Detail
Australia
Web Site:
Brands:
11
Indicia Publishers:
14
Series:
454
Printings:
5482 (5294 Issues)
Notes:
K.G. Murray is most known for its extensive DC reprint comics. Kenneth G. Murray published his first magazine, the quality MAN, in 1936, forming a publishing empire that dominated the Australian industry for decades. Murray's first comics in 1946 were original Australian work, but soon reprint material from the US (and later other countries) dominated. The organisation was initially composed of a range of jointly owned companies (such as Man Magazine Pty Ltd, Cavalcade Magazine Pty Ltd, and Australian House and Garden Magazine Pty Ltd), with comics primarily published by Colour Comics Pty Ltd. In 1951, all shares in the companies were acquired by Publishers Holdings Ltd, a name that never appears in the comics. On 1 February 1972, Kenneth Murray retired as Managing Director while remaining on the Board until 1974. On 30 June 1973, Australian Consolidated Press Ltd completed an acquisition and took control of the company. ACP continued producing comics until 1982, initially as The K. G. Murray Publishing Company and later as Murray Publishers Pty. Ltd.
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| Series Name | Years in Print | Issues (Printings) |
| Adam {Comic Books} | 1946 - 1978 | 1 |
| Adam Fotobooks {Comic Books} | 1972 | 2 |
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Adventure Comics {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
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1979 - 1980 | 6 |
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Adventure Comics Featuring Superboy {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1949 - 1949 | 5 |
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The Adventures of Auranella {Comic Books}
Note: Issues in this series are undated and the dating is an estimate based on the National Library of Australia, which suggests 1972, but the dating could be earlier. The comics are similar to other publications K. G. Murray was producing around 1969-1970, and the original Italian printings were in 1967. Auranella is a Barbarella-style, scantily-clad space-vixen story by Italian Floriano Bozzi.
|
1972 - 1972 | 2 |
| The Adventures of Congo Bill {Comic Books} | 1954 | 7 |
| The Adventures of Devil Doone {Comic Books} | 1948 - 1953 | 20 |
| Adventures of Devil Doone {Comic Books} | 1957 - 1961 | 6 |
| The Adventures of Devil Doone {Comic Books} | 1971 - 1972 | 3 |
| The Adventures of Jerry Lewis {Comic Books} | 1950 - ? | 4 |
| The Adventures of Kal-El {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
| The Adventures of Rex the Wonder Dog {Comic Books} | 1956 | 1 |
|
The Adventures of Smoky Dawson {Comic Books}
Note: This series is composed of newspaper strip reprints of the feature created by Albert DeVine about famous Australian country music performer, Herbert Henry "Smoky" Dawson (1913–2008).
|
1956 - 1960 | 11 |
| The Adventures of Supergirl {Comic Books} | 1980 | 1 |
| Air Force Heroes {Comic Books} | 1981 | 1 |
|
All Favourites Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1960 - 1975 | 95 |
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All Favourites Comic Annual {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1955 - 1955 | 1 |
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The All Favourites Comic Annual {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1956 | 1 |
|
All Favourites, The 100-Page Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1957 - 1959 | 14 |
| All Love Romantic Stories {Comic Books} | 1973 - 1980 | 34 |
| All Star Adventure Comic {Comic Books} | 1959 - 1976 | 96 |
| All Star Heroes {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
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Aquaman Album {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1978 - 1980 | 5 |
| Aquaman and Captain Comet {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
| Army at War {Comic Books} | 1981 - 1981 | 1 |
| Army Attack {Comic Books} | 1980 - ? | 1 |
| Army Patrol {Comic Books} | 1980 - ? | 1 |
| Around the World with Huckleberry and His Friends {Comic Books} | 1976 - 1976 | 1 |
| The Atom {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
| Authentic War Stories {Comic Books} | 1980 - ? | 3 |
| The Banana Splits {Comic Books} | 1970 - ? | 3 |
| Barney & Betty Rubble {Comic Books} | 1978 - ? | 4 |
| Bat-Villains {Comic Books} | 1983 - 1983 | 1 |
| Batgirl and Robin {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
| Batman {Comic Books} | 1950 - 1959 | 111 (172) |
|
Batman {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1975 - 1976 | 7 |
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Batman {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 - 1983 | 4 |
| Batman Album {Comic Books} | 1976 - 1981 | 20 |
| Batman and Robin {Comic Books} | 1976 - 1981 | 19 |
| Batman and the Teen Titans {Comic Books} | 1981 - 1981 | 1 |
|
Batman and... {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 - 1983 | 2 |
|
Batman Comics {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1950 | 4 |
| Batman Family {Comic Books} | 1981 - 1981 | 1 |
| Batman's Detective Comics {Comic Books} | 1981 - 1981 | 1 |
| Battle Action {Comic Books} | 1975 - 1976 | 9 |
| Battle Action Album {Comic Books} | 1977 - 1980 | 9 |
| Battle Zone {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
| Battlefield Action {Comic Books} | 1980 - ? | 1 |
| Beast of Darkness {Comic Books} | 1981 | 1 |
| The Big Four! {Comic Books} | 1956 - 1956 | 2 |
| Billy the Kid {Comic Books} | 1981 | 1 |
| Black Canary {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
|
Blackhawk {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com. Based on the covers, the title of #1 and #4 might be interpreted as Blackhawk Adventure Comic.
|
1959 - 1974 | 58 |
| Blackhawk {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
| Blazing Six-Gun Adventure {Comic Books} | 1981 - 1981 | 1 |
| Blazing Tales of the Old West {Comic Books} | 1982 - ? | 1 |
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Blue Beetle {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1978 | 3 |
| The Blue Ray {Comic Books} | 1947 | 1 |
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Blue Star All Australian Comics {Comic Books}
Note: Has some features in common with A Climax All Australian Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947 ? series)
|
1947 | 1 |
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The Brave and the Bold {Comic Books}
Note: The issues of this series are undated. Dating is an estimate.
|
1956 - 1957 | 23 |
|
The Brave and the Bold {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 | 1 |
| Buffalo Bill {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
| Bumper Batcomic {Comic Books} | 1976 - 1981 | 20 |
| Bumper Western Album {Comic Books} | 1978 - 1981 | 10 |
|
Bumper Western Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1959 - 1973 | 68 |
| Buzzy {Comic Books} | 1955 - 1956 | 16 |
| Captain Triumph Color Comic {Comic Books} | 1948 | 6 |
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Captain Triumph Comics {Comic Books}
Note: Comics in this series have no title in the indicia. The cover title varies slightly and regularly, including Captain Triumph Comics; Captain Triumph All Color Comics; Captain Triumph Color Comics; and Captain Triumph Color Comic.
|
1947 - 1950 | 21 |
| Career Girl Romances {Comic Books} | 1977 - 1980 | 7 |
| Carnival of Fear {Comic Books} | 1981 | 1 |
|
Century Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1961 - 1965 | 43 |
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Century Plus Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1960 - 1961 | 19 |
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Century, The 100 Page Comic Monthly {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1956 - 1960 | 44 |
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Champions of Justice {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 | 1 |
| Cheyenne Kid {Comic Books} | 1982 - 1982 | 1 |
| Clash of the Titans {Comic Books} | 1983 | 1 |
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Climax Adventure Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1962 - 1976 | 21 |
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A Climax All Australian Comic {Comic Books}
Note: This comic has no title in the indicia.
May continue from A Climax Comic—The Lost Patrol (K. G. Murray, 1946? Series).
May continue as Climax Color Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947 Series).
Has some features in common with Blue Star All Australian Comics (K. G. Murray, 1947 series).
|
1947 - 1947 | 1 |
|
Climax Color Comic {Comic Books}
Note: This comic has no title in the indicia and the cover title varies slightly and regularly. It has 11 changes during 13 issues, although some titles are repeated. The various titles are: A Climax Comic; A Climax All Color Comic; Climax All Color Comics; A Climax Color Comic; Climax Color Comic and Climax Color Comics.
See A Climax All Australian Comic (K. G. Murray, 1947? Series) for earlier issue that may be part of this series.
|
1947 - 1948 | 13 |
| A Climax Comic - Pirate's Gold {Comic Books} | 1947 | 1 |
|
A Climax Comic —The Lost Patrol {Comic Books}
Note: This comic has no title in the indicia.
|
1946 - 1946 | 1 |
| Color Giant {Comic Books} | 1957 | 2 |
|
Colossal Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1958 - 1970 | 49 |
|
Colossal Comic Annual {Comic Books}
Note: Publication dates are estimates from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1956 - 1958 | 5 |
| Combat Zone Album {Comic Books} | 1978 - 1980 | 5 |
| Combat Zone Comic {Comic Books} | 1977 - 1978 | 2 |
| Congo Bill with Janu the Jungle Boy {Comic Books} | 1955 - 1956 | 10 |
| Cosmo Cat Comics {Comic Books} | 1947 - 1948 | 8 |
| Cowboy Adventures {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
| Creature of the Unknown {Comic Books} | 1982 | 1 |
| Creepy {Comic Books} | 1974 - 1978 | 29 |
| Creepy Things {Comic Books} | 1980 - ? | 1 |
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Crime Fighters {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 | 1 |
| Cyborg {Comic Books} | 1983 - 1983 | 1 |
|
Darknight Detective {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1982 | 1 |
| Davy Crockett and the Frontier Fighters {Comic Books} | 1955 - 1957 | 18 |
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The Deadly Hands of Kung Fu {Comic Books}
Note: Early issues reprint Marvel, later issues reprint Charlton and various Spanish and other international stories.
|
1975 - 1978 | 16 |
| Devil Doone {Comic Books} | 1955 - 1957 | 10 |
|
Devil Doone Adventure Comic {Comic Books}
Note: Issues of this series are undated. Dating is an estimate.
|
1962 - 1970 | 8 |
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Dial "H" for Hero {Comic Books}
Note: Publication date is an estimate from www.ausreprints.com.
|
1981 | 1 |
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