Super Adventure Comic #104

KG Murray's Super Adventure Comic #104 was published c.February 1959:

The cover is unsigned but it looks like the work of Hart Amos.

The main features:

The Outlaw Who Played Batman, originally published in Detective Comics #232, June 1956

Second Warning!, originally published in Tales of the Unexpected #13, May 1957

The Super-Sergeant, originally published in Superman #122, July 1958 

This issue also contains a single-page Little Pete filler strip originally published in Action Comics #242, July 1958 - and I'm pretty sure this is not the reason this issue is collectible today.

Super Adventure Comic #87

 KG Murray's Super Adventure Comic #87 was published c.September 1957:

The cover is from DC Comics' World's Finest Comics #88:

The main stories:

Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes!, originally published in World's Finest Comics #88, May-June 1957

A Job for Super-Dog, originally published in Superboy #56, April 1957

The Junior Newsreelers!, originally published in Adventure Comics #206, November 1954 

Superman and Batman's Greatest Foes! has been reprinted a number of times by DC, and appeared in KG Murray's Giant Superman and Batman Album #1 and Colossal Comic #28. 

A Job for Super-Dog was reprinted in Tip Top Comic Monthly #3.

This issue includes two filler-strips: Lionel and his Friends from Superboy #55, March 1957; and Warden Willis from Detective Comics #242, April 1957.

There is a UK variant:

This cover scan is from AusReprints. I prefer the darker hues of the Australian print.

Superman's Supacomic #5

Superman's Supacomic #5 was published c.September 1959:

The cover is modified from DC Comics' Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11: 

Apart from the speech balloon being omitted for the sake of the 100 Pages! blurb, the tree on the right hand side was replaced by scrub and ferns.

The main features:

The Leopard Girl of the Jungle!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #11, August 1959

The MC of the Midnight Scare Theatre, originally published in Superman’s Pal, Jimmy Olsen #38, July 1959 

Superman's Mystery Song!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9, May 1959

The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons, originally published in Detective Comics #263, January 1959

The Cry-Baby of Metropolis!,originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #10, July 1959

Superman's Super-Rival!, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #37, June 1959

The Most Hated Girl in Metropolis!, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #9, May 1959

The Town That Hated Superman!, originally published in Superman #130, July 1959

The Ugly Superman, originally published in Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #8, April 1959

Super-Senor's Pal!, originally published in Superman's Pal, Jimmy Olsen #36, April 1959

Many of these stories were subsequently reprinted in other KG Murray issues, generally as a consequence of DC reprints in Annuals and 80-Page Giants. The Secret of the Fantastic Weapons and The MC of the Midnight Scare Theatre were selectively recycled in Colossal Comic #50.

This issue also contains a two-page Warden Willis filler strip from Detective Comics #269, July 1959.

After this issue the series was retitled Superman Supacomic. This coincided with the demise of the Superman series.

 

Super Adventure Comic #113

KG Murray's Super Adventure Comic #113 was published c.November 1959:

The cover is from DC Comics' World's Finest Comics #103:

The main features:

The Secret of the Sorcerer's Treasure, originally published in World's Finest Comics #103, August 1959 

Master of Doom!, originally published in Mystery in Space #4, October-November 1951 

This issue also contains a two-page Moolah the Mystic filler strip originally appearing in House of Secrets #22, July 1959, and a single page Casey the Cop feature originally appearing in Mr. District Attorney #57, May-June 1957.

Super Adventure Comic #99

KG Murray's Super Adventure Comic #99 was published c.September 1958:

The cover is from DC Comics' Action Comics #241:

There are two main features in this issue:

The Super Key to Fort Superman, originally published in Action Comics #241, June 1958 

The Two Worlds of Superboy, originally published in Adventure Comics #218, November 1955 

The inner front cover carries a full-page Tricksy filler strip originally published in Superman #121, May 1958, whilst the rear inner cover carries a full-page Fingerprint Curios! strip originally published in Gang Busters #33, April-May 1953.

The Super Key to Fort Superman appears to have been deemed the canonical beginning of the Silver Age Superman by DC Comics - it is the first story appearing in the recently published Superman: The Silver Age Omnibus #1, and was also the opening story in Showcase Presents: Superman #1. Oddly enough, both of these editions elect to feature cover art from Action Comics #242. 

The Super Key to Fort Superman also appeared in Australia in Giant Superman Album #2. The Two Worlds of Superboy also appeared in Giant Superboy Album #6.

There is also a UK variant of Super Adventure Comic #99.

Superman Supacomic #38

Superman Supacomic #38 was published c.October 1962:

The cover is from DC Comics' Superman #153:

The main contents:

The Town of Supermen!, originally published in Superman #153, May 1962

The Case of the Super-Looney Lawyer!, originally published in Adventure Comics #296, May 1962 

The Super-Practical Joker!, originally published in Action Comics #289, June 1962

The Condemned Batman, originally published in Detective Comics #301, March 1962

Murder in Skyland!, originally published in Detective Comics #303, May 1962

The Boy Who Was Robin, originally published in Batman #148, June 1962

Lana Lang, Superboy's Sister!, originally published in Adventure Comics #297, June 1962

The Secret Life of Krypto!, originally published in Superboy #97, June 1962 

The Town of Supermen! also appeared in Giant Lois Lane Album #9 courtesy of Superman's Girl Friend, Lois Lane #104.

