([1966] ?)
K. G. Murray,
1965? Series
- Price
- 0.25 AUD
- Pages
- 84
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Sport Magazine Pty Ltd
- Brand
-
Colour Comics Pty Ltd
- Editing
- ?
Exotic Countries: Japan
comic story / 1 page
- Job Number
- 12-G
- Genre
- non-fiction
- Synopsis
- Information on Japan including Japanese Pagodas; Buddhism; Hokkaido's inhabitants, the Ainu; Samurai; and the Japanese language.
- Reprints
- from ?
- Keywords
- Buddhism; Hokkaido; Japanese language; Japanese Pagodas; Samurai; the Ainu
Indexer Notes
This feature is in the style of Selecciones Ilustradas work appearing in Space Ace (Atlas) and other comics internationally around 1960.
Pain in My Heart
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Mavis Brown; Mrs Spinks; Jim Lucas
- Synopsis
- Mavis Brown falls for a married man. Then, after Jim is hurt in an accident, she meets his wife and has to make a hard decision.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
"Pain in My Heart" is a song by Otis Redding released in 1963, suggesting this story is from Valentine (Fleetway).
[no title indexed]
Swingin' Sue / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh-oh! Sue's school report-!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Sue's father can't believe her school report.
- Reprints
- from ?
This and That
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Félix Mas ?
- Inks
- Félix Mas ?
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Janet; Rodney; Ethel
- Synopsis
- Janet loves her boutique clothes, more than she loves Rodney. She figures, "If I really loved Rodney I'd have mended my ways. And if he had really loved me he would have understood."
- Reprints
- from ?
A Way of Life…
comic story / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Ángel Badía Camps
- Inks
- Ángel Badía Camps
- Letters
- ?
- Editing
- ? (original editor)
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- James Green; Milly Bran; Henry Fry; Mr Spence
- Synopsis
- Milly demands James give up his job as a 'rag and bone man scounging junk' or she will dump him for accountant Henry Fry. But she likes it less when he becomes a slave to work.
- Reprints
-
from Serenade (Fleetway Publications, 1962 series) #12 (8 December 1962)
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Indexer Notes
Artist credit from deskartesmil.blogspot.com. The final panel of this story retains the Serenade guitar logo.
[no title indexed]
Jenni / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'll take it!
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Jenni and her mother find the same dress at very different prices.
- Reprints
- from ?
Keep Away
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jane; Betsy; Roy
- Synopsis
- Betsy's enjoying the girls' keep-fit camp away from boys, but her pal Jane is distracted by the soldiers at the nearby camp. Inevitably, they both end up at the dance… and in trouble.
- Reprints
- from ?
You're Something Else
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Lorna; Henry; Aunt Audie; Gregory; Jean
- Synopsis
- Lorna dreams of boyfriend Henry becoming more adventurous, like big game hunter Gregory. But the reality is nothing like her fantasies.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
To keep the story suitable for children, Henry's sister Jean magically appears to go on a camping trip with Henry and Lorna.
Runnin' Around
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Freda; George Duncan
- Synopsis
- Freda writes to Stevie, the advice columnist at her "favourite magazine" about the pest that won't leave her alone. Stevie advices the best cure for a pest is poison, but Freda soon discovers there are unexpected consequences to being cruel.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
This story is from Valentine (IPC) — Stevie was Valentine's regular advice columnist.
Face to Face
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Sue Parfitt; Alan; Vera; Jill
- Synopsis
- Sue and Alan believe they are ugly and alone. When they start dating and fall for each other, is it just that no one else will have them?
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
The final page of this issue has "The End" in a distinctive four-pointed star shape. It might be a standard style for the magazine this story is reprinted from.
Double Trouble
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Alan Parker; Miss Sanderson; Fred
- Synopsis
- Miss Sanderson's new vintage constantly breaks down. Her boyfriend can't stand her passion for it and dumps her—just in time to meet the car's mysterious former owner.
- Reprints
- from ?
Breaking up Is Hard to Do
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Miss Norman; Jim Williams
- Synopsis
- Total strangers Miss Norman and Mr Williams jointly buy a four poster bed at an auction, determined to keep it out of a dealer's hands. While they initially despise and distrust each other, the need to solve the problem of jointly owning a bed.
- Reprints
- from ?
Sometime Yesterday
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Keith Soames; Lucy Brown
- Synopsis
- Lucy wakes up late and mistakenly rushes to work on Sunday—just in time to be conscripted into typing a report by demanding Mr Soames. He thanks her with lunch and the chill between them starts to thaw. Now its Monday morning and Lucy's not sure if it was a dream.
- Reprints
- from ?
That's Show Business
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- George Smith [Monarch]; Sally
- Synopsis
- Sally assumes George is the star actor in town and he plays along. When the truth comes out, George expects to be dumped.
- Reprints
- from ?
I'm a Fool to Care
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Jane; Gerry Higgins
- Synopsis
- Jane is an Australian in England and is appalled to find none of the men are real men. But she discovers there is something about those wimpish British men.
- Reprints
- from ?
They're All the Same
comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- romance
- Characters
- Reg Laver; Eve;
- Synopsis
- Eve's father routinely lies to her mother, trying to sound more important. Now her boyfriend's doing the same thing and she won't stand for it. But mother has advice for her.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
This story has the guitar logo at the end, typical of stories reprinted from Fleetway/IPC's Serenade.
[no title indexed]
Miss Trudy / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Really, Mr. Soggy, I need a new typewriter -
- Genre
- humour
- Synopsis
- Mr Soggy pays for his stingy ways.
- Reprints
- from ?
Indexer Notes
This page is incorrectly numbered 39, highlighting that this feature has been previously reprinted by K. G. Murray.
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Table of Contents
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0.
[no title indexed]
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1.
Exotic Countries: Japan
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2.
Pain in My Heart
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3.
["Oh-oh! Sue's school report-!"]
Swingin' Sue -
4.
This and That
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5.
A Way of Life…
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6.
["I'll take it!"]
Jenni -
7.
Keep Away
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8.
You're Something Else
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9.
Runnin' Around
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10.
Face to Face
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11.
Double Trouble
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12.
Breaking up Is Hard to Do
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13.
Sometime Yesterday
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14.
That's Show Business
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15.
I'm a Fool to Care
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16.
They're All the Same
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17.
["Really, Mr. Soggy, I need a new typewriter -"]
Miss Trudy
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