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AusReprints documents Australian comics, focusing on the neglected reprints from the 1940s to the 1980s.
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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
![Sir Falcon (Frew, 1955? series) #2 ([January 1955?])](https://images.ausreprints.net/page/36140.jpg?width=350&scale=both "Sir Falcon (Frew, 1955? series) #2 ([January 1955?])")
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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.
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