Sunday, August 20, 2023

Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #33

KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #33 was published January 1968:


The cover is from DC Comics' Showcase #69:


The main features:

Poor Richard's Maniak! [Part 1], originally published in Showcase #69, July-August 1967

Part II... Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Dough!, originally published in Showcase #69, July-August 1967

Part III...  If You're Going to Trot Down the Bridal Path, You Need a Groom!, originally published in Showcase #69, July-August 1967

The Return of the Faceless Creature!, originally published in Strange Adventures #142, July 1962

Kor--the Conqueror, originally published in The Doom Patrol #114, September 1967

My Cargo was Death..., originally published in My Greatest Adventure #1, January-February 1955

Ambush!, originally published in Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #26, November-December 1953

I Jumped From Eight Miles Up, originally published in My Greatest Adventure #4, July-August 1955

The Buildings That Went Berserk, originally published in Blackhawk #174, July 1962

The Building That Went Berserk is a Blackhawk story which is presented without the Blackhawk masthead:

Compare to the original page:

The KG Murray edition clearly had the space on the page to include the masthead but opted to omit it. It's possible this story was reprinted in a previous edition of KG Murray's Blackhawk series and the masthead was dropped to camouflage the recycled story. Just guesswork on my part.

There are a number of short filler strips in this issue including two instalments of Cap's Hobby Center (from Showcase #69, July-August 1967 and The Doom Patrol #114, September 1967), and the full-page Lucky (from Superboy #60, October 1957).

There are also three Little Pete strips. The first is from Challengers of the Unknown #40, October-November 1964. 

The second Little Pete strip is an 'advertorial' for Brandnu Custom Finish:


There are other variants of this strip advertising other brands such as Testor's Custom Finish.

The third Little Pete filler, original source unidentified:


Some of the stories in this issue were published in other KG Murray comics.

The advertiser's date code on the rear cover KGMTTC1 68

1 comment:

MarcusB said...

The source of the third Little Pete filler is Jimmy Olsen #85 (June 1965)