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The Phantom Commando is a masked operative in World War II, his true identity unknown only a very few. In this issue, two of his missions are shown, and the Phantom Commando tells a tale of another mission he wasn't part of.
'Whirlibomber' (9 pages), ...
New upload of Raven 5, as I unfortunately left 1 page out of the earlier upload. The new page is the second last page of the story, and resulted in a rather abrupt jump in the proceedings (the writer, Paul Wheelahan, is too good a comic book artist for that ...
THE LEGION OF SPACE #1 – Looking for classic science fiction space opera? This comic was created by a 17 year old Australian named Phillip Wearne before he enlisted in the Royal Australian Air Force, planning to become a pilot. (Yes, he was too young ...
El Lobo is an Australian-produced Western comic set in the US, guesstimated as published in August 1956 (per AusReprints site). Written and drawn by Keith Chatto, who did a lot of western and other historical adventure comics.
TIM VALOUR #3 was published by Leisure Productions, estimated to be in July 1948. Tim Valour is an anthology title, consisting of three separate storylines (in this issue): TIM VALOUR by John Dixon, a science fiction adventure story; THE SKYMAN by Vladoslav ...
Catman 18 (1966) reprints the original Catman 7 (1958). Story and art by John Dixon. Unusually, this story features a larger role for Terry West (Catman's fiancee) and her friend Paula Reed investigating "ghost bandits" stealing supply shipments. ...
LITTLE TRIMMER COMICS #2, published by Approved Publications in January 1951 (estimated). It started out as a digest-sized anthology (that varied in size and contents) over its 22 issues. This issue features ALAN GREY, an investigator working for the government; ...
SIR FALCON #26, published by Frew Publications in January 1957 (estimated). It is drawn by Kick, the penname of Jan Kickhefer, a Dutch artist and cartoonist who emigrated to Australia in 1948. Frew is the Australian publisher of the Phantom, and they initiated ...
Catman #22, published by Tricho in 1963, reprinting Catman #11, published by Frew in 1958. Written and drawn by John Dixon. Based on page numbering (or the lack of it) it seems likely that page 20 of the original version is not included - the reprints of Catman ...
THE PHANTOM RANGER #36, published by Frew Publications in September 1952 (estimated). This is during the run of the Ranger’s second writer/artist, Peter Chapman. The Phantom Ranger was Frew’s step into publishing its own characters (although this ...
THE SCORPION #4 was published by Alstan Publications in November 1954 (date estimated). Story and art are by Monty Wedd. The Scorpion was a “master criminal and escapologist” and is described as a genius of crime (making him sound like Professor ...
BLACK VULTURE COMICS was published by NSW Bookstall Co in the early 1940s. It contains two stories – one featuring the villainous BLACK VULTURE and the other the heroic DR MENSANA. Both stories are written and drawn by Tom Hubble, AKA Hub. Dr Mensana ...
SILVER FLASH AND HIS FROG-MEN #8 was published by Invincible Press in November 1950, written and drawn by Virgil Reilly (who often signed his work as Virgil), a trained commercial artist and well-known magazine cartoonist who came to comics in his late-50s. ...
GEM COMICS 2 is an early issue of this Frank Johnson Publications anthology title (estimated to have been published in December 1946). It includes four features: ROGUES OF THE ‘ROARING LION’, a stand-alone pirate story by Ian Alison; THE RAVEN, ...
GHOST RIDER #1 by J Morath (with the back-up feature, Jim Stern of the Foreign Legion by Ron Edwards) was published in April 1951 (estimated) by Atlas Publications. This issue of Ghost Rider is printed in a landscape format, common for a period of time in Australian ...
CAPTAIN ATOM 9 by Jack Bellew (under the pen name John Welles) and Arthur Mather, published by Atlas Publications in November 1948 (estimated). In this issue, Captain Atom faces the superpowered Wishman. Captain Atom is one of the few Australian comics published ...
THE SHADOW 146 by Peter Chapman published by Tricho in October 1966. This appears to be a reprint of The Shadow #84, which itself was a reprint of an even earlier issue (records are incomplete). (This issue was uploaded earlier, but has disappeared from the site.)
CAPTAIN JUSTICE 12 by Monty Wedd, published by Calvert Publishing in August 1956. Captain Justice is a masked bushranger who had three publishers and four #1s during the years he was published (1950 to 1963). This issue is from the second volume of his adventure. ...
SCORCHY SMITH 10 is an Australian reprint of the aviator-adventurer’s exploits from an American newspaper strip (cut and pasted to fit the comic book page). Scorchy had a long run (1930-1961) with 10 different artists contributing for various lengths ...
CAPTAIN ATOM 21 by Arthur Mather was published by Atlas Publications in November 1949 (estimated). (Mather took over writing duties with #13, when Jack Baillieu turned his writing skills to other work.) In this issue, Captain Atom takes on a new super-villain ...
TRIUMPH is a one-off anthology comic published by Frank Johnson in 1946. It includes the first appearance of THE RAVEN by Phil Belpin (his first published comic), an episode of Moira Bertram’s JO, an episode of Peter Chapman’s CAPTAIN JERRY WINTERS, ...
THE CRIMSON COMET COMIC 8 was published by Leisure Productions in January 1950 (estimated). It contains two stories, one featuring CRIMSON COMET, written and drawn by Albert De Vine, commencing a long run on this feature, and the other ROGER FARR, written and drawn ...
THE LEGION OF SPACE 3 by Phillip Wearne, published by Invincible Press in November 1948 (estimated). The issue scanned has tearing throughout the first half of the issue, which was repaired with sticky tape that has subsequently fallen off.
TREASURE PLANET is written and drawn by Noel Cook, and published by KG Murray Publishing in 1947. It’s the story of an expedition that vanished, told in a cinematic style – both in the storyline and Cook’s illustrations. The cover shows this ...
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 ...
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