Digital Museum - Marvel In Australia Part 1
A few weeks ago I went on a road trip to Canberra and
Melbourne to visit both the National Archives and also the National Library,
with the goal to sit down and study the John Ryan collection in Canberra, a
number of comic books and correspondence in the Archives and the Jack Elliott
collection at Monash University. Thanks
to the kindness of then people working in those institutions I was able to gain
a lot more information than I previously had – the Ryan collection is stunning
in scope and diversity alone. Seeing the
collections and the contents of the archives got me to thinking about how
precious some collectors and archivists get over what they possess and how
difficult, if not impossible, it is to gain any form of meaningful information
from those collections held in private hands.
Yet those who have the information and refuse to share it are quick to
leap on the mistakes of others. To that
end I’ve decided to throw my own collection open for research purposes, but
it’ll be electronic only – nobody will lay hands on the physical copies unless
I am there, but scans and the information that I have gained will be open
slather for those who might need it. If
you think I have it, just ask. If I do
have it, then you can access it. My hope
is that others will follow suit and a digital repository can be established.
I thought I’d start with the comic books, so, to begin with,
here are the initial statistics of my collection of Australian Marvel Comics
reprints. The scope is on Marvel
reprints from the 1950s through to the 1980s and does not include the Marvel
Australian issues that Marvel began to issue in the late 1980s. The Australian publishers/imprints listed in
these charts are Horwitz, K.G. Murray, Yaffa, Page, Newton and Federal.
FEDERAL
ALPHA FLIGHT 1
2
nn
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2
3
4
5
6
8
9
11
AVENGERS; The 3
4
5
nn
CLOAK AND DAGGER nn
CONAN THE BARBARIAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
11
CONAN THE DESTROYER nn
CRYSTAR 2
DAREDEVIL 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
DEFENDERS 1
3
4
5
7
9
DUNE nn
FANTASTIC FOUR 3
4
5
6
8
9
10
11
nn (1)
nn (2)
GHOST RIDER 1
2
3
4
5
6
INCREDIBLE HULK; The 2
3
6
7
8
9
10
12
IRON MAN 2
3
4
5
6
8
nn
MARVEL TALES 1
THOR 3
4
6
7
8
10
11
X-MEN; The 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
HORWITZ (watch
this blog for a more detail Horwitz listing)
APACHE KID 2
ATTACK 7
AVENGERS 1
DAREDEVIL 1
KID COLT OUTLAW 19
88
92
OUTLAW KID 3
29
SGT FURY 1
1a
2
3
4
7
10
STRANGE TALES 2
4
5
6
WESTERN KID 27
K.G. MURRAY
CLIMAX ADVENTURE COMIC 10
11
12
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
10
11
12
13
14
FLASH GORDON nn
SAVAGE TALES 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
SAVAGE TALES ANNUAL nn
SUPER GIANT 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
24
25
26
27
28
nn (1)
NEWTON
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
AVENGERS; The 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
CAPTAIN AMERICA 1
2
3
4
CAPTAIN AMERICA ANNUAL 1
CAPTAIN AMERICA/SPIDER-MAN SPECIAL 1
CAPTAIN MARVEL nn
CONAN THE BARBARIAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
DAREDEVIL 1
2
3
DAREDEVIL GIANT SPECIAL nn
DAREDEVIL, THOR & THE X-MEN nn
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG FU 1
2
3
4
DOCTOR STRANGE 1
2
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
4a
DRACULA 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
nn
DRACULA ANNUAL 1
FANTASTIC FOUR 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
FANTASTIC FOUR ANNUAL 1
GIANT MAN DR STRANGE nn
GIANT TEAM-UP ANNUAL 1
HULK ANNUAL 1
INCREDIBLE HULK; The 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
IRON MAN 1
2
MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1
2
3
nn
NEWTON FOUR IN ONE
1
NEWTON HOLIDAY SPECIAL 1
NEWTON HOLIDAY
SPECTACULAR nn
nn
NEWTON SPECTACULAR 1
NEWTON SPECTACULAR:
THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN nn
NEWTON TRIPLE ACTION 1
nn
ORIGINS OF GREAT
MARVEL COMIC HEROES 1
ORIGINS OF GREAT
MARVEL COMIC HEROES 1
PLANET OF THE APES 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
nn (18)
nn (19)
PLANET OF THE APES
ANNUAL 1
SCIENCE FICTION 1
SILVER SURFER 1
2
3
4
5
6
SILVER SURFER SPECIAL 1
nn
SUB-MARINER 1
SUB-MARINER SPECIAL 1
SUPER HERO SWAP CARD
ALBUM nn
TEAM-UP 2
3
TEAM-UP SPECIAL nn
THOR 1
2
THOR ANNUAL 1
UNKNOWN WORLDS OF
SCIENCE FICTION 2
nn
X-MEN SPECIAL nn
X-MEN with THE
AVENGERS 1
2
3
X-MEN; The 4
5
6
PAGE
OUTLAW ADVENTURES nn
SIX-GUN WESTERN LIBRARY 4
7
YAFFA
2001 1
2
AMAZING SPIDER-MAN
173
174
175
176
177
