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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 ...
CAPTAIN JUSTICE 1 by Monty Wedd was published by New Century Press in 1950. This character was originally published in Fatty Finn Comics, where he was depicted as an Australian bushranger. He also appeared in Chuckler’s Weekly. His popularity lead to this ...
DEVIL DOONE 1 was published by KG Murray in August 1948 (estimated). All the Devil Doone stories are written by R Carson Gold, who created the character of Jim ‘Devil’ Doone in a small number of text-only stories. Doone became a comics-based character ...
THE KELLY GANG RIDES was a one-shot comic published in the 1940s (no one is sure when, with dates ranging from 1940 to 1945) by L. Clapperton. It’s the only comic published by Clapperton, and features four stories, all by Lucky Doolan. There’s no information ...
THE CRIMSON COMET COMIC 16 was published in September 1950 (estimated) by H John Edwards. This is in the Albert De Vine period of the comic, and this issue sees detective Ralph Rivers on the good ship Nassau, cruising about the Caribbean. An encounter with ...
JEREMY BLADE by Len Lawson was published in 1947 by Wirraway Publishing. (Wirraway is an Aboriginal word, meaning ‘challenge’ or ‘challenger’ in the language of the Wurundjeri Nation.) Wirraway was a short-lived publisher, and Jeremey ...
STEEL BARR AND THE PHANTOM MAN #4 was published in October 1950 (estimated) by Young’s Merchandising. It consists of two ongoing series: STEEL BARR by Lloyd Piper and CHA CHAPMAN by Kevan Hardacre. This was intended as an ongoing comic, but this is the last ...
STEVE SAMSON #13 is part of the Sports Cartoon Books imprint of L Miller & Son, published between 1953 and 1956. ‘Guarantee: All Sports Cartoon Books contain only clean, sporting adventure stories that are warranted to maintain the highest standard ...
NEW ACTION COMICs is an anthology comic with STRATA ROCKETEERS by Max Judd, ROCKY CONDON by Leonard Starr, and RICK ROLAND and some UNCLE SI stories by Doug Maxted. It was published by HE Hoffman in 1945. This comic is good enough to eat, at least to a species ...
SPACE ADVENTURES OF GRIP GRANTHAM 3 by Bill Gill was published in November 1945 (estimated) by an unknown Australian publisher. Next to nothing is known about Bill Gill other than his small number of comics stories. After the four issues of Grip Grantham, most ...
BROCHURE for THE BRODIE MACK CORRESPONDENCE ART SCHOOL. The school started some time in the 1930s. Brodie Mack is the penname of Edward ‘Ted’ Brodie Mack, who was born in New Zealand and started producing gag cartoons and cover illustration foe New Zealand ...
THE PHANTOM RANGER 87 by Peter Chapman was published by Frew in December 1956 (approximately). This issue is late in the run of original Phantom Ranger stories – in less than 10 issues, this comic became a reprint title. This art in this comic looks quite ...
PUNCH PERKINS OF THE FIGHTING FLEET 15 by Virgil Reilly was published by Red Circle Press in February 1952. This is the last issue featuring “Punch” Perkins, and is technically now titled FIGHTINGFLEET COMICS. From the next issue, the comic features ...
PREMIER ‘MAGPIE’ COMIC is an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson Publications in 1945. It includes THE RAVEN by Phillip Belbin, DIANA HASTINGS by Peter Chapman, and a one-off story, THE VAPOUR OF DEATH, by Art Barton, as well as short humour ...
GEM COMICS 8 is an anthology comic published by Frank Johnson in June 1947 (approximated). It features THE RAVEN by Phillip Belbin, SMUGGLERS OF PANAMA by Ian Alison, BARBARA AND THE WATER BABY by Frank Jessup, ROCKY NED by Peter Chapman, and PRENDERGAST by Lock.
SILVER FLASH 9 by Virgil Reilly was published by Invincible Press in February 1951. Reilly is best remembered, if he’s remembered at all, for drawing very attractive young women who were referred to as ‘Virgil Girls’. But in comics, he was well ...
MICHAEL CHANCE 9 by Jeff Wilkinson, published by Pyramid Publications in September 1950 (estimated). Michael Chance is an agent who works for ‘Security Central’, presumably the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO), established in 1949. ...
THE CLOAK TELLS TALES OF MYSTERY 7 is an horror/suspense anthology comic published by Horwitz Publications in April 1956 (estimated). This issue contained three stories, two by Royce Bradford and the third (not included here, under site rules) a reprint from ...
THE SHADOW 3 by Jeff Wilkinson, published by Frew in in July 1950. The Shadow had two series, and this issue comes from the first series (1950-1951, 23 issues). Wilkinson created the Shadow, its second Australian-created series (after the Phantom Ranger, also ...
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 ...
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