CREATOR

Name: Atlas Publications Pty. Ltd. (Australian comics corporation).
Personal dates: Founded in 1948 by Jack Bellew, Clive Turnbull, and George Warnecke. The main production was books, magazines, and comics. Stopped in 1958.
Other creations: Too numerous to mention here. Please look under Atlas in the Creators section.
Successors: None.
Comments: The corporation's production of comics was mainly reprints from American and British newspapers.

 

 

MAIN STORY

The series premiered in 1949. Stopped in 1957 after 30 issues.

The starring character is the British Buck Ryan, who is a hard-boiled, crime-fighting private detective. Later in the series he becomes an investigator for the British intelligence branch MI5.

 

 

MAIN CHARACTER


Buck Ryan

 

 

GALLERY
(presenting the front covers from 6 random issues)

#1 - 1949
#6 - 1950
#11 - 1951

#18 - 1953
#24 - 1956
#30 - 1957

 

 

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