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On 4/19/2024 at 3:05 AM, MattTheDuck said:

Love these giveaways, although I can't get anyone to actually give them to me.

Except for this one, most of them are pretty cheap if you don't need 9.x grades!

What's going on with the back of the dude's hand there?

On 4/8/2024 at 3:14 AM, 1950's war comics said:

this is a great cover !!

It is. John Dixon produced a great dynamic image with that one.

On 4/6/2024 at 11:29 AM, 1950's war comics said:

funny footprint cover !!

Carl Barks art too.

On 3/10/2024 at 3:12 PM, 1950's war comics said:

is not drek??

Is too drek. Or at least it will do until drek comes along.

Blame my inner completist for this one!

I like that one. Red covers are often really striking. But doesn't he know that he has now created something that hell hath no fury like? I'm guessing that's not good.

On 1/30/2024 at 7:24 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

I'm not sure what's funnier. 'Spring is here' or the fact that the kids are so unsympathetic.

If there was a caption competition, my entry would be this:

 

"AAAARRRRRGGGHH!"

I think the same gag is better done on this one. Though there's an argument to be had that the Donald one forced the artist to draw an unnaturally low ceiling.

On 12/18/2023 at 3:42 AM, Brandon Shepherd said:

This is a cool cover! Thanks for posting.

Thank you. I like it too, especially since it's a #1 (even if it doesn't say so). The cover is from Fiction House Firehair #2.

On 12/5/2023 at 11:56 AM, 1950's war comics said:

are those supposed to be Porcupines ??

Yes, I believe so. But then, those are supposed to be ducks.

On 11/8/2023 at 8:40 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

It's time to keep your appointment with the Wicker Horse. 

I think it's actually a wooden horse, but that wouldn't work as well, would it?

On 11/22/2023 at 1:44 PM, stormflora said:

How do the Australian comics differ from the American ones?

Quite a few differences. They have paper covers, not glossy cover stock. The page count was lower than American issues, sometimes dramatically so - 24 pages versus 48 or 52 for the WDC&S issues (later 32 v 36 pages). Lots of Australian comics were in B&W inside, including early Disneys. But by the time of this one the Disneys were full colour - and the local editors would go to great lengths to insert a 'u' in 'color' or 'neighbor' in the text!

On 11/20/2023 at 9:24 AM, FoggyNelson said:

Red an white stripe cover‼️❤️

Australian variation (and improvement IMHO) on a much plainer Dell cover: https://comicvine.gamespot.com/four-color-1248-walt-disneys-pluto-joins-the-circu/4000-5660/

On 9/14/2023 at 8:02 PM, 1950's war comics said:

these Jane books (which i have never heard or seen before)  have nice covers ! 

They were Australian compilations of UK newspaper strips. Apparently US distributors turned down reprint rights because the strips were too risque - there is nudity and lingerie a plenty.

I just went back and read the album description. Is it now 22/27 you have, or is this one new to your count?

On 9/9/2023 at 6:45 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Why, is that a double covered Donald I see before me!

Or a nice internal covery-looking splash? 

It's the cover of an 8 page lift out "bonus" comic. Often found separately, but this one is still in place.

On 9/5/2023 at 6:41 AM, Yorick said:

I want to "like" this one twice...

Me too! I got this in a trade, which I rarely do. I'm still torn about it though - I traded an Australian Captain Science.

On 8/23/2023 at 11:49 PM, 1950's war comics said:

looks 9.8 !!

It isn't, though it is very high grade, especially for one of these Australian books with newsprint cover stock. I'd put it at 8.5

On 8/23/2023 at 9:05 AM, Get Marwood & I said:

It doesn't look like there's mushroom under there.

On 7/12/2023 at 10:05 PM, FoggyNelson said:

Drek?

Well, standard Disney kid's adventure stuff. Not to my taste these days, but they evidently sold pretty well because there were a dozen of them published by Dell.

On 5/11/2023 at 8:00 PM, 1950's war comics said:

... did Silver Starr ever battle the Silver Flash ?

No, I'm not aware of any crossover stuff in old Australian comics.

On 5/11/2023 at 10:26 AM, 1950's war comics said:

WOW ! i just noticed the cover price appears to be just 1 cent  !!!!!

1/- is one shilling. A dime, more or less.

On 5/9/2023 at 12:38 PM, aardvark88 said:

Love Stanley Pitt as Australia's Alex Raymond! Thanks for posting scarce Australian comics with choice b/w interiors.

No problem, I'm happy to share them. And, yes, Pitt is very obviously influenced by Raymond, though there are worse things to be! Since you enjoyed those, here are a couple of pages from this colour edition and one other I had a scan of.

On 5/8/2023 at 7:54 PM, 1950's war comics said:

never heard of him but like the cover art !

Then you'll probably like these too, from another Silver Starr book.

On 5/3/2023 at 11:04 PM, Get Marwood & I said:

Count the ACTUAL full colour pages? What other types of full colour pages are there Andy? Are some pretending?

At the time the majority of Australian comics were still B&W but some had "colour pages" that were black, white and red, like some pommy UK books.

On 3/13/2023 at 6:34 AM, FoggyNelson said:

That is what it looks like outdoors here right now ❄️ ⛄️ 

Certainly not the case around here!