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Real Adventure Comics

The Legion of Space published by Invincible Press circa 1945

Colonial edition of English comic paper Comic-Life. More pages here.

Yaroslav (Larry) Horak’s Jet Fury #27. Horak migrated to Sydney, Australia from Harbin, Manchuria post World War Two and illustrated many Australian comics before moving to England where he was a prominent newspaper illustrator. Horak was most commonly recognised for working on the James Bond newspaper strip, illustrating 33 adventures between 1966 and 1984.

Australian issue of Supercomic series #9 Flash Gordon retitled Speed Gordon to avoid a negative connotation of the word “Flash”^. At the time, the predominant meaning of “flash” was “showy”, connoting dishonesty.

Jet Black #9 by Terry Trowell, Kevin Patrick wrote about Trowell’s career here.

Virgil Reilly’s Silver Flash #33, Reilly painted illustrations here.

Virgil Reilly’s Silver Flash #19 courtesy The Adelaide Comics Centre.

Kid Slade Gunfighter cover by Maurice Bramley

Virgil Reilly’s Silver Flash #5 courtesy The Adelaide Comics Centre.