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LITTLE TRIMMER COMIC 3 is an anthology comic published by Approved Publications in 1951. It continues with the line-up of strips from the previous issue: government investigator ALAN GREY, astronaut LEW MASON, centurion MARCUS VARIUS, sportsman WACKY POTTER, ...
Cracker Comics (unnumbered) is an anthology title from Frank Johnson in (likely) 1943. It includes work by Ron Bradley, Les Dixon, Carl Lyon, Norm Rice and Dan Russell. It includes a couple of superhero strips (The Eagle and Powerman), a number of adventure ...
A well-regarded Australian western written and drawn by Keith Chatto. Is he really a man from nowhere? This issue sees him in the place where he was raised, a hidden valley populated by descendants of the Mayan race. Chatto works on a big scale, with full page ...
CAPTAIN ATOM #24 by Arthur Mather was published by Atlas Publication in February 1950 (estimated). This issue sees the good Captain pitted against Crooks Incorporated, a collective of four arch-criminals – the Wrecker, Octopus, Python and Invisible Gangster. ...
ANTHONY FURY (unnumbered) by Frank Ashley and Stanley Pitt was published by Consolidated Press in 1942. This is the first work, and shows it, but Pitt went on to become well-known for ‘Silver Starr in the Flameworld’, a science fiction saga, and his art became ...
INVISIBLE AVENGER #1 by Virgil Reilly, was published by Illustrated Publications in January 1950 (estimated). It’s one of those stories where the villain is the star, trying to destroy Australia’s ‘hated white race’. Reilly was an in-demand ...
ADVENTURE COMICS is one of the Frank Johnson one-shots, this published in 1946. It includes comics by Moira Bertram, Ron Broadley, Peter Chapman, Noel Cook, Lock, and Emile Mercier – including recurring characters like Kim Hale, Jo and her Magic Cape, ...
CLICK COMICS is a one-shot anthology published in 1945 by H E Hoffman. 34 pages of investigative journalism, evil robots, government agents in the wild west, defective detectives, and juvenile piracy from creators Doug Maxted and Leonard Miatke (aka Leonard ...
CROSSDRAW KID is a western comic written and drawn by Len Brandt (the penname of Ambrose Dyson), and published by Main Publishing in 1949. Main Publishing didn’t live up to its name, publishing only two titles that ran for two or three issues each before ...
CRIMSON COMET 9 was published by Leisure Productions in February 1950 (estimated). It has a Crimson Comet science fiction detective story by Albert De Vine, and a Roger Farr seafaring adventure story by Cliff Barnes. If you want spaceships and “ant men”, ...
CLIMAX ALL AUSTRALIAN COMIC was published by K G Murray Publishing in (probably) 1947. It’s a one-off anthology title, and K G Murray used the word ‘Climax’ particularly to flag its all-Australian (Murrays published a lot of reprints of American ...
THE PHANTOM RANGER #52 (by Peter Chapman) sees the Ranger assist a two-person opera company travel across Native American land. Published by Frew Publications in January 1954 (estimated)
PACIFIC BANDITS in a one-off anthology title featuring a Jo and Her Magic Cape story (by Moira Bertram), Captain Thunder and his pirate crew exploring Terror Island (by the mysterious W.W.), Vic Vaughan seeking a missing general (by Terry Powis), and a humorous ...
PANTHER MAN – CITY OF GIANTS by Peter James, published by Pyramid Publications in (estimated) March 1949. Panther Man made a number of appearances (7, according to ‘From “Sunbeams” to Sunset’) but didn’t have a comic of his own. ...
ACTION COMIC #1 by Len Lawson (he wrote and drew the three stories in this anthology, as well as a factual page on ships), published by Peter Huston Publishing in (estimated) August 1946. Action Comic would, as of issue 2, become the home of the Lone Avenger, ...
BLUE STAR ALL AUSTRALIAN COMICS is an anthology title published by the KG Murray Publishing Company in 1947. It includes a mix of adventure stories with humour strips. It includes: STARK, MAN OF THE STONE AGE by Hart Amos; ATOMICAL TOM by Jim Borella Swan; ...
THE INVISIBLE AVENGER #2 by Eddie Brooker (words) and Virgil Reilly (art), published by Illustrated Publications in March 1950. It’s a science fiction adventure with the villain as the title character, looks at germ warfare from a 1950s perspective, and has an interesting ...
