Captain James Cook Rediscovers New Zealand 1769 - Charles Mckenzie

 
Another selection from Charles Mckenzie's Early New Zealand History In Pictures.

Read more selections from Early New Zealand History in Pictures here and here.
 

  

 

 

Early New Zealand History In Pictures courtesy Geoff Harrison.

Real Life Adventure

Advertisement for Real Life Adventure from back cover of Conquest Magazine

Real Life Adventure was published in New Zealand by A.H and A.W. Reed. There are no dates or credits included in the comic but the advert above from Reed's Magazine For Youth, Conquest, indicate Real Life Adventure was published in early 1947. A prolific publisher of the twentieth century, Reed published over a hundred publications annually including some with comics content although Real Life Adventure is the only example of a monthly comic I have found. Featuring adaptions of stories from the Bible, Real Life Adventure is a rare example of a New Zealand comic with colour pages from this era.

The art style is very similar to the Russ Denver strip featured in Conquest magazine. It is possible Real Life Adventures was the product of an artist or artists from the Haythorn Thwaite Studios in Auckland.

Real Life Adventure #4 courtesy Geoff Harrison

Early New Zealand History In Pictures

Another selection of stories from Charles Mckenzie's Early New Zealand History In Pictures.

 

 Early New Zealand History In Pictures courtesy Geoff Harrison

Early New Zealand History In Pictures

Part of the Pageant of New Zealand Series published in 1961 by Wellington publishers A. H. & A. W. Reed. Early New Zealand History In Pictures was written and illustrated by Charles McKenzie, combining myths and legends with historical stories about the early days of New Zealand.

 

Early New Zealand History In Pictures courtesy Geoff Harrison