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[Downunder Dan]

Kazanda is a character originally published in Australia. There were two volumes: KAZANDA: THE WILD-GIRL AND THE LOST CONTINENT and KAZANDA AGAIN, both published by NSW Bookstall Co (dates of publication are poorly documented, but between 1938-42 for the first one, and 1941-1944 for the second). Archie Martin (using the pen-name Peter Amos) wrote it and Ted Brodie-Mack (pen-name Brodie Mack) drew it. Brodie Mack was born in New Zealand and moved to Australia, where he became a regular collaborator with Peter Amos using the pen-names as they are the ones used in their comics). They were published in black and white; I don’t know who coloured it for American publication. I haven’t yet looked at these two comics, but according to the AusReprints site, not all the material from the two Australian publications are used in Ranger Comics, but also there is also some additional art. When I scan these (assuming I can), I’ll contact the compiler to see if anything might be added to the compilation. As a side note, Brodie Mack (using the name Edward Brodie) was involved in running an art course, of which two instructional books still exist.

Link to the comment: Kazanda Collection (1945-1946)

[SuperScrounge]

Years ago we had a discussion about Kazanda (I thought it started in a Reading Group selection, but apparently not) and I came across scans of the pages of the first book on an Australian site (unfortunately I can't find the address now), but I think they were pages submitted to Australia's version of Copyright registration (so it could be a government website or a museum website). I did download the pages, but as I didn't scan them and don't know Australian copyright law I haven't uploaded them.

[SuperScrounge]

According to the National Library of Australia https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/7754416 & https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2022286 the 2 original Kazanda books are still under copyright.

[Downunder Dan]

Thanks for the advice. If looking at including Australian pages has been considered and turned down, I won't chase this up. I haven't looked into the two Kazanda publications at all, other than putting them on a lsit of Australian comics to look at, so there's been no work on my part.

BTW, the site where you saw the pages may well have been the National Archives of Australia.