[Downunder Dan]

@Robb_K - during World War II, the Australian government banned the import of foreign printed material and stopped licencing Australian periodicals (the latter measure was to preserve paper). This lead to publishers going outside the rules and publishing one-shot items. For comics readers, this meant finding the next part of a continuing story was tricky. Bowyang Bill in The Mystery of Wombat Gully is a case in point: there were (at least) 6 parts, 4 of which appeared in standalone titles, and the last 2 of which appeared in the ongoing Gem Comics (after periodicals were again allowed to be registered). Often, the creators wrote a end of episode ending, such as the one that disappointed you, rather than a cliffhanger. At present, no other parts of this story are on this site. The good news is that, eventually, I should have all six parts uploaded here.

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