From the Golden Age to present, recording the history of Comic Book publishing and collecting in South Africa. Submissions Welcome! George van der Riet. e-mail: g.vdr26@gmail.com
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This is Mimosa 77 Sunset Strip, a South African reprint from 1963, which reprints Dell Four Color Comics #1211 from 1961.
77 Sunset Strip was a US Television series from 1957-1964. Dell and Gold
Key produced comic books based on this series, from 1960-1963.
32 Pages, colour cover, black-and-white interior.
Cover of issue 1 (no number printed on this issue, but I suspect it was the first issue) and Dell Comics' original cover:
Atlas Publications 77 Sunset Street 3
Mimosa Comics
This rare South African reprint was published in 1964 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is 64 pages.
Cover of Confession Picture Library 36 and DC Comics' original cover of Falling in Love 59 (1963):
This is Atlas Publications Walt Disney's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea, a South African reprint from 1960, which reprints Dell
Four Color Comics #614 from 1954.
32 Pages, colour newsprint cover, black-and-white interior. Digest Size 163x113mm
Cover and Dell Comics' original cover:
This is Supercomix The Incredible Hulk 4, published by Republican Press in 1976.
32 Pages, Full colour.
Cover and Marvel Comics' original cover of The Incredible Hulk 118 from 1969:
See Also:
Atlas Publications reprinted various Western Comics in the 1960s.
32 Pages, colour cover, black-and-white interior.
Issue 4 of Zane Grey's Stories of the West (1963) and Dell Comics original issue number 37 from 1958:
This rare South African reprint was published in 1963 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
Glossy Colour Cover, Black-and-White Interior.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is only 24 pages.
Cover of Romance Picture Library 22 and DC Comics' original cover of Girls' Love Stories 88 (1962):
This rare South African reprint was published in 1964 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is 64 pages.
Cover of Confession Picture Library 35 and DC Comics' original cover of Girls' Romances 91 (1963):
This is Atlas Publications Walt Disney's Rob Roy, a South African reprint from 1961, which reprints Dell
Four Color Comics #544 from 1954.
32 Pages, colour newsprint cover, black-and-white interior. Digest Size 163x113mm
Cover and Dell Comics' original cover:
See Also:
This rare South African reprint was published in 1963 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
Glossy Colour Cover, Black-and-White Interior.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is only 24 pages.
Cover of Romance Picture Library 21 and DC Comics' original cover of Secret Hearts 77 (1961):
This is Supercomix Fantastic Four 4, published by Republican Press in 1976.
32 Pages, Full colour.
Cover and Marvel Comics' original cover of Fantastic Four 98 (1970):
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This is Tales of the Unexpected 2, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) +/- 1960.
It reprints the cover and part of DC Comics' Tales of the Unexpected 32 (1958):
24 pages, full-colour, newsprint stock cover and interior pages.
Many thanks to John Campbell for the picture of issue 2.
Here is the cover of issue 2 and DC Comics' original cover:
This rare South African reprint was published in 1964 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is 64 pages.
Cover of Confession Picture Library 34 and DC Comics' original cover of Girls' Romances 90 (1962):
A Series of covers from Atlas Publications' Walt Disney Series from the early 1960s.
Atlas cover and Original Dell Comics Four Color cover in brackets:
Robin Hood (413); Stormy (537); Rob Roy (544); Littlest Outlaw (609); 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea (614); African Lion (665); When Knighthood was in Flower (682); The Great Locomotive Chase (712); Zorro multiple issues (920; 933; 960; 976; 1003; 1037)
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This is Atlas Publications Walt Disney's Stormy, a South African reprint from 1961, which reprints Dell
Four Color Comics #537 from 1954.
32 Pages, colour newsprint cover, black-and-white interior. Digest Size 163x113mm
Cover and Dell Comics' original cover:
A range of Supercomix Millie the Model comics published in South Africa between 1976 and 1978, reprinting the Marvel Comics series.
Here are a range of covers scans. The original Marvel covers are included in brackets.
1 - 1976 (169); 1-1978 (174):
This is Supercomix Millie The Model 1 (First Series 1976), published by Republican Press in 1976.
Cover of issue 1 and Marvel Comics' original cover of Millie the Model 169 from 1969:
This rare South African reprint was published in 1960 by Mimosa Publications (S.A. Magazine Co.).
Cover and Interior pages are newsprint - so after being read and swopped
a few times they would likely be falling apart and thrown away.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (245x167mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover and Interior printed in colour.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is only 24 pages.
This is one of the seven first titles that Mimosa started reprinting in 1959 (Western Comics, Tales of
the Unexpected, Falling in Love, Mystery in Space, Romances, Batman and
All-Star Western).
Cover of Romances 7 South African Edition and the
Original Cover of DC Comics' Girls' Romances 61 from 1959:
This is Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery Digest 1 - published by Atlas Publications in 1966.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (175x134mm) compared to the original Gold Key title.
64 pages, glossy colour cover, black-and-white interior.
Cover of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery 1 and Gold Key's original cover of Boris Karloff Tales of Mystery 3 (1963):
This rare South African reprint was published in 1963 by Mimosa (S.A. Magazine Co.).
Glossy Colour Cover, Black-and-White Interior.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (161x116mm) compared to the original DC Comics title.
Cover printed in colour, interior in black-and-white.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality. This issue is only 24 pages.
Cover of Romance Picture Library 20 and DC Comics' original cover of Falling in Love 48 (1961):
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