Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #1

K.G. Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #1 was published c.May 1965:

The cover image is a cropped and modified version of the original on The Doom Patrol #93:

The main features:

Showdown on Nightmare Road [Part 1], originally published in The Doom Patrol #93, February 1965

Part 2: Who Is Doctor Wilder?, originally published in The Doom Patrol #93, February 1965

Part 3: The Beast of the Doom Patrol, originally published in The Doom Patrol #93, February 1965

The Superboy Club of Smallville!, originally published in Superboy #107, September 1963

We Dared to Open the Door of Danger Dungeon, originally published in My Greatest Adventure #71, September 1962

The Challenger Who Quit! [Part 1], originally published in Challengers of the Unknown #41, December-January 1965

Part 2: The Challenger Who Quit!, originally published in Challengers of the Unknown #41, December-January 1965

Treasure Planet!, originally published in Mystery In Space #15, August-September 1953

The Manhunt Through Two Worlds, originally published in Tales of the Unexpected #87, February-March 1965

The Boy of 100 Faces!, Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #1, September-October 1954

This issue also contains the full page Peter Puptent, Explorer filler from My Greatest Adventure #78, April 1963 on the inner front cover.

Announcing the new KG Murray titles: World's Finest Comic Monthly, Tip Top Comic Monthly and Wonder Comic Monthly

This full-page in-house advertisement appears in Tip Top Comic Monthly #2 and promotes three new KG Murray titles launched c.May 1965:

World's Finest Comic Monthly, Tip Top Comic Monthly and Wonder Comic Monthly replaced the 100-page 'centurion' titles The Hundred Comic, Century Comic and Five-Score Comic Monthly. The 100-page issues had been a staple of the KG Murray lineup since 1956 and they endured until rising costs necessitated a reduction in the page count. Naturally, their once proud nomenclature had to be considered a boast from the past.

Other series such as All Star Adventure Comic, All Favourites Comic, Mighty Comic and Superman Supacomic, among others, also had their page counts reduced to 84 pages. and duly lost their "100 pages" spine long banner, however their titles, being immune to false advertising, persevered.

Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly #1

K.G. Murray's Wonder Comic Monthly #1 was published c.May 1965:

The cover image is modified from the original appearing on DC Comics' Tomahawk #96:

The main comics features:

The Ranger Killers Part 1, originally published in Tomahawk #96, January-February 1965

Part 2: The Rangers Die at Sunset!, originally published in Tomahawk #96, January-February 1965

Lois Lane, Gun-Moll!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #28, October 1961

The Man with Three Eyes!, originally published in House of Mystery #25, April 1954

The Underwater Olympics!, originally published in Adventure Comics #277, October 1960

My Son, the Boy of Steel!, originally published in Adventure Comics #314, November 1963

Destination-Star, originally published in Mystery In Space #14, June-July 1953

The House of "Flashy" Traps!, originally published in Detective Comics #336, February 1965

Disappearance of Superman!, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #4, March-April 1955

Three Arrows Against Doom!, originally published in The Brave and the Bold #9, December 1956

This issue also contains two full page filler strips - the Homer strip from Blackhawk #190, November 1963, and the Peter Puptent, Explorer strip from My Greatest Adventure #80, June 1963.

There is an advertiser's date code on the inner rear cover KGM/WC 565.

Yaffa's Creatures on the Loose! #1 x 3

Page Publications' Creatures on the Loose! #1 was published c.March 1978:

This issue was recycled as Creatures on the Loose! #3 c.February 1980:

The only differences between the two issues are the issue number and price, which appear to have been superimposed on the #3 over the initial number and price of #1, and the indicia differs between the two. There is also a marked difference in the printing which affects the colours.

This issue was recycled as an unnumbered digest-sized edition retitled Creature Feature:

The recolouring uncovers some of the linework which was barely visible in the murk of the first two editions, but they still didn't manage to colour the clouds correctly. Compare to the cover of Marvel's Creatures on the Loose #12:

The contents of the Yaffa editions appear to be the main features in Marvel's Creatures on the Loose #'s 10, 11 and 12, some of which are reprints from previous Marvel issues and modified to some extent in this series.

Strange Experience #9

Strange Experience #9 was published by Gredown Pty. Ltd. c.August 1977:

The cover is signed by Salvador Faba.

The stories:

The Vampire Lives!, originally published in Horror Tales #v3#5, September 1971

Man-Beast, originally published in Tales from the Tomb #v1#6, July 1969

Head of Horror, originally published in Terror Tales #v5#5, October 1973

The Shelf of Skulls, originally published in Terror Tales #v1#8, May 1969

Homeward Bound, originally published in Ghost Manor #3, February 1972

Sawdust Banshee, originally published in Horror Tales #v3#2, March 1971

All Must Die, originally published in The Many Ghosts of Dr. Graves #44, January 1974

His Other Self

Destroyed Soul  

Many of these stories were reprinted in other Gredown issues - some in KG Murray titles too.

The stories hailing from Eerie Publications all appear to be reworkings of previous stories. See the GCD links for details.

I have not identified the original printings of the last two stories. Here's scans of the splash pages in case someone else recognises them:

His Other Self, script by S Dulcet, art by Cueyo Y Porredon 

Destroyed Soul, story and art by Juan Boix

Update 14 July 2023:  His Other Self originally appeared as Su otro yo in Dossier Negro #48 (1973)

Destroyed Soul originally appeared in Dossier Negro #26 (1971), and was later reprinted, under a different translation, as A Devastated Soul in Gredown's Vault of Fear (about 1982).

Thanks to Marcus Brazil for identifying these stories.

Psycho: The complete Yaffa cover gallery

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

Psycho #1

Psycho #2

Psycho #3

Psycho #4

Psycho #[5]/NN

Psycho #6

Psycho #7

Psycho #8

Psycho #9

Psycho #10

Psycho #11

Psycho #12

Psycho #NN

Psycho #NN

It is possible there are more unnumbered editions to be unearthed. TBA

These are all regular/magazine-sized.

No Time For Romance #11

No Time For Romance #11 is a digest-sized comic published by Horwitz Publications for an on behalf of Transport Publishing Company:

The contents:

No Time For Romance, originally published in Love Tales #67, April 1956

Adorable Annabelle, originally published in Love Tales #67, April 1956

Man In My Past, originally published in Love Tales #67, April 1956

Too Much In Love!, originally published in Love Tales #67, April 1956

Love Came Along! 

Forever After!, originally published in Love Romances #56, March 1956

But Is It Love?, originally published in Love Romances #56, March 1956

The Beholder's Eyes!, originally published in Love Romances #56, March 1956

These reprints have been reformatted for the digest-sized dimensions.

The original printings included credits and/or job numbers, but they have been excised in this edition.

I have not identified the original source of Love Came Along!:

This issue was probably published c.1957 as per many other similar Horwitz romance comics.

Update 15 July 2023: Love Came Along! was originally published as Lonely! in Love Tales #67. It was retitled and reformatted for the digest-sized volume. Here's a scan of the original splash page:

No Time For Romance #11 reprints all the comics features from Love Tales #67.

Thanks to James Zanotto for the information and the scan.

Romantic Story

Romantic Story is a one-shot romance comic published by Murray Publishers under their Murray Romance Library imprint:

The cover is a recoloured and slightly modified version of the cover by Frank Bolle originally appearing on the cover of Charlton Comics' Secrets of Young Brides #9:

All of the stories in this issue originally appeared in Charlton Comics as follows:

Love-In in London, originally published in Sweethearts #105, August 1969

A Visit to a Strange Place, originally published in Sweethearts #115, March 1971

Life of Lies, originally published in I Love You #117, April 1976

Too Many Kisses, originally published in Sweethearts #117, July 1971

The Wild One, originally published in Romantic Story #71, March 1964

Poor Little Me!, originally published in Teen-Age Love #73, November 1970

Never Trust a Sailor!, originally published in Sweethearts #123, March 1972

Tears in the Night!, originally published in Secrets of Young Brides #9, November 1976

You'll Love Him, Darling!, originally published in For Lovers Only #69, January 1973

Frolic for Four, originally published in Sweethearts #118, September 1971 

Forbidden Ground, originally published in Secret Romance #41, November 1976

I Love You, Teacher!, originally published in Love and Romance #9, December 1972

My copy of this issue is a Second Release edition, and I think many if not all of these re-releases were dumped on the market c.August 1983 by Federal Comics. Federal may have plastered Second Release stickers on excess Murray stock, but I also think some of this stock was comprised of returns from newsagents. I have discussed this previously re: Carnival of Fear. This copy of Romantic Story is marked with a 10 on the rear cover by the newsagent. I'm assuming this mark relates to the initial publication of this issue, suggesting a publication date of July 1981.

Six-Shooter Western #3

Page Publications' Six-Shooter Western #3 is a digest-sized comic book published c.March 1974 and features cover art by Keith Chatto:

The contents:

Gun Duel In Trigger Gap! Chapter 1: The Garson Gang Strikes!, originally published in The Rawhide Kid #19, December 1960

[Gun Duel in Trigger Gap!] Chapter 2: Revenge of the Rawhide Kid!, originally published in The Rawhide Kid #19, December 1960

One of Us Must Die!, originally published in Kid Colt Outlaw #75, November 1957

The Treasure of Sierra Blanco!, originally published in Kid Colt Outlaw #75, November 1957 

Hand Over Your Guns!, originally published in The Kid From Texas #2, August 1957

Red Claw's Revenge!, originally published in The Kid From Texas #2, August 1957

Wanted: Dead or Alive!, originally published in The Kid From Texas #2, August 1957

The Unbeatable Mr. Brown!, originally published in Kid Colt Outlaw #112, September 1963

The Vegas Gang's Last Ride!, originally published in Wyatt Earp #11, May 1957

The Stagecoach that Disappeared!, originally published in Wyatt Earp #11, May 1957

The Lair of the Killers!, originally published in Wild Western #56, July 1957

Note Hand Over Your Guns! is listed as Hand Over Yore Guns! on the GCD.

There is probably an earlier iteration of this issue.

This issue was recycled as Fighting Western Stories #39.

Update 7 December 2023: This issue was also published as Maverick Western Library #4 under a different Chatto cover: