Ms. Marvel: The complete Yaffa cover gallery

Here's a cover gallery of my complete collection of Page Publications' Ms. Marvel:

Ms. Marvel #1, c.April 1978 

Ms. Marvel #2, c.October 1979 

Ms. Marvel #3, c.June 1981

Ms. Marvel #4, 16 October 1981

Ms. Marvel #NN, c.August 1983

The first two issues are regular/magazine-sized, the rest are digest-sized - #3 is a 'short' digest edition, the other two are 'tall' editions.

The dates are based on information to hand and will be updated as more data comes through.

As you can see from the covers, the first issue was recycled twice.

I am unaware of any retitled recycled editions, and given the unnumbered issue is from 1983, it is unlikely any were issued after this point.

Operation War Cry

Here's a cover scan of my rather tattered copy of Gredown's Operation War Cry:

I have not identified the cover source, and note that Medals of Death is not a story title which appears in this magazine.

The contents:

Medals and a Clear Conscience is a 16-page story which begins on page 2, the inner front cover. It is possibly retitled from Medals of Death. 

Original source unknown.

The Decisive Moment is a 16-page story with the following credits: 

Script: M.V. Rodoreda

Artwork: Tello

Lettering: R.A. Victoria

Original source unknown.

Rescue is a 14-page story with the following credits:

Script: A. Sandoval

Artwork: G. Deltoro

Original source unknown

The Case of the Phantom Plane is a 3-page story originally published in ACG's Out of the Night #6, cover-dated December 1952-January 1953.

Betrayal on Command is a 16-page story signed by Estaban Polls. The story ends on the rear cover.

Original source unknown.

Update 7 May 2023: James has identified some of the sources and credits including this page from an issue of Guerra (Vilmar):

Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #22: The KG Murray edition

 KG Murray's Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen was published c.January 1957:

The cover originally appeared on Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16, October-November 1956, with slight alterations:

The main features:

The Boy of Steel, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #16, October-November 1956

The Secrets of the Planeteers!, originally published in Action Comics #217, June 1956

The Dive-In Theatre, Adventure Comics #186, March 1953

This issue also contains three gag filler features. The first of the two Jerry the Jitterbug features was previously published in World's Finest Comics #85, November-December 1956; the second was originally published in Adventure Comics #155, August 1950, then reprinted in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #13, June 1956 and Superboy #87, March 1961. The third feature is Honey in Hollywood, originally published in The Adventures of Alan Ladd #5, June-July 1950 and reprinted in World's Finest Comics #76, May-June 1955. It is expanded to a full-page feature in the KG Murray edition.

The original title for The Dive-In Theatre is The Dive-In Theater, altered in favour of the English spelling of Theatre.

Love 1977

 The cover image on KG Murray's Love 1977 is painted by Tom Sutton and  originally appeared on Charlton's I Love You #118: 

The contents:

Cure For Heartbreak, originally published in I Love You #118, June 1976

I Lived in a World of Make-Believe, originally published in Valentine #27, April 1974

Tears for a Lost Love, originally published in Just Married #110, April 1976

The Game of Love 

A Quiet Place for Kissing, originally published in My Only Love #4, January 1976

The New Girl, originally published in 

One Tiny Flaw, originally published in My Only Love #7, August 1976

Substitute Love, originally published in My Only Love #6, June 1976

In a Spin Over DJ Danny!, originally published in Valentine #25, May 1974

Only the Bridesmaid, originally published in Just Married #109, January 1976

Love is Like This...,  

Animals I Have Known, originally published in Teen Confessions #95, July 1976

Having a Ball, originally published in I Love You #119, August 1976

For the Sake Of Revenge

Notes:

1. There are a few stories titled The Game of Love on the GCD site. There is also an Australian issue titled The Game of Love.

2. One Tiny Flaw was subsequently recycled in Romance Time.

3. Substitute Love was subsequently recycled in Secret Romances #35.

4. The GCD entries for the two stories from Valentine say they are 3 pages long. The stories in this issue are complete at 6 pages.

