Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1: The Yaffa editions

Page Publications' Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #1 was published c.April 1978:

This issue reprints material from the first three issues of the US series, and the cover is from Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #3:

Page Publications recycled this issue as the digest-sized Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #5 in 1980 with a recoloured cover:

It was recycled yet again as Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos #10 c.early 1982:

This was the final issue in the series, however Yaffa would subsequently recycle at least the next two issues in this series under the one-off titles Sgt. Fury's Howlers and Sgt. Fury's War Battles. 

Shoot Me An Epitaph! in Page Publications

MV Features' Secret Service Picture Library #9 was published in the mid-1960's:

The cover was adapted by Keith Chatto for the Page Publications edition Secret Spy Picture Library #1:

Shoot me An Epitaph! was subsequently reprinted by Page Publications in Mystery Suspense Library #2:

This story was recycled again by Page Publications under yet another Chatto cover in Terror Adventure #3:

Needless to say the cover misrepresents the genre and contents.

There may be further editions of Shoot Me An Epitaph! to be unearthed

Heart to Heart Romance Library #197

This is the cover to K.G. Murray's digest-sized Heart to Heart Romance Library #197: 

The cover image is adapted from the cover of Charlton Comics' Just Married #101:

This image is also on the splash page of the lead feature.

The contents:

He Turns Me On!, originally published in Just Married #101, July 1974 

Two Broken Hearts, originally published in Just Married #100, May 1974 

The Spell of Love, originally published in Secret Romance #24, April 1973 

Love Thesis, originally published in Love Diary #83, March 1973 

Let Me Cry Alone, originally published in Love Diary #88, June 1974 

AusReprints dates this issue to February 1975.

Most of these stories were subsequently recycled by K.G. Murray in other issues.

O Melhor de Batman #1

O Melhor de Batman [The Best of Batman] #1 is a bumper 228-page digest-sized collection of key Batman stories published in Brazil by Editora Abril in 1996:

This issue collates the following stories and story arcs:

Batman: Year Two, originally published in Detective Comics #'s 575-578 

Wanted: Santa Claus--Dead or Alive!, originally published in DC Special Series #21 

A Death in the Family, originally published in Batman #'s 426-429 

These stories are Portuguese translations and are presented in full colour. The covers of the original stories are not reproduced. A Death in the Family is introduced by a generic frontispiece, and the issue includes a full page of publishing credits/indicia. 

The cover image previously appeared on DC's Batman: Year Two trade paperback collection.

The rear cover advertises Batman Anual #5. 

Whilst I wouldn't personally nominate these three stories as the best Batman stories of the period they are nevertheless popular and key Batman stories and, in the case of Wanted, an oft-reprinted Frank Miller Batman story which originally appeared in an 'off-Broadway' issue. I suspect these stories were previously published by Editora Abril and subsequently curated for this volume. TBA.

Superman's Supacomic #1 and the various Supacomic series

Superman's Supacomic #1 was published c.September 1958:

I am not certain of the cover artist however some of the figures do look to me like the work of Hart Amos, and the design is similar to one of the Amos cover tropes for anthologies.

The contents:

The Rainbow Superman, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #3, July-August 1958

The Bombshell of the Boulevards, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1, March-April 1958

See The Wonders of Marine Life With this Underwater Telescope!, originally published in Superboy #21, August-September 1952

Clark Kent's Super-Dad, originally published in Adventure Comics #236, May 1957

The World Is Our Classroom, originally published in...?

Superman's Secret Sweetheart, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #2, May-June 1958

Lois Lane In Hollywood, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #2, May-June 1958

The Crime of Bruce Wayne, originally published in Detective Comics #249, November 1957

Don't Give Fire A Place to Start, previously published in comics cover-dated July 1954 

The Super-Gorilla From Krypton, originally published in Action Comics #238, March 1958

Lois Lane, Super-Chef, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1, March-April 1958

Make Yourself a Mask!, originally published in Superboy #24, February-March 1953

The Man Who Was Clark Kent's Double, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #3, July-August 1958

The World's "Heavy Weight" Champ, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #26, February 1958

[Begins "Chief Ugwa is here to smoke peace pipe with you!", originally published in Tomahawk #5, May-June 1951

The World is Our Classroom is a one-page PSA featuring Superman which likely appeared in various DC comics in 1957-58. TBA.

The first Superman series published by K.G. Murray was a monthly periodical which ran c.June 1947-October 1959. The format of this series was similar to other K.G. Murray series published during this period - thin pamphlet-sized editions printed in black and white, including a short stint of colour interiors.

The Australian Silver Age Experience was inaugurated by the publication of Century The 100-Page Comic Monthly #1 c.July 1956. Century Comic was a monthly series from inception, and other  similarly bumper-sized titles such as All Favourites Comic and Mighty Comic joined the fray. These two series were initially launched as Annuals in 1956 but became monthly or bi-monthly titles in 1958.

It is into this market that Superman's Supacomic was launched as a bumper sized 100-page quarterly series c.September 1958. The monthly Superman series was still in circulation as the primary Superman series, and Superman's Supacomic was a complementary premium product. 

The two Superman series ended in the final quarter of 1959. Superman's Supacomic #5 was published c.September 1959, and the monthly Superman series ended with Superman #147 c.October 1959. The possessive case was dropped from the series title with Superman Supacomic #6 which was published c.January 1960, and from thereon this became the primary monthly Superman title - indeed, it was likely regarded as the flagship title in the K.G. Murray stable. It was certainly the only eponymously titled monthly superhero series (the diminutive Superman Super Library digest-sized reprint series notwithstanding) from K.G. Murray in the 1960's until well into the 1970's.

So, whilst it is true that Superman Supacomic continued from where Superman's Supacomic left off in terms of series numbering and content, it is also evident that the two series had quite distinct roles and profiles in the Australian marketplace of the late 1950's.

Interestingly there was another Supacomic in this transitional period - Supacomic Summer Gift Book was a UK hardcover title published c.mid-1960. I assume this was licensed from K.G. Murray, and the cover certainly looks like it's drawn from the Murray anthology template.