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AUSTRALIAN - BLUE BOLT & JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS

Category:  International
Owner:  Dikko
Last Modified:  9/3/2023
Set Description
Australian edition reprints of US comics.

BLUE BOLT
Published in Australia by Jubilee Publications in 1953. A very rare Australian comic series.
Only 4 issues printed with covers for #1- 3 similar but slightly different to the US STAR Pub. versions.
Aust. #1 similar to US #109
Aust. #2 similar to US #110
Aust. #3 similar to US #107
Aust. #4 does NOT match any US or UK cover images. A unique cover image.

JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS
Published in Australia by Jubilee Publications in 1952. Also a very rare Australian comic series.
Only 6 issues printed with covers similar but slightly different to the US MARVEL versions.
Aust. #1 similar to US #2
Aust. #2 similar to US #3
Aust. #3 similar to US #5
Aust. #4 similar to US #6
Aust. #5 similar to US #4 or #7 (possibly).
Aust. #6 titled 'The Time Machine'. Same cover, except for title, similar to US #8

Set Goals
To complete each set being CGC Graded.

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Pics
BLUE BOLT No. 2 CGC 6.5 [Aust Edtion] 8d Blue Bolt 110 Universal 6.0 BLUE BOLT No. 2 (Australian Edition) Priced 8d Published by Jubilee Press in 1953. CGC 6.0 Highest Graded.
[Reprint of US #110]

NB. Even though label (as per CGC policy) states Issue 110 , there are differences between the Australian copy here and the US comic. There are only 3 sub-panels at the bottom of the cover and each is completely different to the US version #110,
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BLUE BOLT No. 3 CGC 8.5 [Aust Edition] 8d Blue Bolt 107 Universal 8.5 BLUE BOLT No. 3 (Australian Edition) Priced 8d Published by Jubilee Press in 1953. CGC 8.5 Highest Graded.
[Reprint of US 107]

NB. Even though label (as per CGC policy) states Issue 107 , there are differences between the Australian copy here and the US comic. There is NO vertical left-side banner on the Australian issue and the story box has the first story titled The Phantom Sub not Sub Zero.
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JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS No. 3 [Aust Edtn] 8d Journey Into Unknown Worlds 5 Universal 8.0 JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS No. 3 (Australian Edition) Priced 8d Published by Jubilee Press in 1953. CGC 8.0 Highest Graded
Similar to USA version No. 5 but slight differences on front cover
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JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS No. 4 [Aust Edtn] 8d Journey Into Unknown Worlds 6 Universal 6.0 JOURNEY INTO UNKNOWN WORLDS No. 4 (Australian Edition) Priced 8d Published by Jubilee Press in 1953. CGC 8.0 Highest Graded
NB. Similar to USA version No. 6 but slight differences on front cover
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