AUSTRALIAN - STRANGE ADVENTURES

Set Description

STRANGE ADVENTURES [Australian Editions].

Published in Australia by Colour Comics Pty Ltd. 1954 -1958

Issues: No.1 - 8 (Sept 1954 - April1955) priced 8d (8 pence)
Issues: No.9 - 22 (May1955- June 1956) priced 9d (9 pence)
Issues: No.23 - 43 (July 1957- April 1958) priced 1/- (1 shilling)

This series includes unique Australian reprint editions of some of the USA versions of 'Strange Adventures' comics.

Due to the post-WW2 ban on importing US comics into Australia, the Australian versions of "Strange Adventures" were created between 1954 - 1958. The numbering of the Australian editions do not follow the US versions precisely and are a varied mix of some of the US versions, mainly from the US issues #40 - #80 but again not in any logical or chronological order.

Most Australian reprints have similar cover images to the US versions of 'Strange Adventures' but some have covers from the US versions of 'House of Mystery' ( Aust. No. 25 [US #48] and Aust. No. 32 [US #53] )or 'Mystery in Space' ( Aust. No. 43 [US #38]).

This anomaly can be seen in my CGC Graded issue No. 32 [AUST. Ed] where CGC have labelled the comic MYSTERY IN SPACE # 53, but sub-titled Strange Adventures No. 32 in keeping with CGC's Foreign issues labelling policy. Thankfully , there are only two other issues with this problem, which I currently don't own.

Printed in Australia 1954 -58 on newsprint paper and B/W inside. A rare series, and difficult to find quality copies after nearly 70 years.

Comics in this Set are listed in Australian-numbered numeric order.

Set Goals

To complete the set of STRANGE ADVENTURES (43 issues only) [Australian Editions].