Hal Starr

[colcool007]

Here is a request for help from John Freeman as he is trying to help John Ridgway in his quest to colour up a large portion of Sydney Jordan's art for a project that he is undertaking.

Can anyone help artist John Ridgway? He's trying to track down a print copy (or scans) of this early "Hal Starr" strip by Syd Jordan - but neither of us have information on where it appeared. So it's a bit of a treasure hunt! Can anyone help?

[Digifiend]

Strange Worlds issue 10, Atlas Publishing. You got lucky, it's the only issue Comic Vine had the cover for, and it happens to mention the Planet Eng story title.
http://comicvine.gamespot.com/hal-starr ... 00-450034/

[paw broon]

Hal Starr was reprinted in the Dutch comic, EPPO, 1988? I don't have any examples of it, either physical or digital and, oddly, on the usual suspect sites for digital comics, the ones with the HS strip are not available.
And that example posted by Digifiend is an Australian comic. I think an Atlas reprint title. Again, I can't find issues of it in either format. Sorry.
This page has some info. 4th item down and it takes an age to load. There are a couple of other covers as well:-
http://ausreprints.net/content/main/?gr ... &pg=6#3757

[Digifiend]

Whoops - saw the 9d price on the cover and assumed it was British. Didn't realise they used £sd like we did back then. Sorry.

[paw broon]

Easily done Digifiend. Australia used £sd till they went to a metric currency in 1966, I think. Australian comics turned up in the UK in the '50's and '60's, not only The Phantom. It's often a tell-tale when you see the 9d price on a comic. When you do, have a look at the indicia.

[philcom55]

...Or if there isn't any indicia visible you can often go by the adverts - they usually give an address in Sydney or somewhere.

[blaing]

Easily done Digifiend. Australia used £sd till they went to a metric currency in 1966, I think..

That is correct, Paw. Australia went into decimal currency on St. Valentines Day, 1966, a little over 50 years ago.

[SID]

Hal has also been reprinted in Dan Dare's Spaceship Away. Good strip.