GEM COMICS #4 is an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson Comics in February 1947 (estimated). It features the Raven by Phillip Belpin, Diana Hastings by Peter Chapman, Echo by Ron Broadley and some comedy strips by Lock and Angus Orchard. If you’re ...
TIM VALOUR #23 was published by Action Comics in June 1957 (estimated). It features Tim Valour by John Dixon and Roger Farr by CW Barnes (plus a funny animal strip). If you enjoyed Tim Valour #3, be advised that this is a more down-to-earth version of Tim Valour ...
LUCKY ‘magpie’ COMICS is a Frank Johnson anthology released in 1946. This one is more on the humorous side, but with some adventure strips in its 52 pages. It contains MISS INFORMATION by Ron Broadley, WOCKO THE BEAUT by Emile Mercier, SHADOWMAN ...
TRIG MATSON 1 is an anthology comic with ‘Trig’ Matson as the lead feature and a regular line-up of two or three other features over all six issues (unusually, the same features). It was published by Calvert Publications in February 1951 (estimated). ...
A science fiction-themed advertisement for Griffins' biscuits, a New Zealand baking company. (There aren't American biscuits, but what you'd call cookies.) The story isn't really interesting, but it's interesting to see someone trying something ...
CRIMSON COMET #12 features a full-length Crimson Comet adventure by Albert de Vine, with a short humorous back-up feature, Looee the Hypnotist by CW Barnes. It was published by the H John Edwards company in May 1950 (estimated).
GEM COMICS #6 is an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson in April 1946 (estimated). It features Ace Bradley, a futuristic space adventurer, by Phillip Belpin; Shadowman, a crime fighter, by Ron Broadley; Diana Bradley, a jungle explorer, by Peter Chapman; ...
GREY DOMINO 2 by Terry Trowell, published by Atlas Publications in June 1951 (estimated). Grey Domino was Trowell’s first comic book character, and he went on to create other new characters or take over existing characters where their originators were ...
ACTION COMIC 3 by Len Lawson, an anthology comic published by Peter Huston Publishing in October 1946 (estimated). This issue includes Diana Queen of the Apes, Nick Daniels, Ossie the Schoolboy Wonder, and Secret Agent Johnnie Steele. A completely new set of characters, ...
MAN OUT OF SPACE is a one-off comic by Vernon Hayles. It was published by KG Murray Publications in 1947, under the Blue Star Comic banner and subtitled ‘A tale of the far Tomorrow’. There’s also a 1-page humorous Atomical Tom strip by Jim Borella ...
MIDDY MALONE’S MAGAZINE volume 2 #3 is an anthology comic published by Fatty Finn Publications in March 1947. It features the introduction of RIPON by Yaroslav Horek, the title strip MIDDY MALONE by Syd Nicholls, and BUSTER BRADDOCK by Les Such – ...
CLIMAX ALL COLOR COMIC 1 was published by KG Murray Publishing in 1947. It features two long features, KIDNAP CAVERN by Hart Amos and SWORDS IN SPAIN by Vernon Hayles, as well as three one-page humours strips: Michael and His Midget Racer by Tim Borella Swan, ...
INVISIBLE AVENGER 4 was published by Illustrated Publications in August 1950. It was written and drawn by Virgil Reilly, based on the plotline of the original writer of the series, Eddie Brooker. Confusingly, the indicia for the issue suggests it was drawn ...
YARMAK 20 by Stanley Pitt with Franklin Ashley and Reinald Pitt, published by Young’s Merchandising in June 1951 (estimated). Stan Pitt was the main creator of this story, assisted by his younger brother Reg, with Frank Ashley inking. There’s a back-up ...
NEW BIG HIT COMICS was published by Frank Johnson in 1945. This anthology includes TRIPALONG HOPPITY by Emile Mercier, THE DEATH PEARL by Frank Jessup, DETECTIVE SERGEANT MILT GREY by Carl Lyon, PILOT OF DEATH by John Delaney, TERRY TRAVERS by Rhys Williams, ...
DR MENSANA is a one-shot comic created by Hub (Tom Hubble) and published by NSW Bookstall in perhaps 1941 (some sources suggest 1943). NSW Bookstall was one of the first publishers of the Australian Golden Age, helping to fill the gap in the comics market created ...
GRAND COMICS is an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson in 1945. It features MISS INFORMATION by Ron Broadley, SHADOWMAN by Ron Broadley, PRENDERGAST & MIDSHIPMAN BREEZY by Lock, CAPTAIN JERRY WINTERS by Peter Chapman, PRIVATE PETE by L Raymond, SUPA ...
THE GREEN SKELETON 4 by Peter Chaman was published by Frew Publications in January 1954 (estimated). This is a reconstructed version of the comic – most of it is from a reprint in FOUR IN ONE COMIC BOOK (estimated May 1959), with the cover and the damaged ...
THE COBRA WOMAN was published by Offset Printing Co in October 1944 (estimated). This issue contains two adventure stories: British agent ‘RED’ STEELE in The Cobra Woman (by Hal English), and detective SHADO McGRAW in The One-Eyed Man (by Will Donald). ...
CRIMSON COMET 14 by Albert de Vine in July 1950 (estimated). This is a full issue of Crimson Comet, with no back-up features (a number of issues since John Dixon moved on were about 50% of the issue for Crimson Comet, and a back-up strip that filled out the rest ...
DICK WESTON POPULAR COMICS 2 is an anthology comic published by HE Hoffman in March 1947 (estimate). The majority of stories in this issue are by Doug Maxted – DICK WESTON, DEADEYE DAN, ROLLO OF THE BIG TOP, THE HOUSE NEXT DOOR and UNCLE SI. The other ...
JET BLACK 5 by Terry Trowell was published by Modern Magazines in 1957. Terry Trowell is better known as the creator of the Grey Domino. Both the Domino and Jet Black are racing car drivers. Trowell fascination with racing led to realistic depictions of established ...
TALKIE COMICS is a one-shot anthology comic, published by the Offset Printing Company in 1944. It’s listed as ‘an Eric Porter Studio publication’ on the cover – and all but one of the stories are written and drawn by Eric Porter: WADDLES ...
TRUE NAVY COMBAT 3 featuring ‘Atlantic Convoy’ by Virgil Reilly, published by Approved Publications in September 1955 (unusually for Australian comics, the date is published on the cover). Or is it? This scan was found online (at Pikitapress.com) ...
GIANT SIZE PHANTOM 19 is a reprint anthology published by Tricho (a company associated with Frew Publications) in February 1960 (estimated). This issue included a surprise: a new Catman story by John Dixon. Dixon created 12 issues of Catman for Frew, but he stopped ...
FLYNN OF THE FBI 23 by Arthur Mather was published by Atlas Publications in August 1954 (estimated). This series originally started out reprinting the US ‘Secret Agent X-9’ newspaper strips (from the period it was being produced by Charles Flanders) ...
BONZER COMICS was an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson in 1946, featuring the Magpie Comics branding. It features MUDRAKE THE MAGICIAN by Emile Mercier, THE DEATH PEARL by Frank Jessup, BOB GORDON OF THE GUERILLAS by Carl Lyon, PRENDERGAST AND MIDSHIPMAN ...
OKAIE, MASTER OF THE JUNGLE was published by the Offset Publishing Company in December 1945 (estimated). It includes three adventure stories: OKAIE, MASTER OF THE JUNGLE by ‘Golly’ (a pen-name of Geoff Litchfield), JIMMY WESTON, ACE ANIMAL CAMERAMAN ...
TIM VALOUR 32 was published by H John Edwards in December 1950 (estimated). It contains two stories: TIM VALOUR by John Dixon, and ROGER FARR by Cliff Barnes. Tim Valour is long after his original science fiction style, settling into the modern day with Tim working ...
This short pamphlet created by Syd Nicholls was published in the 1940s. Nicholls was a cartoonist who had a career of highs and lows, his most famous creation being from a newspaper strip originally called 'Fat and His Friends' (first published 1923), ...
The Witch's Ring is a children's book by Frank Jessup, published in 1944 by Frank Johnson Publications. Jessup started his creative career as a poet, he switched to providing illustrations for magazines and newspapers. When Frank Jonston started publishing ...
MIDDY MALONE IN THE LOST WORLD by Syd Nichols was self-published in 1943. Nichols had had a disagreement with the publishers of the Sunday Sun, where he’d try to introduce fantastical adventure elements into his popular Fatty Finn strip by way of dream ...
LITTLE TRIMMER 17 is a normal sized comic featuring one character, Avian Tempest. The comic has travelled some distance from its pocket-size anthology featuring six different stories. The comic is created by Albert Devine, and was published by Approved Publications ...
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