While little is known about the Murray and Federal staff who prepared these comics, Kevin Patrick is slowly unearthing some insights into the uncertain history of Australian reprint comics.
Despite his long association with the K.G. Murray Publishing Company, very little is known about the late
Hart Amos (2/12/1916 – 8/6/2000), a talented and prolific artist who produced countless covers for Murray's range of
American reprint comics... read on
One of the pleasures of flicking through old Australian comics is that you never know what you'll find.
This was certainly the case when I picked up a secondhand copy of Super Giant Album No.23, which was originally published
by the KG Murray Publishing Company (Sydney)... read on
If you've been charting the fortunes of Australian-made comics for the last 25 years or so, then chances are you've come across
the name Richard Rae. You might have been one of the first Aussie comic fans of the early 1980s who picked up one of the many
comic books which Richard wrote and published...
read on
If the name Don Richardson sounds unfamiliar to you, don’t worry – you won’t find his name appearing
on any of the comic books in your collection. I’d never heard of Don either, until I received an email from him, quite out
of the blue, on 11 January 2004...
read on
Kevin Patrick writes the "Comics Down Under" column for Collectormania magazine. He can be contacted at PO Box 1055, Camberwell, Victoria 3124 Australia; or via email at
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The search is on to increase our understanding of the Murray and Federal comics publishing history. If you were involved (or know someone who was involved) in the preparation and publication of Australian reprint comics, please email
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