tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3696882237427583222024-03-08T22:33:23.434+11:00notes from the junkyardUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger868125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-64441115656836644822023-12-12T07:57:00.000+11:002023-12-12T07:57:16.707+11:00Dracula #8: The Newton edition<p style="text-align: justify;">Newton Comics' Dracula #8 was published 15 November 1975:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQOyR1k_v1h1d4MOa7u7jlIrLhML_crDu08BI8yQaX7w8qb1RIfIUewnNvhsorvm4O50jeBFn_ujTFygsHKCQlqsNA_zLG7UAI9vax9DFo_3DMe4AWsfIfwzHFryhFRP7scnXmJYC8ytEfNNe3VHhFUoTUyGFlGZt_LQc2NtLJj0qw4MfTjxn6we0p0/s1610/Dracula%20(Newton)%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWGQOyR1k_v1h1d4MOa7u7jlIrLhML_crDu08BI8yQaX7w8qb1RIfIUewnNvhsorvm4O50jeBFn_ujTFygsHKCQlqsNA_zLG7UAI9vax9DFo_3DMe4AWsfIfwzHFryhFRP7scnXmJYC8ytEfNNe3VHhFUoTUyGFlGZt_LQc2NtLJj0qw4MfTjxn6we0p0/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%208.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26557/">Tomb of Dracula #11</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrPCJlFV7DqmQcoFUDjXWFDBiTx5UrtAH4mr_ZzyjrC82B3zZp0HdfhS6gNf3NT_ExFA154MAXkVrUaMoYMA1MSjsqoLhV3b9Qgryl2B44BnTOsGvRbyjQauoINzPi5fhNfKCBDzo645R0IW0kHDilsZj2NyL7dTf9cJHphv2qOHc8wwSuHSGRTOmOwE/s602/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqrPCJlFV7DqmQcoFUDjXWFDBiTx5UrtAH4mr_ZzyjrC82B3zZp0HdfhS6gNf3NT_ExFA154MAXkVrUaMoYMA1MSjsqoLhV3b9Qgryl2B44BnTOsGvRbyjQauoINzPi5fhNfKCBDzo645R0IW0kHDilsZj2NyL7dTf9cJHphv2qOHc8wwSuHSGRTOmOwE/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%2011.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The stories:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Voodoo-Man</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26557/">Dracula #11</a>, August 1973</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Vampire-Man</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26764/">Dracula Lives #3</a>, October 1973</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These stories were reprinted a few years later in Australia by Yaffa - The Voodoo-Man was reprinted in in The Tomb of Dracula #4, and The Vampire-Man in Dracula Lives! #3.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These stories are reprinted complete and intact.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue contains a Silver Surfer poster:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1vTdmYyx1h6G9BwBw6Dv-KvXPAGpNR9s5aKoAT46-BOQbOZb7nF5pDhuhpJpGyjTLK8_on1wpEobdzfWeRb_7VHy4nFA_CIxRM7kZqRVlImc-0ffBMYJboOqqZNqPsZMv78ob_CoCtgLmOQLMqsOsjWdl855fbv-5YhHKd_JIxxTZIInXD5s5XGQKmM/s4032/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20Dracula%20(Newton)%208.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU1vTdmYyx1h6G9BwBw6Dv-KvXPAGpNR9s5aKoAT46-BOQbOZb7nF5pDhuhpJpGyjTLK8_on1wpEobdzfWeRb_7VHy4nFA_CIxRM7kZqRVlImc-0ffBMYJboOqqZNqPsZMv78ob_CoCtgLmOQLMqsOsjWdl855fbv-5YhHKd_JIxxTZIInXD5s5XGQKmM/s320/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20Dracula%20(Newton)%208.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It varies slightly from the poster found in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2020/03/the-fantastic-four-4-newton-edition.html">The Fantastic Four #4</a>. See my post on <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-silver-surfer-6-newton-edition.html">The Silver Surfer #6</a> for more information on this image as used by Newton Comics.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue contains the following in-house ads:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOli2_BwVb6akqab8TJCJm7n9jGRR-oJ94jNM71xYuV7qW6wc-Qy77KyUzVLaS6qIi4SllKp1yQfX8CXg8Yc3oASEvp0S2coVN_0c4qhn3VFnu0EZ0-ooOmGN-JUuO4vKKSh8sv3yVZY7l_FcpbYTqtLl6M55qCMOMGVZ1grhO9U42nbP1VwENF8vqg8Q/s3065/X-Men%20(Newton)%202%20ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3065" data-original-width="2089" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOli2_BwVb6akqab8TJCJm7n9jGRR-oJ94jNM71xYuV7qW6wc-Qy77KyUzVLaS6qIi4SllKp1yQfX8CXg8Yc3oASEvp0S2coVN_0c4qhn3VFnu0EZ0-ooOmGN-JUuO4vKKSh8sv3yVZY7l_FcpbYTqtLl6M55qCMOMGVZ1grhO9U42nbP1VwENF8vqg8Q/s320/X-Men%20(Newton)%202%20ad.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The X-Men with The Avengers #2</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UcNs5LqZPYYAhWUHtcIBTspVxxa12iRiXE8EDMFY6yIiXlk4Zr1j02C1wUVlyr2_pGu54FX_0wuNBpDEVAOaIBYlIsJuipxpyCAeufeSgmt7NIS_i6hw17diwImZlsL5Q4IBRbAkUjyfH-Sq0bv9A7dfvBsrFluLpG-PbTjifsH0DQJytb5jIjkZMY4/s3089/Giant%20Team-Up%20Annual%20%231%20ad%20in%20Avengers%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3089" data-original-width="2081" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4UcNs5LqZPYYAhWUHtcIBTspVxxa12iRiXE8EDMFY6yIiXlk4Zr1j02C1wUVlyr2_pGu54FX_0wuNBpDEVAOaIBYlIsJuipxpyCAeufeSgmt7NIS_i6hw17diwImZlsL5Q4IBRbAkUjyfH-Sq0bv9A7dfvBsrFluLpG-PbTjifsH0DQJytb5jIjkZMY4/s320/Giant%20Team-Up%20Annual%20%231%20ad%20in%20Avengers%2010.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Newton Team-Up Annual 1[A]</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mQzu9m6bxgMcC83N9jG0T9zrPTZzoaZdjMVkOP0GVpONELWeLhDGQowhRXJ9L4MX2GVZfjOyDWiJFXhtJPACDKoKLi26t_S3AJdw1c7rT-mSSfJ_EiVire_QkAbBppenOwvlS01UiRZjNNNmM_UG4yGOZuMScsQWAmdvCSl0jg5JAVTuw__wImeqk9s/s1586/Doctor%20Strange%20(Newton)%205%20ad%20in%20Dracula%208.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1586" data-original-width="1102" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3mQzu9m6bxgMcC83N9jG0T9zrPTZzoaZdjMVkOP0GVpONELWeLhDGQowhRXJ9L4MX2GVZfjOyDWiJFXhtJPACDKoKLi26t_S3AJdw1c7rT-mSSfJ_EiVire_QkAbBppenOwvlS01UiRZjNNNmM_UG4yGOZuMScsQWAmdvCSl0jg5JAVTuw__wImeqk9s/s320/Doctor%20Strange%20(Newton)%205%20ad%20in%20Dracula%208.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Doctor Strange 6</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue also contains three Marvel Mailbag pages; the Monkey Planet contest with an expiry date 29 December 1975 on the inner rear cover; and a Black Panther t-shirt offer on the rear cover.</div><div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-67395636519686086092023-12-11T07:59:00.000+11:002023-12-11T07:59:49.148+11:00Dracula #4: The Newton edition<p> Newton Comics' Dracula #4 was published 20 September 1975:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEVPfJ1TFWApLUGZyWn1vDp3HpQSqH_ZyqPCWS2OKmB6kaOLuxNllWf6EPBI1vt9FSc0IHCb9ju__lgphWVk1n_LDdbRGGs7jVJ_XH0Y40HVCVmJpDgnbqWGn08rdYc_LY2aQji9RcZDBjHNdUQoXNSG6WOQZHXJrBwErFU1tYyW_7CoK1C2WG4WjPuU/s3210/Dracula%20(Newton)%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3210" data-original-width="2298" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVEVPfJ1TFWApLUGZyWn1vDp3HpQSqH_ZyqPCWS2OKmB6kaOLuxNllWf6EPBI1vt9FSc0IHCb9ju__lgphWVk1n_LDdbRGGs7jVJ_XH0Y40HVCVmJpDgnbqWGn08rdYc_LY2aQji9RcZDBjHNdUQoXNSG6WOQZHXJrBwErFU1tYyW_7CoK1C2WG4WjPuU/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%204.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The cover originally appeared on Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/28147/">Dracula Lives #10</a>:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqncRFtQPQ9yq-jX5_MnJjAJS79UKE57h7BQys6lym4fJm4FqF7iVkXSTAzsb0QesVsLOBYb-mhrXxXaU-fAMEYjELnDuTWOd-vzjVHIvv12OH1jcRqEG4gIP57_n12DPzhtsA9ErJuqS7d2fO2vQWt6Mym_lD5yiMjfxrqsJ4vy_s2-1LjW70gYEVyBI/s535/Dracula%20Lives%2010.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="535" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqncRFtQPQ9yq-jX5_MnJjAJS79UKE57h7BQys6lym4fJm4FqF7iVkXSTAzsb0QesVsLOBYb-mhrXxXaU-fAMEYjELnDuTWOd-vzjVHIvv12OH1jcRqEG4gIP57_n12DPzhtsA9ErJuqS7d2fO2vQWt6Mym_lD5yiMjfxrqsJ4vy_s2-1LjW70gYEVyBI/s320/Dracula%20Lives%2010.jpg" width="239" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;">This cover also appeared as a black and white pinup in the second issue of </span><a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/newton-triple-action-nn2.html" style="text-align: justify;">Newton Triple Action</a><span style="text-align: justify;">:</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81fH3fezZSA_YH-7epfqSeq0gY5uMWpFu-nA2NuBWpM5-shVdMuXXmg2l9rLbtGBPaNP0oH1tzoy4ELNaRS3k6IA9-Ihf15x6Jqb6dFMZ3eUwkUOpBjY3JbHmZvFgg2BP3rJQRAYMC7-rUjd8V3Q3WgS7RHiRDL-strvSwq3ZinP6tse-RZHnfUBCdRM/s320/Newton%20Triple%20Action%202%20page%2046.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg81fH3fezZSA_YH-7epfqSeq0gY5uMWpFu-nA2NuBWpM5-shVdMuXXmg2l9rLbtGBPaNP0oH1tzoy4ELNaRS3k6IA9-Ihf15x6Jqb6dFMZ3eUwkUOpBjY3JbHmZvFgg2BP3rJQRAYMC7-rUjd8V3Q3WgS7RHiRDL-strvSwq3ZinP6tse-RZHnfUBCdRM/s1600/Newton%20Triple%20Action%202%20page%2046.jpg" width="226" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The stories:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Fear Within!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25121/">Tomb of Dracula #2</a>, May 1972</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Bats</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27858/">Vampire Tales #7</a>, October 1974</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">The Fear Within! was previously published in Australia in KG Murray's <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/2432">Super Giant #7</a>, and subsequently by Yaffa in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-tomb-of-dracula-1-yaffa-edition.html">The Tomb of Dracula #1 and #11</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This issue includes a Silver Surfer poster:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBOcOCdRhgo9bPFpQSILSQRngFLfj8MH7p80EUfeuxZxiubIl6tX7dydHQ2LVAHTosiu4jSf_30wA6GF0RlOSuTtRUtR-aFHwamcQxt3Q6xLx0qoIp4CSKpnb4FZeSDmm-kzqhe8lcah0XyvQBWyN7dx1xx1ACKIY49NAdQKTJRacfbswFcykwWL9Epc/s1600/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20FF%204.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRBOcOCdRhgo9bPFpQSILSQRngFLfj8MH7p80EUfeuxZxiubIl6tX7dydHQ2LVAHTosiu4jSf_30wA6GF0RlOSuTtRUtR-aFHwamcQxt3Q6xLx0qoIp4CSKpnb4FZeSDmm-kzqhe8lcah0XyvQBWyN7dx1xx1ACKIY49NAdQKTJRacfbswFcykwWL9Epc/s320/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20FF%204.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">My copy does not have the poster, however I've seen a partial pic of this poster on an eBay listing for this issue. The pic above is from my copy of <a href="Silver Surfer poster in FF 4">The Fantastic Four #4</a>. By my reckoning Newton's Silver Surfer series began 27 September 1975, so it is possible the blurb at the bottom advertising the forthcoming series is present in the poster native to Dracula #4. TBC. Note this poster was also in Dracula #8 with minor variations, including a partial text omission in the blurb.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This image eventually appeared on the cover of Newton's <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-silver-surfer-6-newton-edition.html">The Silver Surfer #6</a>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">This issue also had a Swap Card. <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/69389/0">AusReprints</a> records a copy with the cover to <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-amazing-spider-man-2-newton-edition.html">The Amazing Spider-Man #2</a>. Spiderman (sic) Series A (1 of 15) No. 2 looks like this:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS9K16K1QwlC970W7j63h1gQgf91O4Avi1v541MIpN17f0OoCThUWz54DDDKu4g9cwA6Ct0nzARYBogH1WoVBpe_xcI3PPrsdJfCh3aQuD2voMzaQZP0aNwdUXx1kg4ow_4GDB9gG3jydQHLYuAVugo2HyWWvhurCkHqzHoGNw9yAOQLQTC1IvBJwHso/s427/Newton%20Swap%20Cards%20Series%20A%20(1%20of%2015)%20No.%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="427" data-original-width="185" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYS9K16K1QwlC970W7j63h1gQgf91O4Avi1v541MIpN17f0OoCThUWz54DDDKu4g9cwA6Ct0nzARYBogH1WoVBpe_xcI3PPrsdJfCh3aQuD2voMzaQZP0aNwdUXx1kg4ow_4GDB9gG3jydQHLYuAVugo2HyWWvhurCkHqzHoGNw9yAOQLQTC1IvBJwHso/s320/Newton%20Swap%20Cards%20Series%20A%20(1%20of%2015)%20No.%202.jpg" width="139" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue has the bulletin for <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-newton-comics-swap-card-album.html">The Swap Cards Cometh</a> on the inner front cover; the Toltoys Construction Kit contest on the inner rear cover, expiry date 3 November 1975; and the Black Panther t-shirt offer on the rear cover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Presumably the outer pages of the poster contained in-house advertisements and/or Marvel Mailbag pages.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">That's as much as I can muster for a profile of this issue considering my copy is battered and incomplete. I'll update the post when I secure a complete copy of this issue.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-73932717491058931882023-12-10T07:31:00.002+11:002023-12-10T07:46:30.348+11:00Dracula #3: The Newton edition<p style="text-align: justify;">Newton Comics' Dracula #3 was published 6 September 1975:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1sA34cZJQhnSXsM5m6bQuKPeIcRiP7VchU26u5v6pN_LfDFtepRq1M0fDd5nhewfE7CgvGbd2YtfViYEE_M0eWXWfwirtB8W6C3K5r3Q9_HvUAkUArBnkSk56AdY_p6wVsqE8CB02bt42dD9psXhc7izzx0FmFJzw-z8sC1HH3t2BJRuGKdI3AnLJPE/s3194/Dracula%20(Newton)%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3194" data-original-width="2242" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO1sA34cZJQhnSXsM5m6bQuKPeIcRiP7VchU26u5v6pN_LfDFtepRq1M0fDd5nhewfE7CgvGbd2YtfViYEE_M0eWXWfwirtB8W6C3K5r3Q9_HvUAkUArBnkSk56AdY_p6wVsqE8CB02bt42dD9psXhc7izzx0FmFJzw-z8sC1HH3t2BJRuGKdI3AnLJPE/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%203.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25291/">Tomb of Dracula #3</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIMIEUk47uo9TY_t7spgkupec0558jRuaiGIwTZj1ftKh-AglFFjzZfkHFKZ3v2UvuLYgiIWqWYuF66-arG8oL9x6Zw6lXb63EETLULsaFJA685bZxfVl7HecOAmIUparXTg6z2L80-Aq4WT4qYSVY6kAbFmhckEzN_Yn5Eq4OyN0kNx-xKBuXGbRpNQ/s599/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFIMIEUk47uo9TY_t7spgkupec0558jRuaiGIwTZj1ftKh-AglFFjzZfkHFKZ3v2UvuLYgiIWqWYuF66-arG8oL9x6Zw6lXb63EETLULsaFJA685bZxfVl7HecOAmIUparXTg6z2L80-Aq4WT4qYSVY6kAbFmhckEzN_Yn5Eq4OyN0kNx-xKBuXGbRpNQ/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%203.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The main features:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Who Stalks The Vampire?</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25291/">Tomb of Dracula #3</a>, July 1972</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">A Vampire's Home Is His Castle</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27336/">Vampire Tales #4</a>, April 1974</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Vampire's Coffin</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/211806/">Mystery Tales #15</a>, September 1953, however this print is likely related to the reprint in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27336/">Vampire Tales #4</a>, April 1974</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The last page of The Vampire's Coffin is printed on the inner rear cover.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">These stories were reprinted a few years later by Yaffa: Who Stalks the Vampire? was reprinted in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-tomb-of-dracula-1-yaffa-edition.html">Tomb of Dracula #1</a>; and A Vampire's Home Is His Castle and The Vampire's Coffin were reprinted in <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/98525">Vampire Tales #4</a>.</p><p>This issue has a Spider-Man and Dr. Doom poster:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxunsV6xprWesiOVbwr662YOzY0yT_ZZQVQUQHuLmNyxGyTFJ6mgODnCDkrwL4adpXqo-fgb9ZWWXw3AAvL-z8NC8h0Kz_pYMWE8paRiJEWzUcUFGavDhL-v9v5GnL8cNcf77A0d0h1Ujn1VULjycjZJOHXm_ey65xF64z3edzATlw6hJNg1TfgXXAyno/s3929/Doom%20poster%20in%20Dracula%203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3929" data-original-width="3007" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxunsV6xprWesiOVbwr662YOzY0yT_ZZQVQUQHuLmNyxGyTFJ6mgODnCDkrwL4adpXqo-fgb9ZWWXw3AAvL-z8NC8h0Kz_pYMWE8paRiJEWzUcUFGavDhL-v9v5GnL8cNcf77A0d0h1Ujn1VULjycjZJOHXm_ey65xF64z3edzATlw6hJNg1TfgXXAyno/s320/Doom%20poster%20in%20Dracula%203.JPG" width="245" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This image is the centerpiece of the splash page to the story Marked for Destruction by Dr. Doom!, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17945/#137595">The Amazing Spider-Man #5</a>. Here's a scan of the splash page as it appears in Newton's <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/12/the-amazing-spider-man-4-newton-edition.html">The Amazing Spider-Man #4</a>:</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahyL_9yFBKW76KQSx7IUPI9UFp4B4COkSd8S_kG2d5h5KibB9xbSJOq44iyoTCvm393pyLEB86RFHebF7zWEj4F0UwYGh6I3boGTcbslQAvwpq3IMwwuLJp1L5AY8aamRv8KeZEJuvnKFknvHg2LA3xK6qLrmWsXmeU6VqsYWVIWxf5FbvD-s-Tx12L8/s1529/ASM%205%20splash%20in%20Newton%20ASM%204.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1529" data-original-width="1077" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgahyL_9yFBKW76KQSx7IUPI9UFp4B4COkSd8S_kG2d5h5KibB9xbSJOq44iyoTCvm393pyLEB86RFHebF7zWEj4F0UwYGh6I3boGTcbslQAvwpq3IMwwuLJp1L5AY8aamRv8KeZEJuvnKFknvHg2LA3xK6qLrmWsXmeU6VqsYWVIWxf5FbvD-s-Tx12L8/s320/ASM%205%20splash%20in%20Newton%20ASM%204.jpg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The poster is virtually the same as the poster which previously appeared in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/12/planet-of-apes-2-newton-ediiton.html">Planet of the Apes #2</a>, however it has the following minor differences: the title and Dr. Doom's cape are distinctly more purple than blue; there is a trademark notice on the bottom of the image; and the colouring on Spider-Man's legs is marred by splotchiness.