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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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):
In the mid-1970s Republican Press printed and distributed 3 "Rama" Albums : Naturama, Sciencerama and Disneyrama:
Disneyrama was originally produced by Editrice Moderna in Italy in 1973:
South African Album, Cards Box and Cards Envelope:
See Also:
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 10 South African Edition and the Original Cover of DC Comics' Falling in Love 29 from 1959:
