he can to survive. While Tracy Lawless celebrates his 12th birthday riding shotgun on a mission of death.

    3 in stock

    £14.44

  • Criminal Volume 2: Lawless

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 2: Lawless

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe best-selling crime series continues in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. Criminal Volume 2: Lawless — A story of brotherly love and hate, as Tracy Lawless finally returns home to find out who murdered his kid brother, and how much their family history has doomed them both. This is where Brubaker and Phillips take the world they created in Volume 1 and begin stretching the boundaries of what crime comics can be.

    1 in stock

    £12.59

  • Kill or Be Killed Volume 4

    Image Comics Kill or Be Killed Volume 4

    3 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe shocking fourth arc in Brubaker and Phillips bestselling series ever! Dylan has committed himself, but now trapped behind the walls of a mental instution, he finds the evil and corruption of the outside world have followed him there.Crime comic legends Brubaker and Phillips' subversive vigilante thriller takes one more sharp twist.Collects issues 15-20.

    3 in stock

    £14.24

  • Friday Deluxe Edition

    Image Comics Friday Deluxe Edition

    2 in stock

    2 in stock

    £41.22

  • Splitter Verlag Kill or be Killed Buch 1

    3 in stock

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    3 in stock

    £17.82

  • Friend of the Devil (A Reckless Book)

    Image Comics Friend of the Devil (A Reckless Book)

    2 in stock

    The next book in the red-hot Reckless series is here! Bestselling crime noir masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips are back with another new original graphic novel featuring troublemaker-for-hire Ethan Reckless. It's 1985 and things in Ethan's life are going pretty well... until a missing woman shows up in the background of an old B-movie, and Ethan is drawn into Hollywood's secret occult underbelly as he hunts for her among the wreckage of the wild days of the '70s."No one does crime fic like Brubaker and Phillips, and their collaboration has never felt more new. Explosive. Vital. And yes... reckless." - Damon Lindelof (LOST, HBO's WATCHMEN)Another hit graphic novel from the award-winning creators of PULP, MY HEROES HAVE ALWAYS BEEN JUNKIES, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED -- a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips fans!And look for the next standalone book in the Reckless series in October!

    2 in stock

    £20.69

  • Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas

    Image Comics Friday, Book One: The First Day of Christmas

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisFinally in print - a genre-defying post-YA masterpiece from two of comics most acclaimed talents!A young adult detective hero finally grows up, in the first volume of this new hit series from award-winning creators Ed Brubaker (Reckless, PULP, Kill or be Killed) and Marcos Martin (The Private Eye, Daredevil), with brilliant colors by Muntsa Vicente.Friday Fitzhugh spent her childhood solving crimes and digging up occult secrets with her best friend Lancelot Jones, the smartest boy in the world. But that was the past, now she's in college, starting a new life on her own. Except when Friday comes home for the holidays, she's immediately pulled back into Lance's orbit and finds that something very strange and dangerous is happening in their little New England town...This is literally the Christmas vacation from Hell and neither of them may survive to see the New Year.Trade Review"Brubaker's (Cruel Summer) slow-burn pacing intensifies the story's mysteries while capably introducing the cast and town. Martin's (Barrier) French-esque, wiry line art resolves into sweeping, endless forests and all-encompassing, imposing spirits as colorist Muntsa Vicente creates striking nighttime scenes with bold, dramatic lighting. Told over three chapters, this atmospheric first installment sets up compelling sequels, with a sucker punch ending that demands follow-up." -Publishers Weekly

    2 in stock

    £13.29

  • Night Fever

    Image Comics Night Fever

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisAn amazing new original graphic novel from the bestselling creators of PULP, RECKLESS, CRIMINAL, and KILL OR BE KILLED. Who are you, really? Are you the things you do, or are you the person inside your mind? In Europe on a business trip, Jonathan Webb can't sleep. Instead, he finds himself wandering the night in a strange foreign city, with his new friend, the mysterious and violent Rainer as his guide. Rainer shows Jonathan the hidden world of the night, a world without rules or limits. But when the fun turns dangerous, Jonathan may find himself trapped in the dark... And the question is, what will he do to get home? NIGHT FEVER is a pulse-pounding noir thriller from grand masters Ed Brubaker and Sean Phillips. A Jekyll-and-Hyde story of a man facing the darkness inside himself, this riveting tour of the night is a must-have for all Brubaker and Phillips readers!Trade Review“Night Fever pulled me in from the first moment with its razor sharp writing and gorgeous art. Brubaker and Phillips have crafted a taut, riveting story, as disturbing as it is satisfying, full of memorable lines and stunning images. Thought-provoking and highly entertaining.” —Charles Yu, National Book Award winning author of Interior Chinatown"Crackling, effortless style." —Publishers Weekly“Brubaker’s masterfully hardboiled scripting is both unnervingly nihilistic and propulsively thrilling, and Phillips’s illustration has rarely evoked such nuances of character or absolute menace. VERDICT: Another masterwork from a collaborative team that seems increasingly incapable of producing anything less.” – Library Journal (STARRED)"The art is striking. Moody and noir, it also makes strong use of colors: one page contrasts yellow with dominant blues, purples, and blacks to illuminate graphic violence, while other pages use lighter tones to indicate Jonathan having a greater measure of control. Part mysterious crime story, part psychological drama, Night Fever is a haunting graphic novel in which a man tests his limits and realizes why they existed in the first place." —Foreword Reviews

    2 in stock

    £20.69

  • Criminal Volume 6 Last of the Innocent New

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 6 Last of the Innocent New

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisCelebrating the Prime Video series adaptation, the sixth story arc of Brubaker and Phillips'' groundbreaking crime series returns to print with a stunning new cover painting and design.Brubaker and Phillips'' newCriminalreleases finally gets to the most critically-acclaimed and innovative piece of pulp fiction they''ve ever done.One-part a coldblooded murder, one-part a twisted meditation on nostalgia through the lens of kids comics. It''s "like Watchmen for the Archie set" asCriminalreaches new heights!

    1 in stock

    £14.44

  • Criminal Volume 6: The Last of the Innocent

    Image Comics Criminal Volume 6: The Last of the Innocent

    2 in stock

    Book SynopsisBrubaker and Phillips' gorgeous, new Criminal editions finally gets to the most critically-acclaimed and innovative piece of pulp fiction they've ever done. One-part a coldblooded murder, one-part a twisted meditation on nostalgia through the lens of kids comics. It's "like Watchmen for the Archie set" as Criminal reaches new heights!

    2 in stock

    £13.29

  • Splitter Verlag Kill or be Killed 02

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £21.08

  • Splitter Verlag Kill or be Killed 03

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £17.82

  • CAPTAIN AMERICA MODERN ERA EPIC COLLECTION THE BURDEN OF DREAMS

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    £999.99

  • Image Comics Criminal Volume 4: Bad Night

    1 in stock

    Book SynopsisThe best-selling crime series gets weird in this strikingly-designed new edition from Image. Criminal vol. 4: Bad Night -- It's the strangest story yet in the Criminal series, as an insomniac cartoonist gets caught in a winding tale of self-destruction, sex, and deadly deceptions. This is where Brubaker and Phillips showed how far they could push the boundaries between art, experimentation, and pulp.

    1 in stock

    £13.29

  • Panini Verlags GmbH Marvel MustHave Captain America Winter Soldier

    2 in stock

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    2 in stock

    £17.10

  • Panini España S.A. Brubaker E Capitán América La muerte del Capitán

    1 in stock

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    1 in stock

    £20.97

  • Penguin Random House Group The Marvels Project Birth Of The Super Heroes

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    £23.19

  • War Of Kings Omnibus New Printing

    Marvel Comics War Of Kings Omnibus New Printing

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    £999.99

  • Marvel Comics Avengers Vs. XMen Omnibus

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    £106.49

  • Captain America Return of The Winter Soldier

    Marvel Comics Captain America Return of The Winter Soldier

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    £999.99

  • Marvel Comics Captain America The Trial of Captain America

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    £71.99

  • Captain America Lives Omnibus New Printing 2

    Marvel Comics Captain America Lives Omnibus New Printing 2

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    £999.99

  • Captain America Modern Era Epic Collection The

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    £999.99

  • Thunderbolts The Saga of The Winter Soldier

    Penguin Random House Group Thunderbolts The Saga of The Winter Soldier

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    £28.79

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