Zebra Publications Mantelman Strokiesverhale 3

South African Comic Books is Five Years Old!

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Zebra Publications were the first to reprint DC Comics in 1954.
The English Titles were: Action Comics, Superman & World's Finest Comics
The Afrikaans translations were issued as " 'n Sebra Uitgawe ":  Mantelman (Batman) and Kongo Koot (Congo Bill).

This is Mantelman 3 from 1954. The cover image is taken from the splash page of the first story. The alter ego names are changed to Afrikaans names:
Batman (Joos Storm)
Robbie die Wonderkind (Jan Tyssen)
Green Arrow (Jan Olivier)
Speedy (Gys Roux)

It reprints and translates the following stories:
Mantelman: "Die Geskiedkundige van Misdaad!" = Batman: "The Historian of Crime" from World's Finest Comics 45 (1950)
Die Groen Pyl: "'Die Misdaad-Skakelman" = Green Arrow: "The Switchman of Crime"  from World's Finest Comics 45 (1950)

Glossy colour cover, 24 pages black-and-white interior.


Cover of Mantelman 3 and original splash page used for the cover image:

DC Comics' original cover of World's Finest Comics 45 (1950):

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Zebra Publications