AusReprints

...covering Australian comics

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AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.

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Do you know more? Zip Comics

The usual references don't mention 'The Oil Seekers' by Tony Rafty, which seems to predate his 'first' comic for NSW Bookstall.

16 Jul 2018

Who is Hottie Lahm?

Most known for iconic dog Snifter during a long career at KG Murray, Lahm created Snowy McGann to fill the 1951 Ginger Meggs gap at The Sun.

14 Jul 2018

Censorship 2: Straight Arrow #17

Was a provocative pose during poker too much for Aus editors? Or were there late changes to the original art for ‘Uproar’ in the US?

11 Jul 2018

Censorship by colour: Battle! #24

This cover lacks intensity without Stan Goldberg's colours. With a dead soldier also deleted, it seems a deliberate censorship choice.

8 Jul 2018

Who is Jeff Wilkinson?

A biography and bibliography for the early Australian artist who created long-running Australian series The Phantom Ranger and The Shadow.

1 Jul 2018

Manfred Sommer’s Frank Cappa

A rare English collection of Sommer’s famous reporter, just after its first Spanish printing—with a few stories in other Gredown one-shots.

15 May 2018

Showcase

61 years ago

M-G-M's Tom (Rosnock, 1957 series) #70 (April 1958)

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	spiros xenos	Comment on Vault of Demons (Gredown, 1976 series) #1 Sunday, 1 December 2019 8:03 PM
	Guest	Comment on The Incredible Hulk (Newton, 1974 series) #10 Sunday, 1 December 2019 5:35 AM
	Guest	Comment on The Incredible Hulk (Newton, 1974 series) #10 Sunday, 1 December 2019 5:34 AM
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In January 1941, E.J. Francis satirised Australia's ban on US publications in The Home magazine. The comments provide an interesting insight into some American comics and pulp publications that were probably available in Australian newsagents at the time. Read more