178
179
180
181
182
183
210
211
214
215
184-185
186-187
188-189
190-191
192-193
194-195
196-197
198-199
200-201
202-203
204-205
206-207
208-209
AVENGERS; The 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
nn
BIZARRE ADVENTURES nn
BLACK PANTHER 3
6
7
BLADE THE VAMPIRE
SLAYER nn
CAPTAIN AMERICA 1
2
3
5
6
7
8
CAPTAIN MARVEL 1
2
3
4
5
6
8
CHAMBER OF CHILLS 1
2
3
4
CHAMPIONS; The 1
2
4
5
6
CONAN THE BARBARIAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
CREATURES ON THE
LOOSE 1
3
5
6
7
8
CRYPT OF SHADOWS 1
DAREDEVIL 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
DEADLY HANDS OF KUNG
FU 1
nn
DEFENDERS 1
2
3
4
5
6
nn
DOCTOR STRANGE 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
nn
DRACULA LIVES 1
2
3
4
ETERNALS; The 1
2
3
5
6
7
FANTASTIC FOUR 1
2
187
188
189
190
191
192
193
194
195
196
197
198-199
200-201
202-203
204-205
206-207
208-209
210-211
212-213
214-215
216-217
218-219
220-221
222-223
FEAR 2
4
5
FRANKENSTEIN MONSTER;
The 5
GHOST RIDER 1
2
3
4
5
7
8
9
10
HAUNT OF HORROR; The nn
HOWARD THE DUCK 1
HUMAN FLY 1
3
5
HUMAN TORCH; The 1
2
3
4
5
INCREDIBLE HULK 6
7
8
9
10
INCREDIBLE HULK; The 1
2
3
4
5
INVADERS; The 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
nn
IRON FIST 1
2
3
4
5
6
IRON MAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
JUNGLE ACTION 1
5
JUNGLE ACTION FEATURING THE BLACK PANTHER 2
5
JUNGLE BEAST nn
KID COLT OUTLAW 1
2
7
KING CONAN 1
nn
KINGDOM OF KULL; The nn
KULL THE CONQUEROR 1
2
3
4
KULL THE DESTROYER 5
6
7
nn
KULL THE KING nn
KUNG FU MASTER nn
LEGION OF MONSTERS; The 1
nn
LUKE CAGE POWER MAN 4
5
6
LUKE CAGE, POWER MAN 1
2
3
8
MAN THING 2
3
4
5
6
7
MAN-GODS FROM BEYOND
THE STARS nn
MAN-THING 1
2
MARVEL SUPER ACTION 1
MARVEL SUPER-HEROES 1
MARVEL TALES 1
2
MARVEL TEAM-UP 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
9
MARVEL'S GREATEST
COMICS 1
2
3
4
MASTER OF KUNG FU 1
2
3
4
5
7
9
10
11
12
MASTERS OF TERROR nn
MERLIN nn
MIGHTY MARVEL
WESTERN; The 1
MIGHTY SUPER TEAM;
The nn
MONSTER OF
FRANKENSTEIN; The 1
MONSTER OF THE SWAMP nn
MONSTERS UNLEASHED 1
2
3
nn
MOON KNIGHT 1
nn
MS MARVEL 1
3
4
NIGHT OF THE VAMPIRE nn
NOVA 1
OMEGA THE UNKNOWN 1
2
3
OUTLAW KID; The 2
PETER PARKER THE
SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN 1
2
3
4
PLANET OF THE APES 1
PRINCE VALIANT 1
RAMPAGING HULK; The 1
2
3
nn
RAWHIDE KID 1
2
RED SONJA 1
3
4
5
nn
ROM: SPACEKNIGHT nn
SATANA nn
SAVAGE SHE-HULK; The 1
SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN 1
2
4
SECRET LIVES OF THE
X-MEN nn
SERGEANT FURY'S WAR
BATTLES nn
SGT FURY 1
2
3
4
5
7
8
10
SHOCK STORIES nn
SPECTACULAR
SPIDER-MAN 6
7
8
9
11
SPIDER-MAN THE
INVINCIBLE nn
SPIDER-WOMAN 1
2
3
4
5
6
STAR-LORD 1
2
nn
STRANGE TALES 2
4
SUB-MARINER 1
4
5
SUB-MARNIER 3
SUPERNATURAL
THRILLERS 1
2
3
4
5
SUPER-VILLAIN TEAM-UP 1
2
3
4
5
nn
TALES OF THE ZOMBIE 2
3
4
nn
TALES TO ASTONISH
STARRING THE SUB-MARINER 2
nn
TERRIFYING TALES nn
THOR 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
nn
THOR THE MIGHTY nn
TOMB OF DARKNESS nn
TOMB OF DRACULA 1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
TWO-GUN KID 1
2
4
9
UFO CONNECTION nn
UNKNOWN WORLDS OF
SCIENCE FICTION 1
UNTAMED WORLD OF
CONAN nn
VAMPIRE TALES 1
2
3
4
VAULT OF EVIL 2
WEIRD TALES nn
WEREWOLF BY NIGHT 2
3
4
5
6
7
8
X-MEN; The 1
2
4
6
7
8
8
These comics are available for research purposes, so if
you’re working on a book, or an article or whatever, then feel free to email
me, or contact me via Facebook, Twitter (@20thCenturyDan) or even Skype
(danbest67). All I ask in return is
credit in your work and a copy of the finished product. The comics have all been scanned (covers only)
and the interior stories have all been entered into a data base with full
details on writer/artist credits, page counts and any additional notes as
required. Do note that I need to update
the database though as not all of the comics I have are listed here – there’s
easily another two hundred Marvel reprints via the Horwitz imprint alone, I’ll
add those stats as time goes on, but, for now, you get a rough idea of the
scope of this collection. For what it’s worth, I’ve been divesting
myself of my Australian DC Comic reprints via eBay as I’ve decided to focus on
just the Marvel reprints, the horror imprint of Gredown and Australian produced
comics.
Next up – the statistics for my Gredown comics. Then the magazines, fanzines, correspondence, interviews, electronic material and much, much more…
Next up – the statistics for my Gredown comics. Then the magazines, fanzines, correspondence, interviews, electronic material and much, much more…
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