Dating Federal Comics' Batman team up series

Federal Comics' Batman and... is a messy series to index due to confusion and errors on the part of the Federal editors but I think I've sorted it out. Let's begin by laying out the issues concerned in chronological published order:

Batman and Metamorpho The Element Man #1, December 1982 (Murray Comics/Black logo)

Batman and The Catwoman #2, March 1983 (Murray Comics/Red logo)

Batman and the Creeper #3, April 1983 (Federal Comics/Murray the Cat logo)

Batman and Adam Strange #4, July 1983 (Federal Comics/Red and Blue logo)

Batman and Hawkman #5, December 1983 (Federal Comics/Red and Blue logo)

Batman and the Flash #6, February 1984 (Federal Comics/Black logo)

Batman and The Outsiders #7, April 1984 (Australian DC Edition)

Batman and The Outsiders #8, June 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Batman and Batman Album #NN, June 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Batman and Sgt. Rock #NN, July 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Batman and The Outsiders #9, September 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Batman and Nemesis #NN, September 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Batman and The Outsiders #10, October 1984 (Australian DC Edition/Federal Comics)

Notes:

1. Batman and... is a team up series based on material originally appearing in the DC series The Brave and the Bold. The Murray and Federal issues used the Batman team up story as the headline cover feature, and the rest of the issues would feature stories with the supporting character (although some issues included other Batman stories too).

2. This series is confusing because the numbering of the series transitions from one title to another - from Batman and... #6 to Batman and The Outsiders #7. 

3. Confusing things further is the three unnumbered Batman and ... issues. Unmoored from their series numbering, collectors have understandably deemed them to have been published before Batman and the Outsiders #7.

4. The problem begins with the publication of Batman and The Outsiders #7. This edition maintains the Collector's Item! First Issue! banners, and really should have been the first issue in a new Federal Comics series. If this had been done the above lineup would have seen the three unnumbered issues numbered as Batman and Batman Album #7, Batman and Sgt. Rock #8 and Batman and Nemesis #9.  

5. Federal's edition of The Brave and The Bold #200, the final issue in the series, also appears to have messed things up unnecesarily. Awkwardly cover-titled titled Album starring Batman and Batman (there is no indicia title, but it likely would have been Batman and Batman), it seems to have been issued without clarity as to its status. They may have intended this as a follow-up to Murray's Batman Album #51, or a companion issue to DC Comics Presents Superman and the Golden Age Superman, published a month earlier in May 1984. Regardless of their intentions, it's clearly the first of the three unnumbered Batman and... issues , and to my mind belongs to this series, even if it's as an auxiliary 'Annual'. 

6. Batman vs. The Incredible Hulk Album can also be considered part of this mix, similarly to Album starring Batman and Batman. This issue was published January 1984, between Batman and... #5 and #6. It's understandable why this was issued as an unnumbered issue, given the main source material, and it operates like a related Annual to the mother series. However, it does end with a reprint from The Brave and the Bold #196, from the same period as the other Batman and... issues.

7. Batman and The Outsiders #11 onwards appears to be published mostly regularly at two month intervals.

The various Federal Comics logos referenced above accord datewise with my schema sampled via the Superman series in this period.

Captain Marvel: The complete Yaffa cover gallery

Here's a cover gallery of my complete run of Page Publications' Captain Marvel:

#1, c.November 1977

#2, c.June 1978

#3, c.March 1979

#4, c.July 1980

#5, c.March 1981

#6, c.May 1981

#7, c.October 1981

#8, c.February 1982

Notes:

1. The first three issues are standard/magazine-sized, the rest are digest-sized - #'s 4-6 are the 'short' scale, #'s 7-8 are the 'tall' editions.

2.I believe the dates are accurate to within a month, give or take. 

3. #5 has an indicia date of 1980, but I have spotted 4 copies with a newsagency marking of 6 or June, suggesting a March release, which would date it earlier than #4 in July 1980. So, I've deemed it a March 1981, pending further information.

4. A series like this would typically end with a numbered magazine-sized reprint of the first issue, and subsequent retitled recycled issues. I have not seen any such issues for this series.

Frantic With Fear

Gredown's Frantic With Fear was published c.March 1980:

The contents:

Messenger of the Stars

Very Well Mr. Milton...

Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye, originally published in Vampirella #41, April 1975

The Make-Up

Last of his Kind!, originally published in Forbidden Worlds #115, October 1963

The Big Kill!, originally published in Out of the Night #14, April-May 1954

9th Life, originally published in Creepy Things #5, April 1976

Magic Mutt!, originally published in Unknown Worlds #10, September 1961

The Thing From The Graveyard

Once Gods Walked The Earth!, originally published in Forbidden Worlds #120, July 1964

The Burning Corpse

Only Tough Guys Get Places!, originally published in Forbidden Worlds #128, July 1965

Blood-Bath, originally published in Weird v7#7, December 1973

Notes:

1. The cover story title The Idol's Revenge does not appear in this issue. The title may be loosely based on the opening story Messenger of the Stars.

2. Many of these stories were previously published in Gredown comics: Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye in Vampirella #28; the Make-Up in Weird Tales of the Macabre #2; The Big Kill! in Vault of Demons #4; 9th Life in Vault of Demons #1; The Burning Corpse in Vault of Demons #5; and Blood-Bath in Tales of Horror #8.

3. Messenger of the Stars is illustrated - and possibly scripted - by Alfonso Aspiri, who may be best known by Australian horror comics collectors for his work appearing in Gredown's Frankestein's Nights #1 and The Horror From The Lake #1.

4. This issue is printed by Eastern Suburbs Newspapers, 77 Belmore Road, Randwick. Most of the Gredown issues I have indexed so far were published by ESN at the Joynton Road address, and appear to be from 1981 onwards. The only other Gredown issue I have identified so far to have been printed at the 77 Belmore Road address has a confirmed publication date of 1980. Besides my copy I have spotted three other copies of this issue with 6 written on the cover. It is on these sketchy details that I have ascribed a publication date of March 1980.

Update 21 March 2023: James has found another source for the cover:

I'm not sure if this is pre- or post-Frantic with Fear.

Devil Doone in Man Junior: The Kidnapped Bullfighter

KG Murray's Man Junior Vol.1 no.12 is cover-dated September 1959:

This issue contains an instalment of The Adventures of Devil Doone titled The Kidnapped Bullfighter: 

This 4-page story was reprinted in KG Murray's Devil Doone Adventure Comic #39 c.July 1961:

Love and Romance Library #215

Frew Publications' Love and Romance Library #215 was published c.late 1964:

The contents:

The Shadow On Our Love, originally published in All Love #28, September 1949 

The Night That Changed My Life, originally published in Real Life Secrets #1, September 1949

Spite Elopement, originally published in Real Life Secrets #1, September 1949

Curiously, despite its prominence on the cover, Falling in Love is not a story title contained in this issue.

The complete Gredown comics list

This is the complete list of comics published by Gredown/Boraig c.1976-1985:

1 Avenging Spirit

2 Awesome Apparitions

3 Battle Stations U-Boat 13

4 Battle Strike Action

5 Beware!

6 Beyond Help

7 Bite of the Scorpion

8 Bite of the Vampire

9 Black Doom

10 Black Havoc

11 Black Legend, The

12 Black Spectre

13 Black Terror

14 Blade of Fear 1-8

15 Blazing Six-Guns

16 Blind Despair

17 Blind Terror

18 The Blood Plague

19 The Brute 1 and NN

20 Bullet Western

21 Buried Alive!

22 Call From Beyond

23 Call of the Monsters

24 Chain of Pain

25 Charons of Hell

26 Chill from the Grave

27 Chill of Fear

28 Chills of the Supernatural

29 Claustrophobia

30 Claw of Pain

31 Claws of Horror

32 Crawling Horror

33 Crawling Terror

34 Cruel Beyond, The

35 Cry of the Werewolf 1-5

36 Crypt of Creatures 1-6

37 Crypt of Souls

38 Curse of Doom

39 Curse of No Return

40 Curse of The Werewolf

41 Daunting Images

42 Deadly Horror Stories

43 Dead Mens' Tales

44 Deadly Mayhem

45 Deadly Omen

46 Death - Face to Face

47 Death Rattle

48 Death Wish

49 Deathly Horrors

50 Deeds of the Diabolical

51 Delta 99

52 Demon is a Hag, The 1

53 Demon Phantoms, The NN[1]-2

54 Demons of the Deep featuring Five and the Infinite

55 Demons Revenge

56 Descent to Horror

57 Devil's Brood

58 Devil's Dilemma

59 Devil's Doom 1-3

60 Devil's Inferno

61 Devil's Seed, The

62 Devil's Triangle, The 1-8

63 Diabolical Tales

64 Dimension of Doom

65 Doom Zone

66 Doorway to Doom

67 Double Barrel Western

68 Dread of the Dead

69 Dread of the Unknown

70 Dreaded Werewolf Tales

71 Duel of Death

72 Edge of Fear

73 E-Man 1-2

74 Empty Tombs, The

75 Endless Torment

76 Escorpion

77 Eternal Hell

78 Evil Eye, The

79 Evil Ones, The

80 Evil Shadows

81 Evil Trap, The

82 Evil Winds of Death

83 Evildoers

84 Eyes of Night

85 Face of Doom

86 Fanged Monster, The

87 Fate of Death

88 Fearful Fancies

89 Fearful Forces of the Unknown

90 Fearful Freaks

91 Fearful Spectres

92 Fearful Tales of the Occult 1-3

93 Fearsome Stories

94 Fear Zone

95 Fiends and Demons

96 Fiends and Things

97 Fiends from the Abyss

98 Fiends of Frenzy

99 Fierce Battles of War

100 Fingers of Doom

101 Fingers of Fear

102 Flash Gordon

103 Flight Into Peril

104 Fly, The 1

105 Forbidden Tales

106 Forces of Evil

107 Forever Dead

108 Foul Winds of Fear

109 Frankestein's Nights

110 Frantic with Fear

111 Freaky

112 Fright! 1-3

113 Frozen Fear

114 Future Shock!

115 Gasp!

116 Ghastly Encounters

117 Ghost

118 Ghost Dancers

119 Ghost Panic

120 Ghostly Ghouls

121 Ghostly Horrors

122 Ghostly Shadows

123 Ghostly Villains

124 Ghosts and Ghouls 1-7

125 Ghosts of Terror 1-7

126 Ghouls from the Grave

127

128 Gloom

129 Grave Ghost's Tales 1-4

130 Grim Ghostly Stories

131 Grinning Skull, The

132 Grip of Death

133 Grotesque, The

134 Gruesome Nightmare

135 Gun Smoke Western

136 Gun Western

137 Hall of Dread

138 Hand of Death

139 A Hanging Western

140 Haunted Horror 1-2

141 Haunting Images

142 Hell Bent Destruction

143 Hell Fire

144 Hell Pit

145 Hell Rider 1-2

146 Hell's Doorway

147 Help!

148 Hideous Haunts

149 Horror Encounters 1-3

150 Horror Experience 1

151 Horror from the Lake, The 1

152 Horror in the Dungeon

153 Horror Tales Album

154 Horror Tales of Vampires

155 Horror Unleashd

156 House of Yang 1-2

157 Ill Fated, The

158 Ill Winds of Death

159 Infernal Nightmare

160 Insane

161 Ironjaw 1-NN

162 Jaws of the Deep

163 Jughead as Captain Hero 1

164 Jungle Jim Album Edition

165 Kiss of Death 

166 Knife Edge

167 Living Horrors

168 Living Nightmare

169 Loathsome Ghosts

170 Macabre Destiny

171 Macabre Monsters

172 Mad Fear

173 Malignant Forces

174 Mandrake the Magician Album Edition

175 Maze of Monsters 1-4

176 Michael Mauser Private Eye

177 Midnight Havoc

178 Midnight Terror

179 Mind Possessed

180 Monster Factory, The 1

181 Monsters from Hell 1-3

182 Monsters Incorporated

183 Monstrosities

184 Morlock 2001 1-NN

185 Mystery Tales

186 Night Creature

187 Night of Terror

188 Night Without End

189 Operation War Cry

190 Orgy of Destruction

191 Out of this World 1-2

192 Outlaw Gunslingers

193 Pact with the Devil

194 Panic Struck

195 Panther's Revenge

196 Peril Below

197 Phantom Fear

198 Phantoms of Evil 3-5

199 Pit of Evil 1-14

200 Plague of Horror

201 Plague of Terror 1-3

202 Plague of Vampires

203 Planet of Doom 1-2

204 Planet of the Spirits featuring 5 and the Infinite

205 Planet of Vampires 1-7

206 Popeye the Sailor

207 Portrait of Peril

208 Princes of Darkness

209 Prison of Fear 

210 Pure Madness

211 Pure Panic 1-3

212 Pureheart the Powerful 1-2

213 Quick Draw Western

214 Quick or Dead

215 Racing Girl 1

216 Raiders of the Lost Earth

217 Rampage of Demons

218 Ramparts of Evil 1-3

219 Ravages of Evil

220 The Rats featuring Delta 99

221 Reign of Terror

222 Return from Death

223 Road to Disaster

