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Thursday 30 June 2011

Superman & Batman Jointed Giants!

Do you remember these Great 65 Inch Superman and Batman Life Size Hang-ups? They were produced initially in the USA in the mid-1970's.
They were also published by Everton Offset, Johannesburg and distributed in South Africa. I had the Batman figure on my wall for many years. No wonder I became a Batman fan!

Here is a 1976 DC Comics ad for them:
Here is a mail-order ad from South African Comic Books - Supercomix:
Here are the Batman and Superman figures in their original packaging:

Tuesday 28 June 2011

Supercomix The Mighty Thor

Thanks to Supercomix Collector Ravi for these great scans of the Thor titles in the South African reprint series of the 70's & 80's.
Contact Me or Ravi if you have any Supercomix for sale:
NaidooRavie@elec.durban.gov.za

Here are a range of covers scans. The original Marvel covers are included in brackets.

Supercomix The Mighty Thor: First Series (1976): 1 (The Mighty Thor 158); 4 (The Mighty Thor 161); 5 (The Mighty Thor 162)

Second Series (1978): 1 (The Mighty Thor 224); 2 (The Mighty Thor 225); 3 (The Mighty Thor 226); 4 (The Mighty Thor 227); 5 (The Mighty Thor 228); 6 (The Mighty Thor 229); 7 (The Mighty Thor 230); 8 (The Mighty Thor 231).
 


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Tuesday 21 June 2011

Supercomix The Incredible Hulk

Thanks to Supercomix Collector Ravi for these great scans of the Hulk titles in the South African reprint series of the 70's & 80's.
Contact Ravi if you have any Supercomix for sale:
NaidooRavie@elec.durban.gov.za

Here are a range of covers scans. The original Marvel covers are included in brackets.

Supercomix The Incredible Hulk (First Series 1976): 1 (The Incredible Hulk 115); 2 (The Incredible Hulk 116):
Thanks to Gary Kuyper for the scan of Supercomix The Incredible Hulk (First Series 1976): 3 (The Incredible Hulk 117).

Supercomix The Incredible Hulk (First Series 1976): 4 (The Incredible Hulk 118):

Supercomix The Incredible Hulk (First Series 1976): 5 (The Incredible Hulk 119):

Supercomix The Incredible Hulk (Second Series 1978): 1 (New Cover; story from The Incredible Hulk 148); 2 (The Incredible Hulk 149); 3 (The Incredible Hulk 150); 4 (The Incredible Hulk 175); 5 (The Incredible Hulk 176); 6 (The Incredible Hulk 178); 7 (The Incredible Hulk 177); 8 (The Incredible Hulk 182); 9 (The Incredible Hulk 184); 10 (The Incredible Hulk 185); 11 (The Incredible Hulk 186); 12 (The Incredible Hulk 187); 13 (The Incredible Hulk 188) 14 (The Incredible Hulk 189).

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The Phantom

Thanks to Phantom Collector Marko for these scans. This is a comic book from the 1960s starring The Phantom (by Lee Falk & Wilson McCoy) and Rip Kirby. It may have been reprinted from a newspaper strip. It was printed and published by Kingsway Printing Co. and distributed by Cape Magazine Co. (who were great distributors of USA comics in later years).
This comic is 48 pages Black & White, 20.5 x 23cm.
Translations of the Phantom were published for many years in Afrikaans newspapers in South Africa, titled "Die Skim".
If any collectors have any more of these strips in English or Afrikaans, please let me know. Or contact Marko at:  markodav2003@yahoo.com
Here are some scans:

 

A second volume of reprinted comics strips was also published by Kingsway: "The Heart of Juliet Jones/Judd Saxon". Here is a black-and-white image of the cover. If anyone has a colour image - please let me know. 

 


Thanks Marko for this recent Phantom comic strip from a South African Newspaper - published in Afrikaans as "Die Skim".

Another "Die Skim" strip from Rapport 20/10/1991:

Tuesday 14 June 2011

Unlimited Comics

Unlimited Comics (based in Braamfontein, Johannesburg) published a few Marvel reprint titles in 1983. Only three titles were produced: Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Incredible Hulk.

A selection of covers, with original Marvel Comics Cover in brackets:

Hulk: 1 (The Incredible Hulk 214); 2 (The Incredible Hulk 215); 3 (The Incredible Hulk 216);  4 (The Incredible Hulk 217); 5 (The Incredible Hulk 218):
 

Spider-Man: 1 (Amazing Spider-man 210); 2 (Amazing Spider-man 211); 3 (Amazing Spider-man 212); 4 (Amazing Spider-Man 213); 5 (Amazing Spider-man 214):
 

Spider-Woman: 1 (Spider-Woman 47); 2 (Spider-Woman 2); 3 (Spider-Woman 3); 4 (Spider-woman 4); 5 (Spider-Woman 5):

 
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