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue contains the following in-house advertisements:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxoUERc12xLYrhL7bHhtdYiGnOgRIFY_KzlhpIVzU9AqnNeoSDLg3I1KILNU44tjoNxPvlIcjYSvbj6Q81m_BnqxcQ-snhsAxxmzFINfP3_T994W9Ypn9nZ4FM2Ibb0hh1w1L3JSVFPC8dyEPHkvtF9wY8RTyAewiUUCwXFe1e5PNRLgeGsMh7OU8i_w/s1597/Conan%20the%20Barbarian%20(Newton)%202%20ad%20in%20Dracula%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1065" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYxoUERc12xLYrhL7bHhtdYiGnOgRIFY_KzlhpIVzU9AqnNeoSDLg3I1KILNU44tjoNxPvlIcjYSvbj6Q81m_BnqxcQ-snhsAxxmzFINfP3_T994W9Ypn9nZ4FM2Ibb0hh1w1L3JSVFPC8dyEPHkvtF9wY8RTyAewiUUCwXFe1e5PNRLgeGsMh7OU8i_w/s320/Conan%20the%20Barbarian%20(Newton)%202%20ad%20in%20Dracula%203.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Conan the Barbarian #2</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9kkskMuJBx3QGFs1h2hdMZKz6xWvbQaDRTnnYjruIF2UdXK18BZOai1SJsMXoTL4g5DADDyyIOK1uMkSfCZJI4I9D9EWXBxWx5dOOWdElG8gQkK1TgLhYoIgtCiJV6aFmJWcFVmAgk79mSX5dnkOZlvqYiKOirEBKHsq73MNjvTMNROy2Cn0nfNI5TE/s1597/POTA%207%20ad%20in%20Dracula%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1089" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo9kkskMuJBx3QGFs1h2hdMZKz6xWvbQaDRTnnYjruIF2UdXK18BZOai1SJsMXoTL4g5DADDyyIOK1uMkSfCZJI4I9D9EWXBxWx5dOOWdElG8gQkK1TgLhYoIgtCiJV6aFmJWcFVmAgk79mSX5dnkOZlvqYiKOirEBKHsq73MNjvTMNROy2Cn0nfNI5TE/s320/POTA%207%20ad%20in%20Dracula%203.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/12/planet-of-apes-7-newton-edition.html">Planet of the Apes #7</a> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue contains the Planet of the Apes Tee Shirt and Iron-On Decals mail order offer on the inner front cover and the Win More Monster Contest on the rear cover with an expiry date 20 October 1975. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue also carries the bulletin for <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/search?q=The+Swap+Cards+Cometh">The Swap Cards Cometh</a> and a Marvel Mailbag page on the outer pages of the poster.</div><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-1906970414783376562023-12-09T09:34:00.002+11:002023-12-09T09:34:50.119+11:00The Tomb of Dracula #1: The Yaffa edition<p>Page Publications' The Tomb of Dracula #1 was published late 1977:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyeeEDbialvXUufdqCqP8lugyfdxBBULilhpUrt0PSqIh06G6CHKrYdpU1Kiyb0FjLWv5i3FOqcXy9Y5dwGX3alRko32gkFjexx7aMkVh_6xWNoYu-7PLoFJ5eiw2jAfwagggYGZwMzbRnc4Uh3kUwPOVSC3GVR9QiCn13czzzeeGScNmiIzULvrbHN4/s1618/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1122" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjyeeEDbialvXUufdqCqP8lugyfdxBBULilhpUrt0PSqIh06G6CHKrYdpU1Kiyb0FjLWv5i3FOqcXy9Y5dwGX3alRko32gkFjexx7aMkVh_6xWNoYu-7PLoFJ5eiw2jAfwagggYGZwMzbRnc4Uh3kUwPOVSC3GVR9QiCn13czzzeeGScNmiIzULvrbHN4/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%201.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The recoloured cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25036/?">Tomb of Dracula #1</a>:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyP6EsQDNulc3hN4FIaOis6hg3gPVhZO_SWwygm8jgk-SqW6MPddCydaUlSo9tI8VoIY5wfMe4Nlr_0wjbaiu0-FrO_PpDJ9C4p9BWaHQ9gcQeZvRI-bcNd_G3GAnn-GIFY8O_z_kY8FemUKjrfrRPF1t7k1DDeU4eH_62Zj87LuX1wAXaK4VWED4iGk/s606/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixyP6EsQDNulc3hN4FIaOis6hg3gPVhZO_SWwygm8jgk-SqW6MPddCydaUlSo9tI8VoIY5wfMe4Nlr_0wjbaiu0-FrO_PpDJ9C4p9BWaHQ9gcQeZvRI-bcNd_G3GAnn-GIFY8O_z_kY8FemUKjrfrRPF1t7k1DDeU4eH_62Zj87LuX1wAXaK4VWED4iGk/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Marvel)%201.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue reprints the first three stories from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/2063/covers/?page=1">Tomb of Dracula</a> series:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Dracula</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25036/?">Tomb of Dracula #1</a>, April 1972</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Fear Within!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25121/">Tomb of Dracula #2</a>, May 1972</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Who Stalks the Vampire?</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/25291/">Tomb of Dracula #3</a>, July 1972</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These stories were previously published in Australia by Newton Comics, albeit out of sequence. Dracula previously appeared in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/09/dracula-1-newton-comics-edition.html">Dracula #1</a>; The Fear Within in Dracula #4; and Who Stalks the Vampire? in Dracula #3.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These stories are all reprinted complete and intact.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rear cover carries an advertisement for The Avengers series:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B7Okqq9S2hvMJ3c7jWmMO5JGj4AIuNY28Ec6mvtV2QYx2hhVStyAoSq4yegB0bWQ00oXGM2a_h9fAn-fT4XonK65Z4Wy7CxmauE156wkz1CXtiRuSCAYDyJ4rVOdWoTy4eZ2qTZtsV5-yEST3qfoewY6j500VZtKkJsGICz2hCvPSCW-QabDZg5L4DQ/s1610/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%201%20BC.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="1069" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7B7Okqq9S2hvMJ3c7jWmMO5JGj4AIuNY28Ec6mvtV2QYx2hhVStyAoSq4yegB0bWQ00oXGM2a_h9fAn-fT4XonK65Z4Wy7CxmauE156wkz1CXtiRuSCAYDyJ4rVOdWoTy4eZ2qTZtsV5-yEST3qfoewY6j500VZtKkJsGICz2hCvPSCW-QabDZg5L4DQ/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%201%20BC.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The image of Giant Man is from <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2021/01/the-avengers-1-yaffa-edition.html">The Avengers #1</a>, which was published c.September 1977 at the outset of Yaffa's Marvel reprint program. This suggests The Tomb of Dracula #1 was also published c.September 1977 or shortly afterwards, certainly by December 1977 - the indicia indicates a 1977 publication date.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue was recycled with a $1.10 cover price as Dracula #11 c.July 1982:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lNys_SGm80-Zer_nqBS61GKbZoy36R_cGyftKg5qfyiasFwNpNFfIMEVWEv7QLvAHIJKZQvMGEKeeFFWKvBwSplA0Aj0IlYk3z5lPjEeitDQy1ijSBWNAgIDKZfZTbssMISMvvxCCDIf7-hyAmsWz0vtnozpf7ueN8HODG-e6hfwFBWiPhJIDhvfEE/s3242/Tomb%20of%20Dracula,%20The%2011.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3242" data-original-width="2226" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM3lNys_SGm80-Zer_nqBS61GKbZoy36R_cGyftKg5qfyiasFwNpNFfIMEVWEv7QLvAHIJKZQvMGEKeeFFWKvBwSplA0Aj0IlYk3z5lPjEeitDQy1ijSBWNAgIDKZfZTbssMISMvvxCCDIf7-hyAmsWz0vtnozpf7ueN8HODG-e6hfwFBWiPhJIDhvfEE/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula,%20The%2011.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This edition is identical to the parent issue apart from the cover pricing and issue numbering, the amended indicia - typically there is no date in this post-licence phase - and the rear cover is blank.</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-91765218783070370112023-12-08T07:53:00.005+11:002023-12-12T08:53:27.501+11:00The Tomb of Dracula #3: The Yaffa edition<p style="text-align: justify;"> This is the front cover to Page Publications' The Tomb of Dracula #3: </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGO7AAO6hkMFsq5-IvNnTJEDF5mAMxYCKaS4XfWoId2-xo3RFFAYNXDIv6SMT1fBOhBE_WNpPoZyxLNkZ4rNS70hfYaXAFuq2dAlxqji6SNhNLO4Pqn_bp1LXJu1bj4dB0JldfedCRCZx4vVtSHYoO29guj0VfUlYLyuJ-LVVPUGGjRp9IeiDpEQkuzts/s1598/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGO7AAO6hkMFsq5-IvNnTJEDF5mAMxYCKaS4XfWoId2-xo3RFFAYNXDIv6SMT1fBOhBE_WNpPoZyxLNkZ4rNS70hfYaXAFuq2dAlxqji6SNhNLO4Pqn_bp1LXJu1bj4dB0JldfedCRCZx4vVtSHYoO29guj0VfUlYLyuJ-LVVPUGGjRp9IeiDpEQkuzts/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%203.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is a recoloured and slightly altered version of the cover on Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26047/">Tomb of Dracula #7</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8RkxBNsRX3YUlLA1vsRHml2eowOHWPY0ZF_VIYwnuM5Jj7l-BWAg3Bwgpb5MV5MgFvv8BpsxJHedLCgkAn9GVJ0BZeuImU4RZeyrUIelXJvTm0L-h7rq1XQkYngUItmdsKDJHYUUoKbpcq0Z-F7WwL5OhQ5b7y70ztRKGrPnHK6Y_8J9jbcRJxEzBp4/s590/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgO8RkxBNsRX3YUlLA1vsRHml2eowOHWPY0ZF_VIYwnuM5Jj7l-BWAg3Bwgpb5MV5MgFvv8BpsxJHedLCgkAn9GVJ0BZeuImU4RZeyrUIelXJvTm0L-h7rq1XQkYngUItmdsKDJHYUUoKbpcq0Z-F7WwL5OhQ5b7y70ztRKGrPnHK6Y_8J9jbcRJxEzBp4/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%207.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There are three stories reprinted in this issue:</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">[Night of the Death Stalkers!]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26047/">Tomb of Dracula #7</a>, March 1973</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Hell-Crawlers</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26231/">Tomb of Dracula #8</a>, May 1973 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Death from the Sea!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26338/">Tomb of Dracula #9</a>, June 1973 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Night of the Death Stalkers is reprinted without the splash page/title page. The other two stories are complete - Death from the Sea! ends on the outer rear cover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue was recycled as the digest-sized one-shot Night of the Vampire:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVywi2xLIbnK0WCxyeJpG9HthLY0XxvVKpYq1VgOXuuVILk9aKhyphenhyphenRbGOgOa86l6bzFQ4VAYuy7iDee3u5lwJ74XxXgLrw6jOQrtO0ArLePqFTt2f_G-gZ-v9_1FBbuvVWFeoJyoxZh3R82AaibN_WFZ3E8aBPL6VqD4O3hFUj0r1f7Xso6zq5HCzoeCXs/s1100/Night%20of%20the%20Vampire%20NN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="761" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVywi2xLIbnK0WCxyeJpG9HthLY0XxvVKpYq1VgOXuuVILk9aKhyphenhyphenRbGOgOa86l6bzFQ4VAYuy7iDee3u5lwJ74XxXgLrw6jOQrtO0ArLePqFTt2f_G-gZ-v9_1FBbuvVWFeoJyoxZh3R82AaibN_WFZ3E8aBPL6VqD4O3hFUj0r1f7Xso6zq5HCzoeCXs/s320/Night%20of%20the%20Vampire%20NN.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><br /><div>There are some anomalies in this issue. For example, this is page 5 of The Hell Crawlers as scanned from the original Marvel issue:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFf3aDJiMipxhNIoJjYlgX0vrV0UKfq7ufDyGxACPfF1py9x4Zt1sJUg5EFkdvL1ar1wwDR81qW9qebpRj0af-M9t8iZKiQ5MO6SOyN3C9LuzklOeUSAdDNXewfnOFHSjPNgeAuI0JtojgKv-M2hdM7rQTe1M8hlze0u5cPZRPOSLQbkAEzEZLJl4wqo/s1855/TOD008008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1855" data-original-width="1275" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizFf3aDJiMipxhNIoJjYlgX0vrV0UKfq7ufDyGxACPfF1py9x4Zt1sJUg5EFkdvL1ar1wwDR81qW9qebpRj0af-M9t8iZKiQ5MO6SOyN3C9LuzklOeUSAdDNXewfnOFHSjPNgeAuI0JtojgKv-M2hdM7rQTe1M8hlze0u5cPZRPOSLQbkAEzEZLJl4wqo/s320/TOD008008.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><br /><div>And this is the same page in the Yaffa edition:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXulvQpupN6rTXlM7OmiUW_12lmT-jPENbixu941FTg9Ai-LqAe7gxo6Nf-P0rN4c4zCV0MkpCJOsNHuOnmF828AcLhq4xW1gJ04jmk6_Ef05JtdS8m7qbXONpgi94aL80UK6nvdoEnUE1jK4zyu9lq2yVjeThgXqOLM9PckpyYYpPSg_qwP9SElWm-U/s1563/TOD008008%20Yaffa.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1563" data-original-width="1053" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKXulvQpupN6rTXlM7OmiUW_12lmT-jPENbixu941FTg9Ai-LqAe7gxo6Nf-P0rN4c4zCV0MkpCJOsNHuOnmF828AcLhq4xW1gJ04jmk6_Ef05JtdS8m7qbXONpgi94aL80UK6nvdoEnUE1jK4zyu9lq2yVjeThgXqOLM9PckpyYYpPSg_qwP9SElWm-U/s320/TOD008008%20Yaffa.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There are two distinct differences between the two printings. The Yaffa edition has an extra speech balloon in the second panel, and the lettering and speech in the speech balloon in the last panel have been altered.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have compared the scan of the original Marvel comic to the other prints I have to hand, in Newton Comics' <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2023/12/dracula-7-newton-comics-edition.html">Dracula #7</a> and <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/239912/">Essential The Tomb of Dracula Vol. 1</a>, First Printing 2003, and these alterations (and other similar ones) are only in the Yaffa edition (and in the Night of the Vampire). I am curious to find other reprints of this story for comparison.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue has a 1978 indicia date. My copy has a newsagent's date stamp on the rear cover 3 NOV 1979. On the basis of this information I could date this issue as either 1978 or August 1979. However, I note that <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/72138/17193">AusReprints records a copy of The Tomb of Dracula #4 with a newsagent's stamp Oct 1979</a> - so I must assume The Tomb of Dracula #3 was indeed published in 1978. The Tomb of Dracula #2 was published c.April 1978, so it appears The Tomb of Dracula #3 was published late 1978. TBC.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Update 12 December 2023</span>: James has checked the print of the page above in Dracula Lives (UK) #15, 1975, and confirms the altered text in the Yaffa edition does not appear in it:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRigEUqVlHRJAYPNI16pOe9cJ3ANS-KJ-Z4Qdy_R_j4xrY93U_KJ7QZ07jq9cxpalss-q0eEE-6dnP1nBO5su0m52KIyZFZBkEFjWX1dMu86BySRiMTsvyue6h3evcHs_jaSA2eNJ7gff-mj5ymh7kyeJaesBTFyJ-CPYYvr2OL-I_0oruRdfhS4GS35g/s1667/Dracula%20Lives%20(UK)%2015.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1667" data-original-width="1194" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRigEUqVlHRJAYPNI16pOe9cJ3ANS-KJ-Z4Qdy_R_j4xrY93U_KJ7QZ07jq9cxpalss-q0eEE-6dnP1nBO5su0m52KIyZFZBkEFjWX1dMu86BySRiMTsvyue6h3evcHs_jaSA2eNJ7gff-mj5ymh7kyeJaesBTFyJ-CPYYvr2OL-I_0oruRdfhS4GS35g/s320/Dracula%20Lives%20(UK)%2015.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-33964889820273760682023-12-08T07:53:00.002+11:002023-12-08T07:58:36.626+11:00Dracula #6: The Newton Comics edition<p> Newton Comics' Dracula #6 was published October 1975:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVX_Ufh-2KfMkq3tanhFhUWPUvK8mLU21RW-UZ3JX2jxTzHoX1o0EXpMSy3TK935VPkXugdWwJ9aaZk3TMYnrmTXkimYC1vPgeG_EjWDm11Wi8GZyKxYrMN3OKZ6es8UflWfZasGCoWZubWphfxlCnZptn6QzVu1opcfoAL7m1bj0OKsVn37bJPKszgs/s1597/Dracula%20(Newton)%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1597" data-original-width="1110" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHVX_Ufh-2KfMkq3tanhFhUWPUvK8mLU21RW-UZ3JX2jxTzHoX1o0EXpMSy3TK935VPkXugdWwJ9aaZk3TMYnrmTXkimYC1vPgeG_EjWDm11Wi8GZyKxYrMN3OKZ6es8UflWfZasGCoWZubWphfxlCnZptn6QzVu1opcfoAL7m1bj0OKsVn37bJPKszgs/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%206.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26047/">Tomb of Dracula #7</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiy7sknZ9ItSD3y1t-LK4RpK2f1nAG455waEdjUE_8VugjwtP4PlOle5XPPUfaF0g0GRULqrNLSq6Ho1WuS2GzilBwsvWJE6uAsv9PsZ52_p1yZaOPwMVPrbkKr8IrC0Ptt125fe1K12LhSADpUa6WY0HDsdOfLCLognW38dvNzXoEEiQ_8ovMgvoyKg/s590/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="590" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSiy7sknZ9ItSD3y1t-LK4RpK2f1nAG455waEdjUE_8VugjwtP4PlOle5XPPUfaF0g0GRULqrNLSq6Ho1WuS2GzilBwsvWJE6uAsv9PsZ52_p1yZaOPwMVPrbkKr8IrC0Ptt125fe1K12LhSADpUa6WY0HDsdOfLCLognW38dvNzXoEEiQ_8ovMgvoyKg/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%207.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The main feature in this issue is <span style="color: red;">Night of the Death Stalkers!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26047/">Tomb of Dracula #7</a>. This appears to be reprinted in full without undue tampering.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The backup feature is the first 6 pages of <span style="color: red;">Bounty for a Vampire</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/28776/">Dracula Lives! #13</a>, July 1975. This story is continued in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2023/12/dracula-7-newton-comics-edition.html">Dracula #7</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The poster in this issue features the cover image from Marvel Comics <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/2120/covers/">Ghost Rider #1</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKBuNEkzPLUkEoJNNS6UrKwMvwlTqVtEQbkuq3eb2InLp9lhx1Hs3hqVMTbTZ62q4112CwEamLj2gJTnDlZ1TVU6q3MazM6M3EthQoj_nEbZ69t_r0RiAvrPy3JcgBl2EalBRiBcZ9-Buvg-Vd09e4R4aCcuekZ5ucAok3y8BiGHoe0qXYPwJ6UfKeEg/s4032/Ghost%20Rider%20poster%20in%20Dracula%206.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZKBuNEkzPLUkEoJNNS6UrKwMvwlTqVtEQbkuq3eb2InLp9lhx1Hs3hqVMTbTZ62q4112CwEamLj2gJTnDlZ1TVU6q3MazM6M3EthQoj_nEbZ69t_r0RiAvrPy3JcgBl2EalBRiBcZ9-Buvg-Vd09e4R4aCcuekZ5ucAok3y8BiGHoe0qXYPwJ6UfKeEg/s320/Ghost%20Rider%20poster%20in%20Dracula%206.