🔑 HUNDRED COMIC MONTHLY #6 [COLOUR COMICS] AUSTRALIAN DC 1957

Series Title: The Hundred Comic Monthly

Issue #: 6

Story Title:

• Untitled (Professor Eureka)
• Untitled (Varsity Vic)
• The Men Who Stole Roads! (The Wyoming Kid) (reprint from World's Finest Comics #59, July-August 1952)
• The Big-Game Butterfly Hunter (Congo Bill and Janu the Jungle Boy) (reprint from Action Comics #215, April 1956)
• The Racketeer's Revenge (A Casebook Mystery) (reprint from World's Finest Comics #70, May-June 1954)
• Untitled (Jerry the Jitterbug)
• Untitled (Blabber Mouse) (reprint from Funny Stuff #72, May-June 1953)
• The Secret of the Space-Bomb (reprint from Mystery in Space #32, June-July 1956)
• The Tom Thumb Aquaman (Aquaman) (reprint from Adventure Comics #230, November 1956)
• The Fireworks of Prophecy (reprint from House of Mystery #51, June 1956)
• First Come! (Liz)
• The Hotrods of Space! (Tommy Tomorrow) (reprint from Action Comics #186, November 1953)
• Hi! Kids! Davy Crockett (promotion)
• The Sky Sleuths! (Manhunters Around The World) (reprint from Star Spangled Comics #118, July 1951)
• The Hour of Hoaxes (Roy Raymond TV Detective) (reprint from Detective Comics #235, September 1956)
• Untitled (Buzzy)
• The Telecast from the Future (reprint from Tales of the Unexpected #6, October 1956)
• The Cowboy Magician (The Vigilante) (reprint from Action Comics #145, June 1950)
• Untitled (The Dodo and the Frog)
• Hi! Kids! Hopalong Cassidy (promotion)

Date of Publication: March 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)

ISBN: None (pre-ISBN era)

Cover Artists: Peter Chapman

Artists: Peter Chapman (cover), Howard Sherman, Ed Smalle, Bill Ely, Carmine Infantino, George Papp, Ruben Moreira, Jim Mooney, Ramona Fradon, Creig Flessel, Mort Meskin, Sid Greene, Joe Giella, Henry Boltinoff, Rube Grossman, Dan Barry, Curt Swan and others

Writers: Gardner Fox, Jack Miller, Ed Herron (as France Herron), Otto Binder, Henry Boltinoff and various uncredited writers

Characters: Professor Eureka, Varsity Vic, The Wyoming Kid, Congo Bill, Janu the Jungle Boy, Jerry the Jitterbug, Blabber Mouse, Aquaman, Liz, Tommy Tomorrow, Davy Crockett (promotion), Manhunters Around The World, Roy Raymond, Buzzy, The Vigilante, The Dodo and the Frog, Hopalong Cassidy (promotion) and many supporting characters

First Appearances: No notable first appearances from the original source comics. All stories are reprints of established features from earlier DC issues (1950–1956). No new characters or major concepts debut in any of the original US source stories for this issue.

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, jungle, detective, sci-fi, humour, and adventure stories.
• Striking Wyoming Kid cover by Peter Chapman.
• 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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