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Re: Catman 18

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Downunder Dan

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Re: Catman 18
« on: November 18, 2023, 11:07:02 PM »

@tralfaz Most Australian comics of the 'Golden Age' period were B&W, with the only exception I know of being the first 16 issues of Captain Atom (the first two of which are available on this site). There may be more that I haven't heard of, though the Australian comic industry was born out of import restrictions during World War II and for some years after, so a level of frugality is to be expected.

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The Australian Panther

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Re: Catman 18
« Reply #1 on: November 19, 2023, 02:58:15 AM »

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Most Australian comics of the 'Golden Age' period were B&W, with the only exception I know of being the first 16 issues of Captain Atom 

If you are talking about the 'original' Aussie comics, that's correct.
However all the Disney comics reprints were in colour.
The rest of the Dell/Gold Key books were the imported originals.
One precious item that I lost was a SILVER STARR comic which was in colour and on the same paper as the Disneys which was much better than the colored newsprint of the imported US comics. This didn't improve till the 90's. The Aussie Uncle Scrooge reprints and the the Silver Starr were on Magazine quality paper which were much better.
The DC material was treated badly, bundled together in lots of 100 pages and printed on newspaper. Probaly a month of DC in one book.
Marvel/Atlas books were very difficult to find on the newsstands. Some of them were probably banned in the 50s. In the mid-60's I even subscribed to Marvel in the US to get all the books i wanted. And was disgusted when they arrived folded in two length-wise.
Even bought a lot of old DC 's from Bud Plant. Even then most of the real collectors items were out of stock and hard to get.   

https://www.lambiek.net/artists/p/pitt_stanley.htm
Silver Starr here!           
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Downunder Dan

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Re: Catman 18
« Reply #2 on: November 20, 2023, 02:37:59 AM »

If you are talking about the 'original' Aussie comics, that's correct.
However all the Disney comics reprints were in colour.

Yes, I meant the original Australian Comics. Interestingly, I do recall encountering some Disney comics in a place the family were at for holidays. They were in colour, and really great - I now recognise that it was my first encounter with Carl Barks. I don't remember the year, or whether they were Australian or imported printings.

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One precious item that I lost was a SILVER STARR comic which was in colour and on the same paper as the Disneys which was much better than the colored newsprint of the imported US comics. This didn't improve till the 90's. The Aussie Uncle Scrooge reprints and the the Silver Starr were on Magazine quality paper which were much better.

That linked art is fantastic! I haven't looked into Silver Starr yet. Was your lost treasure the original Sunday Sun publication or a reprinted collection?
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« Reply #3 on: November 20, 2023, 04:32:05 AM »

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  Was your lost treasure the original Sunday Sun publication or a reprinted collection? 


The colour pages on Lambiek were Sunday pages, the book would have been reformatted newspaper strips, a whole story in one book.

Silver Starr Super Comic 6
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=76840

King Size Comic 24 [The Gnome Forest (30 pages)]
https://comicbookplus.com/?dlid=73290

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