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">There was no Ghost Rider series published by Newton however it appeared as a backup feature in Doctor Strange. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The swap card in my copy is The Avengers Series A (1 of 15) No. 2, being the cover to Newton Comics' <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-avengers-2-newton-edition.html">The Avengers #2</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue was advertised in-house in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-silver-surfer-2-newton-edition.html">Silver Surfer #2</a>, 25 October 1975:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_2Dd0kKsylXINugb4qtZ3yuCBwD1ml9jCktpE9f7vwaOojB11nMNb0Qk3AHbBM4lNy2WBqQPDmWkLQ0t6qw1GvLUumK5i8-pvoS02TKR8WgehzGiiZNwZi4tk0I8GGDdkSr3azT_kuXzerMUYjEDwGhyphenhyphenM1WiEON9Z9m0HWcS5J5HCz0wsc7rilIAL2M/s3096/Dracula%20(Newton)%206%20advertisement.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3096" data-original-width="2088" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_2Dd0kKsylXINugb4qtZ3yuCBwD1ml9jCktpE9f7vwaOojB11nMNb0Qk3AHbBM4lNy2WBqQPDmWkLQ0t6qw1GvLUumK5i8-pvoS02TKR8WgehzGiiZNwZi4tk0I8GGDdkSr3azT_kuXzerMUYjEDwGhyphenhyphenM1WiEON9Z9m0HWcS5J5HCz0wsc7rilIAL2M/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%206%20advertisement.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/10/dracula-5-more-newton-errata.html">the cover is misnumbered #5</a>.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This cover was used as a poster. This pic is from <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-silver-surfer-3-newton-edition.html">Silver Surfer #3</a>:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9eVbz97AGhTXlDDPWaYFF9ZRGgbhqdg1HbHsRHET3gy1ckCFiw3lEbXpOMZbVBgyeBuWqWp2xEbASi2Pt5GwoIGRdAl8L__JeuFD0ZXtAVUQV1-8syY853NLml-q3yL3g1jSo2nfKPMneU4we2sM4h_9yfvy_GioRBmZsTQ7cLv6-JjgHx_snnPTsJU/s4032/Dracula%20(Newton)%206%20poster%20in%20Silver%20Surfer%203.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU9eVbz97AGhTXlDDPWaYFF9ZRGgbhqdg1HbHsRHET3gy1ckCFiw3lEbXpOMZbVBgyeBuWqWp2xEbASi2Pt5GwoIGRdAl8L__JeuFD0ZXtAVUQV1-8syY853NLml-q3yL3g1jSo2nfKPMneU4we2sM4h_9yfvy_GioRBmZsTQ7cLv6-JjgHx_snnPTsJU/s320/Dracula%20(Newton)%206%20poster%20in%20Silver%20Surfer%203.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This issue contains the following in-house advertisements:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBfd_weiaHqbM_IfBgTLdkX4GITFjNoIGk47qe2n0TOYMB5I8DYDdL8u8txtZ3f6eWPkVihZRqo0b4zjSjetIoSq9Qh0pGevBvMR_YKSwcn46S690Q5zOCj76i-dErUsTQrKtCitUALCXuC3I2mA3H8aH6wt25jg7JXuTwkzpXQ8KNAvdhiKO5XntD7c/s1578/Conan%205%20ad%20in%20Dracula%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1072" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmBfd_weiaHqbM_IfBgTLdkX4GITFjNoIGk47qe2n0TOYMB5I8DYDdL8u8txtZ3f6eWPkVihZRqo0b4zjSjetIoSq9Qh0pGevBvMR_YKSwcn46S690Q5zOCj76i-dErUsTQrKtCitUALCXuC3I2mA3H8aH6wt25jg7JXuTwkzpXQ8KNAvdhiKO5XntD7c/s320/Conan%205%20ad%20in%20Dracula%206.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Conan the Barbarian #5</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlyul2sr6ypbavFvlPihyAy7jqVjg0dtM1UBstLgE6N1QaNiMMRIwGFFIgadWhnwpk_NnMABYEdGIjUTXNVThPXEhlqhQBW_-U2DjvQoRAeAxHOftisgoJe0vPeryetLnSLeaV8LPxjpMlKgkZRCi3Rs-LMwibI6mFegp6pmdWeRRyGTOhnq24d_c4bo/s1589/Incredible%20Hulk%208%20ad%20in%20Dracula%206.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1589" data-original-width="1089" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtlyul2sr6ypbavFvlPihyAy7jqVjg0dtM1UBstLgE6N1QaNiMMRIwGFFIgadWhnwpk_NnMABYEdGIjUTXNVThPXEhlqhQBW_-U2DjvQoRAeAxHOftisgoJe0vPeryetLnSLeaV8LPxjpMlKgkZRCi3Rs-LMwibI6mFegp6pmdWeRRyGTOhnq24d_c4bo/s320/Incredible%20Hulk%208%20ad%20in%20Dracula%206.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/09/the-incredible-hulk-8-newton-edition.html">The Incredible Hulk #8</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">These two advertisements also reference the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/hulk-king-size-annual-1-newton-edition.html">Hulk King Size Annual #1</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue is not cover-dated, and there is no publication date in the indicia. The contest expiry date is 1 December 1975. This suggests a publication date of 18 October 1975. This date is supported by the ad for The Incredible Hulk #8, which I date to 11 October, so it would be the current issue on the stands. I date the Hulk King Size Annual to 20 September, which presumably had an extended shelf life. I have yet to firmly date Conan the Barbarian #5. I also note it is possible Dracula #6 was subject to a delay in publication, given the erroneous numbering on the advertisement above in Silver Surfer #2.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue also includes an advertisement for Origins of Marvel Comics on the inner front cover; two Marvel Mailbag pages; a Lone Ranger Kit contest, as mentioned above, on the inner rear cover; and a Black Panther t-shirt offer on the rear cover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And for those keeping track of such things, Night of the Death Stalkers! and the cover to Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #7 were also published in Australia by Yaffa a few years later in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2023/12/the-tomb-of-dracula-3-yaffa-edition.html">The Tomb of Dracula #3</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsV896n6yd-GXO3hwJBMaiXvUUHGtKgSNXpBuwmQhDDbSFmqRVTrmfwR631IcgoemMa-skJ8pZhc_BPZowps6ibOL74E25Ksr4dQyVeymucZ4R5iutmO4LU3Nbkbsw7C9yuFLZ1O5_xFXeA_VFjEmKa3mQ1_TnWjmI8a_GhL1fg1lMXoT78O5Ig0EJuM/s1598/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1598" data-original-width="1114" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsV896n6yd-GXO3hwJBMaiXvUUHGtKgSNXpBuwmQhDDbSFmqRVTrmfwR631IcgoemMa-skJ8pZhc_BPZowps6ibOL74E25Ksr4dQyVeymucZ4R5iutmO4LU3Nbkbsw7C9yuFLZ1O5_xFXeA_VFjEmKa3mQ1_TnWjmI8a_GhL1fg1lMXoT78O5Ig0EJuM/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%20(Yaffa)%203.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">A few years later Yaffa recycled this issue in the digest-sized unnumbered one-shot Night of the Vampire:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1BrzSNnvBWo6uw9wU9DOlDBtMPZEW2CKRI2XKMAV_pMuqFIaor8hE3LXZy9erppMFI5tnzzH0UuOVmpz0nu15W6Gv0NKLbZWmBiljRoXDSv-Jkd8JqOe3NJhbcu4eueFGF8nGkIc-ACPRNkZBQNogDYtI7xuAyxwb7suGX8iEFOHxWdp1a41Wd8GVCY/s1100/Night%20of%20the%20Vampire%20NN.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1100" data-original-width="761" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG1BrzSNnvBWo6uw9wU9DOlDBtMPZEW2CKRI2XKMAV_pMuqFIaor8hE3LXZy9erppMFI5tnzzH0UuOVmpz0nu15W6Gv0NKLbZWmBiljRoXDSv-Jkd8JqOe3NJhbcu4eueFGF8nGkIc-ACPRNkZBQNogDYtI7xuAyxwb7suGX8iEFOHxWdp1a41Wd8GVCY/s320/Night%20of%20the%20Vampire%20NN.jpg" width="221" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-56945490285504159012023-12-07T07:48:00.000+11:002023-12-07T07:48:59.945+11:00The Tomb of Dracula #6: The Yaffa edition<p>Page Publications' digest-sized The Tomb of Dracula #6 was published c.November 1980:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoycRTAnokDMxzGm2T5Xp3uFRI-JVx8Dq3lhthaexzyKA6AVl0HnnfURwfQ_KDFUrq1FlZITd1qPmmLIo_XQDs04kb6X7day7bqzvw6ehHbM5pDrXpfpVSZwI5OR9FVIUlU2h6lDOU9Bhnau392f9hWo1fNh2QBQbtQAFjyCx34_JiA52LmdNi8Z8XJGA/s1110/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="798" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoycRTAnokDMxzGm2T5Xp3uFRI-JVx8Dq3lhthaexzyKA6AVl0HnnfURwfQ_KDFUrq1FlZITd1qPmmLIo_XQDs04kb6X7day7bqzvw6ehHbM5pDrXpfpVSZwI5OR9FVIUlU2h6lDOU9Bhnau392f9hWo1fNh2QBQbtQAFjyCx34_JiA52LmdNi8Z8XJGA/s320/The%20Tomb%20of%20Dracula%206.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The cover is reprinted from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27187/#767920">Tomb of Dracula #17</a>:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZkDiHgIMgbvcw9x7vVHhXURj7Ju6g6oPjjG0yr-d6_gUpGkOmurhB1lwgpeF-Pgw0agQhDnInO_SrW0HhJ5i9HQevVb9YNI_25HPHMbuGcBnAQi1PqrvWd3B5xrBRxWsNhHMXOyfCSqQ53I20FJ1XDnQV3zyZqNWBS6onOO1zCVOsKIm4a-fQWJlYkQ/s593/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%2017.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="593" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGZkDiHgIMgbvcw9x7vVHhXURj7Ju6g6oPjjG0yr-d6_gUpGkOmurhB1lwgpeF-Pgw0agQhDnInO_SrW0HhJ5i9HQevVb9YNI_25HPHMbuGcBnAQi1PqrvWd3B5xrBRxWsNhHMXOyfCSqQ53I20FJ1XDnQV3zyZqNWBS6onOO1zCVOsKIm4a-fQWJlYkQ/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%2017.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The contents:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Return from the Grave!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27111/?">Tomb of Dracula #16</a>, January 1974 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Death Rides the Rails!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27187/#767920">Tomb of Dracula #17</a>, February 1974 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Enter: Werewolf by Night</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/27262/?">Tomb of Dracula #18</a>, March 1974 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The stories appear to be reprinted complete and intact.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Return from the Grave! begins on the inner front cover, and Enter: Werewolf by Night ends on the inner rear cover. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The printing of Enter: Werewolf by Night is preceded by a reprint of the cover to Marvel Comics' Tomb of Dracula #18, sans trade dress: </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPOWU7Qu_4Mjx_wuhnxxEDbAZbJa37Or20kBGlvQdVdwjdHHy5YygdkEXu7rK3mr_11lwz9CbQ_eE1uea5odKRdL_xUK8EWWzdE0GUg49PxxYAKICFmOEF5yMmwl1khzmaXGJ-cDuwuw63uprObfajLytdDzwFZBCDHkANOkDBLxvEfVUFL8uXAYjqC0k/s320/Tomb%20of%20Dracula%208.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As per the cover, the main feature in this issue is <span style="color: red;">The Hell-Crawlers</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/26231/">Tomb of Dracula #8</a>. This appears to have been published complete without any undue tampering, based on my side-by-side comparison with the printing in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/239912/#589078">Essential Tomb of Dracula</a> which, I might add, is a superior black and white print of this story.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The backup feature is the six-page <span style="color: red;">Bounty for a Vampire [Part 2]</span>, which continues from Dracula #6 and was originally published in Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/28776/#187107">Dracula Lives! #13</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue includes a poster of the cover on <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/10/the-silver-surfer-2-newton-edition.html">Newton's Silver Surfer #2</a>:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklabO9w6pH5WhlU5RgRKZ8lEp53aC55iwKFojGc94pENcY_oW1EGGrn0JME6XDlkV-x1UyUHdFa5VcuYq9u8KVexdzEh8Z3E0gtX7fM2DpdTmaBoSLLaLK01vvkSYL_LwxcaWQNm1NClapQoq6vQt_20yILilHzmEZo7poQnPiSjZBZRsjzpY5KrdfPE/s4032/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20Dracula%20(Newton)%207.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklabO9w6pH5WhlU5RgRKZ8lEp53aC55iwKFojGc94pENcY_oW1EGGrn0JME6XDlkV-x1UyUHdFa5VcuYq9u8KVexdzEh8Z3E0gtX7fM2DpdTmaBoSLLaLK01vvkSYL_LwxcaWQNm1NClapQoq6vQt_20yILilHzmEZo7poQnPiSjZBZRsjzpY5KrdfPE/s320/Silver%20Surfer%20poster%20in%20Dracula%20(Newton)%207.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue includes a full-page advertisement for Origins of Marvel Comics on the inner front cover; a Murfett games contest on the inner rear cover; a Black Panther t-shirt order form on the rear cover; and two Marvel Mailbag columns.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: justify;">The indicia states it is an October 1975 issue but I'm confident it was delayed until November 1975 as per the cover date. I note Silver Surfer #2 was published 25 October 1975, and the contest expiry date in that issue was 8 December 1975. The contest expiry date in Dracula #7 is a week later - 15 December 1975 - so it appears this issue was published 1 November 1975. The series was on a fortnightly schedule at this point, so this date accords with Dracula #'s 8 and 9 being published on 15/11 and 29/11 respectively.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">And for those of you who like to keep track of such things, The Hell-Crawlers was also published in Australia in Page Publications' <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/72137">The Tomb of Dracula #3</a> and the digest-sized <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/101466">Night of the Vampire</a> one-shot.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-75727977519759512542023-12-03T09:09:00.001+11:002023-12-03T09:09:42.310+11:00The Fantastic Four Giant Size 84 Page Annual: The Newton edition<br />
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<span style="color: red;">The Master Plan of Doctor Doom!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/18239/#139014">Fantastic Four #23</a>, February 1964</div>
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<span style="color: red;">The Human Torch [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17214/">Strange Tales #101</a>, October 1962</div>
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<span style="color: red;">The Human Torch Part 2: The Flaming Fury Strikes Back!!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17214/">Strange Tales #101</a>, October 1962</div>
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<span style="color: red;">The Threat of the Torrid Twosome</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17574/#135857">Strange Tales #106</a>, March 1963</div>
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<span style="color: red;">[The Evil Menace of Electro!]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/18445/">Daredevil #2</a>, June 1964 </div>
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This issue is rather thoughtfully compiled. After the full-length Fantastic Four feature, a couple of Human Torch stories from Strange Tales keep it in the family, and the final story features the Fantastic Four from a Daredevil comic. There was no Newton Daredevil series at the time so it must have seemed like an appropriate allotment. Of course, it meant the Daredevil series 'skipped' the second issue when it launched in January 1976, but this Annual was a suitable home for 'loose' Fantastic Four stories, and certainly less susceptible to the charge of padding in the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/search?q=apes+annual">Planet of the Apes Annual</a>.</div><div class="title" style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="title" style="text-align: justify;">[The Evil Menace of Electro!] begins with a reprint of the cover to Daredevil #2 but omits the splash page and therefore the title page:</div>
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<div class="content"><div style="text-align: justify;">All of the above issues are cover-dated November 1975 except for The Avengers #8, which is cover-dated October 1975. All of the above series had either 2 or 3 November cover-dated issues published in 1975 and in each case, the earliest of these is represented in the advertisements. This suggests at the outset the Fantastic Four Annual was published early/mid November 1975. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue was advertised in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-avengers-11-newton-edition.html">The Avengers #11</a>, which I date to 29 November 1975:</div>
