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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.
![Dick Tracy (Magman, 1960 series) #2 ([1960?])](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/33736.jpg?width=600 "Dick Tracy (Magman, 1960 series) #2 ([1960?])")
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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Jesús Blasco in Valentine
by James Zee
There's a stunning scene of Sydney Harbour in a mid-1960 British comic: 'Don't Ever Leave Me', Valentine Picture Story Library (Fleetway, 1960 series) #4.
Particularly interesting is the empty peninsula where the Opera House is now, with Farm Cove beyond. The former Fort Macquarie Tram Depot was demolished in 1958 and work began on the Opera House March 1959. The crane in the drawing would be working on the project's fist stage.
![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)")
