Super Giant Album #23
The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd
Australia.
Issue contents
Cover
Only the Desert Knows
(Pinkerton's Man)
Cover, 1 page
"Pinkerton's man…Only the desert knows"
Featuring
- Feature
- Pinkerton's Man
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Art
- Jordi Penalva, painter [signed as J. Penalva]
- Text
- , typeset
- Editing
- Selecciones Ilustradas, editor
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1Featuring
- Feature
- Pinkerton's Man
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
Credits
- Writing
- Enrique Sánchez Abulí , scripter [as Enrique Sanchez Abulí]
- Art
- Luis Bermejo, line art
- Editing
- Selecciones Ilustradas, editor
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Notes
A biography of Abulí at tebeosfera.com reports he wrote this episode of Jeff Blake. Other authors for this series were Carlos Echevarria and F. Enriquez (possibly later episodes only, also an artist).
2Featuring
- Feature
- Tiffany Sinn, The CIA Sweetheart
- Genre
- Spy
- Code
- B-1082
Credits
- Writing
- Dave Kaler, scripter [as David A. Kaler]
- Art
- Jim Aparo, line art
- Text
- Jim Aparo, letterer
- Management
- Pat Masulli, Executive Editor
- Dick Giordano, Managing Editor
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3Featuring
- Genre
- Horror-Suspense
Credits
- Editing
- Ginny Provisiero, editor [as V.A. Provisiero]
- Al Jetter, Art Director
- Management
- Will Lieberson, Executive Editor
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- First print
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Beware! Terror Tales (Fawcett, 1952 series) #7 (May 1953) — The Walking Cadaver
- Also printed
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Doomsday (Sport Magazine, 1972 series) #5 ([October 1972?]) — The Walking Cadaver
Notes
1950s pre-code horror story.
4Featuring
- Genre
- Crime
Credits
- Writing
- Peter Fatches, scripter [signed as Peter F. Fatches]
- Art
- Peter Fatches, line art [signed as Peter F. Fatches]
- Text
- Peter Fatches, letterer [signed as Peter F. Fatches]
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First published in this issue
Notes
One-off Australian/urban crime comic strip. Read more about this story. Dated 1975.
5Featuring
- Genre
- War
- Code
- A-5091
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Charles Nicholas, penciller
- Vince Alascia, inker
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Pat Masulli, original editor
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Notes
Korean War story.
6Featuring
- Feature
- Rex Clive and His Space Officers
- Genre
- Science fiction
- Characters
- Rex Clive; Speed Lansing; Wix; Gurkus; Queen Anyana
Credits
- Writing
- , scripter
- Art
- Art Cappello, line art
- Text
- Jon D'Agostino , letterer
- Editing
- Al Fago, original editor [as Alfred Fago]
- Walter Gibson, original editor
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- First print
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Space Adventures (Charlton, 1952 series) #2 (September 1952) — Operation Pluto
- Also printed
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Outer Space (New Century, 1958? series) #3 ([1958?]) — Operation Pluto
Synopsis
Queen Anyana is leader of the country of Delonia on the planet Pluto. Two space traders, Wix and Gurkus, have taken over Delonia. The Space Rangers, including Rex Clive and Speed Lansing are sent with their scoutcrafts in the cargo hold of a massive ship called the Solario, it is threatened by Wix, the self-proclaimed ruler of Pluto. Wix blows up the Solario, unleashing the Space Rangers on the would-be despot's ragtag group of spacecraft. The Space Rangers handlily destroy Wix's fleet. Things work out as well for Gurkus as the failed Wix. Rex and Speed are welcomed to Pluto by Queen Anyana.
7Featuring
- Feature
- Geminis
- Genre
- Spy
Credits
- Writing
- Carlos Echevarría, scripter
- Art
- Alfonso Font, line art
- Text
- , letterer
- Editing
- Selecciones Ilustradas, editor
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- Also printed
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Spirit (Garbo, 1975 series) #25 (June 1977) — Ratón
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Spirit (Garbo, 1975 series) #25 (June 1977) (Ratón)
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Lanciostory (Eura Editoriale, 1975 series) v4#36 (September 1978) — Episode 7
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Lanciostory (Eura Editoriale, 1975 series) v4#36 (September 1978)
Notes
World War One-era spy thriller.
8Featuring
- Feature
- Wyatt Earp
- Genre
- Western-Frontier
- Code
- A-4302
Credits
- Art
- Rocco Mastroserio, line art [signed as Mastroserio]
- Management
- Pat Masulli, Executive Editor
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9Featuring
- Genre
- War
Credits
- Art
- Charles Nicholas, penciller
- Vince Alascia, inker
- Management
- Pat Masulli, Executive Editor
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Notes
World War II story.