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<div class="title">It was also advertised as out now in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/03/the-avengers-giant-size-84-page-annual.html">The Avengers Annual #1</a>, cover-dated December 1975 and in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/search?q=surfer+%233">Silver Surfer #3</a> which is cover-dated October 1975 but is likely published in November 1975.</div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title">This issue was also advertised on the Avengers poster included in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-avengers-10-newton-edition.html">The Avengers #10</a>, which I date to 15 November 1975:</div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUovOky1Nf2MqlovM9zi1h5-qL45i5vxO_NCxqMlgWJqUbHy_XuqW8KIQmPnaBMvluwu1csOxcjRZBCaIZsPo-R2p5DsDNv2NaLDDCSglDnXCTo0GLwd1hOjzpZHCQVzdFA-2FzA5Dx5niMP1qHz6Qg_kaZXKvW4gRGTUy4-z_12Itff9oWjywAFYGOHQ/s1600/The%20Avengers%20(Newton)%20poster%20in%20Avengers%2010.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUovOky1Nf2MqlovM9zi1h5-qL45i5vxO_NCxqMlgWJqUbHy_XuqW8KIQmPnaBMvluwu1csOxcjRZBCaIZsPo-R2p5DsDNv2NaLDDCSglDnXCTo0GLwd1hOjzpZHCQVzdFA-2FzA5Dx5niMP1qHz6Qg_kaZXKvW4gRGTUy4-z_12Itff9oWjywAFYGOHQ/s320/The%20Avengers%20(Newton)%20poster%20in%20Avengers%2010.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="title">This poster was also included in <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/11/the-deadly-hands-of-kung-fu-1-newton.html">The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu #1</a> from December 1975. </div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title">The letter column in Hulk #12 advises the Fantastic Four Annual is out 15 November, so on balance it would appear this is the publication date.</div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title">I note that it is mentioned as on sale now in Newtons Comics Corner 30 November 1975 and is also advertised in the Sunday Observer 23rd November 1975 as one of the Other Great New Releases:</div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALAllPl8hrAq83z_Zdu6O9lGdBVKqhooZCpNknnDSXrWrY78G7QPWZGxpicBrAOC8hWKAvMlm6c0IDt-ZT6M9P7XSdaH0TXHj1JOvn5BLHRf61qKrwg7BvOVgL3aBS4j02BChIHqSQLqGILlOhQzYvFujBQkZtUVLHoLotDxPSMwIzQ7VnIhNyhIxgXk/s3565/Silver%20Surfer%20%234%20ad%20plus%20more%20-%2023%20November%201975.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1893" data-original-width="3565" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhALAllPl8hrAq83z_Zdu6O9lGdBVKqhooZCpNknnDSXrWrY78G7QPWZGxpicBrAOC8hWKAvMlm6c0IDt-ZT6M9P7XSdaH0TXHj1JOvn5BLHRf61qKrwg7BvOVgL3aBS4j02BChIHqSQLqGILlOhQzYvFujBQkZtUVLHoLotDxPSMwIzQ7VnIhNyhIxgXk/s320/Silver%20Surfer%20%234%20ad%20plus%20more%20-%2023%20November%201975.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title">This issue also includes three full-page Marvel Mailbag letter columns. The inner front cover has a subscription page, the inner rear cover has the Cat's Eye Transistor Radio contest as well as the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2019/02/the-newton-comics-swap-card-album.html">Super Hero Swap Card Album</a> offer, and the rear cover has The Thing t-shirt offer.</div><div class="title"><br /></div><div class="title">The indicia title is Fantastic Four, which is unhelpful for cataloguing purposes, so I refer to this issue by the full cover title The Fantastic Four Giant Size 84 Page Annual #1 - but I'm also OK with The Fantastic Four Annual #1.</div></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-92174202386872276902023-11-26T12:23:00.001+11:002023-11-26T12:23:02.751+11:00The X-Men #7: The Yaffa edition<p>Page Publications' The X-Men #7 was published c.September-October 1981:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UvZS4bXFeBbZqO880EXBfq3j9QHmAHiKxbriV8kjfkazaOhdQmT6U4cuNzLiooNM5YxjDBWkLujrbEdjRqP_TzspN9NFOV4p5utyvgznjemx5z1waDWh-EbmJabJBDTLoEb-_KNn2OhPs5NZeGTESb5I81x4c1CW03tBWeLqtFdkM1CW4HCOSdOoosk/s1206/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="794" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0UvZS4bXFeBbZqO880EXBfq3j9QHmAHiKxbriV8kjfkazaOhdQmT6U4cuNzLiooNM5YxjDBWkLujrbEdjRqP_TzspN9NFOV4p5utyvgznjemx5z1waDWh-EbmJabJBDTLoEb-_KNn2OhPs5NZeGTESb5I81x4c1CW03tBWeLqtFdkM1CW4HCOSdOoosk/s320/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207.jpg" width="211" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19991/?">The X-Men #19</a>:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV6wYL7tv_kWOmybBMSz55__nMkvWObC-cUoBdT5_yt9yH5Fd6iDA_6knjvzDkL2yezaQaFMPWl_B3sj80-ga0iP3Ii_uSXI2ulCEnS5jJ3zY8NZE5l3j5b5R6nBVOeOEQFOR7Hc9Zdb906SGSjRM-aKZmekBSaWNHeaK94FN04Ql_v-rKGxCMIEp70Q/s594/X-Men%2019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="594" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibV6wYL7tv_kWOmybBMSz55__nMkvWObC-cUoBdT5_yt9yH5Fd6iDA_6knjvzDkL2yezaQaFMPWl_B3sj80-ga0iP3Ii_uSXI2ulCEnS5jJ3zY8NZE5l3j5b5R6nBVOeOEQFOR7Hc9Zdb906SGSjRM-aKZmekBSaWNHeaK94FN04Ql_v-rKGxCMIEp70Q/s320/X-Men%2019.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The contents:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">[Lo! Now Shall Appear--The Mimic!]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19991/?">The X-Men #19</a>, April 1966</div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I, Lucifer...</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/20056/">The X-Men #20</a>, May 1966 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">From Whence Comes... Dominus?</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/20135/">The X-Men #21</a>, June 1966</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The first story omits the first page, so the title of the story is also omitted. The other two stories appear to be intact.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Even without checking the contents of this issue I could have reasonably guessed it would reprint The X-Men #'s 19-21, given Yaffa editions tend to carry three consecutive issues of the relevant series.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However in this instance my job was made easier courtesy of the notes made by the previous owner of my first copy of this issue:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zy1RBcrpGuuKLbQMZ8X5GXhSTFd1xGnLl3WBHIx_AcwapeGqxu2io-81u23GC5DVvQx2leWgLQwE7T14kIcVhacHtvw8thsw7dztEuDOTftPI2cVhlZCXWCtP-79ejUaifmEtI1NFQWN_cpU_6wi-cYzTnhGgu4BizUc1vSXXOmgPqMPIkQVSsrhONw/s4032/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%201.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8Zy1RBcrpGuuKLbQMZ8X5GXhSTFd1xGnLl3WBHIx_AcwapeGqxu2io-81u23GC5DVvQx2leWgLQwE7T14kIcVhacHtvw8thsw7dztEuDOTftPI2cVhlZCXWCtP-79ejUaifmEtI1NFQWN_cpU_6wi-cYzTnhGgu4BizUc1vSXXOmgPqMPIkQVSsrhONw/s320/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%201.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIZiOJvPUTKSeERFUa7yhBGwL0ai9d_d4y29bZj_NDLma5eKW48zhvGZTq1aQrkk3OQpf42IRJRlfR7_pIKWQoD8oRBIMDwVijbzdXytB_VaSRrMEw-x4eKYnkR3kKDlLMwuky8qBlVrYJIsbGfYpOaAPA_pKDJS48iCGI6mZ9QBeDQT1mKSMcZKXfZw/s4032/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%202.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigIZiOJvPUTKSeERFUa7yhBGwL0ai9d_d4y29bZj_NDLma5eKW48zhvGZTq1aQrkk3OQpf42IRJRlfR7_pIKWQoD8oRBIMDwVijbzdXytB_VaSRrMEw-x4eKYnkR3kKDlLMwuky8qBlVrYJIsbGfYpOaAPA_pKDJS48iCGI6mZ9QBeDQT1mKSMcZKXfZw/s320/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%202.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZXQLcY6R5OGKpCplLQZNgbhS0ZHJgyan_qTtks5Ef_BBYgnB942FwYMex8jn0skiRub5EoF2RKDInvHCn7DatMyzeBckAW_Sw4OkRxysCZPDARGNGgDbk2TZmacDyuwwSGR-OWmP7V-hbO1pPIy6UKBeF31Rg3Ei46kIWHd7dHrmWZGkYiW173pRVQU/s4032/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%203.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaZXQLcY6R5OGKpCplLQZNgbhS0ZHJgyan_qTtks5Ef_BBYgnB942FwYMex8jn0skiRub5EoF2RKDInvHCn7DatMyzeBckAW_Sw4OkRxysCZPDARGNGgDbk2TZmacDyuwwSGR-OWmP7V-hbO1pPIy6UKBeF31Rg3Ei46kIWHd7dHrmWZGkYiW173pRVQU/s320/X-Men%20(Yaffa)%207%203.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">As you can see, the original sources of the reprinted stories have been documented with stamped references. I'm often attracted to handwritten marginalia in such secondhand comics but rarely have I found copies with such neat, almost formal annotations. I suspect the original owner may have done this for the other issues in this series - I'd love to find another one from this owner.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-3938900525556893352023-10-31T14:53:00.001+11:002023-10-31T14:58:44.279+11:00Superman Supacomic #14 <p>K.G. Murray's Superman Supacomic #14 was published c.September 1960:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W-aO1148tasXAkH7hhoWKaX4TpCXysDiy1TaCNvk-qygVhQ3SgpgBfKSbAGIeQScXB9elo1FmUdGWhyyn0WNSZMrkguxiWMzp2kzx2PVBmkIiLmmcnqueBpanwkFc4qnRhNphNvKq-W94neMktiQ44O77X-onragKTungrxYDI1pkdKpUJkqhRvJT0A/s1522/superman%20supacomic%2014.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1522" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8W-aO1148tasXAkH7hhoWKaX4TpCXysDiy1TaCNvk-qygVhQ3SgpgBfKSbAGIeQScXB9elo1FmUdGWhyyn0WNSZMrkguxiWMzp2kzx2PVBmkIiLmmcnqueBpanwkFc4qnRhNphNvKq-W94neMktiQ44O77X-onragKTungrxYDI1pkdKpUJkqhRvJT0A/s320/superman%20supacomic%2014.jpg" width="227" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cover is from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15630/cover/4/">Superman #137</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIlGMZLFs4S5zgo_sDeCpMjKLVDgGTzoIVUvc5RKADXEBTgdUMWY13WfKOqIL55uZ_EHVR_IcqSRkkzhaepRpjwKWehd69l-EoTOqVFOiwXPkBXLqQbT1DQyYgKdD5nS5eX_6edjCRjTmEWOe0RV_o9mQ-1gtraCOnLVSF8kLnwJISVnwMl_Ri_ZFRtM/s586/Superman%20137.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="586" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJIlGMZLFs4S5zgo_sDeCpMjKLVDgGTzoIVUvc5RKADXEBTgdUMWY13WfKOqIL55uZ_EHVR_IcqSRkkzhaepRpjwKWehd69l-EoTOqVFOiwXPkBXLqQbT1DQyYgKdD5nS5eX_6edjCRjTmEWOe0RV_o9mQ-1gtraCOnLVSF8kLnwJISVnwMl_Ri_ZFRtM/s320/Superman%20137.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The stories:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Chapter I: The Super-Brat from Krypton; Chapter II: The Young Super-Bully; Chapter III: Superman vs. Super-Menace!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15630/">Superman #137</a>, May 1960</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Dog That Betrayed Batman</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15576/">Batman #131</a>, 1960</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Millionaire Pupil!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15677/">Superboy #81</a>, June 1960</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Martian from Gotham City</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15662/">Batman #132</a>, June 1960</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Life on Krypton!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15542/?">Superboy #79</a>, March 1960</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Creatures that Stalked Batman</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15647/">Detective Comics #279</a>, May 1960</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Boy Who Was Stronger than Superboy!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15692/">Adventure Comics #273</a>, Jun 1960 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Alien Who Doomed Robin</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15679/">World's Finest Comics #110</a>, July 1960 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Many of these stories were subsequently republished in other KG Murray issues.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There is an advertiser's date code on the inner front cover SS9/60 - a proxy cover date. <a href="https://www.ausreprints.net/issue/2687/311">AusReprints notes a copy had 17 November 1960 written or stamped on it</a>. </p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-67125652809095445512023-10-30T13:02:00.003+11:002023-10-30T13:02:21.298+11:00KG Murray's Batman #38<p>KG Murray's Batman #38 was published c.July 1953:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV7F-Py4G3G1CB3qmVN-s0GAneT8KafNLg9pculFP5M605gAMM-Nhfw1CCiruKLAacL8Unu-d_ek7zUlKYL6ou1vQXraZQClv67UXcXZxrhKtKdLM2zddR_hCNLFOXpw25z-Bhvu8ug3JqzDNwfT0uL5G0J6EfzBq_0YnistcOxA04Cx5FbPOmLLSO8k/s1570/Batman%20(1950-59)%2038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1570" data-original-width="1166" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNV7F-Py4G3G1CB3qmVN-s0GAneT8KafNLg9pculFP5M605gAMM-Nhfw1CCiruKLAacL8Unu-d_ek7zUlKYL6ou1vQXraZQClv67UXcXZxrhKtKdLM2zddR_hCNLFOXpw25z-Bhvu8ug3JqzDNwfT0uL5G0J6EfzBq_0YnistcOxA04Cx5FbPOmLLSO8k/s320/Batman%20(1950-59)%2038.jpg" width="238" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover is signed by Hart Amos.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main features:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Crimes of Batman!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10061/">World's Finest Comics #61</a>, November 1952 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Water Crimes of Mr. Hydro!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10206/">Batman #74</a>, December 1952-January 1953 </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue includes the following half-page filler strips: Stevie from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/71696/">A Date with Judy #35</a>, June-July 1953; and both Jerry the Jitterbug and Professor Eureka from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/9762/">World's Finest Comics #59</a>, July-August 1952. This issue ends with a two-page Casey the Cop strip from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/9876/#88108">Adventure Comics #179</a>, August 1952, which concludes on the rear cover.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Crimes of Batman! was reprinted by KG Murray in Giant Batman Album #15.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue contains a full-page in-house ad for Super Adventure Comic on the inner front cover:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWGJicPw9tLDNSpEh34XBRrs3JUB8popP16hmhtqxSY0qpliVMAuEHVDEZ24UEoJ50o34eER7VTFg_PnoTeyVcXv2BYSi-wJG2qTRpPLo5h95JcB3kFxW5x0YPVXge4KvT6r8a0HozXTCozSXY0medlVwR0Of85z_7nmZhZC3vxs5j-oj0lbAudNiWcM/s1550/Super%20Adventure%20Comic%20(1950)%20ad%20in%20Batman%2038.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1146" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWGJicPw9tLDNSpEh34XBRrs3JUB8popP16hmhtqxSY0qpliVMAuEHVDEZ24UEoJ50o34eER7VTFg_PnoTeyVcXv2BYSi-wJG2qTRpPLo5h95JcB3kFxW5x0YPVXge4KvT6r8a0HozXTCozSXY0medlVwR0Of85z_7nmZhZC3vxs5j-oj0lbAudNiWcM/s320/Super%20Adventure%20Comic%20(1950)%20ad%20in%20Batman%2038.jpg" width="237" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">There was also a<a href="https://www.ausreprints.net/issue/2117"> UK edition of this issue with the same issue number</a> published a few months later.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-40407360957329065512023-10-28T11:05:00.004+11:002023-10-29T07:31:14.874+11:00Federal Comics' Fantastic Four #7<p>Federal Presents Fantastic Four #7 was published June 1985:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nwCDVTZYpd8zs6FRM82PsgXHnpmjmGR04l2lfhYBMIQZ9fQDzXwmr9dTXajuzDBkBG_-em5eAwf9Onrn3G3vqE-GJnwBUvw41F7liHfEjJ5dSoaotITbeg4H8m6Kww7rzsLsJkUUnh168e5R_1cbv7kdQ1PgLaUB1yc8tnxQzjV8AFZh8x1Pu0OwLXY/s3088/Fantastic%20Four%20(Federal)%207.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3088" data-original-width="1984" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nwCDVTZYpd8zs6FRM82PsgXHnpmjmGR04l2lfhYBMIQZ9fQDzXwmr9dTXajuzDBkBG_-em5eAwf9Onrn3G3vqE-GJnwBUvw41F7liHfEjJ5dSoaotITbeg4H8m6Kww7rzsLsJkUUnh168e5R_1cbv7kdQ1PgLaUB1yc8tnxQzjV8AFZh8x1Pu0OwLXY/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20(Federal)%207.jpg" width="206" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The cover is from Marvel Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/37684/">Fantastic Four #257</a>:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0cb_vKDUSJpZ4rEwrUEHR7v64uG42UC0dwtABcXoP2FCDtAewmjvExvQdXWDc496CUz5btVcWWcqUC3RQbLbgH1d3Ilu5SJBN78iBfBW6iPezmFPLMiZ-rVKT-R9Z7Qnlj087ABn1WQ_hzWjhDnBl5A5lCDc85_5GWUro6VaHmMilT3E5GkDgGE3urk/s610/Fantastic%20Four%20257.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY0cb_vKDUSJpZ4rEwrUEHR7v64uG42UC0dwtABcXoP2FCDtAewmjvExvQdXWDc496CUz5btVcWWcqUC3RQbLbgH1d3Ilu5SJBN78iBfBW6iPezmFPLMiZ-rVKT-R9Z7Qnlj087ABn1WQ_hzWjhDnBl5A5lCDc85_5GWUro6VaHmMilT3E5GkDgGE3urk/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20257.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The stories:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Trapped!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/37501/">Fantastic Four #255</a>, June 1983 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">[The Annihilation Gambit!]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/37596/">Fantastic Four #256</a>, July 1983 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Fragments</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/37684/">Fantastic Four #257</a>, August 1983 </p><p style="text-align: justify;">The stories in this issue have been modified. </p><p style="text-align: justify;">Trapped! has been reduced from 22 pages to 21. This is done by reformatting two pages onto one page:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHytyl8zfFk_6wGbKiC7zhAc7m54ohAa7UHh6tzB-J4U2dGDDci2hbTN_HofaJOI34-uB6n12UlE1bW3PHiNTntbPNXUHijv6IwqSwVo2HyzNDTksffJtz-c0rYAYpEoHJ0wYPSaOxpx3LKomYzpWLMJQ5IAie6FfOYjym5JcvUL5Nq8uH_7lAn39cB8/s1457/FF.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1457" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitHytyl8zfFk_6wGbKiC7zhAc7m54ohAa7UHh6tzB-J4U2dGDDci2hbTN_HofaJOI34-uB6n12UlE1bW3PHiNTntbPNXUHijv6IwqSwVo2HyzNDTksffJtz-c0rYAYpEoHJ0wYPSaOxpx3LKomYzpWLMJQ5IAie6FfOYjym5JcvUL5Nq8uH_7lAn39cB8/s320/FF.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Here's the original two pages for comparison:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk80rayluXvZyR2pdOM5j9iBcrsuhsK9i3qERl-bgeCNImpCswRQm9rsfRf-obWjXiqu0iwsNnndQqpGfXlpAYZXlf7suZdGd_RJIcWvFGTOOqRepvxFpNy__q5vaDxcjnngfEhscks0pYewQLb6QW7d13qcA04-U1uBNsqz7_OvoinUKLJMlxJTE0pE/s1385/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2019.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1385" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDk80rayluXvZyR2pdOM5j9iBcrsuhsK9i3qERl-bgeCNImpCswRQm9rsfRf-obWjXiqu0iwsNnndQqpGfXlpAYZXlf7suZdGd_RJIcWvFGTOOqRepvxFpNy__q5vaDxcjnngfEhscks0pYewQLb6QW7d13qcA04-U1uBNsqz7_OvoinUKLJMlxJTE0pE/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2019.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6qZdOB3o7aUi0XlXBEohaDxucadnoGGRtJs4i0T5VXs4cha6KrnivGzm4lU64IKKqOkUDKE_Gpn0u9oNP3ywk2gs5gc-Y5gVBFTHyf0atR9bdw8VkTZsqdKCXDjeA2K2B-6eaqM0n_eHLiXM_wcIId1HX2xr7EbhiSTa-iPgI4musNOjclOJE0SCXKs/s1392/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2020.