Dating Terror Tales Album #13

This is the cover to my copy of Terror Tales Album #13:

If you look closely right between the eyes of the axe you can see it is date stamped 7 APR 1980. This publication date was reinforced by another copy I was privy to which had a 7 written on the cover.

This morning I spotted a copy of this issue listed on eBay which includes a closeup of the rear cover:

As you can see this appears to have two dates - a 7 circled, denoting July as the final on-sale date, and 21/3, presumably the on-sale date. This date is over two weeks earlier than the date on my copy. I assume this difference relates to a lag in distribution and newsagency processing.

I guess this means that even verified dates of such Australian reprint comics must, to some degree, always be deemed contingent on further information or data. It doesn't mean I'll stop trying to get this right, but it does remind me once again of the essentially Sisyphean nature of this project.

And so, to work.