Mimosa Archie 2

This is Archie 2, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) in 1960.
It reprints the cover of Archie Comics' Archie 102 (1959):
24 pages, full-colour, newsprint stock cover and interior pages.
These titles were printed in a smaller size (255x175mm) compared to the original Archie Comics title.
The printing reproduction from the original was very good quality.

Here is the cover of issue 2 and Archie Comics' original cover:

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Mimosa Comics

Mimosa Giant Woeste Weste 7 in Afrikaans

This is Giant Woeste Weste 7, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) in 1963. Mimosa produced  reprints in English, and some Afrikaans language translations.
It reprints this story from DC Comics' Hopalong Cassidy 120 (1956):
Hopalong Cassidy: "The Case of the Twenty Suspects"
Also reprinted is this story from DC Comics' Hopalong Cassidy 101 (1955):
Hopalong Cassidy: "The Amazing Inventions of Tumbleweed Tinker"
Also reprinted is this story from DC Comics' Tomahawk 30 (1955):
Tomahawk: "The Midnight Ride of Tomahawk"

Also reprinted is this story from DC Comics' Tomahawk 26 (1954):
Tomahawk: "The Guns from Nowhere"

Also reprinted is this story from DC Comics' World's Finest Comics 78 (1955):
Tomahawk: "The Frontier Peacemakers"
48pages,  glossy colour cover, black and white newsprint interior.

The Mimosa Cover image is not related to the issue's content.

Cover of Issue 7:

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Mimosa Comics

Mimosa Romances 2

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 (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 2 South African Edition and the Original Cover of DC Comics' Girls' Romances 56 from 1958:

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Mimosa Comics

Zebra Publications World's Finest Comics 3

This is one of the earliest South African reprint comics. Zebra Publications were the first to reprint DC Comics in 1954.

This is Zebra Publications World's Finest Comics 3 - the cover is taken from DC Comics' World's Finest Comics 48 (1950).

It reprints these two stories from DC Comics' World's Finest Comics 40 (1949):
Superman: "The Two Lois Lanes"
Boy Commandos: "The Handcuffs of Fate"

Colour cover, Black-and-White interior, 24 pages.
Smaller than the original comic size - dimensions 176mm x 244mm.

Here is the cover and DC Comics' original cover:

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Zebra Publications

Mimosa Tomahawk Series

A Series of Mimosa Tomahawk covers, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) +/- 1963-1964.

Mimosa Cover and Original DC Comics cover from 1962-1963 in brackets:

1 (78); 2 (85); 3 (86):

 

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Mimosa Comics

Klik Magazine Series

A Series of Klik Magazine covers, published in Afrikaans in South Africa in 1970-1971 by Euro Uitgewers.

It reprinted and translated strips by legendary Belgian cartoonists Willy Vandersteen  and Bob Mau - including translations of well-known strips Suske en Wiske and Bessy and Biggles and Kari Lente.

Covers 1-5:

 

 

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Classic Afrikaans Comic Strips

Mimosa Tomahawk 3

This is Tomahawk 3, published by Mimosa (SA Magazine Co) in 1964.
It reprints the cover from DC Comics' Tomahawk 86 (1963):

32 pages,  glossy colour cover, black and white newsprint interior.

Here is the cover of issue 3 and DC Comics' original cover:

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Mimosa Comics