Congo Bill #3 Adventures of Congo Bill

Published
July 1951
Page count
28
Cover price
8d [0-0-8 AUP]
Colour
Black & white
Size
Standard size
Interior paper
Newsprint
Cover stock
Matte colour
Binding
Saddle-stitched
Format
Comic series
Branding
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
 
Colour Comics Pty Ltd

Credits

Editing
, editor

Issue contents Hide all

Show/hide Cover No title recorded (Congo Bill) Cover, 1 page

"Plus Superman"

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Art
Hart Amos, line art
Show/hide 1. Sands of Death (Congo Bill) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Art
Ed Smalle, line art [as EJS]
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #155 (April 1951)
Show/hide 2. Touchdown in the Desert (Congo Bill) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Art
Ed Smalle, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #151 (December 1950)
Show/hide 3. Wits for Weapons (Congo Bill) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Art
Ed Smalle, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #121 (June 1948)

Notes

This story is printed on side, two-up. The original story was 6 pages.

Show/hide 4. The Great Crasher (Superman) Comic story, 6 pages

Featuring

Feature
Superman
Genre
Superhero

Credits

Art
John Sikela, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #108 (May 1947)

Notes

This story is printed on side, two-up. The original story was 12 pages.

Show/hide 5. The Land where East is West (Congo Bill) Comic story, 3 pages

Featuring

Feature
Congo Bill
Genre
Jungle

Credits

Art
Ed Smalle, line art
Editing
Whitney Ellsworth, editor

Reprint history

Also printed
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #132 (May 1949)

Notes

This story is printed on side, two-up. The original story was 6 pages.

Show/hide 6. Shorty (Shorty) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"I don't know what to do. I walk in my sleep and can't break myself of doing it!"

Featuring

Feature
Shorty
Genre
Gags

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art
Show/hide 7. Peg (Peg) Comic story, 0.5 pages

"Coming! H'lo, Peg! How's the diet that I gave you working out?"

Featuring

Feature
Peg
Genre
Gags

Credits

Writing
Henry Boltinoff, scripter
Art
Henry Boltinoff, line art

Reprint history

Also printed
Australia
Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (Colour Comics, 1965 series) #31 ([November 1967?])
 
Australia
Super Adventure Comic (Colour Comics, 1960 series) #32 ([December 1967?])
Show/hide 8. Stumpy (Stumpy) Comic story, 1 page

"? Say, Sonny, I'll give you a bob if you'll catch my hat!"

Featuring

Feature
Stumpy
Genre
Gags

Credits

Art
Phil Berube, line art

Reprint history

First print
United States
Action Comics (DC, 1938 series) #99 (August 1946)
Also printed
United States
Superman (DC, 1939 series) #64 (May-June 1950)

Notes

This strip has been expanded from the original 2/3 pages with white space and relatively crude drawing. The original text of a dime and a quarter has been changed to Australan currency.


Status

This issue includes help from

  • David Studham

AusReprints ID

  • 2348

Entry created

  • 22/03/2005

Cover added

  • 03/09/2010

Index completed

  • 22/03/2005

Last updated

  • 16/02/2022