224 Satan's Corpse

225 Satan's Disciples

226 Satan's Spawn

227 Savage Tales of War

228Scream in Terror

229 Screaming Terror

230 Secrets of the Supernatural 1-3

231 Shadow of Death

232 Shadows of Doom

233 Shattering Fear

234 Sheer Panic

235 Shock and Dilemma

236 Shoot-Out Western

237 Shriek of Despair

238 Shriek of the Dead

239 Shrouds of Mystery

240 Shuddering Fear

241 Shudder Tales 1-6

242 Sinbad

243 Sinister Spectres

244 Skulls of Death

245 Sorcery 1-4

246 Space Raiders

247 Space Wars

248 Spaced Out

249 Spectre of Hell

250 Spells of Blackness

251 Spirit, The 1

252 Spirit's Den

253 Spirits from the Unknown 1-2

254 Spirits of Misfortune, The

255 Spooks

256 Spooks of Terror

257 Stark Fear 1-3

258 Storm Forces

259 Strange Encounters 1

260 Strange Experience 4-11

261 Strange Experiment

262 Strange Macabre Tales 1

263 Strange Mission of the Weird Brain featuring Delta 99

264 Strange Romance Tales 1

265 Strange Tales of the Wild West

266 Tales of the Forbidden

267 Tales of Horror 1-10

268 Tales of the Mystic

268 Tales of Torment 1-3

270 Tarantula, The 1-NN

271 Tempest of Terror

272 Temple of the Dead

273 Tentacles of Terror

274 Terror Madness

275 Terror Tales Album

276 Terror Trail

277 Terror Under the Sea

278 Terror Unleashed 1-3

279 Thirst of Blood

280 This Comic is Haunted 1-6

281 Thriller Tales

282 Toll of Doom

283 Tomb of Ghosts

284 Tombstone Terror

285 Torments of Hell

286 Tortured Mind

287 Underground, The

288 Undreamed of Horrors

289 Vampire Havoc

290 Vampire Killers

291 Vampire Mania

292 Vampires of Death 1

293 Vampire Panic

294 Vampire Scare

295 Vault of Demons 1-8

296 Vault of Fear

297 Vault of Ghosts

298 Vengeance of the Vampires 1-2

299 Vengeful Corpse

300 Victim of the Vampire

301 Vile Monstrosities

302 Vile Tales of Havoc

303 Violent Destiny

304 Visions of Doom

305 Voodoo 2-3

306 Voodoo Tales 1

307 Voyage to Death

308 Wagon Train Western

309 War Guns of Destruction

310 War Zone!

311 Weird Experience 1

312 Weird Ghostly Tales

313 Weird Tales of the Macabre 1-7

314 Weird Tales of Werewolves 1-3

315 Werewolf Fangs of Horror

316 Werewolf Fury

317 Werewolf Prowls, The

318 Wicked Witchs' Tales 1-2

319 Wild Cat Western

320 Wild Fear!

321 Wild Guns of the West

322 Wild Western Action

323 Witches Cauldron 1-5

324 Wolff

325 Zombie Nightmare

326 The Zombies 2

327 The Zombies featuring Delta 99

328 Zombies From Below

329 5 and the Infinite

Notes:

I attempted a complete list of Gredown horror comics some 15 years ago. Since then I have almost completed my collection - there's less than a dozen outstanding. This list is based on my collection and other verified issues.

My previous lists focused on horror issues with some acknowledgment of other genres such as western and sci-fi. This list does not differentiate between genres.

The previous list contained a number of errors and omissions which have been rectified. I'm tempted to delete the previous posts attending to this matter, however I am leaving them on the blog in part for posterity, and in part because they contain a number of comments contributed by other collectors.

There are probably some errors or omissions to this list. I will deem this a live document, to be updated as more information comes to hand, and acknowledge such updates and contributions below.

Most of the issues above are unnumbered. Numbered issues are duly designated. Some unnumbered issues are recycled editions of previously numbered issues. Such issues are designated with #NN to differentiate them from their numbered counterparts.

Gredown also published horror and detective/crime magazines which would have shared newsstand space with the comics magazines. These are of interest to collectors, but this list is purely concerned with the comics. It is possible that some such prose magazines have been misidentified and are actually comics. TBA. 

There are some anomalies worth pointing out. The Zombies featuring Delta 99 is unnumbered, but is likely [#1} to The Zombies #2. Similarly, Voodoo Tales #1 is probably the first issue to Voodoo #'s 2-3. And the first three issues of the relatively long-running series Strange Experience are pulp-style magazines, not comics.

I am still working on the dates for these issues. They were first published in 1976, and appear to have ended around 1983, however I have one issue with a 1985 date stamp on it.

Update 8 March 2023: This list has been updated to include Ravages of Evil and Scream in Terror, and to delete Kiss of Death 1 and 2 - only an unnumbered issue exists. These details were known to me however it took the eagle-eyed Jim McIntosh to correct my errors. Much obliged, Jim.

Update 13 March 2023: Ghoul Tales 1 and 2 deleted from list. This is a Yaffa series.

Update 18 March 2023: Stark Fear 4 deleted. Thanks again Jim.