This issue includes a full-page Strange Laws filler strip from Detective Comics #301.

The advertiser's date code on the inner front cover is SS 10 62.

Batman #111: The KG Murray edition

KG Murray's Batman #111 was published c.September 1959:

The cover is slightly modified from DC's Batman #124: 

The main contents:

The Mystery Seeds From Space, originally published in Batman #124, June 1959 

The Curse of the Wizard's Arrow!, originally published in Adventure Comics #261, June 1959   

The Invisible Batman, Detective Comics #199, September 1953 

This issue also contains two full=page filler strips: Shorty from All-American Men of War #16, December 1954; and Moolah the Mystic from House of Mystery #87, June 1959

All of these features, apart from Shorty, were later recycled by KG Murray in Colossal Comic #36.

The Invisible Batman was also reprinted in Giant Batman Album #8, courtesy of 80 Page Giant Magazine #5, December 1964, and also in Super Adventure Comic [UK] #50 and, presumably, in Super Adventure Comic #50.

The advertiser's date code on the inner rear cover is BM.9.59.

Stark Terror #1 and #5: The Page Publications editions

Stanley Morse's Stark Terror #1 was published December 1970:

An Australian edition of this magazine was published by Page Publications in early/mid 1978:

The cover and contents are identical to the US edition, based on the GCD index.

Page Publications recycled this issue as Stark Terror #5:

The cover is from the first panel of the story The Hallucinations!:

This edition is identical to Stark Terror #1 apart from the different advertisement on the rear cover, and the inclusion of advertisements in the inner front and rear covers - these are blank pages in Stark Terror #1.

Portman Distribution in the UK also issued an edition of this issue as Stark Terror Vol. 1 #2:

There are gaps in the Page Publications series. To this point I have not seen copies of Stark Terror #2, #6 and #7. It is possible these issues do not exist. I note there are two unnumbered issues of Stark Terror, one of which is also a $0.50 cover priced issue, so this may be [#2] or [#6] or [#7]. However, it is also possible these issues will turn up, and one of them may be yet another reissue of Stark Terror #1. TBC.

Blazing Western Action

Page Publications' Blazing Western Action is a digest-sized one-shot featuring Rawhide Kid:

This is a recycled and retitled reprint of Rawhide Kid #3. 

This was likely published late 1982/early 1983 and probably followed the publication of the recycled retitled edition of Rawhide Kid #2 late 1982 as Rawhide Kid Shoot-Out:

I have now added the Blazing Western Action and Rawhide Kid #3 pairing to my ongoing gallery of retitled and recycled Yaffa one-shots..

Detective Comics #27: Reimagined - The Italian edition

Batman: A Celebration of 75 Years is a hardcover collection of classic Batman comics published by DC Comics in 2014:

Amongst the reprinted material is a story exclusive to this volume - [The Case of the Chemical Syndicate (reimagined)]. As per the GCD listing: 

"This is a reimagining of the first Batman story. Designed by Chip Kidd, it combines the original Bob Kane artwork from Detective Comics #27 (1937 series) with the script from the modernized version of the story that appeared in Detective Comics #27 (2011 series) written by Brad Meltzer (based on the original script by Bill Finger). The original art is blown up to a larger size, with only 1-3 panels per page. As a result, the art from the original 6 page story is stretched across 29 pages."

This exclusive story has not been published by DC elsewhere, however a three-page preview was published in Detective Comics #27 Special Edition (Batman 75 Day Comic 2014) #27:

Whilst I'm not aware of any other printing of this story by DC, it was reprinted as a one-shot issue in Italy in Batman 75: 75 Anni di Batman:

Under an Alex Ross cover, which originally appeared on Batman: No Man's Land #1 [Standard edition], this story appears in an Italian translation:

As you can see the translators are credited in the first panel.

The Italian edition is identical to the US edition apart from some small variances. For example, the US edition has two all black pages interspersed to offset a couple of panels which are blown up to two-page spreads, whereas the Italian edition replaces the black pages with Kidd-esque images of Batman from the story:

These two pages are interspersed at different points to the US version but still serve to maintain the two-page spreads which necessitated them.

The other difference is the cover. The US edition included the following cover page as a lead-in to the story:

Batman 75 is cover-dated July 2014 and is published by RW Edizioni under license from DC Comics.

This is an attractive book with quality production values, with a cardstock cover and glossy pages. I do not know if similar editions were published elsewhere, and I'm surprised it does not appear on the GCD. If DC published an English language edition with the cover from the hardcover collection, I would happily add it to my collection.