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AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.
The site has been developed with generous contributions of scans and information from many collectors. Click here for information on how you can help.
Welcome
AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.
The site has been developed with generous contributions of scans and information from many collectors. Click here for information on how you can help.
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Cyril Samuels (1895-1982)
Oozy Woozy and the Kids was Australian cartoonist Cyril Samuels' longest running newspaper strip.
26 Apr 2025
Head over to our Facebook group
More information and discussion about AusReprints at the Australian reprint comic book appreciation group.
27 Dec 2022
Do you have Hodge's 'Mesa Gold' pulp?
Hodge contributed to a wartime cartoon collection. Hill End history group is looking for his 'Mesa Gold' pulp (click and read comments).
22 Feb 2020
Do you know more? Zip Comics
The usual references don't mention 'The Oil Seekers' by Tony Rafty, which seems to predate his 'first' comic for NSW Bookstall.
16 Jul 2018
Who is Hottie Lahm?
Most known for iconic dog Snifter during a long career at KG Murray, Lahm created Snowy McGann to fill the 1951 Ginger Meggs gap at The Sun.
14 Jul 2018
Censorship 2: Straight Arrow #17
Was a provocative pose during poker too much for Aus editors? Or were there late changes to the original art for ‘Uproar’ in the US?
11 Jul 2018
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Richard Rae—KG Murray Cover Artist
by Kevin Patrick
If you've been charting the fortunes of Australian-made comics for the last 25 years or so, then chances are you've come across the name Richard Rae.
You might have been one of the first Aussie comic fans of the early 1980s who picked up one of the many comic books which Richard wrote and published during 1980-1983, such as Star Heroes, The Greatest Super Hero and Fantastic Australian Heroes.
![Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G543 (January 1973)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/25491.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney's Giant Comics [G Series] (WG Publications) #G543 (January 1973)")
![Walt Disney One-Shot Comic [OS series] (WG Publications) #O.S.37 (January 1952)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/30291.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney One-Shot Comic [OS series] (WG Publications) #O.S.37 (January 1952)")
![Walt Disney One-Shot Comic [OS series] (WG Publications) #O.S.33 (October 1950)](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/30287.jpg?width=200&scale=both "Walt Disney One-Shot Comic [OS series] (WG Publications) #O.S.33 (October 1950)")