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1392" data-original-width="928" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ6qZdOB3o7aUi0XlXBEohaDxucadnoGGRtJs4i0T5VXs4cha6KrnivGzm4lU64IKKqOkUDKE_Gpn0u9oNP3ywk2gs5gc-Y5gVBFTHyf0atR9bdw8VkTZsqdKCXDjeA2K2B-6eaqM0n_eHLiXM_wcIId1HX2xr7EbhiSTa-iPgI4musNOjclOJE0SCXKs/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2020.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The final page of Trapped! announces the story is continued in The Annihilation Gambit in the following issue:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuF3xr-_NqclhBXzjNw1BSpWmzuAg75cP3YJtxWQdjFXDHCUximPAobsBmiScc8zAtijF8NWyLOKASw0TsBfBzy8HtWHiuH9iMpJDioXGzoXcWXCal7AmakzNja4SjCDNCi1kLu8WNbqrT8iKsEOv1A9S5BzVoZLsYylOaFgr0kO9L7SnQYOSquI2RxA/s1397/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2031.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1397" data-original-width="954" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsuF3xr-_NqclhBXzjNw1BSpWmzuAg75cP3YJtxWQdjFXDHCUximPAobsBmiScc8zAtijF8NWyLOKASw0TsBfBzy8HtWHiuH9iMpJDioXGzoXcWXCal7AmakzNja4SjCDNCi1kLu8WNbqrT8iKsEOv1A9S5BzVoZLsYylOaFgr0kO9L7SnQYOSquI2RxA/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20255%20-%2031.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This text box is omitted from the Federal edition:</div></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFEn1DvgllItuD6eIAb6XSJwzLfvis0zOg428f3UPB91SWUNO6k3YUp-qWYIjFPBfU5V6dTVxTmFtIjZcnpOrET7579VM-nzHZFaeIQ4kO5MGpXBluthmii9LbaBgmo9eNM_-IkNhQnoe1jOfh54WFoGJTw6ISbvk6O285hNoAn5-URs-FX8Y3w1-SyE/s1469/FF%20Federal%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1469" data-original-width="977" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvFEn1DvgllItuD6eIAb6XSJwzLfvis0zOg428f3UPB91SWUNO6k3YUp-qWYIjFPBfU5V6dTVxTmFtIjZcnpOrET7579VM-nzHZFaeIQ4kO5MGpXBluthmii9LbaBgmo9eNM_-IkNhQnoe1jOfh54WFoGJTw6ISbvk6O285hNoAn5-URs-FX8Y3w1-SyE/s320/FF%20Federal%202.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div>This is the splash page to The Annihilation Gambit!:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxC5HYjeeW7ZScu2_Rf0J1MFIwtqKB9lDnj1zqy0xwXlhw5w5SoE4ZekEguueERwNLKpuqc7URZKrjsNFBemvZ1fL7YQSXS37XOTcYoP2YOfk5_0xsmLmh3RATTH4dAklMurpWKLTTjYfcDdFhDttpSvHN0AmIZ256CmajF5xSwalss8-gFuIiJrYg3qM/s1476/FF256_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxC5HYjeeW7ZScu2_Rf0J1MFIwtqKB9lDnj1zqy0xwXlhw5w5SoE4ZekEguueERwNLKpuqc7URZKrjsNFBemvZ1fL7YQSXS37XOTcYoP2YOfk5_0xsmLmh3RATTH4dAklMurpWKLTTjYfcDdFhDttpSvHN0AmIZ256CmajF5xSwalss8-gFuIiJrYg3qM/s320/FF256_03.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This splash page is omitted from the Federal edition, which segues from the end of Trapped! to the double page spread following The Annihilation Gambit!, which means this story is untitled and reduced by one page.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The final page of the original The Annihilation Gambit! includes a text box announcing Fragments in the following issue:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmjIV5Tl8PpsOld2oBSy24YUVA7XW7P5WwF3Ff30szfDAXt6hxXdZGb6YEjheECiOFDLugIinpjBNn3QEBLfRlAfnZezExnjS3cUk6HLj7Ql03YGpqSmwZ3FRr6A1-A0ABe2C9FZXe9KyDhDEW2gKDR3wXdMEQGfaXSnjFj2pLcUvyj_QCuiVGaLBco0/s1476/FF256_32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqmjIV5Tl8PpsOld2oBSy24YUVA7XW7P5WwF3Ff30szfDAXt6hxXdZGb6YEjheECiOFDLugIinpjBNn3QEBLfRlAfnZezExnjS3cUk6HLj7Ql03YGpqSmwZ3FRr6A1-A0ABe2C9FZXe9KyDhDEW2gKDR3wXdMEQGfaXSnjFj2pLcUvyj_QCuiVGaLBco0/s320/FF256_32.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This has been removed in the Federal edition:<div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qT5RdsF7UVIUa8TZ4XpZz7Iq3xRv7Nl0qO5ZXJZlqc6FVs0uXqaIv-Fz4bSsiaz60aWXGS9wAhVmi8JxJ62YKoCJrTTmt6V02XHQgemI0oHAQvZ92QFd7A6tVh4vIXN7H0OwHiyFNBwoYvBl1M48KyRz4RYGySYpBdyRtc-iEBPs277YD5hZSsNYjAs/s1493/FF%20Federal.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="994" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0qT5RdsF7UVIUa8TZ4XpZz7Iq3xRv7Nl0qO5ZXJZlqc6FVs0uXqaIv-Fz4bSsiaz60aWXGS9wAhVmi8JxJ62YKoCJrTTmt6V02XHQgemI0oHAQvZ92QFd7A6tVh4vIXN7H0OwHiyFNBwoYvBl1M48KyRz4RYGySYpBdyRtc-iEBPs277YD5hZSsNYjAs/s320/FF%20Federal.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Fragments is reprinted in full, apart from the credits box and, obviously, the indicia on the splash page:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w3kKku-hE8WDz8nqHFeXZ6MXpHZZeY1Pkp_6v6_FY_pSSf8Z4aTZ0hNcQzzwaR7ePpl1_8K5osAoKTDO6L1ZCIrVMoqV1kZ4-ulPydCVyhEYTQpu7l9cO4vPO4XL0XCNLa1F_ZuaGn-A345o5gBmKUSBRg0qBJrGsgizcZ0ZcNb2GhoyxHiPmhLsDoc/s1445/Fragments%20splash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1445" data-original-width="949" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0w3kKku-hE8WDz8nqHFeXZ6MXpHZZeY1Pkp_6v6_FY_pSSf8Z4aTZ0hNcQzzwaR7ePpl1_8K5osAoKTDO6L1ZCIrVMoqV1kZ4-ulPydCVyhEYTQpu7l9cO4vPO4XL0XCNLa1F_ZuaGn-A345o5gBmKUSBRg0qBJrGsgizcZ0ZcNb2GhoyxHiPmhLsDoc/s320/Fragments%20splash.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">As striking as the black and white image is, the linework in the title is not as purposeful as it is in the original colour version:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25I-mNDzPs8h1EdiPu7x9M5fMa-4hgS2nwHd-ZWaCHmZ75CQxBEe338RuOcs9lByn642Jox_NC6G8LtFn32N8Q4iiUgIt7l7Gi4Pt2PDVc9mH-vVrXROS7MxyLuG8Xcm0VwgHVwDzu_S91FL-UBpXbt6Q59BnH0vPfOwRqtQrrQFIcDF4l4Lh6JMLnwU/s1379/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20257%20-%2002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1379" data-original-width="927" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh25I-mNDzPs8h1EdiPu7x9M5fMa-4hgS2nwHd-ZWaCHmZ75CQxBEe338RuOcs9lByn642Jox_NC6G8LtFn32N8Q4iiUgIt7l7Gi4Pt2PDVc9mH-vVrXROS7MxyLuG8Xcm0VwgHVwDzu_S91FL-UBpXbt6Q59BnH0vPfOwRqtQrrQFIcDF4l4Lh6JMLnwU/s320/Fantastic%20Four%20V1%20257%20-%2002.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div>The final page of Fragments announces the following issue's story Interlude:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2_6-0z4gw1hyEiQpI3p9j-GGEX7DaVKPgPOCDN_IJdzfPezQvgjQlen2QRk6sZsxrFDNVeA5yf1foOseNxJ5WjcsJzzmRVjPIXnbhGtqgpiffG6MRrYJqFxgJSH73uVs_qZscN0lLjN_P05J9pEzQ0s_W3n5IBT-VvrIdJKtD4W3M8ra5GAGG_AwXSs/s1493/FF%20Federal%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1493" data-original-width="965" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv2_6-0z4gw1hyEiQpI3p9j-GGEX7DaVKPgPOCDN_IJdzfPezQvgjQlen2QRk6sZsxrFDNVeA5yf1foOseNxJ5WjcsJzzmRVjPIXnbhGtqgpiffG6MRrYJqFxgJSH73uVs_qZscN0lLjN_P05J9pEzQ0s_W3n5IBT-VvrIdJKtD4W3M8ra5GAGG_AwXSs/s320/FF%20Federal%203.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This story does indeed open Federal Comics' Fantastic Four #8.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It is also worth noting that one of the panels in the Annihilation Gambit is virtually black and white:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfMB40JQFQXvIrkBNq7syeuCzYz6gG7hSxj-d_xZNBPPBmnnmgCu2mtuuW3XFynbxFAVH70_qpSWVTubdcdaF7_DmxvxafGHFKL6HYtypChvE1bYHeMdyi0hm7QXYHLPuykA0Nyd5mdsvgkxeCUsix8wd9N7GHF2o1xzc4tK2TAiEcddW5xNKPiPcOHE/s1476/FF256_24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1476" data-original-width="1000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfMB40JQFQXvIrkBNq7syeuCzYz6gG7hSxj-d_xZNBPPBmnnmgCu2mtuuW3XFynbxFAVH70_qpSWVTubdcdaF7_DmxvxafGHFKL6HYtypChvE1bYHeMdyi0hm7QXYHLPuykA0Nyd5mdsvgkxeCUsix8wd9N7GHF2o1xzc4tK2TAiEcddW5xNKPiPcOHE/s320/FF256_24.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">This is lost in translation in the Federal edition for obvious reasons.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Fantastic Four #7 is unnumbered on the cover, however it is labelled as such on the left hand border of the splash page of Trapped!</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aisKXYVrw1SKvwoBpQuiVDCLbUH7OjWuanr7BESyy_g60-GXeuxn4Ys2GQPj2bLxlwuYXJiL3w7VsqNM6tsSvRIXFvyVTz38r5n5LX3YSYme4IDTUklmhJTWb17hKx4NroGqAS9idXXacWAgazi02EM-um4m9_h76tsL2iiDBhstS9XtJOz9OzBIEDk/s1485/Trapped%20splash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1485" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4aisKXYVrw1SKvwoBpQuiVDCLbUH7OjWuanr7BESyy_g60-GXeuxn4Ys2GQPj2bLxlwuYXJiL3w7VsqNM6tsSvRIXFvyVTz38r5n5LX3YSYme4IDTUklmhJTWb17hKx4NroGqAS9idXXacWAgazi02EM-um4m9_h76tsL2iiDBhstS9XtJOz9OzBIEDk/s320/Trapped%20splash.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The rear cover has the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2017/05/dating-federal-marvel-advertisements.html">Battle of the Sounds</a> ad, and the inner front and inner rear covers carry the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2017/07/dating-federal-dcs-rock-video.html">Rock Video [1] and A Fantastic Rock Poster Magazine</a> respectively. This combination of advertisements and the 9 written on the front cover of my copy (and at least two others I have spotted) confirm the June 1985 publication date.</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-57180873464188792242023-10-24T14:04:00.003+11:002023-11-19T08:33:46.657+11:00Super Adventure Comic #47<p>KG Murray's Super Adventure Comic #47 was published c.May 1954:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXdUUPWS6qsDY4XzZYiluwgsKspHEPio7dJD4gzVIR-dDoSed-_t9xtiaF9Efgqrssa3zs-2cUfEWWeenEzdOcnlxxfGAKxgUUbXBH7he1CRoJrA5mqEsBbQRBHfaUEbwjMpTpFTHb1iXkjgHIGtIGpWd02iB7fsjgTBZ7wVrmbeTK9sZKARI_xOhl2o/s1550/Super%20Adventure%20Comic%20(1950)%2047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1550" data-original-width="1078" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuXdUUPWS6qsDY4XzZYiluwgsKspHEPio7dJD4gzVIR-dDoSed-_t9xtiaF9Efgqrssa3zs-2cUfEWWeenEzdOcnlxxfGAKxgUUbXBH7he1CRoJrA5mqEsBbQRBHfaUEbwjMpTpFTHb1iXkjgHIGtIGpWd02iB7fsjgTBZ7wVrmbeTK9sZKARI_xOhl2o/s320/Super%20Adventure%20Comic%20(1950)%2047.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cover is from DC Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10885/">World's Finest Comics #67</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSH18io-gx7kh3Uk6S5ZqmRLsLAhMpQ2m1D7y09YWLR3Xcrytao0ej0Y3ZY8Ar4RjLRap5Qhe0ZcIHkYdsySFN5ui1AmuhSU7C4lHPKm0cCL5ZttiibQdQdq8SF4fzzE6TG0ymSpowC4YIRC-VKxeAZ_xrlyEsJzRk6-V_ObgdgZMrhwwIhEb0jLEN7E/s575/World's%20Finest%2067.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="575" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOSH18io-gx7kh3Uk6S5ZqmRLsLAhMpQ2m1D7y09YWLR3Xcrytao0ej0Y3ZY8Ar4RjLRap5Qhe0ZcIHkYdsySFN5ui1AmuhSU7C4lHPKm0cCL5ZttiibQdQdq8SF4fzzE6TG0ymSpowC4YIRC-VKxeAZ_xrlyEsJzRk6-V_ObgdgZMrhwwIhEb0jLEN7E/s320/World's%20Finest%2067.jpg" width="223" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The stories:<div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;">The Girls in Superman's Life!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/9906/">Superman #78</a>, September-October 1952</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: red;">The Phantom Bandit of Gotham City!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/11140/">Batman #81</a>, February-March 1954</div><div><br /></div><div>The rear cover has a single-page Professor Pry filler:</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tZ1Y8z-25Q99WQJco1nGS-mPfgBaWzQ2jo2UPN0u1cD7aLQexjfCUC5Z4i1UnVTGL2P3Ar1j7rsnFUx3vR62X0Iv4HmTdw-6eDoWqgmppb0pTdz4nquOKkwLdNUhGcBHmVzsWIYntlDY9DVdZ5yuQYQILxu6AnbLyY74VBdJfi4ox4-qmIjtw5hsvj8/s1534/Professor%20Pry%20Super%20Adventure%20Comic%2047.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1534" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3tZ1Y8z-25Q99WQJco1nGS-mPfgBaWzQ2jo2UPN0u1cD7aLQexjfCUC5Z4i1UnVTGL2P3Ar1j7rsnFUx3vR62X0Iv4HmTdw-6eDoWqgmppb0pTdz4nquOKkwLdNUhGcBHmVzsWIYntlDY9DVdZ5yuQYQILxu6AnbLyY74VBdJfi4ox4-qmIjtw5hsvj8/s320/Professor%20Pry%20Super%20Adventure%20Comic%2047.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This is unsigned but is probably by Lloyd Piper.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-6842724521832096342023-10-08T14:03:00.003+11:002023-10-08T14:03:46.336+11:00Dr. Fate: The Murray Comics one-shot<p>Murray Comics' Dr. Fate one-shot was published c.September 1982:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgevPw4OZbIR5c5xdsu-jQiQ2V4ErUbzHD7978MzbTVNLCImoJ3vUGUd5B_m-XCMgMvnJekLcScj2xRYp4Jm_ZScYCFZRgUk2BTuPXhJh9ROHLdsy2jcQFNAGfajqwUQ60A12mJ-bjKk7JkvVYpJxlP8LfCdFl0sLywiwwmmlbCgYtTCPODomSnPQAmo/s3241/Dr.%20Fate%20(Murray).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3241" data-original-width="2378" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgevPw4OZbIR5c5xdsu-jQiQ2V4ErUbzHD7978MzbTVNLCImoJ3vUGUd5B_m-XCMgMvnJekLcScj2xRYp4Jm_ZScYCFZRgUk2BTuPXhJh9ROHLdsy2jcQFNAGfajqwUQ60A12mJ-bjKk7JkvVYpJxlP8LfCdFl0sLywiwwmmlbCgYtTCPODomSnPQAmo/s320/Dr.%20Fate%20(Murray).jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This cover is a composite of elements from two separate DC covers:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwa_odYIYio2Id8NQLtw0UAVyHAZadkxv8eXcSPOcmeU0g9cY27CXT1-JUF2sNbmLjFICQ6pdR5_xHd1Pxh7IH8ZyW1Eosp5V_rIStMVciagQAwTIK5vNx3nbJYGd3JIOJtLDHOCxn5kOldrEUeFKncUhgFAA8GJYYyH6zbHiB2y_lfbPS1z__ySzRuiw/s598/DC%20Comics%20Presents%20(1978)%2023.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="598" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwa_odYIYio2Id8NQLtw0UAVyHAZadkxv8eXcSPOcmeU0g9cY27CXT1-JUF2sNbmLjFICQ6pdR5_xHd1Pxh7IH8ZyW1Eosp5V_rIStMVciagQAwTIK5vNx3nbJYGd3JIOJtLDHOCxn5kOldrEUeFKncUhgFAA8GJYYyH6zbHiB2y_lfbPS1z__ySzRuiw/s320/DC%20Comics%20Presents%20(1978)%2023.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/34505/?">DC Comics Presents #23</a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyHrkoAM_YZUrgBUsY2-1GkuE1XWNbYSNyvTR0PONy_ba0k4GZs6i3CZKRSuSBnLht2x4mZiu_J1nXf3QfSLYdgFQOragXPWvtqVmwW1LzjAbmQkWKaAebDShHMxjEGwB_pX4KheIdg8SuNIrvn6pTTw1vOVTb8fHlhVY_FmUSTjp4EPAkRmpPwNukl0/s616/The%20Brave%20and%20the%20Bold%20(1955-1983)%20156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="616" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCyHrkoAM_YZUrgBUsY2-1GkuE1XWNbYSNyvTR0PONy_ba0k4GZs6i3CZKRSuSBnLht2x4mZiu_J1nXf3QfSLYdgFQOragXPWvtqVmwW1LzjAbmQkWKaAebDShHMxjEGwB_pX4KheIdg8SuNIrvn6pTTw1vOVTb8fHlhVY_FmUSTjp4EPAkRmpPwNukl0/s320/The%20Brave%20and%20the%20Bold%20(1955-1983)%20156.jpg" width="208" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/33816/">The Brave and the Bold #156</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue compiles prominent Dr. Fate stories from the mid-70's to 1982. The two team-up stories from the issues above are included, as are the backup stories appearing in The Flash #'s306-310, and the eponymous Dr. Fate story (aka The Mummy That Time Forgot) which originally appeared in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/29272/">1st Issue Special #9</a> and was reprinted in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/34506/#207074">DC Special Blue Ribbon Digest #3</a> which is cover-dated July-August 1980:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGYDe2vqT0sOdTF2kS32pG7Ou36hwZKDS-rGGxn6Oq9AIlBeX6UcaYMxhPWl8c9etVSLap5wMQvdEl91MUGU8mc_l0nANjTRCuM29-A0WrjyxdpbaQcl8ZPCbnn_YEwNwuUFrD7RlkZjtE4XvzG4zj9EMW09ube4n36rXP35-Jbwi6UQKkvJ2It5EdaQ/s545/DC%20Special%20Blue%20Ribbon%20Digest%203.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRGYDe2vqT0sOdTF2kS32pG7Ou36hwZKDS-rGGxn6Oq9AIlBeX6UcaYMxhPWl8c9etVSLap5wMQvdEl91MUGU8mc_l0nANjTRCuM29-A0WrjyxdpbaQcl8ZPCbnn_YEwNwuUFrD7RlkZjtE4XvzG4zj9EMW09ube4n36rXP35-Jbwi6UQKkvJ2It5EdaQ/s320/DC%20Special%20Blue%20Ribbon%20Digest%203.jpg" width="235" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Dr. Fate's speech balloon on this cover advises that this issue contains his "only full-length adventure". This surprised me, but my greater surprise was to realise that there were no self-titled Dr. Fate issues or series before this Murray edition, and that this may indeed be the first such title in the world - at least it appears so, <a href="https://www.comics.org/searchNew/?q=dr.+fate&search_object=series">according to the GCD</a> (even if the GCD erroneously dates this issue to 1981).</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue also contains a two-page Batman filler, The Impossible Murder (A Just-A-Moment Thriller) originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/901045/">Batman #347</a>.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">One might quibble about the relevance of the filler feature, and perhaps the sequencing of the stories in this issue, but in compiling these extant Dr.Fate stories and artfully contriving a front cover image from disparate sources, this is one of those issues that Murray got right.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><br /></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-88091801373624647782023-10-01T10:06:00.001+11:002023-10-01T10:06:12.726+11:00Dating Murray's All Star Heroes and The Phantom Zone one-shots<p>Murray Comics' All Star Heroes one-shot was published 25 August 1982:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikFjiHXmtJn-Uo2DtFnj5Znd37iW-je6V-hlhOjG2nhAOlCjNKC2ByyPh-RxvsF8JJ5fMMzWk67yCAlJG87o7LB-0AGnPQ3Q4gF8M-LRotqu38ycKHho0jgGWaAlzD4ZKRGN93AFvwBV7WKnrc-XBdHqD3BYr77UQtEBY6G5v7TGCQhKtG-vy45f-E_M/s1622/All%20Star%20Heroes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1178" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjikFjiHXmtJn-Uo2DtFnj5Znd37iW-je6V-hlhOjG2nhAOlCjNKC2ByyPh-RxvsF8JJ5fMMzWk67yCAlJG87o7LB-0AGnPQ3Q4gF8M-LRotqu38ycKHho0jgGWaAlzD4ZKRGN93AFvwBV7WKnrc-XBdHqD3BYr77UQtEBY6G5v7TGCQhKtG-vy45f-E_M/s320/All%20Star%20Heroes.jpg" width="232" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have spotted no less than seven copies to date with a newsagency marking of 12 either on the front or rear cover. Given the rule of thumb for these dates has been a three month lead time, I would usually have no hesitation in deeming it a September 1982 release. This issue also has the <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2020/09/dating-murray-comics-hubba-bubba.html">Hubba Bubba Gumfighter Comes to Town [2] [Four Great Flavours]</a> ad on the rear cover which, by my reckoning, places it within the August-November 1982 period, therefore providing some corroborative evidence.