Ripley's Believe It Or Not! True Ghost Stories (South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications, 1978?) has been grouped as part of a series of titles with continued numbering.
From December 1965, Magazine Management comics were published as one-shot issues with 'catalog numbers' on the cover, rather than separate titles in sequentially numbered series.
Magman's Standard 28 page comics ran through several series restarting at '01' or '001':
1965-1966 series: 15 and 16 prefixes.
1967 series: 17 prefix.
1968 series: 18 prefix.
1969 series: 19 prefix.
1970 series: 20 prefix.
1971 series: 21 prefix.
1972 series: 22 prefix.
1973 series: 23 prefix.
1974-1975 series: 24 and 25 prefixes.
1976 series: 26 prefix.
1978 series: 28 prefix.
1979-1984 series: 29, R12, R13 and R14 prefixes.
1985 series: R15 prefix.
The codes provide a guide to the year of publication, although some issues appear to have been released in December the previous year.
There appears to have been no comics published with codes for 1977, 1980 and 1981. A similar 28 page Top Comics series used 3 as the prefix.
The prefix codes provide a guide to the year of publication, although some issues appear to have been released in December the previous year
Magman published distinct runs of catalog numbers for Standard, Top Comics, Pocket 'Picture Stories', Pocket Romance, Giant/Jumbo and Rebound editions.
Series
1.
Tom and Jerry
Rosnock Publications
#28001 ([January 1978])
2.
Bugs Bunny
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28002 ([1978])
3.
Beep Beep the Road Runner
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28003 ([1978])
4.
Star Trek
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28004 (1978)
5.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28005 (1978)
6.
Richie Rich's Funtime Comics
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28006 (February 1978)
7.
Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery
Magazine Management
#28007 (1978)
8.
Sad Sack
Magazine Management
#28008 ([1978])
9.
M-G-M's Tom and Jerry
Magazine Management
#28009 ([1978?])
10.
Walter Lantz Woody Woodpecker
Rosnock Publications
#28010 ([1978])
11.
Bugs Bunny
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28011 ([1978])
12.
Tweety and Sylvester
Magazine Management
#28012 ([1978])
13.
Spooky
Rosnock Publications
#28013 (1978)
14.
Porky Pig
Magazine Management
#28014 ([1978])
15.
Space Family Robinson
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28015 ([1978])
16.
Little Lotta
Magazine Management
#28016 ([1978])
17.
M-G-M's Tom and Jerry Comics
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28017 (1978)
18.
Beep Beep the Road Runner
Rosnock Pty. Limited
#28018 ([1978])
19.
Casper the Friendly Ghost
Magazine Management
#28019 ([May 1978])
20.
Richie Rich's Funtime Comics
Rosnock Publications
#28020 (1978)
21.
Ripley's Believe It Or Not! True Ghost Stories
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28021 ([July 1978?])
22.
Daffy Duck
Rosnock Publications
#28022 ([1978])
23.
Star Trek
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28023 ([July 1978])
24.
Magnus Robot Fighter 4000 A.D.
South Pacific Publications Limited and Rosnock Publications
#28024 (1978)