COLOSSAL COMIC #18 [COLOUR COMICS] AUSTRALIAN PRE-DECIMAL 1961

Series Title: Colossal Comic (or Colossal Comic

Story Titles: 

• No title recorded (Superman and Batman and Robin) — 1 page (cover feature)
• Stamp Collector's Outfit (Seven Seas Stamps) — 1 page (advertisement)
• A Rival for Aquaman (Aquaman) — 6 pages (reprint from Adventure Comics #272)
• The Banner of the Skull and Bones! (Green Arrow) — 7 pages (reprint from Adventure Comics #273)
• The Amazing Adventures of Superboy's Costume (Superboy) — 7 pages (reprint from Superboy #81)
• Rope of Rangoon! (A Special Spy Thriller!) — 8 pages (reprint from Detective Comics #236)
• The Planeteer from the Past! (Tommy Tomorrow) — 8 pages (reprint from Action Comics #272)
• Untitled (Shorty) — 1 page (filler)
• I Was a Jungle Ringmaster — 8 pages (reprint from My Greatest Adventure #16)
• The Wizard of Westerly (Johnny Quick) — 6 pages (reprint from Adventure Comics #274)
• Spy Train (King Faraday) — 12 pages (reprint from Detective Comics #237)
• The Bat-Train (Batman with Robin the Boy Wonder) — 9 pages (reprint from Batman #97)
• The Eight Crimes of the Octopus Gang! (Green Arrow) — 10 pages (reprint from Adventure Comics #275)
• I Was Buried Alive for 30 Days — 8 pages (reprint from My Greatest Adventure #17)
• The Three Magicians of Bagdad (Superman and Batman and Robin) — 12.33 pages (reprint from World's Finest Comics #52)
• Untitled (Bebe) — 0.67 pages (filler)
• I Fought a Live Volcano — 8 pages (reprint from My Greatest Adventure #18)
• Castaway World! (Tommy Tomorrow) — 8 pages (reprint from Action Comics #273)
• Untitled (Moolah The Mystic) — 1 page (filler)
• I Was King of the Daredevils — 8 pages (reprint from My Greatest Adventure #19)
• Jimmy Olsen, Cub Inventor (Jimmy Olsen) — 8 pages (reprint from Superman's Pal Jimmy Olsen #48)
• Untitled (Bebe) — 1 page (filler)
• I Escaped from Castle Morte! — 8 pages (reprint from My Greatest Adventure #20)
• I Shoot with a Camera! — 2 pages (filler)
• The Second Fastest Man (Johnny Quick) — 6 pages (reprint from Adventure Comics #276) (and various other fillers and advertisements)

Issue #: 18

Date of Publication: July 1961

Edition: Standard / Regular Edition

Publisher: Colour Comics Pty. Ltd.

Country of Origin: Australia

Language: English

Cover Price: 3/6

Cover Artists: Hart Amos

Artists: Hart Amos, George Papp, Ramona Fradon, Dick Sprang, Curt Swan, Joe Kubert, Al Plastino, Win Mortimer, John Sikela, Sy Barry, Ray Burnley, Stan Kaye, Wayne Boring, Gil Kane, Carmine Infantino

Writers: Otto Binder, Edmond Hamilton, Bill Finger, Jack Miller, Joe Samachson, Bill Woolfolk, Robert Kanigher

Characters: Superman, Batman, Robin, Aquaman, Green Arrow, Superboy, Tommy Tomorrow, Johnny Quick, Jimmy Olsen, various supporting figures from the DC stories

Key Facts: This is an issue from the long-running Australian "Colossal Comic" reprint series by Colour Comics Pty. Ltd. (produced by The K. G. Murray Publishing Company Pty. Ltd.). It is a large "colossal" sized reprint comic featuring multiple stories from US DC Comics. Features black and white interiors with glossy colour cover (cover line art by Hart Amos). Part of Australia's 1950s–1960s "golden age" of DC reprint comics.

Page Count: 164 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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