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">However, as a $0.95 cover-priced issue, September 1982 is just outside the range of <a href="https://notesfromthejunkyard.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-murrayfederal-tarzan-dating-100.html">my dating schema for the 100-page Murray/Federal issues</a>. That is, the $0.95 cover-priced issues end in August 1982 and the $0.99 cover-priced issues begin September 1982. Of course there are always allowances made for some crossover or bleeding between these months. So it was gratifying to spot a copy of All Star Heroes with a firm date on the cover: 25/8. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue includes an ad for The Phantom Zone one-shot, which is advertised as out next month:</div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0Fu8nuAh2QXkP8-NVNDd1qUlVykJyPiLqTgErU_KZIxWtsVZf3jPN0lAHlxTbjF1zpRLk_za04z6m136LJZDd8UNl7ql5kNZzPJ0v0BxiC2qQjSA4crbDydtJH8wSYmR5It47xV5yBpTuvUgEYjgRcURRNsSk0CkZUrB2gRANgCOS_ILwCpGmTjB7J8/s1585/Phantom%20Zone%20ad%20in%20All%20Star%20Heroes.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="1141" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS0Fu8nuAh2QXkP8-NVNDd1qUlVykJyPiLqTgErU_KZIxWtsVZf3jPN0lAHlxTbjF1zpRLk_za04z6m136LJZDd8UNl7ql5kNZzPJ0v0BxiC2qQjSA4crbDydtJH8wSYmR5It47xV5yBpTuvUgEYjgRcURRNsSk0CkZUrB2gRANgCOS_ILwCpGmTjB7J8/s320/Phantom%20Zone%20ad%20in%20All%20Star%20Heroes.jpg" width="230" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Note the cover on this ad has a $0.95 cover price. By the time it was released it was priced at $0.99:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZw2VKtnoiigOax_plNxDmueg-WXb-Rb5PTyQpEWt3f-DY1Yfh56YtBPvM7B2W9Ss3_4fAGjivB4mf7OCSkRleSbJ3bjEyih2vnAl9pttQVtZkapCe4mF61Yv8k_69rgmS8lT4iyAurPadUSoRKoH5IWRWdoUOZNNfAdXwTj5wxBNb9Cn3lBMexwiCcPU/s1638/The%20Phantom%20Zone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1638" data-original-width="1182" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZw2VKtnoiigOax_plNxDmueg-WXb-Rb5PTyQpEWt3f-DY1Yfh56YtBPvM7B2W9Ss3_4fAGjivB4mf7OCSkRleSbJ3bjEyih2vnAl9pttQVtZkapCe4mF61Yv8k_69rgmS8lT4iyAurPadUSoRKoH5IWRWdoUOZNNfAdXwTj5wxBNb9Cn3lBMexwiCcPU/s320/The%20Phantom%20Zone.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Having dated All Star Heroes August 1982, it would be logical to date The Phantom Zone to September 1982, a month after All Star Heroes. Supporting evidence for this date comes from Hubba Bubba [2] ad in this issue.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue also has the Do You Like To Draw? contest which closes 30 November 1982:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1t3euJFfVXWPrW3kJaJYqNriKQRpcV9bhCrJqFYIidZYPFOofiZZc6UIE7VYIZERkFjFyOj0GEgVBoYLCtSUW30t_6NwgwOjS358EMNN5riOJ176ZFNNcEzKSTfKVGIz3NPtyac7UqsKQ18Jefpl4M2ole8Tdjk1nyMUBRdFCXGkr71mDptyuAYfejU/s1561/Do%20You%20Like%20To%20Draw.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1561" data-original-width="1077" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv1t3euJFfVXWPrW3kJaJYqNriKQRpcV9bhCrJqFYIidZYPFOofiZZc6UIE7VYIZERkFjFyOj0GEgVBoYLCtSUW30t_6NwgwOjS358EMNN5riOJ176ZFNNcEzKSTfKVGIz3NPtyac7UqsKQ18Jefpl4M2ole8Tdjk1nyMUBRdFCXGkr71mDptyuAYfejU/s320/Do%20You%20Like%20To%20Draw.png" width="221" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have spotted two copies with 12 written on the cover, and one copy with 1 written on the cover, again placing this issue between September-October 1982.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It's clear the late August publication of All Star Heroes was close enough to September for many newsagents to give it the full three month plus shelf life to December. The late price change to The Phantom Zone suggests there was some delay, which might have pushed it to a late September or even an October publication date.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">So on balance I deem The Phantom Zone to be published September 1982, but I would love to see a copy with a firm date on it. </div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-5759660452831035422023-09-19T09:26:00.001+10:002023-09-19T15:28:17.167+10:00World of Krypton: The Murray Comics edition<p style="text-align: justify;">Murray Comics' World of Krypton was published 17 March 1982:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajhjzn1Dm8ngli0yG9hYMFA6XUhC2w_vQ5KDQfa93qO4hLnnNbD3Y8syUMVHbAq2uCd78hcbaCagwVwuxEIwXZtoUofeKzi7BDVAlPSgsFzx8PgF5Tj6oqRMBzo76Od17u2lhCI_JOPuvkEbP1--CY9hs8j4BSla6zj42lJGNbhiuiRgoZdUBZZiw7Sg/s1626/World%20of%20Krypton.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1198" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiajhjzn1Dm8ngli0yG9hYMFA6XUhC2w_vQ5KDQfa93qO4hLnnNbD3Y8syUMVHbAq2uCd78hcbaCagwVwuxEIwXZtoUofeKzi7BDVAlPSgsFzx8PgF5Tj6oqRMBzo76Od17u2lhCI_JOPuvkEbP1--CY9hs8j4BSla6zj42lJGNbhiuiRgoZdUBZZiw7Sg/s320/World%20of%20Krypton.jpg" width="236" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">The cover is modified from DC Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/33587/">World of Krypton #2</a>:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9BpqCTxSLXmj0H6nyYsDZ1bfHZM_mGkZQXhHcA56PgVhoJ8Kg73RDbX73RXYd5cywMjGH5E5F2tzGZGeagqFCZ0-O66NqRiMHavHj1WH4iUi7LNxPXBMXInhorp72rlKG4ejvoLE4faSPMGWXHs7nJXL-yHkmHKMG0ybxAqqixzP3_H1NFzjQNe1FaA/s600/17526%20(1).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn9BpqCTxSLXmj0H6nyYsDZ1bfHZM_mGkZQXhHcA56PgVhoJ8Kg73RDbX73RXYd5cywMjGH5E5F2tzGZGeagqFCZ0-O66NqRiMHavHj1WH4iUi7LNxPXBMXInhorp72rlKG4ejvoLE4faSPMGWXHs7nJXL-yHkmHKMG0ybxAqqixzP3_H1NFzjQNe1FaA/s320/17526%20(1).jpg" width="213" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue reprints the three issue <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/2496/covers/">World of Krypton mini-series</a> and also includes some instalments of The Fabulous World of Krypton and other related features. <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/2012">The details are on AusReprints</a>. </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This Murray issue was compiled with some attention to detail - and some lapses.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For example, the splash page to the World of Krypton #1 begins with Superman's diary dated 23 September 1978:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOiFqECjfWDyAgBnEl4u5GfpWUu6MVMF8AaB1YP-tXn1Mt4ho9MyFgGJKiElXtyKzrDDKxOu76bmHv4N67SKgnSw2cWpBdlVkoS0gSErZ-zpIOHhkTJLg1YV4pHZjUlIIjK-zO53toSzNdLbVyUiwtGDxzfGHe3dkDmS-rBXvIgiYOrAKEFBMz0LGS3E/s1909/wok_01_03.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1909" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIOiFqECjfWDyAgBnEl4u5GfpWUu6MVMF8AaB1YP-tXn1Mt4ho9MyFgGJKiElXtyKzrDDKxOu76bmHv4N67SKgnSw2cWpBdlVkoS0gSErZ-zpIOHhkTJLg1YV4pHZjUlIIjK-zO53toSzNdLbVyUiwtGDxzfGHe3dkDmS-rBXvIgiYOrAKEFBMz0LGS3E/s320/wok_01_03.jpg" width="215" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The Murray edition amends this to 23 September 1981:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAPFnCIp-EPO04ex72HFeHhNkxIYv4yHXYhna97uEK6nfxYvxfpuVMd_a6LGECzm6JPbU9Fs0RGa8BCEs52SpCKH5AKaf4vDwoqpwVRhCQu7m5Dvx0Mec4C-LeQi6YTD9a6iXdalZle3qRkf9mKUSPxl7tveQ3emDeOQofSaKclqAlKIRS850oWZxh6M/s1600/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1090" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLAPFnCIp-EPO04ex72HFeHhNkxIYv4yHXYhna97uEK6nfxYvxfpuVMd_a6LGECzm6JPbU9Fs0RGa8BCEs52SpCKH5AKaf4vDwoqpwVRhCQu7m5Dvx0Mec4C-LeQi6YTD9a6iXdalZle3qRkf9mKUSPxl7tveQ3emDeOQofSaKclqAlKIRS850oWZxh6M/s320/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%201.jpg" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">It's a shame this wasn't followed up on the third chapter which retains the original 17 May 1979 date:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlAVtCYCVLCh_SiArKb2QVY7dzmPDFC34xAaHFjgifw-cA6bguZkmGSCEgyRJeGlUZDJd8pQDOPEj83aDslV9c1EgtWmTWmmlfkPDLzNRLkLAbnarpdslQSs8j8OBmvFI6JKvvvwNecjnBtbEByfLckmOj2cnCBsJdEC-F5FHlued1pWuG77ocAoiSRw/s1600/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2048.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1085" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimlAVtCYCVLCh_SiArKb2QVY7dzmPDFC34xAaHFjgifw-cA6bguZkmGSCEgyRJeGlUZDJd8pQDOPEj83aDslV9c1EgtWmTWmmlfkPDLzNRLkLAbnarpdslQSs8j8OBmvFI6JKvvvwNecjnBtbEByfLckmOj2cnCBsJdEC-F5FHlued1pWuG77ocAoiSRw/s320/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2048.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover image from DC's <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/33510/">World of Krypton #1</a> is also rather artfully included at the conclusion of the first chapter:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1kLk-aDB8aYz8fcyYxHyC07LFe3PW21WK5vwQAKyIZIN84s0IcLLN4Rg076oBAOmDKtb5GzfWhG_htJP57rWmy4MoHu5AJXJb3W6uKeMMiE3VCx1elFPRk7Uul0k6K5kaemlZWhsaIDr3xi5SWQ3DB43NBDsilISpswjop_tX-Tfl_YTaIeNA4TF9i4/s1545/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2024.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1073" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEja1kLk-aDB8aYz8fcyYxHyC07LFe3PW21WK5vwQAKyIZIN84s0IcLLN4Rg076oBAOmDKtb5GzfWhG_htJP57rWmy4MoHu5AJXJb3W6uKeMMiE3VCx1elFPRk7Uul0k6K5kaemlZWhsaIDr3xi5SWQ3DB43NBDsilISpswjop_tX-Tfl_YTaIeNA4TF9i4/s320/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2024.jpg" width="222" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This works in context as the final page of the original printing left Superman in a wistful mood complete with ellipses...</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHucILmw_T9kMwe1qLHxC6bSbYe6Ehv6piuSq-nq6_RHczopYb4B3W-AsWHSkqPC5T34XM8aPMIQKLBUJ-zKlOVPBWuCdiFIsFZ6HqzoXZqzd4kC4XolsaD4y10O9Mfxy8-a_yz1u3cUcmbMkCoFhCrILO3ad9JEIAT2uJ9NJ5HO7Th9GqZYcet7ez_oI/s1545/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2023.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1545" data-original-width="1022" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHucILmw_T9kMwe1qLHxC6bSbYe6Ehv6piuSq-nq6_RHczopYb4B3W-AsWHSkqPC5T34XM8aPMIQKLBUJ-zKlOVPBWuCdiFIsFZ6HqzoXZqzd4kC4XolsaD4y10O9Mfxy8-a_yz1u3cUcmbMkCoFhCrILO3ad9JEIAT2uJ9NJ5HO7Th9GqZYcet7ez_oI/s320/World%20of%20Krypton%20page%2023.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">The original final page of this chapter included a next issue blurb which is deemed superfluous given the cover-as-new-final-page:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpt22oGabs4-xhd6rOa1Zsp1e9WS6pZAGSn1baNt1O4r3z3HW0e6bi4Wd8puLHXNCqeyDbo5QUbzBE0otBVSpYG3-xAx2SUUiaF3FST6OdNBLVFfs9ielEpbinoM5W5RUnWq_RmH5Pu4Xhku8-uqdy-LgdOnEc9eHz2hq_Jolr9uVP8pyzM49Dn6cfHA/s1900/wok_01_33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1900" data-original-width="1280" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpt22oGabs4-xhd6rOa1Zsp1e9WS6pZAGSn1baNt1O4r3z3HW0e6bi4Wd8puLHXNCqeyDbo5QUbzBE0otBVSpYG3-xAx2SUUiaF3FST6OdNBLVFfs9ielEpbinoM5W5RUnWq_RmH5Pu4Xhku8-uqdy-LgdOnEc9eHz2hq_Jolr9uVP8pyzM49Dn6cfHA/s320/wok_01_33.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">I also note that the cover to DC's <a href="https://www.comics.org/series/2496/">World of Krypton #3</a> was used by Murray on the cover of Superman the Comic NN/#5:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTjqk5E-Vr4yaEaYEu-qqIOO25Jc98eBOjr8DqQjwXfpZi5YG9jxQCvHJ03gAe95yTQKpJB-cq_9n-ERsHlCYcYw3oRY7O_N_QF8B8Ddh9DUL9gays-r8BSjvI21Z1MWhdMTaAxhjiwKtsbCsWj2A3tqvCMlX3xkb4H-E67pkf1lBNOaHojXXlDC9zfU/s1614/Superman%20the%20Comic%20NN%201%20Vol%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQTjqk5E-Vr4yaEaYEu-qqIOO25Jc98eBOjr8DqQjwXfpZi5YG9jxQCvHJ03gAe95yTQKpJB-cq_9n-ERsHlCYcYw3oRY7O_N_QF8B8Ddh9DUL9gays-r8BSjvI21Z1MWhdMTaAxhjiwKtsbCsWj2A3tqvCMlX3xkb4H-E67pkf1lBNOaHojXXlDC9zfU/s320/Superman%20the%20Comic%20NN%201%20Vol%202.jpg" width="241" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This issue dates to c.December 1980. This suggests Murray had the proofs for the World of Krypton mini series for well over a year before their World of Krypton one-shot was published. </div><div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I have seen many copies of this issue with a 7 marked on the cover, designating a July 'use by' date by newsagencies. This would normally suggest an April publication date. However, I have seen a copy with a 17/3 date on a sticker on the cover, hence my confidence in designating the publication date 17 March 1982.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Thanks to Mark Cannon for the DC scans.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-74205343570901226172023-09-07T16:41:00.004+10:002023-09-08T08:36:45.955+10:00Dating Murray Comics: The Fightin' Five and Blackhawk one-shots<p>Murray Comics' The Fightin' Five was published c.July 1982:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HYbzhXql9JD_MERNI6EvOYEWzObwhmXh1LqSbM27NtmcaP2ANl425LkLTBliGgDhModFEwjDpeHdfSY_X_Fhndm26Nqc6ysOs9UF3I8lBxRG3ca1eVaeQp1XJL09P8UYZYlbOYHmAMLfhcrbtBf8o8iOu1CzLU-YCdqow0fYEaAIAtVV5FZBpJ8xCto/s1626/The%20Fightin'%20Five.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7HYbzhXql9JD_MERNI6EvOYEWzObwhmXh1LqSbM27NtmcaP2ANl425LkLTBliGgDhModFEwjDpeHdfSY_X_Fhndm26Nqc6ysOs9UF3I8lBxRG3ca1eVaeQp1XJL09P8UYZYlbOYHmAMLfhcrbtBf8o8iOu1CzLU-YCdqow0fYEaAIAtVV5FZBpJ8xCto/s320/The%20Fightin'%20Five.jpg" width="240" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>This issue carries a full-page ad for the Blackhawk one-shot "next month":</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggrx-AR0V8i_V58bZ4Q09g0oP-UV69i81Rp4_hq71QsuKeYCmozw13D-XgYNT3vwaogl4r2VU0h3tw6bo5Vgi2Klsn-nOO7AgT74SK24srXs4H6egYIc_XR77p067ZiO1VtycksQoNYtQxG1zqCNHgafS4N0Y3RKXVsf2ipCBbR8ky2IW_uCi1vwQ4c/s1622/Blackhawk%20ad%20in%20Fightin%20Five.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1622" data-original-width="1161" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmggrx-AR0V8i_V58bZ4Q09g0oP-UV69i81Rp4_hq71QsuKeYCmozw13D-XgYNT3vwaogl4r2VU0h3tw6bo5Vgi2Klsn-nOO7AgT74SK24srXs4H6egYIc_XR77p067ZiO1VtycksQoNYtQxG1zqCNHgafS4N0Y3RKXVsf2ipCBbR8ky2IW_uCi1vwQ4c/s320/Blackhawk%20ad%20in%20Fightin%20Five.jpg" width="229" /></a></div><div><br /></div>And sure enough the Blackhawk one-shot was published August 1982:<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g4mZ98GfazsIhnU2uWd1lE7oasIS1ZVI35xUi9dEtiqjNIMGy9YIcyL53vJqneAmZIDVvZsSAKrlopf9PjOYXUGqdDlVNBSWZGA9jd0KqpUJwvQkzL5QMG6PCQoDpRJczfcdgfi4n8cNDk-D1DAeUfbmS8BLjyqiTZNlgNK2rr1kvFdNlEciFo_I0eE/s1634/Blackhawk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /><img border="0" data-original-height="1634" data-original-width="1218" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9g4mZ98GfazsIhnU2uWd1lE7oasIS1ZVI35xUi9dEtiqjNIMGy9YIcyL53vJqneAmZIDVvZsSAKrlopf9PjOYXUGqdDlVNBSWZGA9jd0KqpUJwvQkzL5QMG6PCQoDpRJczfcdgfi4n8cNDk-D1DAeUfbmS8BLjyqiTZNlgNK2rr1kvFdNlEciFo_I0eE/s320/Blackhawk.jpg" width="239" /></a> </div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The date is verified by a copy with 11 written on the cover by the newsagent. August 1982 was the date for the last of the $0.95 cover priced 96 page Murrays - they were $0.99 from September 1982.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I note I have seen two copies of this issue with 9 written on the cover by the newsagent. This doesn't tally with the above dates. My guess is this 9 refers to the September 1982 one month shelf date, possibly due to the pending price rise. Just a guess.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Update 8 September 2023</span>: The Fightin' Five cover was also used on IPC's <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/377160/">Battle Picture Library #312</a>:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUlskMebjQ8cRybSnV-OodRjUK_MMC0ZAKXg5GIZK4YLnI-EqjxQFiYoXOVjSkB0czHJLwp85czqw8ujUfaNUc_o0DGKd5BPfSfMbIweE6UrkfpZ5OF4gSUkwTMHZ0QZLLoY0C21ZnIrG3iBDkIvO5tNC9xo-DGhw1AgY1KutDcm641THQv26vcx8MFQ/s502/Battle%20Picture%20Library%20312.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="502" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLUlskMebjQ8cRybSnV-OodRjUK_MMC0ZAKXg5GIZK4YLnI-EqjxQFiYoXOVjSkB0czHJLwp85czqw8ujUfaNUc_o0DGKd5BPfSfMbIweE6UrkfpZ5OF4gSUkwTMHZ0QZLLoY0C21ZnIrG3iBDkIvO5tNC9xo-DGhw1AgY1KutDcm641THQv26vcx8MFQ/s320/Battle%20Picture%20Library%20312.jpg" width="255" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Kudos to Jeremy Macpherson for identifying this.<br /><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-3376974182000797982023-09-05T09:54:00.000+10:002023-09-05T09:54:02.843+10:00Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #29<p style="text-align: justify;">KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #29 was published September 1967:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_bxRWi1QJ3qhj29YeBDq4J0DYK_fTEqgAq3YVdmGMYTP-Mj0_mXJnGdh1CDZIZDJwu-Vk0MdXPI_6v5gGIlfygZsuH5YEHplArtIwYn3KZZi4dnxo5iMJotkwaCywKqMnV6VNO4RdSQcF9HKUJ-5YVtK2GD0oq5G5bXx2scPC5wBMGuNpGw8qxsSKPs/s1609/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2029.