Three Comic Strips From “Air Hawk And The Flying Doctors”
c1972. Pen and ink with white highlight, each strip signed in lower right panel, dated from “Mon. June 5” to “Wed. June 7” with publishing annotations in margins, 42 x 51.7cm. Minor crinkles and foxing, slight rust stains to image centre right. Annotations include “strip 13, 14 and 15, week 3, series 33.” Air Hawk and the Flying Doctors was an Australian comic strip that ran from 1959 until 1986. The strip appeared in every Australian state, as well as in Britain, New Zealand, South Africa, France, and North and South America. The strip is set in the Australian outback and follows the adventures of Jim Hawk, a former Royal Australian Air Force pilot and intelligence agent, “who operates the Air Hawk Charter service from Alice Springs. The charter service worked in conjunction with the Royal Flying Doctor Service.” Ref: Wiki.
Item #CL194-156
Price (AUD): $1,650.00 other currencies