Comic Book Censorship: 1974 – 1988 Banning The
Underground
The following piece of work
is taken from a larger body of work titled ‘Horror Comic Books and Censorship in
Australia 1950 – 1990’.This is
currently a work in progress and covers the history of the horror comic, the
origins (and complete history) of the Gredown line, how it was connected to K.G.
Murray, the Spanish and American connections along with the Yaffa Syndicate,
Horwitz and much more.The work
will also cover how comics were banned and censored in Australia, beginning
with the banning of Detective Comics in 1937.Some of this work will be appearing in a publication yet to
be announced, and other parts will be appearing either here, on this blog, or
in other publications as time progresses.
I am open to
debate and discussion on this topic, so feel free to email me at any point in
time.Until then, here is an
abridged version of a chapter titled…
1974 – 1988 Banning
The Underground
Out of all the comic books
and related magaz…