Americom Batman Adventures 9

Americom reprinted DC Comics' The Batman Adventures in 1994.


Issue 9 and DC Comics' original cover (1993):

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Meteor Press Popeye 6

Meteor Press reprinted Harvey Comics' titles in 1995. Other Harvey titles in the range were Beetle Bailey.

Issue 6 and Harvey Comics' original cover (1994):

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Americom Batman Adventures 8

Americom reprinted DC Comics' The Batman Adventures in 1994.

Issue 8 and DC Comics' original cover (1993):

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Meteor Press The Incredible Hulk 8

Meteor Press reprinted Marvel Comics' The Incredible Hulk in 1995.

Issue 8 and Marvel Comics' original cover of The Incredible Hulk 419 (1994):

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Zebra Publications Mantelman Strokiesverhale 6

South African Comic Books is Eight Years Old!

Blog Post 800 today ... thanks to everyone who has contributed in the last 12 months ... to have made this blog such a success!

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 6 from 1955. 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 met Robbie Die Wonderkind: "Die Afskrif van Mantelman!" = Batman & Robin: "The Carbon Copy Batman!" from World's Finest Comics 54 (1951)

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


Cover of Mantelman 6 and original splash page used for the cover image:

 DC Comics' original cover of World's Finest Comics 54 (1951):

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Meteor Press Spider-Man 8

Meteor Press reprinted Marvel Comics' Spider-Man in 1995.

Issue 8 and Marvel Comics' original cover of The Spectacular Spider-Man Super Special 1 (1995):

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Battleaxe Press Mortal Kombat Series

A series of Battleaxe Press Mortal Kombat covers published in South Africa in 1995-1996.

Issues 1-3:

 

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Battleaxe Press