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1609" data-original-width="1057" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiG_bxRWi1QJ3qhj29YeBDq4J0DYK_fTEqgAq3YVdmGMYTP-Mj0_mXJnGdh1CDZIZDJwu-Vk0MdXPI_6v5gGIlfygZsuH5YEHplArtIwYn3KZZi4dnxo5iMJotkwaCywKqMnV6VNO4RdSQcF9HKUJ-5YVtK2GD0oq5G5bXx2scPC5wBMGuNpGw8qxsSKPs/s320/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2029.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The cover is slightly modified from the original appearing on </span><a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21041/#152186" style="text-align: justify;">Teen Titans #9</a><span style="text-align: justify;">:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhO5oVx0EsLH_AuyCA_KFDfwatfZfI71O_UwFY6ggYw6wBO_tApA9M3tURk1IPZdlyM1xa3d8QWlaysR1JaYizsftxs9ve9fX6tezn0FLR9ySTHUv71WOMo00JQuhZL3cK08v5zdpNeq4XzdTlUJbrlIxTneWPPs2j_EfezRRxSGYS28X_q2F-eByaYg/s599/Teen%20Titans%209.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="599" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrhO5oVx0EsLH_AuyCA_KFDfwatfZfI71O_UwFY6ggYw6wBO_tApA9M3tURk1IPZdlyM1xa3d8QWlaysR1JaYizsftxs9ve9fX6tezn0FLR9ySTHUv71WOMo00JQuhZL3cK08v5zdpNeq4XzdTlUJbrlIxTneWPPs2j_EfezRRxSGYS28X_q2F-eByaYg/s320/Teen%20Titans%209.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;">The main features:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Big Beach Rumble [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21041/#152186">Teen Titans #9</a>, May-June 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Big Beach Rumble Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21041/#152186">Teen Titans #9</a>, May-June 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Big Beach Rumble Part 3</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21041/#152186">Teen Titans #9</a>, May-June 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I Had To Spend A Million</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/12425/">My Greatest Adventure #6</a>, November-December 1955</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Unknown Treasure!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/241802/">Red Mask #54</a>, September 1957</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Zarox-13, Emperor of the Cosmos! [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/20953/">The Doom Patrol #111</a>, May 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">[Zarox-13, Emperor of the Cosmos!] Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/20953/">The Doom Patrol #111</a>, May 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Space-Ship From Nowhere!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10283/">Strange Adventures #29</a>, February 1953</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Jimmy Olsen, Superman's Ex-Pal!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/11693/">Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #2</a>, November-December 1954</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Flight Into Fear</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/20726/">The Doom Patrol #109</a>, February 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Voice From 2.500 Years Ago</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/12294/">House of Mystery #42</a>, September 1955</p><p style="text-align: justify;">This issue also contains a number of short filler features: <span style="color: red;">The Tree of Death!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10501/">House of Mystery #14</a>, May 1953; <span style="color: red;">Mysteries in Space!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/15859/">House of Mystery #103</a>, October 1960; <span style="color: red;">Our Strange Universe!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19068/">The Atom #18</a>, April-May 1965; and <span style="color: red;">Voiceprint Clues!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19878/">Batman #179</a>, March 1966.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of the stories in this issue were published in previous KG Murray issues.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The advertiser's date code on the rear cover is K.G.M TTC 967.</p><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-73753112146929925382023-08-27T10:21:00.000+10:002023-08-27T10:21:59.397+10:00Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #37<p>KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #37 was published May 1968:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekw6Ecv9WstJxEyf5dpDml9hNecEHma1IMCEM7SGnJ1LN5Ktb-cmKUoRByJFZQ-1ZCXlBRP3u1aJciJuWgedU8Qe5BiL497TNV9H3DNgMWjK5uku5yNcg8HuE3y903hJr-NOez_xy5G4-4aqz4lpJGnswQLRXFnNnfFCsPqJrlf1tyvZLilNPRZNUzdg/s1618/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1618" data-original-width="1058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiekw6Ecv9WstJxEyf5dpDml9hNecEHma1IMCEM7SGnJ1LN5Ktb-cmKUoRByJFZQ-1ZCXlBRP3u1aJciJuWgedU8Qe5BiL497TNV9H3DNgMWjK5uku5yNcg8HuE3y903hJr-NOez_xy5G4-4aqz4lpJGnswQLRXFnNnfFCsPqJrlf1tyvZLilNPRZNUzdg/s320/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2037.jpg" width="209" /></a></div><div><br /></div>The cover is from DC's <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21341/">Teen Titans #11</a>, September-October 1967:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLKAd5egPFSiYfyRm0OV9YzXVAaaHd4AU5tjPp1_iAtt5V5Oaj-lknZbBsDYmoDEzxNZ7-fm0egX6-azGvJ7LcGaVXbYuhwizRg7iQJUOlDX3bkzgViQRu3vaGCJaCfwjI4C-JrlQq3Hz1ak7hIYjrOamFlgl-I_vieOy-4SKvbkXdOOXynupLmcoH_I/s597/Teen%20Titans%2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnLKAd5egPFSiYfyRm0OV9YzXVAaaHd4AU5tjPp1_iAtt5V5Oaj-lknZbBsDYmoDEzxNZ7-fm0egX6-azGvJ7LcGaVXbYuhwizRg7iQJUOlDX3bkzgViQRu3vaGCJaCfwjI4C-JrlQq3Hz1ak7hIYjrOamFlgl-I_vieOy-4SKvbkXdOOXynupLmcoH_I/s320/Teen%20Titans%2011.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><p>The main features:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Monster Bait! [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21341/">Teen Titans #11</a>, September-October 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Monster Bait Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21341/">Teen Titans #11</a>, September-October 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Monster Bait Part 3</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21341/">Teen Titans #11</a>, September-October 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Honeymoon in Space</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10811/">Mystery In Space #16</a>, October-November 1953</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">How Many Times Can A Guy Die! [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21576/">Strange Adventures #208</a>, January 1968</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">How Many Times Can A Guy Die! Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21576/">Strange Adventures #208</a>, January 1968</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Great Space-Train Robbery!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/11206/">Mystery In Space #19</a>, April-May 1954</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Showdown Battle!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/8857/">Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #10</a>, April-May 1951</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Riddle of the Four Clues</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17746/">Blackhawk #186</a>, July 1963</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Kid Who Was King of Crooks</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21250/">The Doom Patrol #114</a>, September 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are a few short filler strips in this issue: Cap's Hobby Hints (<a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21341/">Teen Titans #11</a>, September-October 1967); Varsity Vic (<a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/8999/">Superboy #15</a>, July-August 1951); and Casey the Cop (<a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/9666/">Detective Comics #183</a>, May 1952).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are also two full-page filler strips: Chief Hot Foot (<a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21113/">Tomahawk #111</a>, July-August 1967) and Varsity Vic (<a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/74998/">Leave It to Binky #52</a>, January-February 1956).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The advertiser's date code on the rear cover is KGM TT 568.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-40765067826081642402023-08-27T00:00:00.002+10:002023-09-02T21:26:36.234+10:00Advertising KG Murray comics in-house: Get with the Action-Wonder Comic, World's Finest, All Favourites and Mighty<p>The following in-house advertisement, appearing in <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/2305">Tip Top Comic Monthly #37</a>, promotes four of the titles in the KG Murray stable c.1968: Wonder Comic Monthly; World's Finest Comic Monthly; All Favourites Comic; and Mighty Comic:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdwNn00o8bCHkpALUtEaO5sOYK9h20_f8q6XBd2Y2ufmXZSs_RiMeUqAQ-ip0eL4uaPdqQ5b4WqVTPCh6cwxN47Dw3xFvcX9rbNo9iOBoaHdZzud4d46rWWmyXMnxQAX6Vmd4x_CT76vaBiN1p_r5vI0rNfPeh_DFCoPIp7dAUJ6sDhGv2KZGzKb7GKc/s953/Get%20with%20the%20Action%20ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="625" data-original-width="953" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqdwNn00o8bCHkpALUtEaO5sOYK9h20_f8q6XBd2Y2ufmXZSs_RiMeUqAQ-ip0eL4uaPdqQ5b4WqVTPCh6cwxN47Dw3xFvcX9rbNo9iOBoaHdZzud4d46rWWmyXMnxQAX6Vmd4x_CT76vaBiN1p_r5vI0rNfPeh_DFCoPIp7dAUJ6sDhGv2KZGzKb7GKc/s320/Get%20with%20the%20Action%20ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><p>The image of the super heroes is from a panel illustrated by Mike Sekowsky and Bernard Sachs in the story Earth--Without a Justice League-- Part 3, originally published in DC's <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19357/">Justice League of America #37</a>, cover-dated August 1965:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJr1rbhvH-RlJ4lq5O6gc8bScSugqkHigP846KXmgUiDw4pyANoRgoIPfxG6dJacySUtewA1TzNcJzdmpdB51SQ5GhEH6CZVL6oeWD04FEW86q3Iy_gIvpQ8qxiR8VbaFq9TBeHlxE8WGMxuYgUZ4ujDrLX5Cp6PyA2Vwnh2GlalTKQTPZO9wjr28fnE/s925/panel%20JLA%20%2337.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="925" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilJr1rbhvH-RlJ4lq5O6gc8bScSugqkHigP846KXmgUiDw4pyANoRgoIPfxG6dJacySUtewA1TzNcJzdmpdB51SQ5GhEH6CZVL6oeWD04FEW86q3Iy_gIvpQ8qxiR8VbaFq9TBeHlxE8WGMxuYgUZ4ujDrLX5Cp6PyA2Vwnh2GlalTKQTPZO9wjr28fnE/s320/panel%20JLA%20%2337.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This scan is from the reprint in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/291325/">Justice League of America Archives Vol. 5</a>, October 1999.<div><br /></div><div>Incidentally, a portion of this image was used on the frontispiece of this Archives volume:<br /><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymluQsyzu17rVA2YmxwRuDzhOluBVcZQxPk7sXJPSC86WtGi-wcn1oYyNmuWXOwWjqWDQqTbNqqdib8OT9cVdeA0pPg7edCPZdPN52WqL0boii2xkWKHVhLRSl51EchbkxL5i3ogtBa3wRK6ChvelR-0y1Z_GRRo3FKocBGm2JOHsFRGhJrUYudWQrCo/s1517/Justice%20League%20of%20America%20Archives%205%20page%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1517" data-original-width="937" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhymluQsyzu17rVA2YmxwRuDzhOluBVcZQxPk7sXJPSC86WtGi-wcn1oYyNmuWXOwWjqWDQqTbNqqdib8OT9cVdeA0pPg7edCPZdPN52WqL0boii2xkWKHVhLRSl51EchbkxL5i3ogtBa3wRK6ChvelR-0y1Z_GRRo3FKocBGm2JOHsFRGhJrUYudWQrCo/s320/Justice%20League%20of%20America%20Archives%205%20page%201.jpg" width="198" /></a></div><br /><div><div style="text-align: justify;">Of course this image previously appeared in KG Murray's <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/740">Mighty Comic #51</a>, February 1966 which reprinted the Justice League (sans of America) story Earth--Without a Justice League!</div></div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-37555397258613683882023-08-26T13:43:00.001+10:002023-08-27T09:50:55.849+10:00Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #35<p> KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #35 was published March 1968:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhvXfSIvHHhT6SHSdts_qSyTS7WMvK2ERMrLsGTMP5kYuiCg1nXfRaIuKmcDK31eS6aNDlYA60CTguNmgNjnd0iqAlGH1SZvBfbs4rw98i-FBYqDmC8Cl7H33Y29RaU7TOGubz1Lui0aMDuT1ukvGhOK2sZqr1KZoIwqJHmEryuPKCvCqsFZdSnmKQSY/s1626/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2035.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1050" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIhvXfSIvHHhT6SHSdts_qSyTS7WMvK2ERMrLsGTMP5kYuiCg1nXfRaIuKmcDK31eS6aNDlYA60CTguNmgNjnd0iqAlGH1SZvBfbs4rw98i-FBYqDmC8Cl7H33Y29RaU7TOGubz1Lui0aMDuT1ukvGhOK2sZqr1KZoIwqJHmEryuPKCvCqsFZdSnmKQSY/s320/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2035.jpg" width="207" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cover is from DC Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21422/cover/4/">Showcase #71</a>:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KzYEqR9yEbK4zm6bBA533r_CacTaqGbctahemLmIu3McMMArAiiByTEW4r8dPBSGzSnfTnFQJXPWTRpLlMApQI8gmcBv6n_XhU-PJsrX_vLhmHulV6wnkdfnO0GkhydiUqqKgbwqs4qIgEo5upQDoz6zxO0D4HttD0kDEc_DTWwZzOGBbMrCNCNJg6I/s603/Showcase%2071.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="603" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_KzYEqR9yEbK4zm6bBA533r_CacTaqGbctahemLmIu3McMMArAiiByTEW4r8dPBSGzSnfTnFQJXPWTRpLlMApQI8gmcBv6n_XhU-PJsrX_vLhmHulV6wnkdfnO0GkhydiUqqKgbwqs4qIgEo5upQDoz6zxO0D4HttD0kDEc_DTWwZzOGBbMrCNCNJg6I/s320/Showcase%2071.jpg" width="212" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The main features:</div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">What Swings, Fiddle Strings?</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21422/">Showcase #71</a>, November-December 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Part Two, Act 1, of "Confederate Yankees!" Confused?</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21422/">Showcase #71</a>, November-December 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Act II -- Part III (or Should That Be Part III -- Act II?)</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21422/">Showcase #71</a>, November-December 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">An Eye for An Eye!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21424/">Strange Adventures #206</a>, November 1967 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Waif of the Wilderness</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21026/">The Doom Patrol #112</a>, June 1967 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Beautiful Witch</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/10379/">The Ghost Rider #11 [A-1 #75]</a>, March 1953 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Do-It-Yourself Villains</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17075/">Blackhawk #175</a>, August 1962 </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Liquid Larceny!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/8706/">World's Finest Comics #50</a>, February-March 1951</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Caveman Batman</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/12228/">Batman #93</a>, August 1955</p><p style="text-align: justify;">As there are no contemporaneous reprints of Liquid Larceny! and The Caveman Batman, I assume they are both recycled from their earlier appearances in <a href="https://ausreprints.net/issue/43">Century The 100-Page Comic Monthly #2</a>.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">There are also a few filler gag strips: Private Pete (originally from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/9904/">Star Spangled War Stories #132</a>, September 1952); Little Pocahontas (originally from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/11412/">Tomahawk #25</a>, July 1954); and a couple of instalments of Cap's Hobby Hints (originally from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21422/">Showcase #71</a>, November-December 1967 and <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21424/">Strange Adventures #206</a>, November 1967 - both of these are related to the main features above).</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The advertiser's date code on the rear cover is KGM. TTC.368</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-5960832183469864322023-08-20T13:56:00.003+10:002023-08-26T23:18:05.881+10:00Advertising KG Murray comics in-house <p>In late 1967 DC published a short-lived 2-issue magazine titled <a href="https://www.cbr.com/dc-comics-teen-beat-reused-name/">Teen Beat (and Team Beam)</a>.