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This is Supercomix Spiderman #4 1978(Spiderman 122).

I have said this before but I think it is worth repeating. South African Supercomix really have to be in our estimation some of the rarest bronze age comics in the world. According to our sources, most kids in SA preferred the American originals to the local output. This bias didn't bode well for these books. Not easy to find in any condition, when you come across any Supercomix they are like a jewel. On top of that posters were included, so finding one intact is even rarer. This book still has the poster of Peter Falk along with the prize winners on the reverse sides attached to the spine. Another interesting aspect I noticed. The publisher kept Bugle editor Robbie Robertson black. Would have been pretty easy to change his skin tone but Republican press didn't. It doesn't seem like any apartheid racial censorship happened in this instance. This is a wonderful aspect to supercomix comic books. Also, on prize winner pages all races our represented wether black, white or any race. All SA kids read these books and joined the many competitions for watches, radios etc. Republican Press appears to be on the right side of history in South Africa and it's a joy to own a few of these books in my collection.

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	Freakin amazing books guys!!!! Keep them coming.... Well you know me, I have another horribly written mini-article for your enjoyment! LOL So... are you ready to have your mind blown? One of the coolest, most amazingly rare, late bronze age foreigns recently landed in my collection! Basically unknown to most if not all Star Wars foreign edition experts this book barely hit our radar this year. Beyond the Universe Issue #11( ما وراء الكون). The Arabic Star Wars #1 (حرب النجوم) is a killer book for multiple reasons. The Marvel Star Wars issues could be found within the Beyond the Universe anthology. This series ran for 140 issues total. Up until issue #49 it was mainly superheroes, and various sci-fi titles like Star Wars, Star Trek or Battlestar Galactica. After issue 49 Grendizer dominates the run. What makes this series so special though is the publisher. Zuheir Baalbaki was publishing these amazing comics right smack during the middle of the Lebanese civil war! Mr. Baalbaki's publishing company was called Bissat El-Reeh and was based out of Beirut. Bissat El-reeh roughly translates to flying carpet I think? Though pure speculation, we believe the rarity of these issues is due to the steep attrition rate of these books. These comics were born into a wartime environment and thus survival, much less condition, was questionable. I have to thank my 2 friends David Stucky and Ron Rickard for leading the way on researching this book with me. Also, I would like to thank my good friend Henry Matthews for providing insight and much valuable information to me. I have kept this post short and sweet because a lot more research has been done on these amazing books by my buddy and foreign Star Wars expert Ron. I just know a future and more informative (Arabic-Beyond the Universe) post for his blog is being cooked up by him as he continues his research. Here is his must see blog.... http://swcomiccollector.blogspot.com/ Moving on to the human side, could you imagine printing and translating science fiction war stories while a very real war was happening all around you? I just cant seem to wrap my head around doing this in the middle of the Lebanese civil war. I guess brave human beings must simply live out their lives in as much normalcy as possible when facing harrowing situations. The comics Mr. Zuheir produced during this period must be given a huge amount of respect and admiration. Though many might not know it, Beirut is a jewel of liberal thinking in the Arabic world where many different peoples live and work. With Beirut being a hub of higher learning, education, and publishing, Bissat El-Reeh it appears exemplified this ethic. Props to David for sourcing this book for me! The condition of this comic is definitely rough. Particularly because it was pulled from a binding so the spine is destroyed. The Beyond the universe comics were often bound by title. We think this might have been done by the publisher at a later date using overstock but we are not quite sure. What we are sure of is it seems many more bound editions survived than individual comics. At least thats how it seems from internet research... Ask me if I care about this books condition? Not one bit, this book is now in its forever home and it has unseated my SA Supercomix edition as the crown jewel of my Star Wars #1 foreign set.
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	MIS-COLORING These are all from Yugoslavia.
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	Picked this up over the weekend. Australian, reprints Marvel and Charlton stories.
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	Quote: Originally Posted by NScott MIS-COLORING These are all from Yugoslavia. These are very cool. When you say mis-coloring it sounds like a mistake. Or was this just artistic license?
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	Can't really say for certain. We know for sure in the later 1960s when Marvel super hero stories first appeared in Yugoslavia (1967), the color directions were not given with the original art so they did what they wanted. But this occurred into the 1980s even after the colors were correct in preceding issues so it's probably a little of both. Here's one from Indonesia: original art & story and a Thor without pants! Maybe it's Norse God Indo summer wear??
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	Quote: Originally Posted by The_Watcher Quote: Originally Posted by NScott Mis-coloring is also quite common! I have numerous examples of Thor and Captain American without pants from multiple countries as well as highly mis-colored characters - you should see the daredevil from Yugoslavia with green shorts and yellow gloves! This was my thought. I know the reprints that I bought in Greece during the late 70s were notorious for this Don't make me give you a suspension for calling editions reprints. lol
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	This Thread is so endlessly facinating. Learn something and of course SEE something new all the time.
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	Beaten-up, ragged, U.K. edition of 'Tales of Suspense' #39. I searched high and low for this '9d' (9 Pence) edition for a loooong time. The trouble was finding one in an 'affordable' condition (hence, I don't give two-hoots about the stamping on the cover) I should have this baby in my hands sometime next month. Cheers!
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	Quote: Originally Posted by pouet Italian A pig???
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