Action comics
- Bib ID:
- 4593858
- Format:
- Journal
- Uniform Title:
- Action comics (Sydney, N.S.W.)
- Description:
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- [Sydney, N.S.W.] : [Peter Huston Publishing Co.], [1946]-
- volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 28 cm
- Series:
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- Australian Comics Collection (Specific issues).
- G.C. Bleeck Collection (Specific issues).
- John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues).
- McGee Comics Collection (Specific issues).
- Biography/History:
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"The first issue of Action Comics was published in October 1946 and was to lay the foundation for the largest single line of locally drawn comics to be published in Australia. This first issue contained a science fiction and a detective strip, all drawn by Len Lawson, and gave no hint that it would develop into one of the largest and somewhat controversial comic titles. However, it did establish the pattern of using the splash page of the first comic as the cover. This was to become a trademark of the title. The second issue of Action Comics contained the introduction of The Lone Avenger - Lawson's masked cowboy in the mould of Fran Striker's The Lone Ranger. Lawson's character soon took over the cover spot which he retained in a run lasting almost 13 years and, during later years, he took over the entire comic. It was inevitable that as the Action Comics logo grew smaller the name of the lead chracter grew larger and the comic was always referred to as The Lone Avenger" -- Ryan, John. Panel by panel. Stanmore, N.S.W. : Cassell Australia, 1979. Page 184.
- Numbering Note:
- Three series published. First series, nos. 1-68, published by Peter Huston Publishing Co., and later, Leisure Publications. Second series, nos. 10-51+ and 2 one-shots (A1 and Action Special), published by Action Comics Pty. Ltd. The AusReprints website says that issues 1-9 were probably not published. Third series, nos. 20-48+, published by Action Comics Pty. Ltd. The AusReprints website says that issues 1-19 were not published. First issue of the first series with the subtitle 'Spencer Steele', is unnumbered.
- Notes:
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- Cover title.
- Library's John Ryan Comic Collection copy of No. 37 is missing its cover.
- Life Dates:
- Began with No. 1 (October 1946)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Lawson, Len, 1927-2003, author, artist
- Also Titled:
- Action comic
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
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