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Radio comic
Bib ID 6576025
Format JournalJournal [text, still image, volume]
Description Sydney : Meteor Publications and Publicity Co., [1947]-[1949?] 
volumes : chiefly illustrations ; 25-26 cm 
Series

John Ryan Comic Collection (Specific issues).

McGee Comics Collection (Specific issues).

Biography/History

"Late in 1947, Meteor Publications introduced Radio Comics. It was the first local comic to devote itself to the theme of radio and featured single-page comics about personalities such as Hal Lashwood ..." -- Ryan, John. Panel by panel. Stanmore, N.S.W. : Cassell Australia, 1979. Page 196.

Numbering Note Volume was dropped from the designation beginning with No. 4 (March 1948) 
Notes

Cover title.

Includes work by Australian comic artists Jeff Wilkinson, Royce "Brad" Bradford and Cyril M Tighe.

Description based on: Vol. 1, no. 2 (December 1947)

Life Dates Began with Vol. 1, no. 1 (November 1947) 
Subjects Radio -- Australia -- Comic books, strips, etc.  |  Radio -- Australia -- Periodicals.  |  Radio personalities -- Comic books, strips, etc.  |  Radio personalities -- Periodicals.  |  Australian wit and humor -- Comic books, strips, etc.  |  Australian wit and humor -- Periodicals.  |  Australian
Form/genre Comics (Graphic works)
Other authors/contributors Wilkinson, Jeff, 1924-2007, artist  |  Bradford, Royce, artist  |  Tighe, C. M. (Cyril Morgan), artist
Also Titled

Meteor radio comic

Australian radio comic

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    Call Number: MS 6514, Box 14, Item 373
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    Call Number: MS 6514, Box 14, Item 373
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    Call Number: SR 741.5 M145
    Status: v. 1, no. 2-v1. no 3, no. 10 47-48 In Use - Due on 17-02-2025
    Items/Issues Held: Vol. 1, no. 2 (December 1947)-vol. 1, no. 3 (February 1948)
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