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 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 38 and DC Comics' original cover of Falling in Love 62 (1963):
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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 24 and DC Comics' original cover of Girls' Romances 87 (1962):
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This is Atlas Publications Walt Disney's The Great Locomotive Chase, a South African reprint from 1961, which reprints Dell
Four Color Comics #712 from 1956.
32 Pages, colour newsprint cover, black-and-white interior. Digest Size 163x113mm
Cover and Dell Comics' original cover:
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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 37 and DC Comics' original cover of Girls' Love Stories 95 (1963):
This rare South African reprint was published in 1959 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 (255x170mm) 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 Falling in Love 12 South African Edition and the Original Cover of DC Comics' Falling in Love 31 from 1959:
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A Series of covers from Atlas Publications' 77 Sunset Strip Series from the early 1960s.
Atlas cover and Original Dell Comics cover in brackets:
1 (Four Color 1211); 2 (Four Color 1159); 3 (Four Color 1263):
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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.
Comics Series creators:
Writers: Eric Friewald (who also wrote for the show)
Artists: Alex Toth, Russ Manning.
This is South African Reprint Atlas Publications 77 Sunset Strip 2 from 1964.
Cover of issue 2 and the original cover of 77 Sunset Strip Dell Four-Color Series #1159 from 1961:
