The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd

Australia

The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty Ltd is the printed publisher name. Other titles associated with this publisher might have a variation or an unexpected publisher name.

Details

Country
Australia
Locations

56 Young Street, Sydney

142 Clarence St, Sydney (1970)

Operated
1936? – 1976?
Comics
1947 – 1976
GCD
www.comics.org/publisher/270
Group
KG Murray

Notes

K.G. Murray is most known for its extensive DC reprint comics. Kenneth G. Murray published his first magazine, the quality MAN, in 1936, forming a publishing empire that dominated the Australian industry for decades. Murray's first comics in 1946 were original Australian work, but soon reprint material from the US (and later other countries) dominated. The organisation was initially composed of a range of jointly owned companies (such as Man Magazine Pty Ltd, Cavalcade Magazine Pty Ltd, and Australian House and Garden Magazine Pty Ltd), with comics primarily published by Colour Comics Pty Ltd. In 1951, all shares in the companies were acquired by Publishers Holdings Ltd, a name that never appears in the comics. On 1 February 1972, Kenneth Murray retired as Managing Director while remaining on the Board until 1974. On 30 June 1973, Australian Consolidated Press Ltd completed an acquisition and took control of the company. ACP continued producing comics until 1982, initially as The K. G. Murray Publishing Company and later as Murray Publishers Pty. Ltd.

Associated publisher names include:

Books and series

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  Title Published % with index % with cover
Australia Super Heroes Album (KG Murray, 1976 series)
Comic series 		#3 (1976) to #7 (1977) 100.0% (5 of 5) 100.0% (5 of 5)
Australia Super Heroes (KG Murray, 1976 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1976) to #2 (1976) 100.0% (2 of 2) 100.0% (2 of 2)
Australia Super Western Album (KG Murray, 1976 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1976) to #7 (1978) 57.1% (4 of 7) 100.0% (7 of 7)
Australia Superman Presents Supergirl Comic (KG Murray, 1973 series)
Comic series 		#5 (1973) to #26 (1977) 100.0% (22 of 22) 100.0% (22 of 22)
Australia Superman Presents Tip Top Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series)
Comic series 		#103 (1973) to #127 (1975) 100.0% (25 of 25) 100.0% (25 of 25)
Australia Superman Presents Wonder Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1973 series)
Comic series 		#104 (1973) to #127 (1975) 95.8% (23 of 24) 100.0% (24 of 24)
Australia Superman Presents World's Finest Comic Monthly (KG Murray, 1974 series)
Comic series 		#105? (1974) to #127 (1975) 100.0% (23 of 23) 100.0% (23 of 23)
Australia Superman Supacomic (KG Murray, 1974 series)
Comic series 		#171 (1974) to #202 (1976) 100.0% (32 of 32) 100.0% (32 of 32)
New Zealand (Aotearoa) Superman (KG Murray, 1950? series)
Comic series 		#32 (1950?) to #60 (1952?) 24.1% (7 of 29) 62.1% (18 of 29)
Australia Superman (KG Murray, 1976 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1976) to #7 (1978) 100.0% (7 of 7) 100.0% (7 of 7)
Australia Tales and Legends Sinbad the Sailor (KG Murray, 1976 series)
Comic series 		nn (1976) 100.0% (1 of 1) 100.0% (1 of 1)
Australia Teen-Age Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (KG Murray, 1978? series)
Comic series 		#1 (1978?) to #7? (1979?) 0.0% (0 of 7) 100.0% (7 of 7)
Australia Terror Tales Album (KG Murray, 1977 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1977) to #5 (1977) 100.0% (5 of 5) 100.0% (5 of 5)
Australia Touché Turtle and Dum Dum (KG Murray, 1977 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1977) 0.0% (0 of 1) 0.0% (0 of 1)
Australia True Confessions Annual (KG Murray, 1970 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1970) to #8 (1977) 0.0% (0 of 8) 0.0% (0 of 8)
Australia True Confessions (KG Murray, 1957? series)
Magazine series 		v12#1 (1957?) to v49#3? (1976?) 0.0% (0 of 12) 33.3% (4 of 12)
Australia True Detective (KG Murray, 1975 series)
Magazine series 		#1 (1975) to #20? (1976?) 0.0% (0 of 20) 70.0% (14 of 20)
Australia True Experience Annual (KG Murray, 1969 series)
Magazine series 		#1 (1969) to #10 (1978) 0.0% (0 of 10) 0.0% (0 of 10)
Australia True Romance Annual (KG Murray, 1974 series)
Magazine series 		#5 (1974) to #9 (1978) 0.0% (0 of 5) 0.0% (0 of 5)
Australia True Western Classics (KG Murray, 1976? series)
Comic series 		#1 (1976?) to #4 (1976?) 75.0% (3 of 4) 100.0% (4 of 4)
Australia Twin Hearts (KG Murray, 1974 series)
Comic series 		#185 (1974) to #205 (1976) 28.6% (6 of 21) 76.2% (16 of 21)
Australia Two Wheels (KG Murray, 1973? series)
Magazine series 		v9#1? (1973?) to #6? (1978?) 0.0% (0 of 42) 19.0% (8 of 42)
Australia Vampirella (KG Murray, 1974 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1974) to #44 (1977) 100.0% (44 of 44) 100.0% (44 of 44)
Australia Weird Mystery Tales Album (KG Murray, 1977? series)
Comic series 		#3 (1977?) to #4 (1978?) 50.0% (1 of 2) 100.0% (2 of 2)
Australia Weird Mystery Tales Annual (KG Murray, 1975 series)
Comic series 		#1 (1975) to #2 (1976) 100.0% (2 of 2) 100.0% (2 of 2)
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