</p><p>This magazine was advertised in DC comics cover-dated December 1967:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEovGhhoeN1ZAHE_bf_trD5wQ0cEgZJdnJDnRlOIFupoZG2q88okRmEGzBa5OLUnZtiiTr3tMBjDffWwpfxH9cNfn5MnFVLEgpWH4sc1O_J5sI8PU_jvvx3mh-nMFUoOdWTPdbtWPkrTIV2TuWqlND4JQreoOIa-iKx_HWnLKzR-abyWYAJ_GThIjdLoU/s865/Ban%20Gloom%20ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="865" data-original-width="585" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEovGhhoeN1ZAHE_bf_trD5wQ0cEgZJdnJDnRlOIFupoZG2q88okRmEGzBa5OLUnZtiiTr3tMBjDffWwpfxH9cNfn5MnFVLEgpWH4sc1O_J5sI8PU_jvvx3mh-nMFUoOdWTPdbtWPkrTIV2TuWqlND4JQreoOIa-iKx_HWnLKzR-abyWYAJ_GThIjdLoU/s320/Ban%20Gloom%20ad.jpg" width="216" /></a></div><div><br /></div>This advertisement was modified by KG Murray to promote Super Adventure Comic:<div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpldW0nc5E9u_KcoQZ0UPb7nzR3_tdrf8QOls9sgUVx5kVxZ8YVj9UZ2LDQ98gzGKKFPC7lPVlCijk5LtE4cMuwa9Gk4lUtnpQCJ1zEgoczzfMS3g0pDMr2L7Kk-4jQRzaZGRcXPAK6c-iwFj3jKlemrnT8-p-ggn006n2fn1br3xS9y7Wmo06IE2g6Y/s1585/Ban%20Gloom%20ad%20Super%20Adventure%20Comic.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1585" data-original-width="993" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfpldW0nc5E9u_KcoQZ0UPb7nzR3_tdrf8QOls9sgUVx5kVxZ8YVj9UZ2LDQ98gzGKKFPC7lPVlCijk5LtE4cMuwa9Gk4lUtnpQCJ1zEgoczzfMS3g0pDMr2L7Kk-4jQRzaZGRcXPAK6c-iwFj3jKlemrnT8-p-ggn006n2fn1br3xS9y7Wmo06IE2g6Y/s320/Ban%20Gloom%20ad%20Super%20Adventure%20Comic.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">This is a scan of the full-page advertisement appearing in Tip Top Comic Monthly #34.</div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Full-page in-house advertisements in this period were rare but they did occur occasionally, for example this advertisement from Tip Top Comic Monthly #2, .June 1965 promoting the three new series replacing The Hundred, Century Comic and Five-Score Comic Monthly:</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1krw0cokxJyAJKVGu6FdJSKJNwcuJ1N6vZFnVV_DtBknqE79A-8GUuenaBmIeh6lmGQYuO5mWr3sPthzg1HJyqbjJPjvCOOS__zliucr2DJDycOTvi0YRGcrLoO5Ljmy54FyN6aPeiCK6UFQ473euUnPebmZ916LCezSuG9-WnHcwOTgZb2gAmrULuQ/s1497/Superman%20presents%20ad%20June%201965.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1497" data-original-width="1001" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx1krw0cokxJyAJKVGu6FdJSKJNwcuJ1N6vZFnVV_DtBknqE79A-8GUuenaBmIeh6lmGQYuO5mWr3sPthzg1HJyqbjJPjvCOOS__zliucr2DJDycOTvi0YRGcrLoO5Ljmy54FyN6aPeiCK6UFQ473euUnPebmZ916LCezSuG9-WnHcwOTgZb2gAmrULuQ/s320/Superman%20presents%20ad%20June%201965.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">However the norm for promoting comics in-house in this period was small advertisements inserted as filler at the bottom of the page at the end of a story or between chapters of a story. For example, this ad is from Tip Top Comic Monthly #32, December 1967: </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtpquqIXVCWEiAfronlJj5sMJpcV0XpPudui4s2n_RyGH09UOvumWG3-dDpFmCq_sIiAs2d0dGSqhYAh3FCF9JjBIBKx3TmhjBWNjHxx8huPqB7Lj2LnkPUAttAfpKeHEN0F-2MK7tv7kwCfQkgpq_komjFaClilDoPuNfQZ9JfWvkk1F9S-eZr5JCN0/s957/Superman's%20Supacomic%20inhouse%20ad.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="629" data-original-width="957" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQtpquqIXVCWEiAfronlJj5sMJpcV0XpPudui4s2n_RyGH09UOvumWG3-dDpFmCq_sIiAs2d0dGSqhYAh3FCF9JjBIBKx3TmhjBWNjHxx8huPqB7Lj2LnkPUAttAfpKeHEN0F-2MK7tv7kwCfQkgpq_komjFaClilDoPuNfQZ9JfWvkk1F9S-eZr5JCN0/s320/Superman's%20Supacomic%20inhouse%20ad.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Note it still refers to Superman's Supacomic, which it had not been titled since 1959.<div><br /></div><div>Another ad from this period, from Tip Top #32, promotes Mighty Comic:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7iceHcrPSyEdxPUcCojrL1JBssDcAPmw_HvWYEnset_q4Ax12IAIswfqxVuYMqZJicxqiGR8ydpm5Q2HiQ_aIHQ7IAEtaVq6etUTGtztBmJ1b30z2HgSQyonXWdhqBPU9L5SR2Y4i6FGcysOrQLc0FJVLrrLaCl0XEzxRwo-9uwW94q-WuFvGGDDh5k/s947/Mighty%20Comic%20inhouse%20ad%201967.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="621" data-original-width="947" height="210" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd7iceHcrPSyEdxPUcCojrL1JBssDcAPmw_HvWYEnset_q4Ax12IAIswfqxVuYMqZJicxqiGR8ydpm5Q2HiQ_aIHQ7IAEtaVq6etUTGtztBmJ1b30z2HgSQyonXWdhqBPU9L5SR2Y4i6FGcysOrQLc0FJVLrrLaCl0XEzxRwo-9uwW94q-WuFvGGDDh5k/s320/Mighty%20Comic%20inhouse%20ad%201967.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Note that it promotes the Justice League with headshots of the Justice Society!</div><div><br /></div><div><span style="color: #fff2cc;">Update 26 August 2023</span>: A Blackhawk variant of the Ban Gloom ad appears in Tip Top Comic Monthly #36:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3Ka35sTwXfLSL_exdIP8D1YtZqwof3ULJUQnOlHVR0JWWANCgxpelwfB9jHdefLMU_aTLRF8VR9zCNhkKs0xczVxjiAiI-y35FFkLCvcTuzS05Zy6C5rv2LHwJgS3tbOh_B2P8a0TUtQJHGSYaCoqloijhLabwJSQXOqJNczZ7uEQcSg8SUQ2WkhcHY/s1533/Ban%20Gloom%20ad%20Blackhawk.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1533" data-original-width="1049" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3Ka35sTwXfLSL_exdIP8D1YtZqwof3ULJUQnOlHVR0JWWANCgxpelwfB9jHdefLMU_aTLRF8VR9zCNhkKs0xczVxjiAiI-y35FFkLCvcTuzS05Zy6C5rv2LHwJgS3tbOh_B2P8a0TUtQJHGSYaCoqloijhLabwJSQXOqJNczZ7uEQcSg8SUQ2WkhcHY/s320/Ban%20Gloom%20ad%20Blackhawk.jpg" width="219" /></a></div><br /><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-45764617271822240742023-08-20T12:40:00.005+10:002023-08-21T08:20:28.769+10:00Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #33<p>KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #33 was published January 1968:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQL-F2LET9_Jrg_Gb1Kb7yWBjYs66ZBDvSLwxKOaS99ndxXpdgPgxG17vvDTLbS5CESK4qsRhU8ehw4UCXUAsNfUaKSNf1vURmQXjEX91V_HwMdQ3NhMz3LnvQSPrYjCFRqtVxIqdWz7ECC8lVPyBQDJp_wnKtqlCnOp1-659zdtvk3ZkgZRht_REl5Q/s1614/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="1058" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwQL-F2LET9_Jrg_Gb1Kb7yWBjYs66ZBDvSLwxKOaS99ndxXpdgPgxG17vvDTLbS5CESK4qsRhU8ehw4UCXUAsNfUaKSNf1vURmQXjEX91V_HwMdQ3NhMz3LnvQSPrYjCFRqtVxIqdWz7ECC8lVPyBQDJp_wnKtqlCnOp1-659zdtvk3ZkgZRht_REl5Q/s320/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2033.jpg" width="210" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>The cover is from DC Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21108/">Showcase #69</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhy5kMNjtlmfsj94XQzStI10y4nxiD8WLWqz3xiTLiZ8lTj2NjICMuzgRqdgJBBhV_BaelvgS6K8TI0HYdJM0QOItOdNKLy9YGnGacaFFLZ3sVALH9z2x5QWDYp8Wk83NIYbpoLC8DP6_-s02nR6Tnwet1ZghEMigfgSPQf7epVcvEVNwsWUmo9zW8cY/s600/Showcase%2069.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHhy5kMNjtlmfsj94XQzStI10y4nxiD8WLWqz3xiTLiZ8lTj2NjICMuzgRqdgJBBhV_BaelvgS6K8TI0HYdJM0QOItOdNKLy9YGnGacaFFLZ3sVALH9z2x5QWDYp8Wk83NIYbpoLC8DP6_-s02nR6Tnwet1ZghEMigfgSPQf7epVcvEVNwsWUmo9zW8cY/s320/Showcase%2069.jpg" width="213" /></a></div><br /><p>The main features:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Poor Richard's Maniak! [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21108/">Showcase #69</a>, July-August 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Part II... Happiness Is Just a Thing Called Dough!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21108/">Showcase #69</a>, July-August 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Part III... If You're Going to Trot Down the Bridal Path, You Need a Groom!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21108/">Showcase #69</a>, July-August 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Return of the Faceless Creature!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17029/">Strange Adventures #142</a>, July 1962</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Kor--the Conqueror</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21250/">The Doom Patrol #114</a>, September 1967</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">My Cargo was Death...</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/11804/">My Greatest Adventure #1</a>, January-February 1955</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Ambush!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/205347/">Charles Starrett as the Durango Kid #26</a>, November-December 1953</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I Jumped From Eight Miles Up</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/12178/">My Greatest Adventure #4</a>, July-August 1955</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Buildings That Went Berserk</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/17015/">Blackhawk #174</a>, July 1962</p><p style="text-align: justify;">The Building That Went Berserk is a Blackhawk story which is presented without the Blackhawk masthead:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaRDrAC2nxIRLhPXCyttNrA0nNvLk2lR9u88_m_ySPL3DSa0J-eicHoCroYWzQFGru6kPFfaZ7xuS9SucOs0jzm4zo8khweo9-wbe9FXgthXuW5HG1XLuE-RNQMNI8yNXHELvhvuTQMsS3CNKhl_36hqFoUzHTAQgI7RDd4zTLMVKV9J4X5lvOs_FT0A/s1614/The%20Buildings%20That%20Went%20Berserk%20splash.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1614" data-original-width="1018" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcaRDrAC2nxIRLhPXCyttNrA0nNvLk2lR9u88_m_ySPL3DSa0J-eicHoCroYWzQFGru6kPFfaZ7xuS9SucOs0jzm4zo8khweo9-wbe9FXgthXuW5HG1XLuE-RNQMNI8yNXHELvhvuTQMsS3CNKhl_36hqFoUzHTAQgI7RDd4zTLMVKV9J4X5lvOs_FT0A/s320/The%20Buildings%20That%20Went%20Berserk%20splash.jpg" width="202" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">Compare to the original page:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4Gcop2WBEuRYcFkmkUEnAmRi-gSO3H2aKTA6hkdfCtW1X3XheGlzG6mxxxCmLUPbzQB-rJc3VNOfyKz_LBI-40FMGLgyOicKGrjWlqrtRPPseOjNBITgoHMWUmXeCmtRKt_zfgrYENX1KCIkm6-ck68y97Zg26WMdsHafgClAYHdbiysAO1u3Of1Xis/s1620/blackhawk174-12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1620" data-original-width="1100" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw4Gcop2WBEuRYcFkmkUEnAmRi-gSO3H2aKTA6hkdfCtW1X3XheGlzG6mxxxCmLUPbzQB-rJc3VNOfyKz_LBI-40FMGLgyOicKGrjWlqrtRPPseOjNBITgoHMWUmXeCmtRKt_zfgrYENX1KCIkm6-ck68y97Zg26WMdsHafgClAYHdbiysAO1u3Of1Xis/s320/blackhawk174-12.jpg" width="217" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;">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.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">There are a number of short filler strips in this issue including two instalments of Cap's Hobby Center (from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21108/">Showcase #69</a>, July-August 1967 and <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/21250/">The Doom Patrol #114</a>, September 1967), and the full-page Lucky (from <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/13840/">Superboy #60</a>, October 1957).</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">There are also three Little Pete strips. The first is from </span><span style="text-align: left;">Challengers of the Unknown #40, October-November 1964. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;">The second Little Pete strip is an 'advertorial' for Brandnu Custom Finish:</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B18eNBW0oiMUEZ4LEgjjjRMY_rQ-TQYOCIJSMpxqzPyGHc2I9JP63NKwbTJC2LsgQoRshukrS0Bv41XdvC3e_XHOF8vsmFXf0itVVQXRzp7l67v_Eauhls0nrbK3zVeZ0V-4Z9Zz7V8WLiLxCpb2R3mbUlXiYZQ2LSxbEwlfx-PNi6hDnio0I7zKLyo/s913/Little%20Pete%20Tip%20Top%2033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="913" height="212" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-B18eNBW0oiMUEZ4LEgjjjRMY_rQ-TQYOCIJSMpxqzPyGHc2I9JP63NKwbTJC2LsgQoRshukrS0Bv41XdvC3e_XHOF8vsmFXf0itVVQXRzp7l67v_Eauhls0nrbK3zVeZ0V-4Z9Zz7V8WLiLxCpb2R3mbUlXiYZQ2LSxbEwlfx-PNi6hDnio0I7zKLyo/s320/Little%20Pete%20Tip%20Top%2033.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>There are other variants of this strip advertising other brands such as <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19422/#144677">Testor's Custom Finish</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>The third Little Pete filler, original source unidentified:</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjFw1D5PaOcEWrQMWnJgpuDaFmamdAE7HFrDUtK6pNzgWyAdWO2U2cUiEgon4C9aRRkqCv2xsqiAjv-L39JNGKJ8U74gXRsZOPG2rZcCGdfCC2EoOppSBBoj1PSTP6ZarrE9ZuXOttd57MnyN3ScQoyELk8QnbFt9bRxP1_RLBEa0osdJ_RoPmoq1fNc/s927/Little%20Pete%20Tip%20Top%2033%202.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="637" data-original-width="927" height="220" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrjFw1D5PaOcEWrQMWnJgpuDaFmamdAE7HFrDUtK6pNzgWyAdWO2U2cUiEgon4C9aRRkqCv2xsqiAjv-L39JNGKJ8U74gXRsZOPG2rZcCGdfCC2EoOppSBBoj1PSTP6ZarrE9ZuXOttd57MnyN3ScQoyELk8QnbFt9bRxP1_RLBEa0osdJ_RoPmoq1fNc/s320/Little%20Pete%20Tip%20Top%2033%202.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div>Some of the stories in this issue were published in other KG Murray comics.</div><div><br /></div><div>The advertiser's date code on the rear cover KGMTTC1 68</div><div><br /></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-369688223742758322.post-39008024057503678912023-08-13T09:09:00.003+10:002023-08-13T09:09:55.667+10:00Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly #13<p> KG Murray's Tip Top Comic Monthly #13 was published c.May 1966:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VlgkLY0g1ymVtMxPhQ2dpmZNUG-DEbkoWJSuNomSNTuG4bftoVTNWgiksEumHRcIULq9IU_jjHnLgId1XiHA6w4yHm8znkFHLJ7Cl3Mi23wPR7OFNXks9xJOHoas_qalKSOJjb2DuvoQ6BFQUOuEcSb1LosRdLYBO68HTILn40hfGiy1LIgo-r95Hj0/s1594/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2013.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1594" data-original-width="1098" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5VlgkLY0g1ymVtMxPhQ2dpmZNUG-DEbkoWJSuNomSNTuG4bftoVTNWgiksEumHRcIULq9IU_jjHnLgId1XiHA6w4yHm8znkFHLJ7Cl3Mi23wPR7OFNXks9xJOHoas_qalKSOJjb2DuvoQ6BFQUOuEcSb1LosRdLYBO68HTILn40hfGiy1LIgo-r95Hj0/s320/Tip%20Top%20Comic%20Monthly%2013.jpg" width="220" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The cover is slightly modified from the original on DC Comics' <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19667/">Superboy #125</a>:</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gtD9EDc4kRHO2AvpJI57NwQhgXJ_Nd4uCpHmYQEVouK9ZNRXbZG5yn99gRZY6e_5fjSS0g-3mLCI_i_rh9ZQo3dN_5WFuV12Nav4_2kAXef6f3c6Odvmk5oBpwnz18m6T-pMBpVHRBuNc8kBMu7MLU4smK3X-BD2HmnzLW4j4e9hIKyxSbiA2SMiZsA/s597/Superboy%20125.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="597" data-original-width="400" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1gtD9EDc4kRHO2AvpJI57NwQhgXJ_Nd4uCpHmYQEVouK9ZNRXbZG5yn99gRZY6e_5fjSS0g-3mLCI_i_rh9ZQo3dN_5WFuV12Nav4_2kAXef6f3c6Odvmk5oBpwnz18m6T-pMBpVHRBuNc8kBMu7MLU4smK3X-BD2HmnzLW4j4e9hIKyxSbiA2SMiZsA/s320/Superboy%20125.jpg" width="214" /></a></div><br /><p>The stories:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Sacrifice of Kid Psycho!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19667/">Superboy #125</a>, December 1965</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Fantastic Origin of Beast-Boy [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19652/">The Doom Patrol #100</a>, December 1965</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Fantastic Origin of Beast-Boy Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19652/">The Doom Patrol #100</a>, December 1965</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Wizard of the Diamond World</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19826/">Tales of the Unexpected #93</a>, February-March 1966</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Witch of Metropolis</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/14315/">Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #1</a>, March-April 1958</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Riddle of the Captive Astronauts!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19819/">Mystery In Space #105</a>, February 1966</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Human Flame-Thrower!</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/14782/">Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #33</a>, December 1958</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Beast-God of Xochatan! [Part 1]</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19760/#146618">Teen Titans #1</a>, January-February 1966</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The Beast-God of Xochatan Part 2</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19760/#146618">Teen Titans #1</a>, January-February 1966</p><p style="text-align: justify;">T<span style="color: red;">he Beast-God of Xochatan Part 3</span>, originally published in <a href="https://www.comics.org/issue/19760/#146618">Teen Titans #1</a>, January-February 1966</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Some of these stories were previously published by KG Murray, notably The Witch of Metropolis, which was cover-featured on Superman's Supacomic #2:</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheswWE7UGOZAuEhxkwWBbD05wudpVtM8c73H79YFOJnIm-l8BKCfNe00FhK-6NL6-ujz8WUifgWjX3UBrsd8mwgo2UixX9TgPZ0VuqICEuq02nM1WxxSYMQsPY6YvcyVs8mDNPB1BDWi_1uUtEowxqMbAY7wnZxNGfnd1SvmspXBSm7FtQ_Lw7kvCsIj8/s1578/superman%20supacomic%202.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="1138" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheswWE7UGOZAuEhxkwWBbD05wudpVtM8c73H79YFOJnIm-l8BKCfNe00FhK-6NL6-ujz8WUifgWjX3UBrsd8mwgo2UixX9TgPZ0VuqICEuq02nM1WxxSYMQsPY6YvcyVs8mDNPB1BDWi_1uUtEowxqMbAY7wnZxNGfnd1SvmspXBSm7FtQ_Lw7kvCsIj8/s320/superman%20supacomic%202.jpg" width="231" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0