🔑 CENTURY THE 100 PAGE COMIC MONTHLY #15 [COLOUR COMICS] AUSTRALIAN DC 1957

Series Title: Century the 100 Page Comic Monthly

Issue #: 15

Story Title:

• Battle of the Treetops! (Tomahawk) (reprint from World's Finest Comics #65, July-August 1953)
• The Thundering Earth! (The Adventures of Rex The Wonder Dog) (reprint from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #20, March-April 1955)
• Dangerous Journey to Earth! (Space Cabby)
• The Great Jungle Animal Count (Congo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy) (reprint from Action Comics #227, April 1957)
• Untitled (Leave It to Binky)
• Roy Raymond's Greatest Challenge (Roy Raymond TV Detective) (reprint from Detective Comics #240, February 1957)
• Little Pete (humour strip)
• Lionel and his Lions (humour strip)
• The Amazing Visions of Abel Innes (reprint from House of Secrets #4, May-June 1957)
• No Rodeo for Redstone! (Rodeo Rick) (reprint from Western Comics #63, May-June 1957)
• Mystery of the Talking Fish! (Detective Chimp) (reprint from The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog #32, March-April 1957)
• The Evil King of the Sea! (Aquaman) (reprint from Adventure Comics #181, October 1952)
• Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug)
• Johnny Quick for a Day (Johnny Quick and His Magic Formula) (reprint from Adventure Comics #136, January 1949)
• Untitled (General Little)
• The Ink that Mastered Men's Minds (reprint from House of Mystery #42, September 1955)
• The Witch's Statues (reprint from Tales of the Unexpected #12, April 1957)
• Big Help (Buzzy) (reprint from Buzzy #75, January-February 1957)
• The Watchdogs of the Universe (reprint from Strange Adventures #62, November 1955)
• Thousands Now Play Who Never Thought They Could! (Sampson School of Music) (advertisement)

Date of Publication: August 1957

Edition: Standard / Regular Edition (Australian 100-page giant)

Publisher: Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.

Country of Origin: Australia

Language: English

Cover Price: 2/- (two shillings)

Cover Artists: Fred Ray

Artists: Fred Ray, Gil Kane, Bernard Sachs, Howard Sherman, Ruben Moreira, Mort Meskin, George Roussos, Sid Greene, Joe Giella, Ramona Fradon, Charles Sultan, Carmine Infantino, Irwin Hasen, Al Plastino, Otto Feuer, Henry Boltinoff, Creig Flessel, George Storm and others

Writers: Robert Kanigher, John Broome, Otto Binder, Jack Miller, Bill Finger, Ed Hamilton, Gardner Fox and various uncredited writers

Characters: Tomahawk, Rex the Wonder Dog, Space Cabby, Congo Bill, Janu the Jungle Boy, Binky, Roy Raymond, Little Pete, Lionel and his Lions, Rodeo Rick, Detective Chimp (Bobo), Aquaman, Johnny Quick, Jerry the Jitterbug, General Little, and many supporting/humour characters

First Appearances: None notable (all stories are reprints from earlier DC issues; no new character debuts in any of the original source comics).

Key Facts:

• Classic Australian 100-page giant anthology comic published by Colour Comics (K.G. Murray group).
• Features a rich mix of DC reprints including western, adventure, superhero, detective, sci-fi, occult, and humour stories.
• Striking Tomahawk cover featuring “The Battle of the Tree-Tops!”.
• Typical mid-1950s Australian format: black and white interiors, glossy colour cover, saddle-stitched, newsprint paper.
• Highly collectible as one of the thick “100-page” comics popular in Australia during the pre-decimal era.

Page Count: 100 pages

Condition: Please refer to the accompanying photos for condition, we are amateur graders, all best efforts are taken when indicating a likely grade. Should you require further photos, please contact us. Includes archival bag and board.

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