Superman Color Comics #21
Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Untitled
(Superman)
Cover, 1 page
"Featuring The World's Greatest Adventure Character!"
Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
1"Oscar, I am about to introduce science into the art of bunny-nabbing. Stand by that burrow over there--"
Featuring
- Feature
- Hambone the Hunter
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
Notes
In black and white on inside front cover.
2Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Art
- Al Plastino, line art
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor
Reprint history
3"Hedgehog for dinner--that's what we'll eat..but the little devil is quick on his feet..."
Featuring
- Feature
- Lemmy Loo
- Genre
- Humour
Credits
- Writing
- Lloyd Piper, scripter [credited]
- Art
- Lloyd Piper, line art [credited]
- Text
- Lloyd Piper, letterer [credited]
4"So Black-Beard and his friends are at a village only 20 miles away!"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sea Rover
- Genre
- Adventure
- Code
- Warwick 119
Reprint history
- Original
- The Sea Rover (The Argus, Melbourne:1848-1957) 1948-12-07
Synopsis
Blake meets the Sea Rover.
Notes
Based on a segment from "The Ovaltiney Show every Sunday around tea-time" on radio stations across Australia. Each week the previous episode was presented as a cartoon strip in the Saturday edition of some newspapers. This seems to be a reprint of those serials. "The Ovaltiney Show" was a celebrated UK produced radio show of the 1930s, which included a troupe of child actors who sang, danced and told jokes. As well as being a popular children's programme, it boosted sales of Ovaltine. Title from end of previous episode.
![Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [The Sea Rover Acts] (page 1)](/image/526/page-1-superman-color-comics-colour-comics-1949-series-21-untitled.jpg "Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [The Sea Rover Acts] (page 1)")
5"Blackbeard and his men have captured my village…"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sea Rover
- Genre
- Adventure
- Code
- Warwick 120
Reprint history
- Original
- The Sea Rover (The Argus, Melbourne:1848-1957) 1948-12-14
Notes
Ovaltine advertisement. Title from the end of the previous episode. Includes a coupon to order The Sea Rover Annaul.
![Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [A Planned Attack] (page 1)](/image/527/page-1-superman-color-comics-colour-comics-1949-series-21-untitled.jpg "Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [A Planned Attack] (page 1)")
6"The Boy hasn't a chance!"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sea Rover
- Genre
- Adventure
- Code
- Warwick 121
Reprint history
- Original
- The Sea Rover (The Argus, Melbourne:1848-1957) 1948-12-21
Notes
Ovaltine advertisement. Title from the end of the previous episode. Includes a coupon to order The Sea Rover Annaul.
![Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [River of Death] (page 1)](/image/528/page-1-superman-color-comics-colour-comics-1949-series-21-untitled.jpg "Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [River of Death] (page 1)")
7"We'll show "The Sea Rover" that we won't be beaten!"
Featuring
- Feature
- The Sea Rover
- Genre
- Adventure
- Code
- Warwick 122
Reprint history
- Original
- The Sea Rover (The Argus, Melbourne:1848-1957) 1948-12-28
Notes
Ovaltine advertisement. Title from the end of the previous episode. Includes a coupon to order The Sea Rover Annaul.
![Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [Trapped in the Flames] (page 1)](/image/529/page-1-superman-color-comics-colour-comics-1949-series-21-untitled.jpg "Superman Color Comics (Colour Comics, 1949 series) #21 — Untitled [Trapped in the Flames] (page 1)")
8Featuring
- Feature
- Superman
- Genre
- Superhero
Credits
- Writing
- Bill Woolfolk, scripter
- Art
- Wayne Boring, penciller
- Stan Kaye, inker
- Editing
- Whitney Ellsworth, editor [credited]
- Mort Weisinger, editor [attributed] (actual)
Reprint history
- First print
-
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #55 (November-December 1948) — The Richest Man in the World!
- Also printed
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958])
-
Colossal Comic Annual (Colour Comics, 1956 series) #4 ([April 1958]) — The Richest Man in the World!
Synopsis
Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman. Millionaire Stephen Van Schuyler wants to marry Lois Lane, so she stages a contest to see who can give her the most spectacular gifts, Schuyler or Superman.
9Featuring
- Feature
- Peter Fury Adventurer
- Genre
- Adventure
Credits
- Writing
- Len Lawson, scripter [as Keith Leonard]
- Art
- Len Lawson, line art [as Keith Leonard]
10"… These Kellogg's Corn Flakes are bigger, crisper, more delicious! And only 30 seconds from packet to plate! Always say "Kellogg's" before you say corn flakes!"
Details
- Printed
- 1949?
- More...
- Breakfast at the Boarding House
Notes
There was a series of these Australian drawn Kellogg's advertisements. Some are signed "Vivian", which is probably Ronald Charles Vivian (1914-1973) who drew Ginger Meggs from 1952 until his death in 1973.
11"When the vikings crossed the stormy atlantic they lived on cheese. Cheese is one of the most delicious and nourishing foods made by man… Calcium keeps your balance … Kraft cheese -- twice as rich in energy calories as beef! Tastes better because it's blended better. Kraft Cheese."
Details
- Printed
- 1949?
- Genre
- Fact
- More...
- Kraft: It's a Fact! Vikings Lived on Cheese
Notes
There was a series of Kraft advertisements, which were normally printed in pairs.
12"Auguste Piccard, French Scientist who went 10 miles into the stratospher (1935) is now preparing to tackle the mysterious deep… There's no secret about the bonzer flavour of Kraft fish paste. Tell mum you want some on your school sandwiches!"
Details
- Printed
- 1948?
- Genre
- Fact
- More...
- Kraft: Secrets of the Deep! [Auguste Piccard]
Notes
There was a series of these Kraft advertisements, which were generally printed in pairs.
![Kraft: Secrets of the Deep! [Auguste Piccard] (1948?)](/image/gallery/259/kraft-secrets-of-the-deep-auguste-piccard.jpg "Kraft: Secrets of the Deep! [Auguste Piccard] (1948?)")
Indicia
Printed Associated Newspapers Ltd. and Holland & Newton for Colour Comics Pty. Ltd., 56 Young Street, Sydney.