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Johnny Galaxy and the Space Patrol by James Zee

Johnny Galaxia's Publishing History 2

Super Boy #247 (March 1970)
Super Boy 247: March 1970 (Imperia, France).

French

Johnny Galaxia was published in French as Johnny Galaxie. The series appeared in some issues of Super Boy (Imperia, France)1 from at least 1962 until 1983; and in Tenax (Imperia, France)2 from about 1973 to 1983.

Tenax #27 (June 1973)
Tenax 27: February 1973 (Imperia, France)

It was also printed as a backup in some issues of Jet Logan (Imperia, France)3. This series reprinted the UK Jet-Ace Logan, written by Michael Moorcock (b.1939) and Frank S Pepper (b.?), with art by Kurt Caesar (1906-1974), John Gillatt (b.?) and Ron Turner of Space Ace fame.4

Portugese

Seleções Juvenis #389 (September 1963)
Naves do Espaço 4: September 1963 (La Salva, Portugal), with a cover also printed on KG Murray's Johnny Galaxy and the Space Patrol 4, May 1968.

A version was published in Portugal, sporadically and across several publications: Condor Popular, Ciclone and Mundo de Aventuras (Serues 1) (all by Aguiar & Dias), with stories also in later issues of Flash Gordon (Rio Gráfica e Editora S. A.).5

Further Portugese versions were also printed in Fantasticas Aventuras (Editoria Outubro, Portugal)6 around 1965, in Almanaque de Aventuras (Editoria Outubro, Portugal)7 in the mid 1960s, and in Naves do Espaço (La Selva, Portugal)8 in 1963.

Ciclone #43 (1962)
Ciclone 43: 1962 (Aguiar & Dias, Portugal).

Italian

Six issues of an Italian version of Johnny Galaxia were published as I Classici Del Fumetto: Series IV: Spatial Modern, with the feature retitled as Alan Ford (Editoriale Corno, Italy) from November 1961 to April 1962.9

Johnny Galaxy and the Space Patrol #4 ([May 1968])
Johnny Galaxy and the Space Patrol 4: (KG Murray, Australia: 1968).

Yugoslavian

Johnny Galaxia was published in the former Yugoslavia (current Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, and Slovenia) in the 1960s, probably in the comic Plavi vjesnik (Zagreb, Croatia).10

Australian

The four issue KG Murray Johnny Galaxy series was published in 1967 and 1968, with further episodes of the series in Climax Adventure Comic (1968 to 1973), and final stories in the first two issues of Super Giant (1973).

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References

1
Super Boy was published from October 1949 until May 1986. It was initially an anthology aimed at boys, but increasingly focused on science fiction and gained its title character in issue 112, December 1958. This period is referred to as a "second series", although there no break in publishing continuity, just a revamp. The title character has no link to DC's Superman: he is the son of a scientist who protects Earth against super-villains and alien threats in the near-future. The series included many Spanish imports through its run. See the series record for Super Boy at AusReprints.
2
Tenax is a science fiction title published by Imperia, which included Johnny Galaxia in at least some issues between issue 27 (1973) to 133 (1984). See series record for Tenax at AusReprints.
3
Probably issues 20, 29, 34 and 42, as reported at r.leone.free.fr. See the series record for Jet Logan at AusReprints.
4
Ron Turner also created Space Ace for Lone Star Magazine, which was ultimately replaced with a renamed version of Josep M. Beá's Johnny Galaxia when Turner left the series.
5
See www.bdportugal.info. See series record for Condor Popular, Ciclone, Mundo de Aventuras and Flash Gordon at AusReprints.
6
In at least the third issue. See series record for Fantásticas Aventuras at AusReprints.
7
See series record for Almanaque de Aventuras at AusReprints.
8
See series record for Naves do Espaç at AusReprints.
9
See the series record Alan Ford at AusReprints.
10
See www.stripvesti.com. Plavi Vjesnik ran from 1 October 1954 until 1973 (979 issues). It mainly reprinted the UK Eagle comic, including Den Deri, Pilot Buducnosti and the Steel Claw.
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  • By James Zee
  • 10 August 2009

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