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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.
![The Cloak Tells "Tales of Mystery" (Horwitz, 1955? series) #7 ([April 1956?])](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/42170.jpg?width=600 "The Cloak Tells \"Tales of Mystery\" (Horwitz, 1955? series) #7 ([April 1956?])")
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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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
Censorship by colour: Battle! #24
This cover lacks intensity without Stan Goldberg's colours. With a dead soldier also deleted, it seems a deliberate censorship choice.
8 Jul 2018
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Vintage Spinner Rack
Melbourne Newsagent 1978
An image sourced from the National Archives of Australia shows a woman in an unidentified Melbourne newsagent. Next to her is a rack with comics on sale.
Based on the available issues, this was probably April 1978.
Here's what's been identified on the racks.
